Burnley The Turfites
Burnley The Turfites
Just seen on my Facebook group a list of nicknames form years gone by. When did our nickname become the Clarets
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I remember having a football card game and we were the Turfites.
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The club shop used to sell lapel badges in the 60s with 'Turfites' on.
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We adopted Claret & Blue in 1910 so certainly not before then
I'd imagine we'd have to wear the kit for at least a handful of years before it became a nickname.
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Been the Turfites for as long as I remember
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When I started supporting, from afar, in the early 1960’s we were known as The Turfites. Not sure when that changed, definitively, to The Clarets.
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I always remember as a kid that Burnley were called the Turfites but this was never really adopted by Burnley fans who have always used ‘the Clarets’. I think the Turfites handle seems to have been dropped sometime around the early seventies.
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Didn't the club once try to introduce a mascot by the name of Turfy Topper ?
Never really took off.
Never really took off.
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That was also on a lapel badge.Funkydrummer wrote: ↑Fri Mar 18, 2022 7:33 pmDidn't the club once try to introduce a mascot by the name of Turfy Topper ?
Never really took off.
https://images.app.goo.gl/zfpwXUfMJbPvxWS76
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Sounds like a poor quality wig…Funkydrummer wrote: ↑Fri Mar 18, 2022 7:33 pmDidn't the club once try to introduce a mascot by the name of Turfy Topper ?
Never really took off.
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I can't recall that - you have a better memory than I do.
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https://images.app.goo.gl/zfpwXUfMJbPvxWS76Funkydrummer wrote: ↑Fri Mar 18, 2022 7:36 pmI can't recall that - you have a better memory than I do.
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We were the Royalites for a while after the visit of the future Edward VII to the Turf.
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Turfites when I first started going but not really used by fans. Not sure when it faded away.
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Wow never heard that- been since prob 1970 and can’t remember anything other than The Clarets……
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You mean they couldn't get the top off?Funkydrummer wrote: ↑Fri Mar 18, 2022 7:33 pmDidn't the club once try to introduce a mascot by the name of Turfy Topper ?
Never really took off.
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Now Reading, formerly 'The Biscuitmen' are now the Royals after Royal Berkshire.Culmclaret wrote: ↑Fri Mar 18, 2022 7:42 pmWe were the Royalites for a while after the visit of the future Edward VII to the Turf.
I remember as a lad at Elm Park, the crowd would shout wither come on you Biscuits or come on you hoops.
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When I moved to Burnley in 1961 I had a quiz book that gave Burnley’s nickname as the turfites, when I mentioned this I was told that I did not know what I was talking about and that the nickname was definitely the clarets.
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Am I right in thinking we had a spell out of Claret and Blue during and after WW2, but reverted due to popular demand?
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I remember the football stats books from many years ago when we were nicknamed 'The Turfites'. Man City were 'Citizens', Aston Villa were 'Villains', Chelsea were 'The Pensioners', Sunderland were 'Rokerites'. Everyone had an official nickname. West Brom were 'The Throstles'( what happened there?) and I'm sure Crystal Palace were 'The Glaziers'.
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glad the "Turfites" was dropped, makes us sound like some kind of soil infestation.
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My rattle in the early 60's had "LARETS" on it. The "C" got lost and was never replaced.
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Reading are now usually called"Rs" the fans are too lazy to chant Royals.Biscuitmen after Huntley and Palmer was seldom if ever used.
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I’ve always thought Bulls would be appropriate for a nickname. It’s the name of the pub where the club was formed and I can’t think of another high profile football club with the same nickname.
Not that I think we should change the nickname now, it’s just seemed like a missed opportunity from some years ago
Not that I think we should change the nickname now, it’s just seemed like a missed opportunity from some years ago
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Not sure being named after a pub is a good thing. We would be called a pub team!
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Yes that was the case wasn’t it.Middle-agedClaret wrote: ↑Fri Mar 18, 2022 7:25 pmWhen I started supporting, from afar, in the early 1960’s we were known as The Turfites. Not sure when that changed, definitively, to The Clarets.