Introduction

[Lubanski]

Hello been a reader of this message board for years but never logged in, same with Clarets Mad, I think it's one of the better fans forums. Started watching Clarets about 1956 or 7, would be about 8 years old. Obviously I worshipped Jimmy McIlroy, Colin Mcdonald, Ray Pointer, John Connelly etc, I stood on the longside with my dad and his Polish mates, miners,weavers etc all ex combatants from WW2. I could go on but that's enough,oh I do like a bit of Northern Soul.

[superdimitri]

Welcome

[Rowls]

Hello Lubanski!

Welcome to the posting club

[Bosscat]

Afternoon Lubanski and welcome

[KateR]

Welcome

[Aclaret]

Hello Lubanski and welcome. A madhouse at times....but still, we can't live without UTC.

[CleggHall]

Welcome Lubanski, my 1st match was 1959 and unsurprisingly us old gimmers are getting fewer on this board.

[TheFamilyCat]

Could you beat Ronaldo in a sprint? This is important to know.

[claptrappers_union]

Welcome Lubanski, I hope you have a great time with us making positive contributions to the forum. All clarets together all for one and one for all.

Have you watched the Harry and Meghan documentary and what’s your opinions on Brexit?

[jdrobbo]

Welcome!

[conyoviejo]

Witam.!

[Cirrus_Minor]

Hello

[1882Clarets1882]

Great to have you along Lubanski ! Your dad and his compatriots were, from my experience of men like him , good , honest , proud and fiercely patriotic . God bless 'em.

What's prompted you to jump aboard?

[Paul Waine]

Welcome, Lubanski.

UTC

[LeadBelly]

Welcome Lubanski, hope you now feel able to contribute your feelings/opinions to add to a few threads, always good for us to get new perspective.

I'm always amazed, though, that people can read these threads for years and refrain from having their fourpenn'orth on some of the topics.

[Eloise Laws]

Hello & Welcome Lubanski, I do hope you are going to participate in the Food Count

[dougcollins]

Are you named after the Polish striker? He was some player.

[durhamclaret]

Welcome Lubanski and welcome to the Clarets message board family.

[lakedistrictclaret]

Welcome from another (as CleggHall puts it ) "old gimmer" although you appear to be even older than me.
My first time at Turf Moor was in 1962, aged ten.

[tarkys_ears]

Hello been a reader of this message board for years but never logged in, same with Clarets Mad, I think it's one of the better fans forums. Started watching Clarets about 1956 or 7, would be about 8 years old. Obviously I worshipped Jimmy McIlroy, Colin Mcdonald, Ray Pointer, John Connelly etc, I stood on the longside with my dad and his Polish mates, miners,weavers etc all ex combatants from WW2. I could go on but that's enough,oh I do like a bit of Northern Soul.

Lubanski... the dude!

[ecc]

Hello Lubanski,

I remember that great striker who played for Gornik Zabrze against Manchester City in the 1970 CWC Final. The first Polish player I'd heard of.

My Dad, Uncle and Step-Mother are all buried in Barrowford Cemetry and there are many Polish names on the tombstones.

Let us not forget the Polish pilots who joined the RAF and helped win the Battle of Britain.

[dougcollins]

Hello Lubanski,

I remember that great striker who played for Gornik Zabrze against Manchester City in the 1970 CWC Final. The first Polish player I'd heard of.

My Dad, Uncle and Step-Mother are all buried in Barrowford Cemetry and there are many Polish names on the tombstones.

Let us not forget the Polish pilots who joined the RAF and helped win the Battle of Britain.

Yep, that's the guy I was referring to.

[Lubanski]

Could you beat Ronaldo in a sprint? This is important to know.

No I couldn't, it's taken me 10 years to post because technology defeated me, and I'm learning how to reply to you guys.

[Lubanski]

Welcome Lubanski, I hope you have a great time with us making positive contributions to the forum. All clarets together all for one and one for all.

Have you watched the Harry and Meghan documentary and what’s your opinions on Brexit?

I don't have Harry and Megan in my black and white tv as for Brexit, it's happened I'd love it to be a success but things are going to be difficult and very unpredictable for all our futures.

[claretblue]

Welcome Lubanski,
Look forward to your continued contributions…start with ‘guess the gate’ + the ‘food count’
McDonald excelled for both Burnley and England (particularly nil-all draw with Brazil)
Ray Pointer is my favourite…and always will be!
UTC!

[Lubanski]

Great to have you along Lubanski ! Your dad and his compatriots were, from my experience of men like him , good , honest , proud and fiercely patriotic . God bless 'em.

What's prompted you to jump aboard?

It's something I've wanted to do for a long time, brilliant debates many lead up a blind alley but entertaining, today my granddaughter called, there was the opportunity, how do I register etc ,all done now and just need to keep at it, it's all on my cheap Tesco Motorola phone.

[Bosscat]

I don't have Harry and Megan in my black and white tv as for Brexit, it's happened I'd love it to be a success but things are going to be difficult and very unpredictable for all our futures.

Not sure if using Harry and Meghan in the same sentence as Black and White TV is very PC Lubanski

[Lubanski]

Hello & Welcome Lubanski, I do hope you are going to participate in the Food Count

Ha ha, don't rush me, I may we'll do at some point.

[Lubanski]

Are you named after the Polish striker? He was some player.

Yes I picked that name truly a wonderful striker.l could have gone for Raymond Kopa who played for Rheims, he had a prolific partnership with Fontaine, we met them in Europe, I couldnt go sadly.

[Aclaret]

Deyna for Man City was a decent player, was that in the 80s ?

[Lubanski]

Hello Lubanski,

I remember that great striker who played for Gornik Zabrze against Manchester City in the 1970 CWC Final. The first Polish player I'd heard of.

My Dad, Uncle and Step-Mother are all buried in Barrowford Cemetry and there are many Polish names on the tombstones.

Let us not forget the Polish pilots who joined the RAF and helped win the Battle of Britain.

Yes my parents are amongst those buried there, I grew in the Polish triangle in Nelson, Every st, good friends with John B's family although John is a few years younger than i.i have had drinks with him and his brothers.

[Lubanski]

Deyna for Man City was a decent player, was that in the 80s ?

Yes I actually went to Maine Rd to watch Deyna, it was the era of the City kids who played like headless chickens I though, Deyna was like a ghost finding space, no one ever passed to him.

[Lubanski]

Hello Lubanski,

I remember that great striker who played for Gornik Zabrze against Manchester City in the 1970 CWC Final. The first Polish player I'd heard of.

My Dad, Uncle and Step-Mother are all buried in Barrowford Cemetry and there are many Polish names on the tombstones.

Let us not forget the Polish pilots who joined the RAF and helped win the Battle of Britain.

Yes my parents are amongst those buried there, I grew in the Polish triangle in Nelson, Every st, good friends with John B's family although John is a few years younger than i.i have had drinks with him and his brothers.

[COBBLE]

Welcome. If you have been watching for so long then you will already have a good idea how to max your enjoyment from participation. I always regard this board as social media for BFC fans and all aspects of their lives, culture and history.

[Tricky Trevor]

Welcome aboard Lubanski. I love Poland and the Poles I’ve met and worked with. Top guys.

[Andy@Colne]

Hello Lubanski. Reading these comments I'm pretty sure I've sussed out who you are!

[Taffy on the wing]

Willkommen!

[HunterST_BFC]

Welcome

Powitanie
w górę bordo

(it's near enough )

[CnBtruntru]

Hello been a reader of this message board for years but never logged in, same with Clarets Mad, I think it's one of the better fans forums. Started watching Clarets about 1956 or 7, would be about 8 years old. Obviously I worshipped Jimmy McIlroy, Colin Mcdonald, Ray Pointer, John Connelly etc, I stood on the longside with my dad and his Polish mates, miners,weavers etc all ex combatants from WW2. I could go on but that's enough,oh I do like a bit of Northern Soul.

I tell ya, for an 8yr old you've got some writing skills, Welkommen

[Colburn_Claret]

Welcome

Glad you kept the faith

UTC

[bfcjg]

Welcome Lubanski.

[claretabroad]

Welcome aboard.

[tiger76]

Welcome to the board Lubanski.

[1882Clarets1882]

It's something I've wanted to do for a long time, brilliant debates many lead up a blind alley but entertaining, today my granddaughter called, there was the opportunity, how do I register etc ,all done now and just need to keep at it, it's all on my cheap Tesco Motorola phone.

Bet she rolled her eyes as she registered you in a matter of seconds! My kids do it with me. You and I have much in common. Anyway nice to have you along . Seasons greetings to you and yours mate

[Lubanski]

Welcome. If you have been watching for so long then you will already have a good idea how to max your enjoyment from participation. I always regard this board as social media for BFC fans and all aspects of their lives, culture and history.

Yes it's my go to for daily info, Chester Perry unsettles me sometimes but he's clued up and it's good to be aware of the financial side, I do read fbook but it's nowhere near as informative as this site.

[Lubanski]

Welcome aboard Lubanski. I love Poland and the Poles I’ve met and worked with. Top guys.

Thanks, Poland is a great country to visit, the Tatra mountains, Zakopane, but the more remote parts and lesser known Baltic coast are good.

[Lubanski]

Hello Lubanski. Reading these comments I'm pretty sure I've sussed out who you are!

You may well be right Andy, perhaps weve met in the soul scene. Rose Room, Locarno, Imp, I remember Otis Redding,Sam n Dave, Booker T and the Mgs, Steve Cropper and Mar Keys, Eddie Floyd, staffer Al Bell all rocking up to Nelson and having a walk round town. Damn sharp dressers, nearly as cool as me I'm my hand stitched bottle green mo hair suit lol

[Loyal Supporter]

Hi R C.

[Lubanski]

Bet she rolled her eyes as she registered you in a matter of seconds! My kids do it with me. You and I have much in common. Anyway nice to have you along . Seasons greetings to you and yours mate

Yes but she's gracious enough to say " I guess your generation wasn't brought up with these things" I got flummoxed when I wa asked for a password, i though hell I don't have one. Strange because although I was a letterpress printer in the 6ts in my later years at work I ran a Lithographic 4 colour press with computer settings all good with skills I'd picked up from craftsmen during my life, the last two years I was on a digital printer, ptg any thing from business cards to brochures and found it harder because those skills were no longer useful. Happy Christmas to you 1882

[Lubanski]

Thanks everybody, what a friendly bunch you are.