Ian Moore

[LowtonClaret]

Was he our first million pound player?

[dpinsussex]

From memory yes. Stand to be corrected

[jedi_master]

He was indeed.

[Quickenthetempo]

Yes he was

[Giftonsnoidea]

Sold for 50k when he left?

[TVC15]

Sold for 50k when he left?

I still count that £50k we received from Leeds (?) as one of the best deals we ever got....I’d have been happy with a fiver at the time.

[Giftonsnoidea]

I still count that £50k we received from Leeds (?) as one of the best deals we ever got....I’d have been happy with a fiver at the time.

He was bloody awful, I think ternents worst buy by a mile

[karatekid]

I quite liked Ian Moore.

[Burnley1989]

Dog chasing a balloon, felt for him though because there was a lot of pressure on him due to the fee and he was simply a limited footballer that worked his socks off

[Buxtonclaret]

Safe to say, most would reckon he didn't turn out to be the player we'd hoped.
Was it Tranmere his dad managed?

[Burnley1989]

Safe to say, most would reckon he didn't turn out to be the player we'd hoped.
Was it Tranmere his dad managed?

Yeah was it Ronnie?

[ElectroClaret]

Awful striker.
Remember one game on Deepdale (I think) where the ball popped up for him in front of goal with the keeper sprawled on the floor. He had all the goal to aim at, basically just could have let it bounce in off his head, incredibly he hit the goalie from a yard out.
Dog chasing a balloon is right.

Crap.

[Murger]

Such a poor player. Ran a lot, nothing more. The £50k we got for him was the sale of the century.

[Bordeauxclaret]

I still count that £50k we received from Leeds (?) as one of the best deals we ever got....I’d have been happy with a fiver at the time.

That and having Southamptons pants down for Wayne Thomas equally amazing.

[Burnley1989]

That and having Southamptons pants down for Wayne Thomas equally amazing.

Did his cruciate a week later I think as well

[edison]

Such a poor player. Ran a lot, nothing more. The £50k we got for him was the sale of the century.

Indeed, I was amazed we got money for him. Still makes me smile that we did.

[the_fat_shearer]

That and having Southamptons pants down for Wayne Thomas equally amazing.

Bang on. I saw the Moore £50K as great business. I have never been so baffled by any transfer business as the Saints offer for Thomas. When he started, he was averaging a red card every 6 games after 24 games if I remember correctly.

The greatest shame about the Moore transfer was that it seemed that Ternent felt the pressure of the big fee to play him. Payton was relegated to the bench and barely seemed to start many more games again.

[Buxtonclaret]

Yeah was it Ronnie?

Yep. Think that's the one.
Not sure if he ended up playing for his dad somewhere.

Might be wrong, but seem to remember him crowing about moving to a 'Big' club when he left.
Understated, as everyone knows Weeds are the biggest club in the world.

[Damo]

That and having Southamptons pants down for Wayne Thomas equally amazing.

Fairly sure this transfer was the one that gave birth to the quote "I'll drive him there myself"

[edison]

He ended up at Tranmere when his dad was there

[IanMcL]

First million we paid but not the first 'million pound player'.
We had Steve Daley for a time.

[edison]

Did his cruciate a week later I think as well

He did his cruciate with us, while playing during a red card appeal. But yes, what an amazing a bit of business

[SammyBoy]

I remember being buzzing as a 10 year old when I heard we’d spent a million quid on a player, that was as good as it got though with Ian Moore.

[edison]

Was Blake the second £1 million signing or was there anyone between him and Moore?

[elwaclaret]

Think the idea was to fav Moore feeding off a big man.. There was the On-ITV Digital blowup soon after that left the club in dire straights so it never happened. Think Crouchy was lined up to be that partner by Stan later, but the riots put paid to Crouchy coming and going to Pompey(?) instead.

[Blackrod]

Yet he made nearly 200 appearances for us and played for England U21s. We’ve had much better since but we’ve also had far far worse. ( D Jones mk1 and P Stewart always spring to mind).

[Bordeauxclaret]

Fairly sure this transfer was the one that gave birth to the quote "I'll drive him there myself"

Fair play to whoever took the call and managed to keep it together.

[Woodleyclaret]

Stans not playing Andy Payton was spiteful and personal
Andy had problems and watching others with less ability getting game time didnt help him deal with these.

[Inchy]

Think the idea was to fav Moore feeding off a big man.. There was the On-ITV Digital blowup soon after that left the club in dire straights so it never happened. Think Crouchy was lined up to be that partner by Stan later, but the riots put paid to Crouchy coming and going to Pompey(?) instead.

The Crouchy story comes from Stans book and it’s utter ********.

For a start it states Crouchys wife didn’t want to come to Burnley. He wasn’t even married

[TVC15]

Yet he made nearly 200 appearances for us and played for England U21s. We’ve had much better since but we’ve also had far far worse. ( D Jones mk1 and P Stewart always spring to mind).

Presumably that was when he was at Stockport where admittedly he did look pretty decent. His 4 years at Burnley though he was mostly awful - the fact he made so many appearances for us was partly down to the fee and Stan’s stubbornness and also because we were not very good....though Andy Payton was ten times the player in every respect.
Paul Stewart was only here for a few months on loan - and was a far better player than Moore could dream of - but just not when he played for us....and Dave Jones was here for what ?...weeks ?....but he was worse than Moore I’ll give you that !!

[fidelcastro]

Was it Sam Ellis who said that Moore was guaranteed to get you 15 goals a season?

He needed to do his research... Moore had never managed that in his career!

[Blackrod]

He wasn’t the sharpest tool in the box. Taking on your wife’s name to make a double barreled one probably confirms this.

[Yeovil1951]

First million we paid but not the first 'million pound player'.
We had Steve Daley for a time.

Kevin Reeves also about the same time both John Bond signings

[the_fat_shearer]

Think the idea was to fav Moore feeding off a big man.. There was the On-ITV Digital blowup soon after that left the club in dire straights so it never happened. Think Crouchy was lined up to be that partner by Stan later, but the riots put paid to Crouchy coming and going to Pompey(?) instead.

The idea was to have him feeding off a big man - He played loads with Gareth Taylor!

I remember one game at home when evey time Taylor won a flick on, Moore was running in the opposite direction. Taylor was flicking them into good areas and Moore was nowhere to be seen. Payton came on later in the game and literally his first touch was getting on the end of a Taylor flick on. The difference in football intelligence between the two was gigantic.

[k90bfc]

How he was first choice instead of Andy Payton,was beyond belief,Andy must have felt devastated,the fans couldnt believe it,the team and results suffered,denied his 200,Goals tally,Golden Boot Award still on display at Turf Moor,he was hard done by,felt sorry for him at the time.

[elwaclaret]

The idea was to have him feeding off a big man - He played loads with Gareth Taylor!

I remember one game at home when evey time Taylor won a flick on, Moore was running in the opposite direction. Taylor was flicking them into good areas and Moore was nowhere to be seen. Payton came on later in the game and literally his first touch was getting on the end of a Taylor flick on. The difference in football intelligence between the two was gigantic.

Gareth Taylor was a great forward for us but he was a goal scorer not provider. Think you are looking back with a slight tint.... Blakey was absolute shite when he first played “like he was wearing diving boots” (turned out he was injured). it was months before we saw anything from Blake. I maintain we never got to saw the plan for Ian Moore due to ITV digital collapse shortly after he signed

[elwaclaret]

The Crouchy story comes from Stans book and it’s utter ********.

For a start it states Crouchys wife didn’t want to come to Burnley. He wasn’t even married

Might have been but it wasshite delivered first hand by the manager of Burnley Football Club.As for not being married Stan would hardly be the first to say wife to cover girlfriend. That is done all the time... I’ve done it twice today with my ‘wife’ when I’m nearly 10 years divorced, and am talking about a new model. Not important.

[ClaretTony]

I maintain we never got to saw the plan for Ian Moore due to ITV digital collapse shortly after he signed

ITV Digital hadn't even started, let alone collapsed, when we signed Moore.

[Blackburn_Claret]

ITV Digital hadn't even started, let alone collapsed, when we signed Moore.

Are you sure about that CT?

[elwaclaret]

ITV Digital hadn't even started, let alone collapsed, when we signed Moore.

Might. It have started but the windfall was being banked on. Burnley were not even sniffing around that sort of menu before the Digital deal promised a fortune to my memory. It’s collapse certainly caused all team building plans to stop.

Like I say from memory, if I’m out fair enough. I do enough digging through archives without doing it for fun, even when the answers are in the loft.

[Bosscat]

Are you sure about that CT?

I would say CT is spot on the following from wikipedia

ITV digital 2001 Moore signed in 2000


ITV Digital was a British digital terrestrial television broadcaster which launched a pay-TV service on the world's first digital terrestrial television network. Its main shareholders were Carlton Communications plc and Granada plc, owners of two franchises of the ITV network. Starting as ONdigital in 1998, the service was re-branded as ITV Digital in July 2001. Low audience figures, piracy issues and an ultimately unaffordable multi-million pound deal with the Football League led to the broadcaster suffering massive losses, forcing it to enter administration in March 2002.

[BOYSIE31]

Amazing what we could spend in the old days - just imagine if we got £120 million a year what we could do - oh wait

[fidelcastro]

Amazing what we could spend in the old days - just imagine if we got £120 million a year what we could do - oh wait

Yes, we spend a darn sight more now. What's your point?

[Blackburn_Claret]

I would say CT is spot on the following from wikipedia

ITV digital 2001 Moore signed in 2000


ITV Digital was a British digital terrestrial television broadcaster which launched a pay-TV service on the world's first digital terrestrial television network. Its main shareholders were Carlton Communications plc and Granada plc, owners of two franchises of the ITV network. Starting as ONdigital in 1998, the service was re-branded as ITV Digital in July 2001. Low audience figures, piracy issues and an ultimately unaffordable multi-million pound deal with the Football League led to the broadcaster suffering massive losses, forcing it to enter administration in March 2002.

Brownhill's wiki page

Joshua Brownhill (born 19 December 1995) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Burnley after turning down West Ham by laughing David Moyes in the face and then dropkicking a tree like the Kung fu master he is. Brownhill, while watching the highlights of Burnley’s 3-0 demolishing of West Ham, laughed intimately hugging Sean Dyche and repeating ‘I’m coming home

[Winstonswhite]

It was known as On Digital and they signed a deal with the football league in June 2000. Moore signed in a November 2000

We spent money we hadn’t yet received- Kilby probably learnt a big lesson from it.

[ClaretTony]

Are you sure about that CT?

Certain

Moore signed in 2000 and ITV Digital season was 2001/02.

[ksrclaret]

It was known as On Digital and they signed a deal with the football league in June 2000. Moore signed in a November 2000

We spent money we hadn’t yet received- Kilby probably learnt a big lesson from it.

Absolutely. The phrase 'we won't bet the ranch' appeared soon after and lingered for years.

In truth we did very well (and got lucky) that we came through that decade unscathed.

[the_fat_shearer]

Gareth Taylor was a great forward for us but he was a goal scorer not provider. Think you are looking back with a slight tint.... Blakey was absolute shite when he first played “like he was wearing diving boots” (turned out he was injured). it was months before we saw anything from Blake. I maintain we never got to saw the plan for Ian Moore due to ITV digital collapse shortly after he signed

Maybe Taylor was a good goalscorer but I wasn't looking back through a slight tint, it is a genuine memory from a game I was talking about - I was sat in the Jimmy Mac Upper at the time.

But as for Moore in general, he seemed to be famous for his pace but I don't recall him outpacing many people.

I think that he was with us long enough to have time to prove himself. It was a shame for all parties that it wasn't so fruitful.

[Burnleyareback2]

A few premier league “spoilt” fans on this thread. Signing an England U18 & U21 striker was quite a big deal for Burnley at the time. He was a record signing and really marked the beginning of better times again for Burnley.

I also think he scored about 36 more goals for Burnley that the ballon d’or Vydra that’s so many people rave about.

[claretblue]

Ian Moore used to play for Forest and Man Utd
...but that’s another story!