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by Culmclaret
Sun Aug 31, 2025 7:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Summer 2025 BFC Transfer Window - Links and discussion on the Linked player only.
Replies: 1280
Views: 221127

Re: Summer 2025 BFC Transfer Window - Links and discussion on the Linked player only.

randomclaret2 wrote:
Sun Aug 31, 2025 7:34 pm
Seems very odd to me...
Gives him the chance to say goodbye to the fans who think he’s dog-egg
by Culmclaret
Sun Aug 31, 2025 4:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Buying a home game ticket
Replies: 34
Views: 1366

Re: Buying a home game ticket

burnley007 wrote:
Sun Aug 31, 2025 3:59 pm
Not only that, but without membership, I can only buy 1 ticket per game.
Outrageous
I went against my principles and got extra membership so I could get tickets for friends. It really did grind my gears however as a ST holder of many years and a shareholder with a reasonable number of shares.
by Culmclaret
Sun Aug 31, 2025 12:34 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: **** VAR
Replies: 237
Views: 7853

Re: **** VAR

Tall Paul wrote:
Sun Aug 31, 2025 12:27 pm
And the penalty in the first half?
The camera angle was much clearer
by Culmclaret
Sun Aug 31, 2025 12:26 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: **** VAR
Replies: 237
Views: 7853

Re: **** VAR

Some very balanced and fair minded comments on here. I accept the offside was the correct decision in that the goal was disallowed in real time and that was ‘probably’ the right decision. The penalty was not the right decision. VAR should only get involved when there is a clear and obvious error. I ...
by Culmclaret
Sat Aug 30, 2025 10:40 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Vitinho
Replies: 30
Views: 2943

Re: Vitinho

The view of him may have been affected by the expectations people have of Brazilian players. He was a an extremely competent, versatile and hard working player for us. No bells and whistles but a fine player nevertheless. I was sorry when he went and I am sure he would have had a very good season pl...
by Culmclaret
Fri Aug 29, 2025 3:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Summer 2025 BFC Transfer Window - Links and discussion on the Linked player only.
Replies: 1280
Views: 221127

Re: Summer 2025 BFC Transfer Window - Links and discussion on the Linked player only.

Goodison News reporting that Everton are preparing a bid for Luís. They contradict the reports that say we have agreed a deal with Benfica. Exciting isn’t it?
by Culmclaret
Fri Aug 29, 2025 8:19 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Ings to cut it with the Blades in Championship return
Replies: 13
Views: 1434

Re: ARTICLE: Ings to cut it with the Blades in Championship return

Good luck to Danny. He was fantastic for us in 2013/14. He didn’t do much wrong the following season and his transfer was inevitable. Terrible luck with injuries throughout his career.
by Culmclaret
Fri Aug 29, 2025 8:16 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Where are they now?
Replies: 24
Views: 4478

Re: Where are they now?

CaptainClaret wrote:
Fri Aug 29, 2025 2:48 am
Loved the Rooster (Russell) when he played for us.
Why was his Burnley stay so short-lived? Always wondered
His cluck ran out
by Culmclaret
Fri Aug 29, 2025 6:51 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Dubravka interview
Replies: 28
Views: 3110

Re: Dubravka interview

Would rather have him than Trafford this season …that is not to say that in the longer term Trafford will not be a better keeper but he is still young for a keeper and has some developing to do. DUbravka looked rock solid against Sunderland and his distribution was noticeably quicker than JT’s.
by Culmclaret
Thu Aug 28, 2025 5:53 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Buying from t'Rovers
Replies: 32
Views: 2953

Re: Buying from t'Rovers

I would bloody hope not. I can't say for certain how we signed him, whether it was a free from them or whether they had released him and we picked him up. I do remember him scoring a screamer at Colchester to earn us a 2-2 draw in the final game of the 1985/86 season. It proved to be the last time ...
by Culmclaret
Wed Aug 27, 2025 2:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Bronwhill confirms departure
Replies: 284
Views: 30818

Re: Bronwhill confirms departure

Tbf he’d be watched by more people at Edgeley Park. Al Shabab ave attendance 5,243. In all seriousness, good luck to him. He did a good job for us. He gave his all last season despite running his contract down.
by Culmclaret
Wed Aug 27, 2025 11:54 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Clarets Uncut v Sunderland
Replies: 11
Views: 1960

Re: Clarets Uncut v Sunderland

Great watch. Could also have added highlights from the u10 lasses. Some of them played very well!
by Culmclaret
Wed Aug 27, 2025 10:53 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley v Derby - Player Ratings
Replies: 86
Views: 4731

Re: Burnley v Derby - Player Ratings

I usually step short of critical commentary because I follow the ball and I don't read the game as well as many people who better understand what goes on off it. Laurent a prime example last night. And I would sometimes be guilty of lack of objectivity in rating players who I really want to see do ...
by Culmclaret
Sun Aug 24, 2025 6:13 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Access for home fans
Replies: 661
Views: 27572

Re: Access for home fans

The inconvenience for me is neither here nor there…or at worst a first world problem. I left in time added on and had an extra 200 yards to jog, before setting out on my long journey home. My safety concerns remain, however, as I think funnelling 14,000 people through a six/seven yard gap is asking ...
by Culmclaret
Sun Aug 24, 2025 6:02 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley v Sunderland - Player Ratings
Replies: 101
Views: 10009

Re: Burnley v Sunderland - Player Ratings

Enjoyable game. For a twenty minute period in the first half we were chasing shadows as Sunderland controlled the ball and probed (albeit to little effect) but we weathered that and finished the half on the front foot. We had gifted them a couple of chances in the first half, whilst we had one perfe...
by Culmclaret
Sun Aug 24, 2025 3:48 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Thoughts on Dubravaka's debut?
Replies: 108
Views: 6637

Re: Thoughts on Dubravaka's debut?

Non having a dig at Trafford because he will be a top keeper, but I would rather have Dubravka this season.
by Culmclaret
Sun Aug 24, 2025 10:43 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Match Day Experience
Replies: 49
Views: 3444

Re: Match Day Experience

I forgot the goal music playing after we didn’t score…that was fun
by Culmclaret
Sun Aug 24, 2025 10:29 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Match Day Experience
Replies: 49
Views: 3444

Re: Match Day Experience

Players getting off the bus….don’t know don’t care PA system. Way too loud. I had to put my hands over my ears at one point. All that noise completely ruins any chance of a pre-match atmosphere generated by the fans. Also annoying when the beer advert soundtrack overplayed the music creating a right...
by Culmclaret
Sat Aug 23, 2025 12:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today's Other Football
Replies: 126
Views: 4766

Re: Today's Other Football

Nearly a f**k up by Trafford
by Culmclaret
Sat Aug 23, 2025 12:20 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Access for home fans
Replies: 661
Views: 27572

Re: Access for home fans

Perhaps we can get rid of the football match and just watch people getting off a coach
by Culmclaret
Sat Aug 23, 2025 6:09 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Access for home fans
Replies: 661
Views: 27572

Re: Access for home fans

Finally on the club website. IMPACTFUL seems to be their buzz word. I’m sure it will be, but not in the context the club mean. Cheer the team off the team bus from our opening Premier League fixture As part of the ongoing transformation works at Turf Moor, the Club are pleased to launch an all-new ...
by Culmclaret
Wed Aug 20, 2025 9:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Access for home fans
Replies: 661
Views: 27572

Re: Access for home fans

Excellent advice from Carport. I’ve chaired a SAG and I can’t believe what they are doing
by Culmclaret
Wed Aug 20, 2025 7:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Access for home fans
Replies: 661
Views: 27572

Re: Access for home fans

For the club’s sake I sincerely hope they have consulted the SAG about this….
by Culmclaret
Wed Aug 20, 2025 7:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Access for home fans
Replies: 661
Views: 27572

Re: Access for home fans

ISA should write to the Lancashire SAG to ask whether the proposed access and exit arrangements have been taken into consideration in relation to,the club’s safety certification.
by Culmclaret
Wed Aug 20, 2025 6:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Access for home fans
Replies: 661
Views: 27572

Re: Access for home fans

On the face of it this looks beyond dangerous. I would be very interested to know what the Lancashire Safety Advisory Group or equivalent think of of it. I won’t make the further comments I would like to for legal reasons, but whoever thought of this needs to have a very quick rethink. I have a 540 ...
by Culmclaret
Tue Aug 19, 2025 2:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: New Layout of Cricket Field
Replies: 215
Views: 16229

Re: New Layout of Cricket Field

I live miles away’ getting onto the motorway quickly is my aim. This will add 10 minutes to get to my car, I guess I’ll just have to leave a lot earlier as will many others no doubt. Same for me. A 270 mile drive home. This will mean that I will almost certainly join the ranks of the outcasts who l...
by Culmclaret
Tue Aug 19, 2025 8:24 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Have you also noticed
Replies: 48
Views: 4134

Re: Have you also noticed

Every generation has its moral panic. If you go back to the early seventeenth century people were banging on about the degeneracy of the young compared with the times of Good Queen Bess. The wartime Golden generation were horrified by the Teds in the late 50s and no doubt in a few years Generation Z...
by Culmclaret
Mon Aug 18, 2025 9:28 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Bronwhill confirms departure
Replies: 284
Views: 30818

Re: Bronwhill confirms departure

Going back to Geoff Nulty, it took him a while to find his best position for us. He had periods as a supplementary striker, a centre half and a midfielder. He was excellent in the air, and yet he wasn't fully appreciated and often targeted by the boo boys. I was gutted when Nulty left. In retrospec...
by Culmclaret
Sun Aug 17, 2025 7:28 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley F C Highlights 1980, 1982 - 1983 + 1993
Replies: 9
Views: 820

Re: Burnley F C Highlights 1980, 1982 - 1983 + 1993

…. never a yellow…. In 81/82 I thought Kevin Young would go on to great things but it just wasn’t to be
by Culmclaret
Tue Aug 12, 2025 9:05 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Summer transfer window
Replies: 8356
Views: 996989

Re: Summer transfer window

Steven was certainly the sundance kid, but Cassidy wasn’t that butch….except for that header against Sheff Weds!
by Culmclaret
Tue Aug 12, 2025 9:03 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Hundred
Replies: 50
Views: 2608

Re: The Hundred

Beer matches; but that said probably closer in spirit to the origins of cricket. Can’t be doing wit it myself
by Culmclaret
Mon Aug 11, 2025 6:43 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: REPORT: The Turf opens with a friendly defeat
Replies: 17
Views: 1360

Re: REPORT: The Turf opens with a friendly defeat

Didn’t we play in our yellow away kit in the FA Cup against a Hyde Utd in 1983? This was switched to the Turf although we were originally drawn away
by Culmclaret
Sat Aug 09, 2025 4:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Season tickets
Replies: 334
Views: 26688

Re: Season tickets

Arrived yesterday
by Culmclaret
Fri Aug 08, 2025 8:30 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Experienced goalkeeper Dúbravka signs in
Replies: 85
Views: 6384

Re: ARTICLE: Experienced goalkeeper Dúbravka signs in

Great signing. Really nice balance of youth and experience at the back developing.
by Culmclaret
Fri Aug 08, 2025 8:29 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Rovers New Surfer Flag
Replies: 33
Views: 3716

Re: Rovers New Surfer Flag

bpgburn wrote:
Thu Aug 07, 2025 9:47 pm
Ha ha I thought you were taking the Mick but you're right, one weird looking bloke in (what looks like a) a grey v neck with a dark top under it is spattered everywhere. How embarrassing.
‘They’re only there (or not there) cos it’s Burnley’
by Culmclaret
Thu Aug 07, 2025 11:51 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Rovers New Surfer Flag
Replies: 33
Views: 3716

Re: Rovers New Surfer Flag

33% of the vote: that must be two votes then
by Culmclaret
Mon Aug 04, 2025 12:06 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: England India 5th test
Replies: 264
Views: 9141

Re: England India 5th test

Brook, hero and villain. Hopefully he will learn from this that there is a difference between being good and being great. He has the potential to be great, but the real greats have focus and the killer instinct.
by Culmclaret
Tue Jul 29, 2025 9:38 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 2025/26: Tottenham Hotspur V Burnley – Ticket Information
Replies: 403
Views: 17829

Re: 2025/26: Tottenham Hotspur V Burnley – Ticket Information

Apparently those who couldn’t get tickets for Spurs have priority access to Espanyol tickets..
by Culmclaret
Tue Jul 29, 2025 9:22 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 2025/26: Tottenham Hotspur V Burnley – Ticket Information
Replies: 403
Views: 17829

Re: 2025/26: Tottenham Hotspur V Burnley – Ticket Information

fidelcastro wrote:
Tue Jul 29, 2025 9:20 am
Did he? Before my time, to be fair! :D
He is alleged to have said so.
by Culmclaret
Tue Jul 29, 2025 9:16 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 2025/26: Tottenham Hotspur V Burnley – Ticket Information
Replies: 403
Views: 17829

Re: 2025/26: Tottenham Hotspur V Burnley – Ticket Information

No! Bob said he would be happy if he could run the club without supporters!
by Culmclaret
Tue Jul 29, 2025 8:44 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 2025/26: Tottenham Hotspur V Burnley – Ticket Information
Replies: 403
Views: 17829

Re: 2025/26: Tottenham Hotspur V Burnley – Ticket Information

Tbf going back to the days of Bob Lord you can’t really say that the club has ever given a s**t about the fans but they are certainly finding ways of taking that disregard to new levels
by Culmclaret
Mon Jul 28, 2025 5:42 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Bronwhill confirms departure
Replies: 284
Views: 30818

Re: Bronwhill confirms departure

Very happy with that. In his and the club’s best interests. A top, top championship player who made the most of his attributes.
by Culmclaret
Fri Jul 25, 2025 10:22 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Summer transfer window
Replies: 8356
Views: 996989

Re: Summer transfer window

randomclaret2 wrote:
Thu Jul 24, 2025 8:12 pm
Pike was obviously a Burnley fan...
Villa sadly
by Culmclaret
Wed Jul 23, 2025 9:01 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Blackburn/Benidorm
Replies: 52
Views: 3779

Re: Blackburn/Benidorm

5595
by Culmclaret
Tue Jul 22, 2025 5:19 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Summer transfer window
Replies: 8356
Views: 996989

Re: Summer transfer window

Wilson’s hamstrings have gone. Would be a waste of a signing.
by Culmclaret
Mon Jul 21, 2025 4:16 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Searching for Burnley’s best Premier League goal
Replies: 31
Views: 1110

Re: ARTICLE: Searching for Burnley’s best Premier League goal

ElectroClaret wrote:
Mon Jul 21, 2025 4:03 pm
Was torn between Jayrods at OT and Robbie's against Man U on the Turf.

Eventually went for Jays.

But both brilliant in their own right.
Surprised that Hendrick’s at Goodson is not on the list. Without doubt the best ‘team goal’
by Culmclaret
Mon Jul 21, 2025 9:09 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Oldest Living England International
Replies: 54
Views: 2509

Re: Oldest Living England International

Isn't this attributed to Alan Stevenson? One of my earliest memories was as a small child and being taken on by my grandfather in the late 70s. I remember him waving it past the post in front of the CF and it nestled in the bottom corner. Newcastle at home I think. I remember at the game at the Bas...
by Culmclaret
Fri Jul 18, 2025 5:37 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Penalty rebound to be banned
Replies: 44
Views: 3664

Re: Penalty rebound to be banned

Why?? What is the problem they are trying to solve?
by Culmclaret
Fri Jul 18, 2025 5:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Name the most obscure Burnley player
Replies: 236
Views: 6523

Re: Name the most obscure Burnley player

Just remembered Billy Wright. 1 appearance: in the ill-fated Group Cup match at Wimbledon in 81/82.