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JohnDearyMe

At the end of the day, I'm never going to support Manchester Originals or Manchester Super Giants as they'll be known next year because I'm not from Manchester and have no affinity with the team. Same here, they've just alienated a massive chunk of Lancashire's fan base (same for the other teams I'...

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Bordeauxclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 10, 2025 9:12 pm
Around 5000 according to this
http://lancashireleague.com/Seasons/197 ... 76_MR.html

Good turn out! Brendan Flood's brother with a 7 wicket haul there too.

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 10, 2025 9:47 pm
I thought he might have done himself a serious injury the way he went down when celebrating.

I always wince when players celebrate like that. I'm surprised more are not forbidden from doing it due to the potential injury risk

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I remember a few of the self proclaimed football experts on here lauding our summer signings during Kompany's top flight season (with some even talking about a top half finish) so I think I'll reserve judgement for a few months.

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1989_claret wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 06, 2025 10:34 pm
Announcement video: https://x.com/burnleyofficial/status/19 ... KE8IRZVPGw

"maybe you haven't been keeping up on current events, but we just got our asses kicked, pal!"

Hopefully he won't be saying this after every game!

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ALK may get the plaudits for this innovation but Clive Holt first suggested this at Burnley in the late 80s. Yes, the technology didn't exist but the vision was there nonetheless.

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Be very very very careful with this, do your homework on the owners of the site. There are a lot owned by a rough family that will not let you move your van off site, and will only give you a tiny fraction of what you paid if you want to move out. I can put you in contact with someone who has had a...

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Good to see us put a poor Yorkshire to the sword.

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Wish him well in his career but he's out of his depth at Burnley. Hopefully he'll be moved on this summer.

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On the plus side it will give all the Palace ultras something to do over the school summer holidays. I'm sure they'll make some great banners about it all.

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fidelcastro wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 08, 2025 5:54 pm
That's a wind-up, right?

Having analysed Hountondji's xG ratings throughout his career (along with Foster's) I can safely say that they would have propelled us to qualify for European football.

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Disappointing news. Like Foster I think he would be a lot better suited to the Premier League

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Taffy on the wing wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 02, 2025 9:43 pm
Ashley Barnes to make it 3-2 vs Crystal Palace!

Closely followed by Arfield's winner against Everton at home...!

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No wonder Hamburg won the tie, half the team must have been struggling with sprained ankles after training on that surface!

Great footage.

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Great set but Out of Space deserves more than a minute or whatever that was! That was my only criticism really - thought they moved on a bit too quick from Firestarter and No Good (Start the Dance) too. They undeniably know how to put on a show though and you’re guaranteed a great time. Does someon...

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I remember it being called off one year because of the snow at Buxton. And just read it was 50 years ago. https://cricket.lancashirecricket.co.uk/media/5w3gtgjs/p087-buxton-1975.jpg?width=500&height=336.5695792880259 https://cricket.lancashirecricket.co.uk/news/2025-news/fifty-year-anniversary-when...

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Hopey wrote: ↑
Sat Jun 28, 2025 9:03 pm
That young lad behind our stumps has played 350+ consecutive games. He’s 32. He’s a god like wicket keeper though.

Ah sorry didn't see him without his helmet on. Really difficult catch to take either way.

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I went on the Lowerhouse Todmorden game this afternoon. There were two sensational catches; one by the young lad who was Lowerhouse's wicket keeper diving to catch one that had looped over behind him. And a great diving one handed catch on the boundary by a Todmorden player.

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Dark Cloud wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 23, 2025 2:08 pm
2, but with over half the league season still to play, I'd hardly describe Burnley as "on the brink" as was mentioned (likely tongue in cheek) above.

Thanks, still time for Rawtenstall to surge into promotion contention then from the league below!

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GetIntoEm wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 23, 2025 8:09 am
Yesterday's no results haven't made much difference to the tables. House still sit top, Burnley still on the brink of relegation. Altho PC still hasn't confirmed the Burnley result.

How many teams will be relegated from the top league?

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fidelcastro wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 18, 2025 10:45 am
Nick Pickering
Paul Stewart
John Clayton

Mullen had a habit of signing crocked players.

Steve Thompson the midfielder too possibly?

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Tricky Trevor wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 18, 2025 10:52 am
The fixtures following mid-week European games are:
20-9. Nottm Forest H
4-10. Aston V A
24-1. Spurs H
21-2. Chelsea A
18-4. Nottm Forest A
9-5. Aston V H. This would mean Villa are in CL semi-final.

Hopefully they are all playing away to teams in Eastern Europe.

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My Father and Other Working-class Football Heroes
by Gary Imlach

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Sat Jun 14, 2025 4:38 pm
Have you not considered moving?

Hope they at least consider banning that trumpet

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Sat Jun 14, 2025 12:42 pm
Peter Noble - was it 28 out of 28. He did miss one once but the referee ordered a retake.

Don't think I've ever seen a ref order a penalty retake in my time watching Burnley. Must be pretty rare events

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dermotdermot wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 12, 2025 1:43 am
Surf’s Up is perhaps one of my all time favorite songs. Not the album, although that is still so good. But placed, and sung by Brian Wilson on the finally released Smile album.

What a musical journey and progression from Surfin' Safari to the otherworldly Surf's Up in just a few years

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A second musical genius to leave this earth in a week after Sly Stone.

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Claretforever wrote: ↑
Sat May 31, 2025 3:38 pm
Almost 50,000 tickets sold between them is very impressive for tier five.

That is a good turnout. Although it's funny how Oldham, which much have double or maybe three times the population of Burnley, never seems to have been able to attract the same sorts of crowds as we did/do.

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Dressinggown wrote: ↑
Fri May 30, 2025 10:57 pm

Nice night for it. Decent crowd on?

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Pretty sure Steve Caldwell played against his brother Gary (Wigan) when he was a Claret Another ex-Claret Lee Howey must have played against his brother Steve at some point And another - Leon Cort - played against Carl? Yes I'm pretty sure the Cort brothers played against each other and they both a...

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1) Sheffield United got 90+ points, finished 3rd, so by rights, deserve promotion ... 2) They have a shocking record at Wembley in play-offs, their fans deserve a result ... 3) When we beat them in 2009, the fans we met on the train back to High Wycombe were a class act, despite their personal disa...

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Nicely written piece CT. Very different types of player but both effective and each scored more than 100 club career goals (Sam more than Danny with 28 for Wycombe in that last successful spell). A very decent international career for Sam too with 64 appearances for Wales (11 goals). I'm sure we ca...

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There is a massive gulf between the Championship and the Premier League. As poor as Manchester United have performed this season I would be surprised if they lost more than once in 6 matches played against the bottom 3. My comment was partially tongue in cheek but they are two very poor teams compa...

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We should be looking to claim 12 points against these two teams next season as an absolute minimum...

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It would be good if Palace won and even better if we are scheduled to play them straight after they've had an away Europa league fixture in Turkey or somewhere else far away.

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I still need to do some checking on this one but I think it's accurate. Like the one further up the thread it does include next season. Everton - 121 Aston Villa - 110 Liverpool - 109 Arsenal - 107 Manchester United - 99 Manchester City - 95 Newcastle - 92 Chelsea - 89 Tottenham - 89 Sunderland - 8...

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cockneyclaret wrote: ↑
Thu May 15, 2025 4:15 pm
I always look at there results to see if Sam is on the score sheet, I did wonder why he's been out for so long

Only 7 appearances this season

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Hibsclaret wrote: ↑
Thu May 15, 2025 12:08 pm
Good mates with Keane given the constant nudging of his arm. Entertaining hour to be fair.

Think they were both on the books together at Nottm Forest as young men briefly

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Copied from this mornings news. Hopefully the young man makes a full recovery. Does this not highlight the reason why the Linesman should now be instructed to go back to flagging immediately a player is offside. That was my first thought upon watching Match of The Day. The Forest player looked well...

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Spijed wrote: ↑
Tue May 13, 2025 5:38 pm
Chelsea women play at Kingsmeadow (AFC Wimbledon's old ground) which has a capacity of 4850.

It was also Kingstonian's old ground before that. Not sure what happened but they got booted out by Chelsea and are currently homeless in the lower reaches of non-league football.

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Hope they get a proper break now during the close season and aren't brought back early like they were with Kompany

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Claret Till I Die wrote: ↑
Sun May 04, 2025 8:49 am
We just laughed at their coaches when they were calling us dirty northern cants

Charming bunch. Is that better or worse than being called a maggy one?

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Aclaret wrote: ↑
Fri May 02, 2025 7:00 pm

After the game Millwall fans trying to board our coach to shake our hands and wish us all the best for the Summer break.....I wish.....

Great turn of phrase there, made me laugh! Glad you came through the experience ok

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NewForestClaret wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 30, 2025 1:58 pm
Glen Little?

Good shout. Imagine if he could have headed the ball as well as he dribbled with it!

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BurnleyHeff wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 30, 2025 12:36 pm
It's very true, he said so himself during an interview

That's very interesting. Don't normally get wingers that tall

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Not sure how much truth is in it but a Villa supporting friend of mine said he was only sold by them for PSR reasons.

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This must surely be a record. With the final set of games taking place tomorrow there are still 6 teams in the National League South that could win the title:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... uth-finale

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kentonclaret wrote: ↑
Fri Apr 25, 2025 6:26 pm
Walsall were 12 points clear at the end of January and are now in a playoff position.
Poor run attributed to Stoke City recalling striker Lowe who at the time was their top scorer.

I was wondering what was behind their drastic drop off in form; they were coasting at one point.

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mdd2 wrote: ↑
Fri Apr 25, 2025 9:12 am
Last 4 seasons in this Division so far
P182 W107 D60 L 15 Pts 381

Wow, averaging out at 95 points a season (with 2 games still to go in this one).

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The cricket club won’t allow us to buy them out. They’ve been there longer than the turf has been there and make far too much money on match days . The only feasible outcome would be to build a stand with a pavilion facing the cricket ground at the back of the new stand and allow them to keep The p...

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