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- Fri Jul 18, 2025 5:02 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Old wifes tales.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 715
Re: Old wifes tales.
I'd be more worried by the amygdalin in the apple seeds. Apparently it breaks down into cyanide when it's in your stomach. While the dosage is minute, it still can't be good for you.
- Fri Jul 18, 2025 12:27 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: BFC partnership with X
- Replies: 128
- Views: 3557
- Fri Jul 18, 2025 12:20 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: BFC partnership with X
- Replies: 128
- Views: 3557
Re: BFC partnership with X
Interesting move to partner with a company owned by an unstable (and that’s being polite) individual. On the other hand, I expect a lot of my private pension is invested in funds with questionable ethics. As long as it makes money, eh? Anyway, I have a theory (probably not original) that the more we...
- Wed Jul 16, 2025 12:56 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Name the most obscure Burnley player
- Replies: 225
- Views: 4779
Re: Name the most obscure Burnley player
Peter Haddock
- Wed Jul 02, 2025 12:32 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: New banknotes
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1793
Re: New banknotes
Joachim Karlsson
- Wed Jun 18, 2025 11:19 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: ARTICLE: Barry Kilby to head new ISA
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3203
Re: ARTICLE: Barry Kilby to head new ISA
I remember introducing myself to Barry at a Clarets Independent Supporters Association (CISA) meeting in 1998 which he very generously attended while he was attempting to buy the club. "Aaah," he said, "you're the chap who described me as 'B@stard-based businessman Barry Killjoy' in the Burnley fanz...
- Wed Jun 18, 2025 10:32 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Iron Maiden
- Replies: 46
- Views: 4392
Re: Iron Maiden
Seeing them a week on Saturday at the London Stadium. Cannot wait. First saw them in 1990 at Preston Guild Hall, supported by Wolfsbane, who I saw two months ago at a tiny venue in Bedford. Opposite ends of the heavy metal spectrum.
- Mon May 12, 2025 2:36 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Trent booed by Liverpool fans
- Replies: 98
- Views: 4544
Re: Trent booed by Liverpool fans
I don’t think it’s him leaving that’s the issue, more various other factors that have led up to it. He’s left on a free, been seen signing Real Madrid shirts months ago, let this story linger in the press for so long before addressing it, clearly been speaking to Madrid behind the scenes for quite ...
- Mon May 12, 2025 12:17 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Neighbours
- Replies: 54
- Views: 5984
Re: Neighbours
I’ve been reading the Sycamore Gap thread with great interest as I have a similar style issue. Obviously it is not anyway near the scale of that but I wondered if there is anyone with legal knowledge who can advise on my situation. Back story is I have not spoken to my neighbour for years due to an...
- Mon May 12, 2025 11:38 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Trent booed by Liverpool fans
- Replies: 98
- Views: 4544
Re: Trent booed by Liverpool fans
I think he’s a traitor and the fans were right to boo. He’s engineered a snakey move to Madrid for a while, he was seen signing fans’ Real Madrid shirts, intentionally ran down his contract to leave on a free. Alternatively, he signed a contract, stayed for the duration of the contract, and then ex...
- Tue May 06, 2025 4:48 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: What are you doing
- Replies: 39
- Views: 5515
Re: What are you doing
Concert time ,Iron Maiden in Birmingham,ELO in Hyde park ,then some Spanish beaches with my metal detector, then a couple of weeks in Florida 😎 Envious of ELO in Hyde Park but they were EXPENSIVE tickets. Not envious about Iron Maiden though, cos I'm seeing them on Steve Harris' own patch at the Lo...
- Sat Apr 05, 2025 9:17 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: The One and Only
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3374
Re: The One and Only
Ian Patterson
Played one game for us at Bristol Rovers in the Jimmy Mullen era. He later became a property developer in London and was a client of mine at one time. His son, Willem Tomlinson, played a few games for the 'stewards down the road.
Played one game for us at Bristol Rovers in the Jimmy Mullen era. He later became a property developer in London and was a client of mine at one time. His son, Willem Tomlinson, played a few games for the 'stewards down the road.
- Wed Jan 22, 2025 2:05 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Lowest attendances at the Turf post war?
- Replies: 58
- Views: 4483
Re: Lowest attendances at the Turf post war?
I was one of the 1,138 on the Turf for the Darlington game in 1986. Despite having a season ticket for the 86-87 season, I missed the Colchester game due to a last minute red card from my mum for severe dissent!
- Tue Aug 27, 2024 12:17 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Name the ex Claret
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1522
Re: Name the ex Claret
The psychological scars definitely run deep. Got to wonder, though, what was your motivation for the original post? Have you met him recently?Herts Clarets wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2024 12:13 pmWell done! Guess you had to be of a certain age and also somewhat of a masochist to have watched us back when he was playing.
- Tue Aug 27, 2024 12:11 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Name the ex Claret
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1522
Re: Name the ex Claret
Darren Heesom
- Wed Jul 17, 2024 10:30 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Sinclair ZX Spectrum
- Replies: 66
- Views: 4668
- Tue Jun 04, 2024 4:33 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: sherpa van 88 final
- Replies: 50
- Views: 3603
Re: sherpa van 88 final
You're right, Rowls. The capacity was immediately reduced (officially, at least) for the 1989 final because of the Hillsborough disaster a few weeks earlier but it still had the terraces at each end. After that, Wembley became all-seated.
- Tue Jun 04, 2024 4:14 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: sherpa van 88 final
- Replies: 50
- Views: 3603
- Wed May 29, 2024 11:38 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Double Wembley Day
- Replies: 44
- Views: 3724
Re: Double Wembley Day
1988: 12 years old; my first ever trip to Wembley. I remember being underwhelmed by its size and dilapidated condition. There was an isolated pen of Wolves fans on the upper terrace at the Burnley end, which looked really odd. I wasn't too bothered that we lost as it was pretty much expected given t...
- Mon May 20, 2024 11:42 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: HMRC - late return penalties and appeals
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1094
Re: HMRC - late return penalties and appeals
I had exactly the same issue when I first registered for self-assessment tax and was fined £100 for not sending a tax return for the previous year. I rang them and got it rescinded. From memory it wasn't too much of a faff.
- Sun May 05, 2024 9:47 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Welcome Bromley
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1938
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 2:55 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: National League play off semis.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1998
Re: National League play off semis.
Bromley is my local club (would've been Cray Valley Paper Mills FC if they hadn't moved in 1981) and I've had a season ticket at Hayes Lane this season for the first time after being pestered by my son. It's a brilliant set-up there, despite the 4G pitch which I hate. I'll be at Wembley on Sunday wi...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 5:50 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: The Premier League / European Superleague / Footballing Pyramid
- Replies: 10
- Views: 961
Re: The Premier League / European Superleague / Footballing Pyramid
I'd get rid of the Big Six in a heartbeat. And I'd throw Everton in too as a leaving gift.
I'd also support a boycott of next season's FA Cup.
I'd also support a boycott of next season's FA Cup.
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:17 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Boiler/flue question
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1190
Re: Boiler/flue question
As others rightly suggest on here, let the experts tell you what is needed. However, I had my fingers burned on this matter a few years back when my boiler and flue was replaced and signed off by a Gas Safe engineer, only for it to be condemned 18 months later when it was serviced by another company...
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 10:09 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Burnley v Aston Villa August 1972
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2453
Re: Burnley v Aston Villa August 1972
I still find it odd to see footage where the Longside has no perimeter fencing.
Also love the strange little dance that Alan Stevenson always did after he punted the ball up the pitch.
Also love the strange little dance that Alan Stevenson always did after he punted the ball up the pitch.
- Wed Nov 15, 2023 4:57 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Price if a pint where you live
- Replies: 144
- Views: 17293
Re: Price if a pint where you live
Either £4 or £5 (depending on ABV) for a cracking pint at my local in Petts Wood (Kent/SE London). Usually at least six ales on the go, with the board changing daily.
Someone earlier in the thread mentioned government tax. Pint for pint, petrol is about a third of the cost of beer. Crackers.
Someone earlier in the thread mentioned government tax. Pint for pint, petrol is about a third of the cost of beer. Crackers.
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 3:26 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Burnley v Spurs - The Big Match Revisited
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3507
Re: Burnley v Spurs - The Big Match Revisited
Worth getting to 37:27 just to see Frank Worthington's barnet.
- Thu Aug 10, 2023 5:10 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: When was your first served beer?
- Replies: 146
- Views: 15709
Re: When was your first served beer?
Pint of Heineken at Preston Guild Hall, 1 October 1990, aged 15, waiting for Iron Maiden to come on stage.
- Thu Jul 06, 2023 11:53 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Instagram Threads
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2476
Re: Instagram Threads
Signed up for it this morning. Following Up The Clarets already!
I'm not a huge fan of Meta but Zuckerberg is less of a twunt than Musk.
I'm not a huge fan of Meta but Zuckerberg is less of a twunt than Musk.
- Fri Jun 23, 2023 5:35 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Your biggest sporting achievements?
- Replies: 145
- Views: 10517
Re: Your biggest sporting achievements?
Made it to the second round of the UK Subbuteo Championship in 1986. Got knocked out with four seconds of extra time left on the clock. Still hurts. but I made the later edition of the Manchester Evening News, photographed with Denis Law, for the official 'flick-off'.
- Tue May 16, 2023 5:46 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: 100 years ago today
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2750
Re: 100 years ago today
Thanks Goobs..is Seedhill still standing? The only remnant of the old ground is a red brick wall with 'Visitors' in white paint, marking the boundary between Victoria Park and Seedhill at the western end of the ground. Used to be visible in the 80s and 90s but now lost beneath the scrub growth. The...
- Fri May 12, 2023 11:49 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Where are Clarets fans from outside of Burnley?
- Replies: 278
- Views: 26555
Re: Where are Clarets fans from outside of Burnley?
Burnley born and Padiham/Burnley educated, but if pushed I'm a proud Padiham Thickneck. Now living in Orpington, Kent, where I've been for the last 23 years. It's mainly Palace and Millwall territory round here and it's great fun winding them up about their empty trophy cabinets.
- Thu Feb 16, 2023 6:40 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Interview with Alan Pace
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3283
Re: Interview with Alan Pace
'City of Burnley' has a lovely ring to it. 

- Fri Jan 27, 2023 2:22 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Info for Ipswich
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2636
Re: Info for Ipswich
Yeah I am, just thought the season we're having we might have taken a few more. There'll probably be 600/700 there from London and the South East. Perhaps supporters are bit meh about the whole gig as the club hasn't taken the FA Cup seriously for more than a decade. Anyway, I'll be there (travelli...
- Tue Jan 10, 2023 1:51 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Weghorst to… Man United?
- Replies: 543
- Views: 57225
Re: Weghorst to… Man United?
We loaned Glen Little to Bolton in 2003.claret2018 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 11:47 amWhen was the last time a championship side loaned an outfield player to a premier league team?
- Wed Dec 07, 2022 10:01 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: The Hatters.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3305
Re: The Hatters.
In the mid-90s Stockport attempted to ditch the Hatters in favour of the Cobras, after they struck a deal with the vindaloo-quenching beer brand (brewed at Robinsons, if I recall correctly).
- Tue Dec 06, 2022 11:53 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: England match in London
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1624
Re: England match in London
Depends whereabouts in Hammersmith you're staying. There are a few pubs on King Street, notably the Salutation, Hammersmith Arms and the Hop Poles (where I watched a lot of the 2002 World Cup). It's a short walk from Hammersmith Broadway (the huge 1990s development that featured on the opening credi...
- Wed Nov 09, 2022 3:31 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Playing against Burnley FC players...
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3774
Re: Playing against Burnley FC players...
Genuinely logged in just to like this.

- Wed Nov 09, 2022 12:23 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Playing against Burnley FC players...
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3774
Re: Playing against Burnley FC players...
Not exactly a football match but in the days when you could just wander into Gawthorpe and watch the players train, Chris Pearce asked me (a 12 year old) to take some penalties against him after the training session had finished. I honestly can't remember if I scored any but I vividly remember the f...
- Tue Oct 25, 2022 2:46 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Owen Coyle - Undr the Cosh
- Replies: 41
- Views: 6208
Re: Owen Coyle - Undr the Cosh
Thoroughly enjoyed the podcast. I just can't get angry about his departure any more. He left, we moved on, we moved up and, most importantly, we had the last laugh. I must say he redeemed himself in the podcast a little bit by conceding that he should never have taken the job at Ewood. He also clear...
- Tue Aug 16, 2022 5:34 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Joey Barton discussing Mens Health with Alistair Campbell
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1994
Re: Joey Barton discussing Mens Health with Alistair Campbell
Elwa - your posts on this thread are amazing. I hope you keep speaking out about mental health issues because it's people like you who are breaking down barriers.
- Mon Aug 15, 2022 4:31 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Lenny Johnrose RIP
- Replies: 126
- Views: 8355
Re: Lenny Johnrose RIP
Gutted.
Sincere condolences to all who knew and loved him.
Sincere condolences to all who knew and loved him.
- Tue Feb 08, 2022 4:11 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: fao hoskinsgoalatswansea
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2750
Re: fao hoskinsgoalatswansea
For some reason the game was played on a Friday night and Ash's goal was so good that it was shown on Football Focus the next day; this being a time that we got naff-all coverage on the BBC. Actually, some things don't change.
- Tue Sep 28, 2021 2:26 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: ARTICLE: Burnley fans want both Franks Out
- Replies: 40
- Views: 4706
Re: ARTICLE: Burnley fans want both Franks Out
I must have been one of the few who wasn't shouting 'Casper Out' at the end of the match, though that was undoubtedly because I left after 60 mins and sat on the coach while the heavens opened.
One of the most inept 60/90mins I've ever seen from a Clarets side, and that includes the 86/87 season.
One of the most inept 60/90mins I've ever seen from a Clarets side, and that includes the 86/87 season.
- Fri Sep 24, 2021 3:27 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Best name for a pub quiz team
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5266
Re: Best name for a pub quiz team
In the mid-90s we entered a quiz at a pub called Hardy's Well at the end of Platt Lane in Manchester, where the gable wall had a freshly-painted Lemn Sissay poem on it called 'Wait Waterless Wanderer'. Lemn Sissay.JPG We won, but the landlord initially refused to hand over the prize because of our t...
- Tue Sep 07, 2021 5:22 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: 2021/22 Third Kit
- Replies: 76
- Views: 8739
Re: 2021/22 Third Kit
In fairness, most of the people complaining about the shirt sponsor were doing do so when the club was in the black to the tune of tens of millions.ChristheViking wrote: ↑Tue Sep 07, 2021 4:56 pmEasy to complain about the shirt sponsor when you don’t have to manage the debt.
Morals don’t pay the bills. Alan Pace gets it.
- Wed Jul 21, 2021 8:05 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Home kit unveiled
- Replies: 197
- Views: 23513
Re: Home kit unveiled
Great shirt, bold sleeve design. Won't be buying it.
- Mon Jul 19, 2021 5:47 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: New Kits 21/22
- Replies: 493
- Views: 60107
Re: New Kits 21/22
You're perfectly entitled to your opinion, and I'd never ask anyone to stop having an opinion. But yet again, you're against it, but cannot put any alternative sponsors forward. Probably because they're weren't any. So the club either give up on 7 million quid, or go with something a few people obj...
- Mon Jul 19, 2021 5:34 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: New Kits 21/22
- Replies: 493
- Views: 60107
Re: New Kits 21/22
I'm firmly with JDRobbo on this one and I applaud him for consistently putting his head above the parapet on this subject despite being sniped at every time. Why? Because advertising works. It's obvious that it works; if it didn't, betting companies wouldn't spent eye-watering amounts on it. And it'...
- Mon Jul 19, 2021 12:23 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: FIFA’s latest idea
- Replies: 46
- Views: 3780
Re: FIFA’s latest idea
In fairness to Devil's Advocate, there have been some astute changes over the years. A few examples: Introduction of the backpass rule Offside amended so that level is onside not offside Changes to the interpretation of the 'interfering' rule in offsides Although not a change to the rules, the intro...