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by Sausage
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.
by Sausage
Fri Jul 18, 2025 12:27 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: BFC partnership with X
Replies: 128
Views: 3557

Re: BFC partnership with X

Plissken wrote:
Fri Jul 18, 2025 12:25 pm
You seem to be saying that like it is a bad thing.
On the contrary ;)
by Sausage
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...
by Sausage
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
by Sausage
Wed Jul 02, 2025 12:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: New banknotes
Replies: 32
Views: 1793

Re: New banknotes

Joachim Karlsson
by Sausage
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...
by Sausage
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.
by Sausage
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 ...
by Sausage
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...
by Sausage
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...
by Sausage
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...
by Sausage
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.
by Sausage
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!
by Sausage
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

Herts Clarets wrote:
Tue Aug 27, 2024 12:13 pm
Well 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.
The psychological scars definitely run deep. Got to wonder, though, what was your motivation for the original post? Have you met him recently?
by Sausage
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
by Sausage
Wed Jul 17, 2024 10:30 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sinclair ZX Spectrum
Replies: 66
Views: 4668

Re: Sinclair ZX Spectrum

yTib wrote:
Tue Jul 16, 2024 9:09 pm
mnmnmnmnmnmnmnmnmnmn symbol shift.

which game am i describing?
Daley Thompson's Decathlon?
by Sausage
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.
by Sausage
Tue Jun 04, 2024 4:14 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: sherpa van 88 final
Replies: 50
Views: 3603

Re: sherpa van 88 final

Rowls wrote:
Tue Jun 04, 2024 3:18 pm
It was the last football match in England to have an official attendance of over 80,000 for many years until the new Wembley opened.
Apart from the 1989 FA Cup Final: 82,800
by Sausage
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...
by Sausage
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.
by Sausage
Sun May 05, 2024 9:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Welcome Bromley
Replies: 14
Views: 1938

Re: Welcome Bromley

IanMcL wrote:
Sun May 05, 2024 8:40 pm
Bromley????

Hardly known for football! Not even Kent nowadays! Stolen by Greater London!
I live in Bromley. Trust me, we regard it as Kent

And I had a brilliant day out at Wembley today. Okay, it wasn’t as good as 2009, but it was still great.
by Sausage
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...
by Sausage
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.
by Sausage
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...
by Sausage
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.
by Sausage
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.
by Sausage
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.
by Sausage
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.
by Sausage
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.
by Sausage
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'.
by Sausage
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...
by Sausage
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.
by Sausage
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. ;)
by Sausage
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...
by Sausage
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?

claret2018 wrote:
Tue Jan 10, 2023 11:47 am
When was the last time a championship side loaned an outfield player to a premier league team?
We loaned Glen Little to Bolton in 2003.
by Sausage
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).
by Sausage
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...
by Sausage
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...

jedi_master wrote:
Wed Nov 09, 2022 1:20 pm
I played Mouse Trap with Colin Carr-Lawton.
Genuinely logged in just to like this. :lol:
by Sausage
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...
by Sausage
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...
by Sausage
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.
by Sausage
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.
by Sausage
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.
by Sausage
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.
by Sausage
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...
by Sausage
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

ChristheViking wrote:
Tue Sep 07, 2021 4:56 pm
Easy 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.
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.
by Sausage
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.
by Sausage
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...
by Sausage
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'...
by Sausage
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...