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9 clean sheets in our last 11 games......Quite remarkable.

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Over the decades Trevor Steven, in particular, Steven Defour, Robbie Blake, Glen Little.....but none can compare to Jimmy Mac.....he was head and shoulders above all the rest. I was so fortunate to see Mac rip opposition defences apart every week in his unique style. That title win in '59/'60 was do...

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exilecanada wrote: ↑
Wed Oct 23, 2024 5:27 pm
I'm not seeing Towers, Meredith or Collins listed in any of the line ups.

Just testing !.......but the first four are legit.

Towers, Meredith & Collins are there (but not ours)......Aldershot, Chesterfield & QPR, respectively.

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Some remarkable names in those team line-ups.

Jim Furnell....Keith Newton....Frank Casper....Ian Lawson....Ian Towers....Trevor Meredith....Doug Collins.....the list goes on.

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Jim Furnell in goal for Arsenal, who signed him from Liverpool. Looked him up on Wikipedia, surprised to see he only played two first team games for us. Think he was here at Burnley some eight seasons, from '54 to '62, but being behind two of our greatest ever goalkeepers in Colin MacDonald and Ada...

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Just four goals conceded......a very special statistic.

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bodge wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 18, 2024 5:39 pm
Anything said about whether they thought the season is panning out as expected so far or any comments about Scott Parker ?

Where's woody ?

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Burnley1989 wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 18, 2024 4:50 pm
How can you blame the club for that ffs

Stupid comment

Absolutely no blame attached.

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randomclaret2 wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 18, 2024 4:45 pm
I would say the mid 80s were as low as our great club descended...things are positively rosy now in comparison

Rosy is difficult to comprehend, random.

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Three players said they weren't going to play in the Championship for a season. Berge, Oderbert and Amdouni. Muric basically said he wouldn't play for the club again and was prepared to sit on his contract for two years. Sounds like O'Shea was a complete prick as soon as the Premier League came cal...

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What an absolutely superb backdrop .... Don't think many can beat it We were fortunate in that our back doorstep was literally on the the very edge of Gawthorpe. It was great to wander down during the school holidays and watch them train. Ray Pointer always said it was a pleasure coming in to train...

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The Shire Claret wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 11, 2024 2:50 pm
What an absolutely superb backdrop ....

Don't think many can beat it

Totally agree.....Hard to believe it's been our training ground for some 70 years.

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In days of old I'd reel off the names without missing a beat. I must say I'm struggling with a few faces and that's before I get to trying to pronounce their names :( Must confess to thinking much the same, CaptJohn. Be interesting if Trevor could post a squad photo from say the League Championship...

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bfcjg wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 07, 2024 5:19 pm
Stinks, the vast majority can forget about winning anything, football used to be better.

The "beautiful" game is finshed.

Reims, Hamburg, Eintracht Frankfurt, Napoli.....all on a level playing field.....all gone.

How grateful are we for the '60's and '70's.

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 20, 2024 10:57 am
I feel blessed that I was able to see him play for us even though it was only in his last couple of years. Lovely man too.

Only the very best.

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Peter "Uwe" Noble......An absolute legend.

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bobinho wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 19, 2024 3:32 pm
There’d be approx 7k+ empty seats every week if we did that.

Burnley v Tottenham, Nov.'62, 44.478.

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That image of Jimmy Greaves calling us "big-tme bottlers" will stay with me forever.

Man for man we were more than equal of that superb 'Spurs side.....but in the big moment they had the edge.

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Coach from Central Motors at midnight...... ......To say this day was a disappointment would be an understatement......we hardly turned up. Then fast forward seven months and who are we drawn against in the Third Round of the '62/'63 FA Cup ?......Yeah, it's Tottenham again at White Hart Lane, and o...

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Somewhat unfair on SD. Yep, he's not great by any means, but he was a last throw of the dice when things weren't looking too rosy and MIGHT just have worked out. It didn't (for any of the parties involved) so I'm 90% he'll sign for Ajax this week and he and everyone else will just move on. Agree wi...

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123EasyasBFC wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 17, 2024 7:01 pm
Amdouni too good for the league

Suspect you're right.....but is he an automatic starter in this team ?

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An embarrassment of riches.....difficult selection problems for SP.....What a time to be a Claret.

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For those travelling from out of town. We are currently living in Whalley and on Thursday the road into Read was solid with traffic and was backed up way back to Devils Elbow. Having experienced this, I advised my partner to travel in to town via Clayton le Moors. This too was, unfortunately, nose ...

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Hull City away for me, if for no other reason it was the venue for one of the best League Cup away games I've seen us involved in.......It was exactly 50 years ago, the '74/'75 season and with just a few minutes remaining we were a goal behind. Then a superb equaliser from Leighton James followed by...

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Just a brilliant thread title.

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BigGaz wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 05, 2024 6:29 pm
I remain convinced Moyes will manage us at some point. Seems written in the stars to me like too much of a perfect match.

Remarkable that it didn't happen.

That said.....let's give Scott Parker every opportunity to succeed.

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Moyes states in his interview we Simon Jordan that he has had a couple of conversations this summer but no more than that and didn't refuse any offers as none were made. Would have thought the likes of ourselves and Leicester etc may have had the conversations. Trust me, more than a conversation.

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The "word" is that David Moyes thought the job here was his.

Only time will tell if Pace made the correct decision.

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I couldn't give two hoots about football circles (not to mention, I'm pretty certain that David Moyes is also pretty highly regarded within them). Do you think Kompany will make it to 1150 games managed and a 26 year career in (top level) football management? - because there isn't many that do. Goi...

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CoolClaret wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 05, 2024 4:59 pm
No agenda there, just stated a (very) successful manager's record, which suggests that he may have an inkling as to why Vincent Kompany's approach might not have been the best for Burnley Football Club.

Nailed it Cool.

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CoolClaret wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 05, 2024 4:44 pm
Only managed 1150 games of professional football, most of which came at the highest level of the game with a 42.52% win percentage... but what does Moyes know, eh?

Moyes would have been the perfect fit at Turf Moor.....but happy to give Parker the opportunity.

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The incredible "Halley, Boyle & Watson" era......FA Cup winners in 1913/14, off to fight for King and Country, then League Champions in 1920/21. Worth a more detailed look at that 1920/21 season. We start the season with three straight defeats, before embarking on a 30 game unbeaten run, a record w...

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It was the 1920s before more accurate attendances were included - what I also need to do is get the FA Cup results in at some point from before 1888. The later seasons in the next batch will start to bring in some more recognisable names none more than the famous half back line. The incredible "Hal...

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Top work, many thanks.

Some fascinating opposition in those early years.....Old Westminsters, Small Heath, Darwen amongst others. It appears the attendances were very much estimated in the early years.

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That's just a bit special, thanks for posting. David Taylor didn't score many goals for us, just five in total I think, but he will have savoured that winner against Liverpool in the first game of the tour. Great pic of the team line-up prior to the game. What a unit big Joe Anderson was at centre-f...

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 25, 2024 4:59 pm
The results are going to take some time but I'm up to the end of 1895/96 now.

The table for 1895/96 shows us finishing in 10th place in Div.1 just one place ahead of Bury in 11th.

Next season Bury feature on Padiham's fixture list, different directions over the years for the two clubs.

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Such an important addition to the site, there are so many stories surrounding those early League tables particularly from the "Halley, Boyle & Watson" era. Just look at the table for 1920/21....We were Champions of Division One and conceded a mere 36 goals over that 42 game season. Now looking forwa...

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We really need mikeS to talk to us just how good a player was Tommy Boyle.

Perhaps our greatest of all -time ?

FA Cup captain, WW1 fighter, Championship winner '13'14, does it get any better ?

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sjb wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 19, 2024 1:36 pm
The 1921 game was played on a Tuesday afternoon. 2 goals from Joe Anderson & 1 from Walt Weaver.
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Fair play, he now reluctanctly accepts.

Following weekend, apparently, we beat Bradford City on the Turf 4-0, with the great man Tommy Boyle, yet again, one of the scorers.

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Royboyclaret wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 19, 2024 1:06 pm
Interesting sjb......Not sure we played Celtic between two Boro' league fixtures in late.'20.

Dad would be unconvinced.

Apologies. make that 1921's.

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In addition to the games already mentioned we have played Celtic in friendlies on the following occasions; 20/4/1889 (Home) Lost 1-3 31/12/1895 (Away) Won 2-0 28/4/1896 (Away) Lost 1-2 20/9/1921 (Home) Won 3-0 Incidentally Burnley's first ever Scottish opponents were Cowlairs on New Year's Day 1885...

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Enjoyed that. Never a dull moment playing Celtic clearly. Have we played them on any other occasions besides the games described and the Anglo-Scottish Cup Semi-final legs? Certainly none that I'm aware of.......Unless, of course someone tells us differently. Fast forward to 1978/79 season and the ...

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That's brilliant! Where on earth did you dig that up from ? The headline in the Burnley Express dated 6th June 1914 read....."Home again, had enough of Continental football." Trainer Ernie Edwards summed up the mood in an interview....."I would sooner have gone through half a League season than pla...

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Just an observation from the somewhat misleading photographs in that Scottish article. We were told by Ferencvaros officials to play in the blue-and-white striped shirts of their local rivals and the new League Champions MTK Hungaria FC. Celtic were told to play in the shirts of home club Ferencvaro...

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A little unkind that the report fails to mention the Burnley scorer. It was captain Tommy Boyle after 65 minutes from the penalty spot. After that we were in complete control until the game descended into a massive brawl some 15 minutes from time. Even then we had an excellent chance to win the game...

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pushpinpussy wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 02, 2024 4:53 pm
You cant talk about Padiham without mentioning Alan Smith. Legend.

So much top work from Alan, both on and off the pitch for many years.

His brother, Colin, could play a bit too.

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Ptangyangkipperbang wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 02, 2024 3:54 pm
Tommy Helm

A staunch Padihamer was Tommy.

Did he deliver the coal with Billy Gee ?

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"everything related to the Storks"......

Harry Dean.....Jim Smith.....Mick Muldoon.

Any more names from yesteryear ?

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123EasyasBFC wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 23, 2024 5:35 pm
Literally back tracking your first post on the thread was saying it was done now your saying ‘we’re close now’

Definition of back tracking

No back tracking.......seriously close now.....just be patient,

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123EasyasBFC wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 23, 2024 5:29 pm
Back tracking a little now aren’t you, 11 posts ago you was adamant now it’s next 24 hours is crucial.

Just admit you don’t have a clue

Seriously no back tracking.......we're close now.

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