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- Fri Oct 17, 2025 1:27 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Pace on SSN
- Replies: 60
- Views: 2755
Re: Pace on SSN
It's the most mundane, soundbite 'content' there could be. But it's great for on here, it's such a nothing statement you can throw your feelings about Pace at it from either direction. Terrific international break fodder.
- Thu Oct 16, 2025 6:16 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Lino you nobhead
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2008
Re: Lino you nobhead
That is daft, although when you get down to that level with maybe 50 or 60 people there, anything said does become more personal. But 'knobhead' is about as tame as it gets. Almost a term of affection in somewhere like Staveley. It's pretty common to see spectators (usually family) asked to leave - ...
- Thu Oct 16, 2025 10:31 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: xG- worst attack and worst defence
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1858
Re: xG- worst attack and worst defence
Our opening 7 games were against the teams currently in 2,3,5,9,10,13 and 17th position. Is that ridiculously tough? Seems like a reasonable spread. Any match we 'target' is 100% going to be the opposition's main target too. Wolves, Leeds and West Ham will throw everything at their match with us and...
- Wed Oct 15, 2025 9:26 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Rovers v Ipswich... What Should Happen?
- Replies: 139
- Views: 8426
Re: Rovers v Ipswich... What Should Happen?
A 36 year old pitch indeed. Started its life hosting a lower-mid table 2nd division side and now gone full circle.
- Tue Oct 14, 2025 12:40 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Foster withdrawn from SA squad
- Replies: 66
- Views: 4629
Re: Foster withdrawn from SA squad
If Broja starts his run about now he should be arriving in the box in time for the first chance on Saturday.
- Tue Oct 14, 2025 11:03 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: ARTICLE: The 92 League Managers
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1089
Re: ARTICLE: The 92 League Managers
I didn't know Clough was at Mansfield, and for five years too. He's had some long, steady jobs really, even if his career would appear to be determined by geography as much as anything else. Obviously doesn't fancy moving.
- Sun Oct 12, 2025 1:22 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: George Green
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1901
- Sun Oct 12, 2025 1:05 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: George Green
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1901
George Green
I doubt many will remember the name as he never played a minute for us as far as I can remember. I was at a North East Counties match yesterday and this lad scored the winner for Liversedge (decent side, located near Huddersfield). He was a real talent when younger apparently at Everton and I think ...
- Sun Oct 12, 2025 11:24 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Cricket Field Stand turnstiles
- Replies: 67
- Views: 6284
Re: Cricket Field Stand turnstiles
Just looking at that photo, I can feel my matchday fan experience improving.
- Wed Oct 08, 2025 9:56 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: REPORT: Another defeat on the road for the Clarets
- Replies: 46
- Views: 2045
Re: REPORT: Another defeat on the road for the Clarets
Great article as it explains my exact thoughts much better than i could. Villa Park is such an underrated stadium. One ground I still wish to attend one day. It's pretty much the perfect stadium for me. It's big, but squeezed into a terraced residential area. Loads of history, great original featur...
- Wed Oct 08, 2025 6:30 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: World Cup ticket prices
- Replies: 45
- Views: 2329
Re: World Cup ticket prices
Comes to something when the last decent World Cup was in Russia.
- Mon Oct 06, 2025 6:51 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: UEFA reluctantly agree fixture move
- Replies: 64
- Views: 3636
Re: UEFA reluctantly agree fixture move
Barcelona are indeed 'more than a club' now, they're also a franchise. If they generate more revenue in Miami, they'll play more games there.
- Mon Oct 06, 2025 2:32 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Parker
- Replies: 91
- Views: 5162
Re: Parker
Worth noting, Parker hasn't changed at all. He's exactly the same guy as last year and the five years before that. He puts you almost unerringly where your wage bill suggests you should be. Last year that was in the top two. Now it's in the bottom three. He's like the perfect barometer for a club's ...
- Mon Oct 06, 2025 1:05 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Parker
- Replies: 91
- Views: 5162
Re: Parker
Some people sound quite new to football. It'll come down to results. If we lost the next four, fans would be calling for his head. Lose the next 6 or 7 and Pace will sack him. Hopefully none of that happens, I really hope it doesn't. But if it does, let's not pretend that isn't how it plays out in t...
- Mon Oct 06, 2025 10:13 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Lewis Moody
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1878
Re: Lewis Moody
Just about the worst news you could get. The way rugby has gone, with the size and power of players now, you'd imagine there's a link there. What do you do about it though.
- Sun Oct 05, 2025 7:38 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Aston Villa v Burnley - Player Ratings
- Replies: 53
- Views: 3655
Re: Aston Villa v Burnley - Player Ratings
Dubravka 9 - Class saves Walker 6 Laurent 5 - I mean, he's just not a Premier League footballer. Tuanzebe 5 Esteve 4 - Maybe being the best player in the Championship is like winning the special Olympics. Hartman 6 Tchaouna 3 - I was aware he started, and then saw him get subbed off. Genuinely no id...
- Fri Oct 03, 2025 12:40 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Significant Burnley FC Games
- Replies: 37
- Views: 1895
Re: Significant Burnley FC Games
Beating Plymouth 2-1 under Waddle. Going back to the 4th division again would have been grim.
- Thu Oct 02, 2025 1:02 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Manchester Today
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4041
- Wed Oct 01, 2025 10:17 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Chris Wilder red card
- Replies: 47
- Views: 4445
Re: Chris Wilder red card
I don't mind Wilder, he's much more of a knob when he wins than loses. But his behaviour is getting more erratic maybe. Getting smashed with the fans when they beat Wednesday, his meltdown at Plymouth and now this. He didn't used to be like this when he first did well, seems angry all the time now.
- Tue Sep 30, 2025 6:40 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Steve Cotterill
- Replies: 48
- Views: 3792
Re: Steve Cotterill
I can see how looking back on, say, Coyle's time with us can get the emotions going and wildly divide opinion. But Cotterill is like Howe for me.. fine, did ok. It's a struggle to summon up much more feeling than that.
- Tue Sep 30, 2025 9:53 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Blackburn Rovers V Burnley Women
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3950
- Mon Sep 29, 2025 9:20 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: 26 seasons of pain
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2534
Re: 26 seasons of pain
It's those late 90s, early 2000's ones that probably make it feel worse. Since they were bought by Abu Dhabi, I'd imagine a lot of clubs have a similar record to ours, certainly since Guardiola arrived there. The George Boyd winner is a favourite memory, and the 1-1 draw against one of the peak Man ...
- Fri Sep 26, 2025 7:37 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Billy Vigar RIP
- Replies: 4
- Views: 940
Re: Billy Vigar RIP
At lower league grounds walls close to the pitch are very common and last year or year before I seem to recall a similar incident, thankfully not fatal. Yes, happened at Bath City a couple of years ago, lad ended up in a coma but luckily pulled through. I know we live in a ‘health and safety gone m...
- Fri Sep 26, 2025 3:49 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Anass zaroury
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3810
Re: Anass zaroury
Pleased he's doing well. He'll always be synonymous with a perfect sunny afternoon at the Turf against that lot.
- Fri Sep 26, 2025 12:36 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Expectations Tomorrow
- Replies: 48
- Views: 2655
Re: Expectations Tomorrow
I know it’s defeatist and everything, but I try not to think about this fixture, let alone attend it anymore. Looking forward to Villa already.
- Thu Sep 25, 2025 3:26 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Rovers v Ipswich... What Should Happen?
- Replies: 139
- Views: 8426
Re: Rovers v Ipswich... What Should Happen?
It'll happen again this season with them, they've not spent owt on that dump for years. They should be relegated down to a level more befitting their pitch. I see Chorley finished their game on the same day, so anywhere below them will do.
- Thu Sep 25, 2025 11:09 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: The Tresorrection is real
- Replies: 71
- Views: 7047
Re: The Tresorrection is real
There’s never been a doubt Tresor has talent , but a cute 15 min cameo against a knackered div 1 defence, showing incredible selfishness not passing with an impossible angle , giving the ball away etc hardly shows the 2nd coming . However he appears clearly very capable at this level IF he can get ...
- Wed Sep 24, 2025 2:06 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: more planned alterations at Turf Moor
- Replies: 246
- Views: 16222
Re: more planned alterations at Turf Moor
I'm fine with all this, everyone loves an LED display. It's going to make zero difference to my 'matchday experience' but it won't detract from it. I do kind of like how we're sticking so many shiny things on top of our fairly knackered old stadium. While it's true you can't polish a turd, you can c...
- Wed Sep 24, 2025 10:02 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Stewards At Burnley CC
- Replies: 114
- Views: 8225
Re: Stewards At Burnley CC
I think it would be good if the football club improved their offering to tempt people away from other establishments on matchday - such as the cricket club - rather than try to make it more difficult to use these traditional alternatives and hope fans therefore spend more money at the ground. It’s p...
- Tue Sep 23, 2025 3:56 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Rovers v Ipswich... What Should Happen?
- Replies: 139
- Views: 8426
Re: Rovers v Ipswich... What Should Happen?
You can't recreate those last 10-15 minutes now anyway. There'll be different players available through injury or suspension. Obviously the conditions will be very different. Blackburn won't be holding on after playing 80 minutes. Either leave it at 1-0 - although Ipswich would have a strong case fo...
- Mon Sep 22, 2025 8:38 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Match of the day
- Replies: 84
- Views: 6809
Re: Match of the day
I’ve not watched MotD for a few years now, it’s not really necessary anymore.
- Sun Sep 21, 2025 4:56 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Us and Rovers...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2571
Re: Us and Rovers...
It happened on 15 April 1989, unlikely to forget that one.
- Sat Sep 20, 2025 9:56 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: First ever Rugby match live
- Replies: 55
- Views: 2644
Re: First ever Rugby match live
I went to Leeds v Wigan a few years ago, an entertaining evening and a pleasant atmosphere. No interest in who won but Rugby League is easy to follow and pick up. Never watched the public schoolboy code.
- Fri Sep 19, 2025 9:46 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Boro v West Brom
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1289
Re: Boro v West Brom
That drum is bewildering. Seems to kill any atmosphere, nobody sings along to it. Just really irritating for anyone there or watching.
- Fri Sep 19, 2025 6:39 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: The greatest non-Burnley central strikers you've seen play
- Replies: 56
- Views: 2293
Re: The greatest non-Burnley central strikers you've seen play
I saw Shearer play for England in the mid 90s so being honest, it’s probably him. Just to throw a different name in the hat, and I know he was on his way to retirement at the time, but I still think Samuel Eto was absolutely class for Everton in that one match at the Turf, you could see he’d been ri...
- Fri Sep 19, 2025 12:06 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: 2025/26: Aston Villa v Burnley – Ticket Information
- Replies: 131
- Views: 8119
- Fri Sep 19, 2025 9:36 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Black market ticket crisis
- Replies: 55
- Views: 3332
Re: Black market ticket crisis
You wonder how keen Prem clubs are on helping to stop this. They're selling memberships on the back of it, and getting high spending tourists into their grounds to replace 'legacy' fans. As a rule, they don't tend to put huge amounts of effort into stuff that'll reduce their revenue.
- Thu Sep 18, 2025 4:42 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Help, opinions, warning - Speeding ticket
- Replies: 104
- Views: 4470
Re: Help, opinions, warning - Speeding ticket
Must be some sort of windup I have to say, that was my first thought. Setting your cruise control to 8mph above the speed limit, and then wondering why you have a speeding ticket. And no car driver has been fined for doing 70mph on a motorway, only for using the wrong lane consistently. That's not ...
- Sun Sep 14, 2025 10:00 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Ipswich v Sheffield United
- Replies: 118
- Views: 7479
Re: Ipswich v Sheffield United
Embarrassing for the owners but better to swallow your pride and make the right decision now.
- Sat Sep 13, 2025 5:58 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Food that is completely 'wrong'
- Replies: 84
- Views: 3893
Re: Food that is completely 'wrong'
Mushrooms are the work of the devil It’s incredible humans persisted with eating those in the past, not knowing if you’d get a nutritious snack, see the meaning of life in a mind bending vision, or have your liver dissolve and die a horrific death. For me, the taste wouldn’t have justified the risk...
- Fri Sep 12, 2025 9:20 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Ipswich v Sheffield United
- Replies: 118
- Views: 7479
Re: Ipswich v Sheffield United
Hell of an achievement to be the worst team in Sheffield when the other one is a bankrupt u21 side.
- Fri Sep 12, 2025 7:46 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Half & half scarves banned…
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2944
Re: Half & half scarves banned…
The only people buying half and half scarves are harmless tourists, everyone knows that. If they really wanted to dissuade away fans from going in the home end they should have stayed at Upton Park.
- Thu Sep 11, 2025 3:44 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: How can this happen ?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3676
Re: How can this happen ?
It doesn't seem that outlandish. A tourist in the UK wanting to see a Premier League match, especially featuring Liverpool, will pay well over the odds. You can get a ticket for any game, El Classico, the Old Firm.. if you're willing to pay. The club won't mind too much, they've sold the membership ...
- Thu Sep 11, 2025 2:07 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: ARTICLE: Brownhill Saudi move confirmed
- Replies: 56
- Views: 2861
Re: ARTICLE: Brownhill Saudi move confirmed
Good on him, hope he and his family have a great time out there.
Some real pettiness on here, for a guy who played nearly 200 games for us, was hardly ever injured, never kicked up a fuss and helped get us promoted twice.
Some real pettiness on here, for a guy who played nearly 200 games for us, was hardly ever injured, never kicked up a fuss and helped get us promoted twice.
- Thu Sep 11, 2025 11:38 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Chelsea hit with 74 FA charges
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1233
Re: Chelsea hit with 74 FA charges
This could have serious implications for Chelsea, in 2057.
- Thu Sep 11, 2025 11:17 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Vitinho
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3038
Re: Vitinho
Started for Brazil last night in their 1-0 loss away to Bolivia. Massive congratulations to the guy but what a fall from grace for the country of Cafu and Dani Alves. Let's have them at the World Cup! Isn't it Bolivia who have a ridiculously good home record, because they play so far above sea leve...
- Thu Sep 11, 2025 6:47 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Hountondji
- Replies: 51
- Views: 8412
Re: Hountondji
This is the St Pauli forum- you'll have to translate it but they have a thread on him: some interesting views https://www.stpauli-forum.de/viewtopic.php?t=89457&start=210 What I gleaned from that, is that even after running through a very rudimentary Google translate, the German forum is disappoint...
- Wed Sep 10, 2025 1:46 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: New football terminology
- Replies: 64
- Views: 3224
Re: New football terminology
It's all for nerds who've never even played on the park on a Sunday but can give you the xG progressive pivot stats for a 'number 6' in the Albanian 2nd division. Funnier than ever now, when the top sides are launching long throws into the mixer again and playing for corners. No doubt there's some n...
- Tue Sep 09, 2025 3:05 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Burnley Academy star joins Man City
- Replies: 55
- Views: 5109
Re: Burnley Academy star joins Man City
£500k is great business for Burnley. Good luck to the kid, but being a 'star' at 14 is still a long way from even making it as a pro at any level. As mentioned, John Cofie went for £1m and was never heard of again. Jamie Vardy was released into non-league at 16 by Wednesday's youth set up. Man City ...
- Tue Sep 09, 2025 1:31 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: ARTICLE: League Cup 300
- Replies: 7
- Views: 798
Re: ARTICLE: League Cup 300
Kevin 'Rooster' Russel's was definitely the funniest.