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by NottsClaret
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.
by NottsClaret
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 - ...
by NottsClaret
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...
by NottsClaret
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.
by NottsClaret
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Topic: Foster withdrawn from SA squad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Re: Foster withdrawn from SA squad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.
by NottsClaret
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.
by NottsClaret
Sun Oct 12, 2025 1:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: George Green
Replies: 9
Views: 1901

Re: George Green

Goliath wrote:
Sun Oct 12, 2025 1:13 pm
Define 'playing at a good level'
Getting paid to play semi pro football.
by NottsClaret
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 ...
by NottsClaret
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.
by NottsClaret
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...
by NottsClaret
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.
by NottsClaret
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.
by NottsClaret
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 ...
by NottsClaret
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...
by NottsClaret
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.
by NottsClaret
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...
by NottsClaret
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.
by NottsClaret
Thu Oct 02, 2025 1:02 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Manchester Today
Replies: 24
Views: 4041

Re: Manchester Today

GetIntoEm wrote:
Thu Oct 02, 2025 12:15 pm
Horrific news of another terrorist attack on the city of Manchester.

Nobody is safe anywhere anymore.

Crazy times
It's a terrible event, but that's not true. It's safer now than it's been for a long time, statistically.
by NottsClaret
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.
by NottsClaret
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.
by NottsClaret
Tue Sep 30, 2025 9:53 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Blackburn Rovers V Burnley Women
Replies: 37
Views: 3950

Re: Blackburn Rovers V Burnley Women

Tribesmen wrote:
Tue Sep 30, 2025 9:39 am
But fake eye lashes ,really .
They can do whatever they want. Anyway, well done ladies, good to see the improvement being made there.
by NottsClaret
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 ...
by NottsClaret
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...
by NottsClaret
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.
by NottsClaret
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.
by NottsClaret
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.
by NottsClaret
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 ...
by NottsClaret
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...
by NottsClaret
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...
by NottsClaret
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...
by NottsClaret
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.
by NottsClaret
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.
by NottsClaret
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.
by NottsClaret
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.
by NottsClaret
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...
by NottsClaret
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

Re: 2025/26: Aston Villa v Burnley – Ticket Information

Leisure wrote:
Fri Sep 19, 2025 10:46 am
Upper Tier now on sale.
Cheers, forgot about this. On open sale now
by NottsClaret
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.
by NottsClaret
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 ...
by NottsClaret
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.
by NottsClaret
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...
by NottsClaret
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.
by NottsClaret
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.
by NottsClaret
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 ...
by NottsClaret
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.
by NottsClaret
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.
by NottsClaret
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...
by NottsClaret
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...
by NottsClaret
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...
by NottsClaret
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 ...
by NottsClaret
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.