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Clovius Boofus wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 27, 2025 6:42 pm
I wouldn't call him a character.

Criminal history - Wiki

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Aki

Perhaps character in the sense of the likes of Noonan climbing the wheel as opposed to "he's a decent lad".

Infamous character is maybe more accurate.

ChrisG

quoonbeatz wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 27, 2025 5:30 pm
Gone but not forgotten. He touched so many.

Some proper characters in town over the years.

Is the man with the ghetto blaster who rides the bike still knocking about?

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Funkydrummer wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 27, 2025 5:51 pm
Could look it up, but thought I'd ask on here.

Who is he/her/it/them ?

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk ... d-32361203

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BurnleyFC wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 25, 2025 8:33 am
Surely it’ll be Frankfurters that they sell?!

Ha, you can usually get one of those too!

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Might be worth researching which team has the best in-ground food & supporting them. :) I can't think of any public events where the food & drinks aren't overpriced & of poor quality. I went to an LAFC game recently....$68 to park... $20 Bud draught & $12 hot dog. On the flip side, Eintracht Frankf...

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Colburn_Claret wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 24, 2025 1:35 pm
Grinds my grit that the comms were claiming he was making an error rushing out, when I thought it was brilliant. He forced the lad to shoot wide, a great piece of goalkeeping.

Top goalkeeping that, forced the striker to shoot

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Thought he did very well to narrow the angle from a one on one and force the striker to shoot wide in the first half

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Is it me, or is the camera angle all weird? It looks like it's on a fish eye lens and the edges of the screen are curving upwards. You notice it when you look at the touchline and the advertising boards in the Bob Lord

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It's what happens at most prem grounds, we watched the players arrive at city a couple of years ago and it was rammed. It'll gather momentum. Kids will love it It's not all about how cheap a benny and hot is and wether it's powdered milk in the brews. At City though there is absolutely bugger all e...

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The well known hearsay that the CC has been difficult to deal with. Even if it’s nonsense the FC should try to attract fans away from the CC to its own bars, food stalls etc. it’s literally next door. If I owned a bar and I noticed the bar next door was packed I’d be trying to entice all the punter...

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Of course you do because you support Burnley CC……I don’t I think it’s shocking that the CC is unlikely to offer an inch to the club because it’s bank rolling it. The CC is a parasite. The FC is the host. The FC could and should try its best to remove the financial benefits the CC gain from being ne...

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Tella started the other day for Leverkusen so that looks like a no go. I mentioned it on another thread but Ings ability on the ball and goal threat could be perfect for that role. He works his nads off as well. He did, but it was in the equivalent of the FA Cup, and they were playing a non league ...

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I'm guessing the keeper can still drop the ball and keep it at his feet as the ball is then in play?

Surely there's no huge difference to how it always was then?

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Can recall both ends and part of main stand on Boxing Day. Possibly biggest following to Bury was in the FA Cup with 1000s in the Manchester Road End. Rochdale , think we were supposed to having 3 sides of the ground however we didn’t have the Sandy Lane end, think that was 1991. Yeah bit of an ant...

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NL Claret wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 16, 2025 10:38 am
When did Burnley take over 3 sides of Gigg Lane?

I remember 2 sides at Walsall circa 96/97, but I don't remember it at Bury

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Tricky Trevor wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 12, 2025 8:23 pm
It’s on if Donnarumma signs for City, as rumoured.

Premier League rules say you can't loan a player you have acquired in the same window to another PL club, so that's out.

https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/464747

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Frankfurt is very similar to Burnley in that all you see anywhere is Black, red, and white and the Adler badge. A proper one club city

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I saw the Spitfire and what looked like a Dakota transiting over Carrington way yesterday afternoon presumably heading back to base.

Was louder than the A380 that had just passed over from takeoff at Manchester a few seconds before!

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He said migrants, not someone on holiday There are plenty of people who've migrated here and have clearly never taken a uk driving test Our driving tests are some of the most stringent in the world but we allow huge numbers of much poorer quality drivers loose on our roads when they've moved here I...

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Apologies thought you meant in the Premier League ! Thought he was ok last year but scored 3 in one game and then like a lot of City players struggled in lots of games. Had in my FPL team for a while so kept a close eye on his stats and he missed a lot of big chances. Didn’t he have something like ...

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What I can't quite understand is that the away games last year I went to for instance QPR, Derby and Coventry etc, we walked out of the grounds and were amongst home supporters and not once did it really bother us. In the current system fans not on the organised buses have to walk to cars and train...

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Fair point, I do get why you view it that way. I would class breakout as someone breaking out from there current status into a new one. So Marmoush for example could be breaking out from being a good player that’s relatively unknown to being a world class talent Yeah fair point, that makes sense to...

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Big Vinny K wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 11, 2025 9:14 am
The only accurate part of that is that he’s 26 !

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How so?

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I would say he’s still in the bracket of a breakout. Only been at city for 4 months of a season. I get that, but like Ekitike, if you've been signed for 60/70m, then you're generally pretty proven somewhere. I've always thought (rightly or wrongly) that breakout was more of an unexpected star like ...

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Burnley Predictions: Breakout season: Hartman Player of the season: Esteve Most goals: Flemming Most assists: JBL League finish: 20th Premier league in general: Breakout season: Marmoush Player of the season: Palmer Most goals: Haaland Most assists: Wirtz League winners: Man City Relegated teams: L...

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ClaretsPadiham wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 09, 2025 9:33 pm
George Boyd (Wythenshawe)
Pascal Chimbonda (Skelmersdale)
Brett Ormerod (Padiham)

Boyd played a couple of games for my old pub team, Libero in Altrincham

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"I hear you're a racist now father"

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This will impact me severely. I park in the car park beyond the Queen Vic pub and I’ve always just come out of the Longside upper, walked past the cricket ground onto Belvedere Road, and up to my car. Now, presumably, I’ll have to turn right on leaving the stand, and walk round three sides of the g...

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ŽižkovClaret wrote: ↑
Thu Aug 07, 2025 3:04 pm
Hell of a book about the Vulcan raid on the Falkland's air strip

Cracking programme on Channel 4 about it a few years back too

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ecc wrote: ↑
Thu Aug 07, 2025 5:39 am
I really hope he doesn't go there although he would be ideal for them - a genuine leader with all the right values - and it would suit him distance-wise (presume he lives in Cheshire).

He lives in Sale (or he certainly did when he was at Burnley) so straight down the M56

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A real opportunity to take kids on for this one lost for some because of the pricing. My brother, like me, is paying £10 for a senior season ticket holder but the cost for taking his 6-year-old grandson is £15 because he's not a season ticket holder and that's the concession price for non-season ti...

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Leisure wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 06, 2025 9:20 am
Longside and BL are reasonably full but JM very poor.

At 20 quid for an adult and 15 quid concession for non ST holders to watch a friendly I'm not in the slightest bit surprised.

I was weighing up going with my wife and lad, but I'll give it a miss at that.

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ElectroClaret wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 04, 2025 9:35 am
Will always remember him for that tidy finish against
R*vers in the 3-0 win on the Turf.

Good luck to him in the future.

And the delicious cross for the infamous Barnes goal

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123EasyasBFC wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 30, 2025 4:55 pm
When I went to the club shop couple of weeks ago the guy who runs the shop said the keeper kits will come out in between the away and third kits

Fingers crossed they have a long sleeved option!

ChrisG

Steaming Trafford off the back of Keeper kits :lol: On a similar note, I was after a couple of keeper tops to play 7 a side in, to protect my arms when I'm diving on the old astro. Was fuming that they were all short sleeve (presumably JT preference). Annoyingly I'm guessing it's too late for long ...

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Guller Bull wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 29, 2025 7:29 pm
Bedwetters lol. How original.

Whatever happened to the good old northern phrase of "Mard arse"?

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If you look at a plan view of turf moor the same premise applies from the Jimmy Mac and the James Hargreaves but it’s does not take away from the view Which i hope means the view is going to be very similar for someone up in the corner is they were in the other corner Thankfully there's no pillars ...

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Tbf there is a lot of overhang from the BLS roof which makes it seem a lot more out of kilter than the seated areas are You can see the rake of the bob lord seats on that picture, with the first row or two hidden behind it. It's definitely going to be an inferior view compared to the other side. Yo...

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I am struggling to see what the issue is here truthfully, and I am a CFS season ticket holder. Presumably they will simply mirror the current seating arrangements, therefore everybody will still be sat next to the same people etc The view will obviously be no different, aside from glancing slightly...

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There's no other option - home and away can't mix down that narrow passage. I don't see why not, virtually every other ground in th country unceremoniously dumps everyone out of the stand and into the same circulation zone after the match. Old Trafford, Deepdale, Etihad, Elland Road. Doesn't cause ...

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firstclaret wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 28, 2025 8:22 am
Sheep

I don't live in the UK, so I have no idea what the so called narrative in the media is, however I have thorough enjoyed watching a senior England team win a major tournament, again.

ChrisG

firstclaret wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 28, 2025 8:11 am
Big match, record it to watch later, jeez the lack of posts on this thread goes against what the media is desperate to promote!

Probably because there is already a thread with 3 pages on it discussing the match

ChrisG

Bellingham's overhead kick against Slovenia last year

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Excellent win, hopefully a load of bonus points too

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46 needed from 12 overs now

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84 required from 108 balls

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28 minimum

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We are Burnley Super Burnley from the North.We are the only town team in the top flight and have always been in a minority .But we have fans who believe in us and supporters who have stuck by us through thick and thin. We haven't been ripped off and it's great we offer our loyal fans football at a ...

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My favorite city in Europe by a distance. It feels like another place in time, in a good way. Some cities like to promote an arty or bohemian scene, but its forced or commercial. In Berlin I always get a genuine sense of culture and individualism. 100%, and it's so big, you can visit many times and...

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I'm off to Berlin in November, staying in the mitte area,any bar/restaurant recommendations. Staying at the leonardo Hotel Berlin mitte.cheers. I've been 8 times for work and pleasure, in last couple of years, and I don't know what you're into, but the following are my faves: Restaurants: Augustine...

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