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by Down_Rover
Thu Jul 17, 2025 7:51 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Name the most obscure Burnley player
Replies: 224
Views: 4731

Re: Name the most obscure Burnley player

Andy McCluggage played over 200 games for us & scored 22 goals as well as winning 13 full caps for Ireland, so hardly obscure to be fair. Did you see any of those goals? I only mentioned him because I have never seen his name on here before I went to primary school with a relative of his in the six...
by Down_Rover
Wed Jul 16, 2025 2:24 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Name the most obscure Burnley player
Replies: 224
Views: 4731

Re: Name the most obscure Burnley player

Recently… Dane Richards.only player to be distributed in his only appearance

Going back a bit… Andy McCluggage
by Down_Rover
Mon Jul 14, 2025 12:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Summer transfer window
Replies: 5370
Views: 637287

Re: Summer transfer window

Doug Collins was best left footer I saw
by Down_Rover
Sat Jul 12, 2025 6:02 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Beyer and Ramsey
Replies: 63
Views: 7445

Re: Beyer and Ramsey

summitclaret wrote:
Fri Jul 11, 2025 11:26 am
Disagree re him being goof enough. The VK set up hung the back 4+ Trafford out to dry. Beyer is a very good footballer. Would make a very good cd midfielder imo.
It would be be as good as Tarks in midfield?
by Down_Rover
Sat Jul 12, 2025 8:57 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Who is this? (genuine this time)
Replies: 54
Views: 3748

Re: Who is this? (genuine this time)

Looks like Peter Rodrigues and Mick Channon to me

Can’t work out the connections tho
by Down_Rover
Mon Jun 30, 2025 8:08 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Obsession with signing former players
Replies: 32
Views: 3276

Re: Obsession with signing former players

You have to make sure new arrivals ‘fit in’ with the local customs

We don’t take kindly to strangers around here
by Down_Rover
Wed Jun 25, 2025 2:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Summer transfer window
Replies: 5370
Views: 637287

Re: Summer transfer window

Bow wrote:
Tue Jun 24, 2025 8:11 pm
If Trafford goes (and it’s looking likely) I would go for Muric. We’re going down anyway so we may as well have a laugh.
I would be delighted to get as many 0-0 draws as we did last season. Could be the bedrock of staying up
by Down_Rover
Thu Jun 12, 2025 10:46 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Pace/ALK set to buy Espanyol?
Replies: 671
Views: 37107

Re: Pace/ALK set to buy Espanyol?

I googled ‘ does Alan Pace own Espanyol?’

Absolutely not according to the A I response

Silly me for asking
by Down_Rover
Fri Jun 06, 2025 12:48 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Summer transfer window
Replies: 5370
Views: 637287

Re: Summer transfer window

Just read a click bait article suggesting we could buy Joe Gomez.alongside Ben Mee would be fun.Ben could teach Gomez how to tackle properly
by Down_Rover
Wed May 21, 2025 8:18 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: I couldn't wait
Replies: 19
Views: 3058

Re: I couldn't wait

CharlieinNewMexico wrote:
Tue May 20, 2025 4:37 pm
No goals scored. Boring Boring Burnley.
38 scoreless draws is the aim
by Down_Rover
Mon May 19, 2025 6:28 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Lancashire v Derbyshire ...
Replies: 43
Views: 4143

Re: Lancashire v Derbyshire ...

15 balls to get 2wickets
by Down_Rover
Wed May 14, 2025 8:51 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sunderland v Coventry
Replies: 144
Views: 7077

Re: Sunderland v Coventry

Coventry missed promotion by 31 points uet avoided relegation by only 20 points.

That a team with such a poor record can get in the play offs underlines how mediocre this league is
by Down_Rover
Tue May 13, 2025 11:18 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Carcassone travel tips
Replies: 39
Views: 1975

Re: Carcassone travel tips

Visited a couple of years ago
Great trip. I agree about the car, loads to see

The old city is full of great restaurants so try and find a hotel within walking distance. My favs were Escargot and au four saint louis
by Down_Rover
Mon May 12, 2025 9:06 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Cardiff attendance
Replies: 17
Views: 2477

Re: Cardiff attendance

Not me, my daughter or two sones. We were all at both
by Down_Rover
Sun May 11, 2025 6:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Cardiff attendance
Replies: 17
Views: 2477

Re: Cardiff attendance

Silly me. Yes

15713 at a guess
by Down_Rover
Sun May 11, 2025 6:09 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Cardiff attendance
Replies: 17
Views: 2477

Re: Cardiff attendance

No
by Down_Rover
Sun May 11, 2025 5:01 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Northants v Lancs
Replies: 50
Views: 4052

Re: Northants v Lancs

This looks like being our worst season for many a year
by Down_Rover
Thu May 08, 2025 4:06 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Dave Burnley
Replies: 55
Views: 9421

Re: Dave Burnley

Marney&Mee wrote:
Thu May 08, 2025 3:36 pm
Never been to an away game apparently…
I saw him at Salford for the league cup game a year or two back
by Down_Rover
Fri Apr 25, 2025 10:10 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Time for a new plaque?
Replies: 31
Views: 2803

Re: Time for a new plaque?

We need to consider renaming the concourse bars. My nearest is the Billie Watson bar. Can we call it Steve’s bar?
by Down_Rover
Wed Apr 23, 2025 10:56 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: So, how many times have you seen us get promoted ?
Replies: 58
Views: 2931

Re: So, how many times have you seen us get promoted ?

My first was 1972 so seen all 10

Charlton 2016 was the 50th anniversary of my first game
by Down_Rover
Mon Apr 21, 2025 9:41 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Manchester United and Spurs: just how low can they sink?
Replies: 30
Views: 2767

Re: Manchester United and Spurs: just how low can they sink?

I backed Manure to get relegated at the beginning of the last two seasons at 200/1 and 150/1. I will continue backing them as it will happen in the next few years.
In the seventies there was one season where Burnley were in the first division and manure werent
by Down_Rover
Fri Apr 18, 2025 6:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Flemming
Replies: 79
Views: 4518

Re: Flemming

Not sure if some of the posters on this thread are parody accounts. Watford lost the plot, we didn't. The 2nd sending off was a yellow card every day off the week and then Louza who was in the refs face most of the game starts sarcastically applauding. What does he expect. If burnley players behave...
by Down_Rover
Mon Apr 14, 2025 7:35 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: JJ Shelvey
Replies: 67
Views: 13791

Re: JJ Shelvey

I don’t care a jot about Shelvey
by Down_Rover
Tue Apr 08, 2025 11:38 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Favourite Record in the 60s or 70s
Replies: 64
Views: 2705

Re: Favourite Record in the 60s or 70s

Virginia plain
by Down_Rover
Sat Apr 05, 2025 8:10 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: So, a Leeds win or a Draw on Monday?
Replies: 98
Views: 7129

Re: So, a Leeds win or a Draw on Monday?

Even after todays results the bookies still make Leeds fav to win the league
by Down_Rover
Tue Apr 01, 2025 9:23 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Bertie Bee retiring
Replies: 45
Views: 4658

Re: Bertie Bee retiring

Good try but the drum was the clue
by Down_Rover
Thu Mar 20, 2025 9:28 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: JJ Watt
Replies: 32
Views: 6255

Re: JJ Watt

I think he is always right
by Down_Rover
Sun Mar 16, 2025 10:20 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Scott Parker in a sentence
Replies: 75
Views: 4942

Re: Scott Parker in a sentence

A straight and honest man
by Down_Rover
Thu Feb 27, 2025 9:29 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Do we know how long Humphreys is out for?
Replies: 112
Views: 7276

Re: Do we know how long Humphreys is out for?

Thats a blow-the player has played a big part for the club this season. I guess we have no choice but to play Pires, but should Pires get injured or hit bad form, Connor Roberts could play there and we could probably play Sonne at RB, or even EJ @ FB and bring Worrall in. Sadly we have gone from ab...
by Down_Rover
Thu Feb 27, 2025 9:28 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Do we know how long Humphreys is out for?
Replies: 112
Views: 7276

Re: Do we know how long Humphreys is out for?

Thats a blow-the player has played a big part for the club this season. I guess we have no choice but to play Pires, but should Pires get injured or hit bad form, Connor Roberts could play there and we could probably play Sonne at RB, or even EJ @ FB and bring Worrall in. Sadly we have gone from ab...
by Down_Rover
Thu Feb 27, 2025 9:20 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Oldham v Burnley 1974
Replies: 24
Views: 2356

Re: Oldham v Burnley 1974

And the lead singer of the bay city rollers, front right
by Down_Rover
Tue Feb 25, 2025 8:20 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Most open FA Cup for years.....
Replies: 33
Views: 2814

Re: Most open FA Cup for years.....

Getting to the semi final would be a good dress rehearsal for the play off final
by Down_Rover
Sun Feb 23, 2025 12:21 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Ablation procedure - paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
Replies: 42
Views: 2854

Re: Ablation procedure - paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Thanks for your reply and interesting to read about your experiences. Yes please could you post any phone numbers that maybe useful. My consultant was David Fox . He actually works out of both Spire in Didsbury and the Alexandra in Cheadle. I had a different treatment several years ago at the Alex ...
by Down_Rover
Sun Feb 23, 2025 11:21 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Ablation procedure - paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
Replies: 42
Views: 2854

Re: Ablation procedure - paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

After 8 episodes / hospitalisations due to suffering from paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in last 16 years the latest was most serious and rendered me unconscious for nearly 5 minutes. Whilst NHS have been brilliant I now need to make progress by treating my condition with an ablation which offers t...
by Down_Rover
Tue Feb 18, 2025 9:31 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Team for FA cup v PNE
Replies: 28
Views: 2153

Re: Team for FA cup v PNE

jdrobbo wrote:
Tue Feb 18, 2025 9:01 am
A team that gets GOOD minutes into Messrs Edwards, Shelvey, Worrall, Benson, Sonne, etc. We’re going to need them!
They don’t need game time to assist in getting 14 0-0 draws
by Down_Rover
Wed Feb 05, 2025 8:28 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley Subbuteo Team
Replies: 38
Views: 3209

Re: Burnley Subbuteo Team

boatshed bill wrote:
Tue Feb 04, 2025 10:08 am
I used to have that set. Never lost :D
I have one too

Never scored any goals but had a great defence
by Down_Rover
Mon Feb 03, 2025 1:45 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: January Transfer Window Rumours
Replies: 4635
Views: 550233

Re: January Transfer Window Rumours

We need wing backs who are capable of overlapping. Humphreys offers nothing as a left back going forward, and pires seems to underlap a lot which may or may not be at the managers instruction. Roberts has a tendency to drift inside too. So in my opinion this should be the area. That and a striker. ...
by Down_Rover
Sun Feb 02, 2025 5:13 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: January Transfer Window Rumours
Replies: 4635
Views: 550233

Re: January Transfer Window Rumours

Edwards not playing for Sporting tonight. Romano says verbal deal done
by Down_Rover
Thu Jan 30, 2025 10:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Season ticket renewal farce
Replies: 134
Views: 8815

Re: Season ticket renewal farce

Our friends and family group has disappeared so I had to buy three tickets in three separate transactions I got an email in 29 January saying I had until 31 January to renew A complete and utter failure from a customer service point of view However from my point of view I have invested 60 years of m...
by Down_Rover
Sun Jan 05, 2025 10:03 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Atmosphere today
Replies: 24
Views: 3300

Re: Atmosphere today

Standing towards the front of the Burnley end I could hardly have a conversation with my son and daughter because the tannoy system in the Darwin End was on full volume

We thought it was a deliberate tactic to muffle any noise
by Down_Rover
Mon Dec 09, 2024 10:19 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 2024/25: Blackburn Rovers v Burnley – Ticket Information
Replies: 181
Views: 18704

Re: 2024/25: Blackburn Rovers v Burnley – Ticket Information

mybloodisclaret wrote:
Mon Dec 09, 2024 10:18 am
We have 4043 tickets available. We expect demand to be very high. We will therefore sell them 1 block at a time.

The mind absolutely boggles. What is going on BFC?
Might not be Burnley’s fault
by Down_Rover
Mon Dec 09, 2024 10:18 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 2024/25: Blackburn Rovers v Burnley – Ticket Information
Replies: 181
Views: 18704

Re: 2024/25: Blackburn Rovers v Burnley – Ticket Information

It won’t let me select any seats
by Down_Rover
Fri Nov 29, 2024 8:28 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Printer/Scanner Offline - HELP
Replies: 21
Views: 986

Re: Printer/Scanner Offline - HELP

I have my printer permanently to my laptop by USB cable
by Down_Rover
Thu Nov 28, 2024 11:28 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Printer/Scanner Offline - HELP
Replies: 21
Views: 986

Re: Printer/Scanner Offline - HELP

ClaretTony wrote:
Thu Nov 28, 2024 11:17 am
My Epson printer/scanner is offline in Windows - how on earth do I get it back online?
Plug the cable into your laptop?
by Down_Rover
Tue Nov 26, 2024 10:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Connor Roberts
Replies: 24
Views: 3416

Re: Connor Roberts

KernowHouseClaret wrote:
Tue Nov 26, 2024 9:59 pm
I think the three of Roberts, Anthony and Hannibal all link together really well
Except for Hannibal
by Down_Rover
Thu Nov 07, 2024 10:56 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: RATE THE REF - Tom Nield v West Bromwich Albion
Replies: 71
Views: 5940

Re: RATE THE REF - Tom Nield v West Bromwich Albion

I’ll bet he’s never paid a game of football in his life. Isn’t that the problem with the quality of referees at this level. Seems to me that referees become referees because they are useless at playing football and this is their way of being important in the game. Sadly that’s the point. They are i...
by Down_Rover
Wed Oct 23, 2024 8:25 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Frank Casper
Replies: 43
Views: 5461

Re: Frank Casper

My favourite ever Burnley player
by Down_Rover
Sat Oct 12, 2024 4:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Hountondji
Replies: 73
Views: 11068

Re: Hountondji

bfcjg wrote:
Sat Oct 12, 2024 3:03 pm
Not sure he'll ever be good enough for our current level let alone the Premier league.
He will have to be. Reports that Foster stretchered off for South Africa
by Down_Rover
Thu Oct 10, 2024 8:41 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Foster
Replies: 47
Views: 8430

Re: Foster

Bosscat wrote:
Thu Oct 10, 2024 2:47 pm
Where does it say he is the Burnley Footballer Lyle Foster 🤔 you would have thought it might have mentioned that 🤔
Because they are all footballers in Alderley Efge. Just like they would not say unemployed to describe a Blackburn resident