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ClaretTony

I was at the game. It was played on the day after Bob Lord died and have the same team sheet.

ClaretTony

Quicknick wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 18, 2025 4:42 pm
I'd never never heard of Marcus Phelan.

Micky’s younger brother and goalkeeper.

ClaretTony

Woodleyclaret wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 18, 2025 4:00 pm
Lee Dixon given away by idiot John Bond as not being good enough.

The same Lee Dixon who was then given away by Chester.

ClaretTony

Sale dates are

31 Jul - Sunderland
14 Aug - Liverpool & Forest
25 Sep - Leeds
9 Oct - Arsenal
30 Oct - Chelsea
13 Nov - Palace
20 Nov - Fulham
11 Dec - Everton & Newcastle

ClaretTony

We had 2,900 there on our first visit and given this is the first game of the season I really was expecting the full allocation.

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Corky wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 18, 2025 2:50 pm
If they sell out quite quickly is there a chance that they will take the full allocation?

I would doubt that. By taking this allocation it will allow Spurs to sell the other thousand or so to their own fans.

ClaretTony

All the ticket details for Spurs

https://www.uptheclarets.com/2025-26-to ... nformation

ClaretTony

Row x wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 18, 2025 1:24 pm
I think they put it out on the academy twitter account. I know some who went who'd seen it on there.

Nothing on the one last year at all

ClaretTony

Warrington Rylands away a week on Tuesday. We played there last year too but our club never made any mention of it.

ClaretTony

Excellent interview with Simon & James on From the Bee Hole today

Interview is 22mins 30secs in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhS3sCeYeCk

ClaretTony

elwaclaret wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 18, 2025 12:25 am
My Dad’s favourite. Surreal that she only survived him by ten days. RIP Connie thanks for the joy you brought him xx

elwa - just picked up on your post. I'd no idea your dad had passed away. It's some time since I last saw him but really sorry to hear this news.

ClaretTony

I'd love to agree, but they're playing in Division 1, we're not, and they beat us in the reverse fixture a few days ago ... We'll have a home Quarter Final, but if we do get to finals day, they'll be no Buttler, Salt or Livingstone, I understand ? It's a nonsense now that counties can get through t...

ClaretTony

Sorry to disappoint, but we didn't sign anyone on Fri 4th July - Walker was confirmed on the Saturday although we did sign JBL last Friday.

ClaretTony

Apologies, Andrew Leeson not Lawson. Unused sub Notts Forest (A) 21st April 2003. Mark Rasmussen got on the pitch that day. Andy Leeson the full back and Andrew Waine were both on the bench at the end of 2002/03, both for three of the last four games. Neither of them ever got on the pitch for the f...

ClaretTony

Green bowled really well but it was Anderson getting Shafique that changed things.

ClaretTony

TheFamilyCat wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 17, 2025 9:14 pm
Commentator's curse. Nicely done, Tony.

I turned it round with that. We’ve actually beaten them now by more runs than they beat us last week.

ClaretTony

Looking comfortable for Yorkshire now 130/5. Just 45 from the last dix overs needed.

ClaretTony

TheFamilyCat wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 17, 2025 8:33 pm
Good power play for Lancs. 49-3.

And that’s got us back in it

ClaretTony

Buttler turning down runs in the last couple of overs. backfired. We scored 64/7 in the last 9 overs.

ClaretTony

Paul Graham, Andrew Lawson. Unused subs during the latter days of Stan’s tenure. Going further back (to my youth) Billy Wright - late 70’s /very early 80’s. Unused sub again, I think. Contemporary of Mark Allen. Mid 80(s) Tony Chilton, left back from the north east. Played once under John Benson. T...

ClaretTony

Fretters wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 17, 2025 6:21 pm
I thought it was 19 league games, to be honest. 18 years ago now which is very scary.

18 plus the FA Cup defeat at Reading

ClaretTony

Jakubclaret wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 17, 2025 6:03 pm
It's a holiday however you sugarcoat it which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

It’s anything but a holiday

ClaretTony

Woodleyclaret wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 17, 2025 2:42 pm
I'd have Tom Heaton back if we sell Traff

Tom is 39 now and hasn't played any league football in over five and a half years.

ClaretTony

mkmel wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 17, 2025 5:19 pm
Was he related to Ron Davies?

No although both were Welsh internationals. And Wyn Davies' first name was actually Ron.

ClaretTony

DanH90 wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 17, 2025 4:49 pm
Used to live on Olympia Street. Always remember my dad telling me as a kid (maybe 5) that a Burnley keeper lived around the corner (Grew up on Mitella.) Couldn’t believe it.

At the same time as Adrian Randall lived on Lyndhurst Road

ClaretTony

And probably her best known song - Who's Sorry Now

ClaretTony

He did play for quite a few clubs didn't he - very good centre forward in his day

ClaretTony

You replied to me asking what’s abysmal about it, so I am Saying there’s nothing abysmal about. Starting to think you are the troll, you can’t go a day without making some form of negative comment about the club or someone at the club. Can’t call out the owners today so you are calling out the medi...

ClaretTony

I’d have to go with Frederick Nimani. I don’t even think that he was really a footballer. More like a basketball player. When we signed him, a Burnley fan I know had lived in France and told me he was appalling and not even close to playing Premier League football. I dismissed his comments but I sh...

ClaretTony

But yesterdays was a completely different type of interview that was clearly done back at the training ground. This one is just a quick video either in between or after training just giving a quick overview. Abysmal is abit much isn’t it. Some of the questions the female interviewer asks new signin...

ClaretTony

I'm sure anyone under a certain age will have no idea who she is/was but the 'Pretty Little Baby' Connie Francis has died today aged 87.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1MdThq ... rt_radio=1

ClaretTony

claretsmart wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 17, 2025 3:10 pm
What are the rules on player eligibility - can we play a certain number of 1st team or over-age players?

I'm assuming because it's a competition for our under-21s that we will be able to play some older players, I think it's three plus goalkeeper, although I doubt we will.

ClaretTony

123EasyasBFC wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 17, 2025 4:07 pm
Abysmal?? Really, absolutely nothing wrong with that 6 minute video

Each to their own but it's amateurish at best and doesn't even compare with the RL interview yesterday.

ClaretTony

First pro deal for Adam McCoy

See link
https://www.uptheclarets.com/mccoy-sign ... ional-deal

ClaretTony

And the difference in quality comparing this with the excellent interview conducted by Radio Lancs.

Some clubs use their local radio stations for this sort of stuff, I think we need to seriously consider it.

ClaretTony

I think that’s the second one this week

ClaretTony

Frenchclaret wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 17, 2025 1:27 pm
Yes, I remember him being quite tall and very slim but remarkably agile. If Jimmy Mac said he was the best I would have to agree with him.

His wife was stood next to me when I took the photo further up the thread and she said it highlighted just how much he’d shrunk in height.

ClaretTony

Ok ill bite The management team team are in Portugal The medical team are in Portugal The media team / photographers are in Portugal Sufficient numbers away that any incomings are unlikely to be signed / sealed / delivered / revealed whilst they're away I wouldn’t have thought us being away would m...

ClaretTony

I liked McVeigh and he was a big reason we ended the 19 game winless run under Cotterill. I was disappointed we didn't sign him, but we did get Blake back instead. McVeigh did well but it was Gray & Jones, both returning to full fitness, who made the difference. Isn’t it strange how a cup defeat is...

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Stalbansclaret wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 17, 2025 11:34 am
Phil Eastwood.
Remember him playing in Chris Waddle’s first (?) game as manager away at Watford. Was a baking hot day and we had a big support which was put in the end which is now the home end. At least that’s how I remember it.

You remember it all correctly. It was very hot that day.

ClaretTony

FCBurnley wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 17, 2025 1:11 pm
Met Bryan Douglas on a cruise. Once he knew I was from Burnley he made his excuses and left !!! Worked with Colin when he was at Oldham and saw him play. Certainly a great keeper but not sure he would be tall enough for today’s game (see pic )

He was 6ft 2ins when he played

ClaretTony

Could be a spicy one that, Rochdale absolutely hate Burnley. Weirdly the hatred has only got stronger over the years we havent played them :lol: There will be next to nobody there. We don't get many when we play U21 games on the Turf and the attendances for these games last season were very low, av...

ClaretTony

Goliath wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 17, 2025 11:46 am
Who's the best. Having never seen Mcdonald I'd go Heaton. He was the most rounded.

It was always Adam Blacklaw for me but Tom Heaton & Nick Pope have to come into the reckoning too.

ClaretTony

Once a big club but not that long ago we saw Liverpool on the brink because of bad owners and while a much smaller club we saw it bring Bury to an end.

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gandhisflipflop wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 17, 2025 10:53 am
Has there been any Blackburn fans play for us or vice versa? I’m not sure I could do it myself.

Kevin Hird played for them and Phil Eastwood, Chris Pearce for us.

ClaretTony

I remember Colin playing for the Clarets and I don’t remember any goals being scored against him with his arms in the air. I also remember him playing for England in the World Cup and he was one of the best players there. He was a quiet man for a goalkeeper but was one of the best I have ever seen....

ClaretTony

Longsider wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 17, 2025 10:24 am
When do we play Solihull and Tamworth away. Both of these are very close for me. ?

We don't know yet. The dates for our four group games are at the link but we only know that Rochdale is the first of them because Rochdale have published their fixtures.

ClaretTony

Frenchclaret wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 17, 2025 10:22 am
Terry Lyons a left winger in my youth who I really liked. Anyone else remember him?

He actually played his last game for us before I was born

ClaretTony

That's good and rightly so to be fair, do not agree with cutting of replays though just to satisfy teams competing in Europe or the premier league because non of them play strong teams anyway I don't think the competition has much of a future to be honest. It looked for a time as if they might have...

ClaretTony

Someone mentioned Louis Donowa higher up. If I'm remembering correctly I THINK we loaned him from Brum and he made his debut in a Tuesday evening game. I was in town close to Yorkshire St that tea time after finishing work and I saw a guy in shorts and tracksuit top with a back pack and literally c...

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