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by Sproggy
Thu Jul 10, 2025 9:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Trawden Arms - Support Community Pubs
Replies: 28
Views: 2687

Re: The Trawden Arms - Support Community Pubs

jdrobbo wrote:
Wed Jul 09, 2025 10:59 pm
I’ve no idea: never been in it in my life, nor have my parents. We just live a little further on so have seen many frequenters over the years, heading in.
It's been decorated and the seats have new covers. Think they bought some new dominoes too a few years back.
by Sproggy
Wed Jul 09, 2025 1:28 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Trawden Arms - Support Community Pubs
Replies: 28
Views: 2687

Re: The Trawden Arms - Support Community Pubs

None of them wealthy as far as i know...just a community who got together to save their local....they just did the same with a cafe close by. Tight-knit bunch, very surprising considering where it is. 420 ish people in the village (and beyond) invested, over half put in the minimum amount of 500 qu...
by Sproggy
Sun Jun 29, 2025 8:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Glastonbury
Replies: 233
Views: 14315

Re: Glastonbury

Selecter, Libertines, London Community Gospel Choir, Horne Section, Rod Stewart, Snow Patrol so far today and now we’re sat at the top of the Pyramid field listening to Noah Kahan (never heard of him) in the sunshine with a cold beer.
by Sproggy
Sun Jun 29, 2025 6:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Glastonbury
Replies: 233
Views: 14315

Re: Glastonbury

GetIntoEm wrote:
Sun Jun 29, 2025 4:19 pm
Let's face it, it's been the poorest glasto in the last 10 years or so
Are you here? It’s been great.
by Sproggy
Sat Jun 28, 2025 11:40 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Glastonbury
Replies: 233
Views: 14315

Re: Glastonbury

I’m one of the lucky 210k. Hot, sweaty, knackered and stinking but there’s nothing else comes close to Glastonbury. Not really a CMAT fan but she gave it all she’s got in her set yesterday and has won me over. Franz Ferdinand blew me away but if you get chance check out Elvana - Elvis Presley does ...
by Sproggy
Sat Jun 21, 2025 8:50 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Beyer
Replies: 100
Views: 12983

Re: Bayer

It would be an odd decision to send a player out to talk about which fixtures he's looking to play in next season if he wasn't going to play next season.

I hope he's fit and well and has a great pre-season.
by Sproggy
Thu Jun 19, 2025 2:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Katie Boultor Abuse disgraceful
Replies: 53
Views: 4111

Re: Katie Boultor Abuse disgraceful

Until someone comes up with a solution, social media will remain a cesspit that allows idiots to say pretty much anything they want with anonymity. It’s not a nice place. Katie Boulter does not have to go anywhere near the “official Katie Boulter” accounts - someone could be managing those commitmen...
by Sproggy
Wed Jun 18, 2025 11:03 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Katie Boultor Abuse disgraceful
Replies: 53
Views: 4111

Re: Katie Boultor Abuse disgraceful

2 points you are missing 2/3rds of that income is from sponsorship/and brand with commitment to social media and match day . The other thing is why is it up to her to deal with the ''cesspit'' to earn her income. Just a thought, not sure if you work or not but imagine if your employer said that you...
by Sproggy
Tue Jun 17, 2025 5:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Katie Boultor Abuse disgraceful
Replies: 53
Views: 4111

Re: Katie Boultor Abuse disgraceful

Anybody who has never heard of Britain's No 1 woman tennis star could perhaps try Google? Any abuse online to her is horrendous and I hope the authorities find out who they are. They must have left "digital fingerprints". I just did and apparently it's Emma Raducanu. Someone earning £2.5 million a ...
by Sproggy
Mon May 26, 2025 9:50 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The New Doctor Who
Replies: 114
Views: 8422

Re: The New Doctor Who

TheFamilyCat wrote:
Mon May 26, 2025 7:49 pm
I would suggest viewing figures of all 'live' TV programmes have dropped significantly in the last 20 years, regardless of the quality of their content.
They have but Dr Who’s decline, particularly the latest series is way beyond the average.
by Sproggy
Mon May 26, 2025 7:40 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The New Doctor Who
Replies: 114
Views: 8422

Re: The New Doctor Who

In his first stint Davies wrote episodes around the Dr Who character and occasionally got 13 million viewers. Now he writes stories that promote his own social a political views that feature Dr. Who and he’s occasionally getting as few as 1.5 million. He’s also tinkering with the lore far more this ...
by Sproggy
Thu May 15, 2025 9:31 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Egan-Riley
Replies: 402
Views: 42474

Re: Egan-Riley

Let’s be honest. CJ was incredible and we are a little bit gutted. He owes us nothing. He had a tough first couple of years with us and was already planning on moving on before he came In this season and played out of his skin probably to surprise of everyone including himself. I think Esteve made ...
by Sproggy
Tue Apr 29, 2025 5:31 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mike Peters (The Alarm)
Replies: 26
Views: 2225

Re: Mike Peters (The Alarm)

Played the cellar bar in Barlick not long ago, where he was excellent and hung around afterwards for a chat in the bar.

Sad news.
by Sproggy
Sun Apr 20, 2025 7:16 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Cash in or stick
Replies: 29
Views: 5716

Re: Cash in or stick

I’ve got a fiver on Lyle Foster being championship top scorer at 26-1. Hope he’s back on Monday…..
by Sproggy
Fri Mar 28, 2025 9:54 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: A player on a private jet
Replies: 196
Views: 13194

Re: A player on a private jet

wadeswondergoal wrote:
Fri Mar 28, 2025 9:31 am

It’s quite sad, this witch hunt of Mike Tresor, and has only shown a portion of our fans for what they really are….
Inquisitive?
Value concious?
Paying his wages?
by Sproggy
Sat Mar 01, 2025 2:41 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Preston v Burnley - Player Ratings
Replies: 143
Views: 7221

Re: Preston v Burnley - Player Ratings

Hladky 3
Sonne 3
Worrall 3
Esteve 4
Pires 4
Shelvey 3
Brownhill 4
Benson 3
Sarmiento 4
Koleosho 3
Foster 3

Barnes 5
Edwards 4
Flemming 4
Laurent 3
Banel 3
by Sproggy
Mon Feb 24, 2025 5:40 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sunderland
Replies: 6
Views: 1543

Re: Sunderland

Shame.
by Sproggy
Sat Feb 22, 2025 4:34 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tresor / Shelvey chant
Replies: 144
Views: 8179

Re: Tresor / Shelvey chant

quoonbeatz wrote:
Sat Feb 22, 2025 3:29 pm
And what if you’re wrong about the situation? Still a good message?
Analysing the song again in a bit more detail, I don't think they care.
by Sproggy
Sat Feb 22, 2025 3:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tresor / Shelvey chant
Replies: 144
Views: 8179

Re: Tresor / Shelvey chant

I don’t want to inflame an already tense situation but some of the people who sang this cruel and heartless song which has clearly upset so many of our proper fans also went down for a beer before half time and then left the game early.
by Sproggy
Wed Feb 19, 2025 5:26 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Hannibal Issue
Replies: 57
Views: 6577

Re: Hannibal Issue

Yeah, a bit of a silly statement from me🤣 I stand by the fact that he shouldn't be found guilty unless it can be proved beyond reasonable doubt Yep. Unless someone heard it, it's going to be difficult despite the balance of probablility lying with Hannibal based on the circumstantial stuff we've se...
by Sproggy
Wed Feb 19, 2025 4:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Hannibal Issue
Replies: 57
Views: 6577

Re: Hannibal Issue

>It shouldn't be for the FA to play judge and jury.

Given the FA have a judicial framework to deal with disciplinary matters, it probably should.
by Sproggy
Mon Feb 17, 2025 5:04 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley shirts for sale
Replies: 5
Views: 884

Re: Burnley shirts for sale

They generally get good prices on EBay. Or at least look there before you sell them to get an idea of what they are worth.
by Sproggy
Thu Jan 23, 2025 7:06 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Plymouth v Burnley - Player Ratings
Replies: 62
Views: 4899

Re: Plymouth v Burnley - Player Ratings

Glad I missed it looking at the scores. Must have been a real stinker.
by Sproggy
Mon Dec 30, 2024 12:48 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: RATE THE REF - Joshua Smith v Middlesbrough
Replies: 11
Views: 1219

Re: RATE THE REF - Joshua Smith v Middlesbrough

Other than letting the game flow more than we usually see, I can’t remember too much about him. That has to be a good sign so…

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by Sproggy
Fri Dec 27, 2024 10:27 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: New player chants
Replies: 121
Views: 11207

Re: New player chants

I’m sure someone could do something subbing in Hannibal to the chorus of Def Leppard’s Animal.

https://youtu.be/aSxik5Ri-0E?si=ZoMlgTOj7ZE82xUM
by Sproggy
Fri Dec 27, 2024 10:16 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Arsenal v Ipswich
Replies: 12
Views: 1706

Re: Arsenal v Ipswich

It’s an awful game. Arsenal scored from a cross but didn’t get the hint and have tried to pass the ball into the net for the rest of the game. Sideways, backwards, rinse, repeat. Ipswich have hardly had the ball but on the rare occasions they have got forward, they would rather “recycle” back to the...
by Sproggy
Mon Dec 09, 2024 10:24 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

Introduce a queuing system
Let everyone in the queue in
Don't release enough seats to cope with demand
Everyone without a ticket is now mashing the refresh button causing exactly the problem the queue was supposed to prevent.
by Sproggy
Sat Dec 07, 2024 7:01 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: RATE THE REF - Andrew Kitchen v Middlesbrough
Replies: 37
Views: 2951

Re: RATE THE REF - Andrew Kitchen v Middlesbrough

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Seemed happy to blow up for the softest of fouls for them. Yet another ref that seemed happy that no football of note could be played after 70 minutes due to the play acting, time wasting and cheating.
by Sproggy
Sat Dec 07, 2024 6:54 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Subs cost us that game
Replies: 70
Views: 5255

Re: Subs cost us that game

They had 3 absolute sitters in the 2nd half. The subs were made to try and shore things up a bit but we could have been 3-1 down before any of them were made.

Happy to come away with a point, just need to win on Tuesday.
by Sproggy
Sun Nov 24, 2024 8:11 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: RATE THE REF - Bobby Madley v Bristol City
Replies: 34
Views: 3437

Re: RATE THE REF - Bobby Madley v Bristol City

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Seemed far more willing to give them a free kick than us.
by Sproggy
Sun Nov 24, 2024 8:06 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Bristol City v Burnley - Player Ratings
Replies: 59
Views: 7122

Re: Bristol City v Burnley - Player Ratings

Trafford 8
Roberts 7
Egan-Rily 8
Estéve 8
Pires 7
Brownhill 8
Cullen 8
Hannibal 7
Anthony 8
Koleosho 7
Rodriguez 7

Controlled the game for 70 minutes. Dug in for 20.

We’re still giving the ball away too often in our own half trying to play out.
by Sproggy
Fri Nov 15, 2024 9:25 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Greece vs England
Replies: 73
Views: 5166

Re: Greece vs England

It would be heaving if England lost. What you normally get is people saying they would rather watch paint dry, but watched the game. People comment when there's something to comment on. Last night we played quite well with a reasonably well balanced formation against the team ranked 40th in the wor...
by Sproggy
Thu Nov 14, 2024 10:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Greece vs England
Replies: 73
Views: 5166

Re: Greece vs England

Yep, pretty good that, given a lot of first choice players dropped Carsley in it this week.

We even had a left back playing left back.
by Sproggy
Wed Nov 13, 2024 4:29 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: MOTD - replacing Gary Linaker
Replies: 155
Views: 11597

Re: MOTD - replacing Gary Linaker

beddie wrote:
Wed Nov 13, 2024 12:46 pm
Why her, she can’t even pronounce “footballer” correctly, she says it in a quick way and it sounds as though she misses the “a” out, it comes across as footbuller. :)
After she killed off Football Focus, surely not...?
by Sproggy
Thu Nov 07, 2024 10:57 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Positives and Negatives
Replies: 51
Views: 4940

Re: Positives and Negatives

Thought we looked pretty good away at a team likely to finish in the top 6.

Scored a good goal, hit the post, had 2 or 3 other excellent chances and restricted them to scraps.
by Sproggy
Sat Nov 02, 2024 4:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today's Football
Replies: 98
Views: 6924

Re: Today's Football

ElectroClaret wrote:
Sat Nov 02, 2024 4:45 pm
Saints 1 Everton 1
VAR! 1-0
by Sproggy
Thu Oct 31, 2024 11:40 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The club badge
Replies: 68
Views: 5928

Re: The club badge

Just to check my understanding - it lost the name "Gawthorpe" under the previous ownership but that was OK because despite being "part of our history" Barnfield paid for the sponsorship and we were all OK with that. But now the Barnfield sponsorship has ended, the name that was in place under the pr...
by Sproggy
Thu Oct 31, 2024 10:38 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Facial Recognition System at Turf
Replies: 166
Views: 12312

Re: Facial Recognition System at Turf

It doesn't matter what it is. It could be 50 pound notes being dropped out of a helicopter, if it was suggested by Alan Pace, the usual suspects on here would use it as something to have a go at the club about.
by Sproggy
Mon Oct 21, 2024 4:31 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Referee confirmed for QPR game
Replies: 1
Views: 245

Re: Referee confirmed for QPR game

Food for thought. Wonder what kind of performance he'll serve up.
by Sproggy
Mon Oct 14, 2024 8:38 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Gates opening to the Bee Hole end
Replies: 32
Views: 3583

Re: Gates opening to the Bee Hole end

They sold the pies off cheap in the pie kiosk on the right hand side at the bottom of the steps between the BHE and the BLS just before you left the ground too.
by Sproggy
Thu Oct 10, 2024 9:48 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ENGLAND
Replies: 102
Views: 6499

Re: ENGLAND

Unfortunately we have to put up with 3 more games of it before the FA’s crack recruitment team surge back into action.
by Sproggy
Thu Oct 10, 2024 9:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ENGLAND
Replies: 102
Views: 6499

Re: ENGLAND

Good to know. Watching this I’d started wondering if he’d won his 6 games in charge in a raffle at an FA sponsored Sportsman’s Dinner.
by Sproggy
Thu Oct 10, 2024 9:08 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ENGLAND
Replies: 102
Views: 6499

Re: ENGLAND

Did Lee Carsley have any involvement in football before he got the England job?
by Sproggy
Thu Oct 10, 2024 8:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ENGLAND
Replies: 102
Views: 6499

Re: Pickford

“He’s never let England down”
by Sproggy
Sat Oct 05, 2024 3:04 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley v Preston - Player Ratings
Replies: 91
Views: 8567

Re: Burnley v Preston - Player Ratings

Trafford 7
Humphreys 5
Egan-Riley 5
Esteve 8
Pires 5
Cullen 4
Brownhill 4
Koleosho 6
Hannibal 4
Anthony 4
Foster 3

Roberts 5
by Sproggy
Sun Sep 29, 2024 9:15 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Uninspiring and easy to play against
Replies: 129
Views: 9077

Re: Uninspiring and easy to play against

Is anyone saying that? I think people would like us to play a bit more quickly and create a bit more against teams that are organised and sit deep. It’s not an unreasonable ask.
by Sproggy
Sun Sep 29, 2024 9:08 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Uninspiring and easy to play against
Replies: 129
Views: 9077

Re: Uninspiring and easy to play against

Disagree on the whole. I agree that, in certain moments, we were a bit slow and brought the pace right down, but overall we played slightly quicker and played more forward balls than against Portsmouth. This, imo, was due to having a better ball player in Egan-Riley to Worral at CH, and Cullen havi...