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Why did Arsenal not let Dowman take the penalty he won.. would have been the youngest Prem goal scorer.

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Brian Wilson.

And reader… I did.

Humble brag I know but it was one of the great moments of my life.

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What a series. Shame about the last result but you can’t say it wasn’t entertaining. Feels like a draw is fair across the 5 tests.

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I like the ‘we’re in the entertainment business’ attitude.
You can’t deny this series has been one of the most entertaining in a while. Very fitting that it comes down to the wire.
Test cricket is brilliant when it’s like this.

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Surely a knighthood incoming

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Rowls wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 25, 2025 8:58 pm
Whooooo!

This is a massive relief to hear.

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Update:

Actually just managed to do it. Which makes me think it’s closer to the 1 in 60 odds. There we are.

Back to the football.

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Update:

Still not done it.

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Brilliant. This board never fails to surprise me

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Genuinely interested… are you actually a maths professor… you must be!!

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I went for Jay at OT. Such a great strike. But would have gone for Hendrick at Goodison but for reasons stated above

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In Nerja where we always go. Sending mathematical problems to the board to solve

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Ha. No way. I’ll crack it one day.

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IMG_6415.jpegIt’s still early here but it should be something like this. Will check my maths once I’ve had a coffee. If you assume that the deck has been shuffled and that there is a random permutation of the 52 cards at play then you can calculate this. I saw some comments about awareness of the c...

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Maybe it’s better to look at it as a full deck of cards and when shuffled what are the odds of say the Ace being in position 1,14,27 or 40. Or does that not change anything. That way drawn card doesn’t affect the outcome

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I had a feeling this wouldn’t be easy.

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Can you play the game 14 or 15 times and let us know how many times you win?

I'd like some real world evidence to support my maths.

Honestly.. done it 50 plus times over a couple of holidays and don’t think we’ve ever done it.

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jdrobbo wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 21, 2025 11:48 am
1/4329 apparently, if repeated for the entire deck (4 suits)

That’s mad if it’s true.

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Wow. If it is in the region of 56/1 that explains why we never get it!

It’s funny cause it feels like it should be easy.

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Fun puzzler for the maths lovers Currently away for a few days and playing a lot of cards with the kids. One of the solitaire games works like this.. Take the deck in your hand and turn over one card at a time, and as each card is turned you say Ace, two, three.. all the way up to king and then repe...

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Buxtonclaret wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 18, 2025 9:19 pm
There was always, still is, a big Claret base in Rawtenstall & up and down Rossendale.

True. I’m Haslingden ( moved away now) and I was at the Stockport and Sheffield play off finals

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The best bit for me is if you watch the clip of the final wicket on the BBC site.. is Tuffers mutley-esque laugh as the ball rolls back onto the stumps

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That’s the way to do it

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What’s the line?!

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Thats a great video. We really are good at them.

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Good to know.
This was exactly it. They had all my details and sent simultaneous emails. One actually from Booking.com and the second from the fraudster. Luckily my bank flagged it and no harm done but it’s very convincing.

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Just a quick note to say if anyone has an email from them this morning saying their booking may be cancelled it’s a fraud.
They’ve been hacked and it’s very sophisticated.
They had my full reservation dates and times… spoke to the hotel and they said it’s been going on all day.

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Hannibal has been immense since that red card.

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If you like factual books.. i highly recommend Killing Thatcher. A book about the Brighton bomb and the before and after. One of the best I’ve read.
My left field suggestion .. and hear me out… is Timmy Mallet’s autobiography. It’s one of the most lovely and uplifting books I’ve ever read.

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Not sure about that. The slow motion of the second one shows the spin taking it in .. looked like it was missing when he hit it

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God I’m glad we’re not in this. I’m nervous and I don’t care who wins

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It’s live on BBC sounds for anyone interested

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I’ve a vague memory of Marlon Beresford doing it but I might be wrong

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https://www.uptheclarets.com/coffee After a little pestering from Rowls and a few others, there’s a buy me a coffee link hidden in another thread. I know CT wasn’t keen about it but i feel one good deed deserves another so here’s the link. If you’re a user of this brilliant board, and you can, chuck...

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Ps You should put the button somewhere more visible at the top of the message board

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Brilliant. A small token to say thanks for all the work.

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Second that. These last couple of weeks have been lovely since the Sheffield Utd game. I hated the play offs. Worst game I’ve ever been to until the final whistle

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Rowls wrote: ↑
Mon May 05, 2025 9:33 pm
Well said.

I think one improvement the board / site could benefit from is a "buy me coffee" type button to make a small token gesture of thanks.

Yeah. I’d buy them a coffee alright. Even if it helped to cover costs.

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Just a message to say thanks to all involved in running this message board. I don’t post very often but it’s pretty much the first thing I look at every day. It really is a superb source of everything Burnley Football Club and I’m not really sure where I’d look if it wasn’t here! I know ClaretTony i...

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Brilliant. What’s the collective noun for a group of backtracking defenders? A camaraderie?

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ElectroClaret wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 26, 2025 2:30 pm
Is that bad for PNE?
Haven't checked the table yet.

Level with Luton with a game in hand.

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I see Luton have scored a late one.. gonna be bedlam on that final day at the bottom.

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How sweet is it though to watch this with Zero stress.

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Who cares?!

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33 would have a lovely ring to it

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Oooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhh………

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Keep it up fellas. We all played a part today.

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Come and admit it here .. what have you been doing recently that you won’t be changing today?
For me it’s the ‘Lucky’ Grey training top that has already been donned in anticipation…
I know it’s daft.. but would you stop now

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Just watch Plymouth’s winner. He spins him on the half way line and the Blades player just jogs back. No way our players would do that. When we lose the ball we go all out to get back.

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