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dsr wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 02, 2025 8:52 pm
Jimmy Glass for Carlisle.

Has to be the most dramatic

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I never bet against us, and didn't in this pole. I think we may have a fighting chance. The unknow is the new signings but they look on paper better than the recruits of 2023. Oh and in Esteve, Trafford* and Hannibal we have some real quality. *Hopefully James will stay for at least one more season....

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It Is What It Is wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 29, 2025 7:08 am
Them lot Going into Administration would be a better result.

Not really. That would just leave other businesses out of pocket. Things are going quite nicely for them as it is.

Re their first 6 matches.... I think they'll do well to get 3 points

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The interviewers standard list of questions...

How do feel about joining Burnley?
What do think of the training facilities?
What do think of the manager?
Have you had a Bene Hot yet?

Well maybe not that last one.....

Welcome Max.

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My favourite era has to be under Dyche. Two promotions and 7 years in The Premier League. Wins away at teams I never though I'd see us play again. To see Burnley at Wembley in an away draw against Spurs, wins away at Liverpool Man United, Chelsea...beating Liverpool at home....The night that was des...

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bumba wrote: ↑
Tue Jun 24, 2025 3:13 pm
Probably waiting until it's confirmed which the article clearly states that it isn't yet finalised

The club are delaying the announcement as CT hasn't got the article finished yet. He's been too occupied watching the cricket from Headingley.

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Torquay away with our manager behaving really badly felt a low point. So it the Mullen period for me, not because he was the best manager (he isn't fit to lace Stans or Seans boots) but because it felt great to watch the clarets again, there was a joy, expectation when we went away, finally getting...

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The only time I'd want to see Burnley lose at The Turf.....
Looks a great night.... Pity I'm miles away

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Those scars look similar to mine when I had a radical prostatectomy. Hope he is ok

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So our game will be moved to the Sunday?

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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".

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5 subs has made the biggest difference. Klopp got his wish. It's made it easier for the big clubs to hold onto stars. It has also allowed them to have fresher players for European nights. But in a Premier League game I would use this analogy.. A boxer ranked 20th in the world goes 9 rounds with the ...

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I loved my day in west london, but I didn't vote for it. For me I'm scratching my head as to how that could have been better than a win at your local rivals, with 40000 away supporters in a game the opposition competed in. Plymouth away was 5 nil also - again the game had significance to them. Sheff...

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Sad news. Condolences to his family and friends. He was a big name in the game and has left an indelible mark.

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I was nearly run over by a dozy old bloke on the crossing outside Romero’s in Whalley a while ago, he only braked at the last second, I presume he somehow hadn’t seen me. Probably because he couldn't see you. Just watch the programme from last night on Channel 5 "Cause of Death". Set in Lancashire....

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Another rant: I cross my local road a few times a day. It would be more convenient to just walk across the road but I walk a further 50 yards and use the Zebra Crossing, being the sensible and responsible individual that I am. However, about 50% of drivers just don't give a flying f*ck about even s...

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It is a real shame. Forest have been one of the few bright sparks in the Premier League.......

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I think anyone who is so dedicated deserves a free season ticket. I will never again moan about my 560 mile return drive or a £120 train ticket to sit in my seat. I consider myself dedicated, my family (at least some) think I'm obsessed. Still they'll soon hear we are moving sticks and returning nor...

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I thought the first book was a masterpiece.

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I live in Wrea Green, about 6 miles south of Inskip. My mate lives in Staining, nearer to Blackpool, and we've been travelling back to Burnley for matches for over 30 years. We've got STs in the Jimmy Mac lower. We often see clarets on the M55 Its a shame that the Derby Arms closed at Inskip, likew...

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5 subs as had the biggest impact....
Klopp pleaded for it and of course he got his own way.
In Boxing it would be the equivalent of facing 8 rounds against Oleksander Usyk giving it a right go, only for Uskyk to be replaced by the Daniel Dubois. The Championship is also showing the same signs.

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Leon_C wrote: ↑
Sun May 04, 2025 5:28 pm
Few people know that the MOD transmitter site at Inskip is one of the command and control centres for the UK’s Trident nuclear deterrent.

great view of it from the road where i hope to be living.... i saw a similar installation up the Solway Firth 2 weeks ago...

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Yep I reckon the referee wanted to keep it quiet on safety grounds. Sensible imo. I cannot believe the benches were not aware.

Holding the board up is competition rules nothing to do with the laws of the game, so the governing body can relax it....reckon it would have been agreed long before ko.

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A few years ago I did say to CT that if we were to reach promotion then I'd move back to Lancashire from Sussex. (I left Nelson in 1981) There were some hiccups along the way, a major illness being the main one, Covid, work and issues in selling our house have meant that I still have the long travel...

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We only lost the title by one goal scored in the 91st minute. Unbelievable considering where we were at the end of August, and the job SP had to do to mould a team. Wilson Oderbert left having started the season and so did Dara O'Shea & Vitinio all of these scored at Luton. Add to that the 4 subs br...

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Great report as ever Tony, It did get me thinking as to whether I had ever seen us win by 5 away. Well the first you mentioned was a bit soon for the both of us and I'm sure I missed the MK Dons rout. I too wasn't at Plymouth, so the first one for me in 60 years watching The Clarets. The clip of def...

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Most improved player award.......yep when I was told at the beginning nof March (from a very good source) that Humphreys' season was over... I was nervous.
I still think the Premier League would be a step too far.

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So grateful having seen that board to have our uptheclarets message board.

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andyh wrote: ↑
Fri Apr 25, 2025 11:32 am
If these two sign I’d only be looking for a couple of additions in the summer. The most important being a CF.

totally agree.... This team have worked so well and many are so young they'll develop further.

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When George Halley moved to Burnley, he and his family rented a room in a terraced house in Burnley which I learned was the house I was brought up in. I told my mum to get a blue plaque for the wall but she immediately dismissed that idea even though she'd was really good friends with the Halley fa...

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There’s a clear case for having the 2 plaques alongside each other as there’s a clear distinction between the two The 30 was in the top tier Whatever number this eventually reaches it is in the 2nd tier Both are remarkable achievements Agreed, also the 30 unbeaten was a record for all clubs at the ...

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My Grandad used to talk about 'Halley Boyle and Watson' in that order as well. On a similar subject: The first away game I ever attended was an FA Cup tie to Stockport County in 1959, won 3-1. I can still remember Stockports goalie, two full backs and three half backs (in old money).... Lea, Betts,...

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"As an incentive to all the players of the club to maintain and if possible surpass the results before set forth" Dawson, Halley, Boyle, Watson, Anderson, Kelly to name but six. Will these players of today be remembered in over a century? Amazing isn't it? if i was to name Burnley's greatest ever m...

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Garnerssoap wrote: ↑
Thu May 23, 2019 6:44 am
Paul Barnes didn’t want to go to Huddersfield

Glad he did though. Best transfer swap of the century.

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i would like to attend as I live in Sussex. If I ever get my house sold and return north it'll be great to see more of The Clarets.

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TheFamilyCat wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 07, 2025 7:24 am
Ronaldinho's son, Bellingham's brother. We could become the team of relations of the famous. We should also look at Roy Keane's uncle and Jean-Pierre Papin's grandma.

or Roy Keane's future son in law?

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Tragic news, One of the highlights of following the club in the early 80's was that "one of us" was out there working as hard as he could on our behalf. Gone far too soon. RIP Andy. I think a tribute on 63 minutes v Norwich?

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Great car — I looked at these, but used car prices are very high for these! Can I ask when you bought it? Of course you can.....I bought on the 6th March 2023 from a Toyota dealer in Sandhurst...Inchcape. It was advertised as having 11 miles on the clock and was 12 months old. At around £9000 under...

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Ran a team that played in black and white stripes, back of shirt was black. Refs knew we played in black and white yet always turned up in all black, don’t know how true however got told that refs were supposed to turn up with 2 different colour shirts. The Laws of the game state that it is the res...

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Tribesmen wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 19, 2025 8:25 am
I have that badge somewhere , glad you said it as I was wondering if it was turfie or turfy .

It stuck with me lol

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Clearly 'Up the Clarets' was a well established thing when I first started going to Turf Moor at the beginning of the 1970s - the book of the same name by the Rev. David Wiseman (a season by season history) was first published in 1973, and obviously, as a commercial venture, wouldn't have had the n...

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A Clarets fan on Facebook has posted a list of football clubs nicknames and mentioned that he didn’t think Burnley had been know as the Clarets many years ago ,I said well we used to shout ‘ Up the Clarets ‘ in the mid 50’s but anyone know if we starting getting the nickname as far back as 1910 whe...

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Plissken wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 18, 2025 3:42 pm
Seven "tankfuls" (78Kwh) or equivalent of fuel on my home charger has cost me £45 total. So.. no.

Plus.... I couldn't charge up at home and make a 580 mile round trip to Burnley.

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Plissken wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 18, 2025 3:42 pm
Seven "tankfuls" (78Kwh) or equivalent of fuel on my home charger has cost me £45 total. So.. no.

My Toyota Corolla with 32 miles on the clock cost me £23,000

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I'm not ready to go EV. My Toyota hybrid does 80mpg ....recently I returned from Burnley to Sussex via a stop in central Birmingham to collect something from a store,,,,, when I got back £22 to fill up for E5 petrol. My Hybrid is cheaper to run than an EV....and I fill it with petrol in minutes....n...

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It's not only taxi drivers. You might be surprised at how many trades people do the same. Put some through the books, but make sure the majority is cash in-hand goes and goes in the backsack. Even better if you're renting and have a family. I mean, why bother having a mortgage on a semi-detached pr...

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Hand car wash, "Turkish" barbers, take aways, nail bars, taxi companies all cash only money laundering businesses. Been going on for decades with it seems little or no appetite to investigate and deal with them. When you are seeing top of the range German performance cars and blinged up 4x4s parked...

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MOM & Player Ratings result v Preston See link https://www.uptheclarets.com/koleosho-is-first-at-preston It was great to catch up at Preston. BTW that Nottingham Forest quarter final had been erased from my memory. But your description of the farcical events have since jump started my brain and rea...

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Hope the link works. I thought people might enjoy these amazing local photos. They are only 50 years ago but how times have changed. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2025/mar/05/shuttles-steam-and-soot-daniel-meadows?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Shuttles, Steam and Soot Today (6th March) ...

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Beagle wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 16, 2025 3:52 pm
After the ref saw one of our corners?

If such a role exists I'm amazed. We are astoundingly bad at set pieces.

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