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by Bfc
Thu Oct 18, 2018 2:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mark Warburton
Replies: 86
Views: 10320

Re: Mark Warburton

Maybe Micky Phelan, if he wanted to return to the area from Australia and back to the football club he started his career at.
by Bfc
Thu Oct 18, 2018 9:21 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Woy Hodgson
Replies: 14
Views: 2767

Re: Woy Hodgson

The Enclosure, do you mean mentioning Blackburn.
by Bfc
Wed Oct 17, 2018 9:41 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Bayhorse Inn Worsthorne
Replies: 15
Views: 3717

Re: The Bayhorse Inn Worsthorne

I'm glad this problem has been sorted out at the Bay. I go in for a pint or two and not many pubs sell cheaper beer £2-20 a pint, with a decent selection of local brewers ales. It's been frustrating going in sometimes and enjoying a couple of pints, then it running out and not having something else ...
by Bfc
Tue Oct 09, 2018 5:14 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: A collection of England goalkeepers
Replies: 80
Views: 7575

Re: A collection of England goalkeepers

exileclaret I remember Colin McDonald doing the arms upto one side of his body or the other, depending which side the shot was going. Very clearly remember a goal he conceded at the Beehole end v WBA. A shot from outside the box flew into to right hand side of the net, as Colin arms raised to his ri...
by Bfc
Tue Oct 09, 2018 11:53 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Retirement day
Replies: 71
Views: 6170

Re: Retirement day

I spend more time looking for new topics on here than I need to. Telling myself, I will just have a minute to see if there's any news since I last looked a couple of hours ago.
by Bfc
Wed Oct 03, 2018 7:57 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mobile phone repairs
Replies: 6
Views: 668

Re: Mobile phone repairs

Ring Nexgen on 01282 421424. They're the one on the same level as the Black pudding shop, in Burnley market. They will probably advise you if it can be repaired by them, before making the journey into town.
by Bfc
Tue Oct 02, 2018 6:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 49 League games and counting ....
Replies: 29
Views: 3833

Re: 49 League games and counting ....

Does anyone know what bookies would take a bet on Burnley getting a penalty on Saturday and maybe know what the odds may be. I asked at Corals, but they wouldn't offer me a bet.
by Bfc
Tue Oct 02, 2018 9:44 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Lowerhouse Cricket Club trashed
Replies: 10
Views: 2558

Re: Lowerhouse Cricket Club trashed

It must be heartbreaking for the club committee and members, who put a lot of time and effort into raising extra revenue, to pay towards projects. You have my sympathy.
It's only recently the Oaks Hotel held a Romany wedding there and they had there beautiful stained glass windows smashed.
by Bfc
Wed Sep 26, 2018 9:16 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Disgusted 'happy clapper'
Replies: 48
Views: 5903

Re: Disgusted 'happy clapper'

Well put Bfcmik, you just missed adding, our team had 7 plus 2 substitute Internationals playing. I thought from my pitchside view of the tackle by Long, that he got a Yellow card for, was going to be a straight Red card. We seem to struggle against teams who play midfielders who are on the small si...
by Bfc
Mon Sep 24, 2018 3:57 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Accy Clarets to Burton - Tuesday 25th September ko 7.45pm
Replies: 73
Views: 7622

Re: Accy Clarets to Burton - Tuesday 25th September ko 7.45pm

I don't need a ticket and don't wish to leave my surname on here. I will make myself known at the pick up point under Bfc, if you don't mind.
by Bfc
Mon Sep 24, 2018 3:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Accy Clarets to Burton - Tuesday 25th September ko 7.45pm
Replies: 73
Views: 7622

Re: Accy Clarets to Burton - Tuesday 25th September ko 7.45pm

Leisure, I would like an adult seat from the Park View please, for myself.
by Bfc
Wed Sep 19, 2018 8:10 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Funerals today of John & Susan Cooper ...
Replies: 8
Views: 1967

Re: Funerals today of John & Susan Cooper ...

Very well put Clatets4me. I was at the packed to the rafters church and then the Crematorium after the service. Kelly, her young daughter and Susan’s family, not forgetting Johns long time friend spoke moving tributes of John and Susan. I and all the people among the congregation, (including former ...
by Bfc
Wed Sep 12, 2018 8:00 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Football club attendances-accurate or not
Replies: 28
Views: 2341

Re: Football club attendances-accurate or not

I know( no evidence, only here say within) that an odd occasion the receipts and supporters numbers passing through some turnstile had not been calculated, into the actual attendance figures. Those were the days when all the receipts of paying spectators were collected from turnstiles and taken to t...
by Bfc
Wed Sep 12, 2018 7:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Up the Clarets back Lowerhouse call for Anderson statue
Replies: 28
Views: 2991

Re: ARTICLE: Up the Clarets back Lowerhouse call for Anderson statue

The name of James Anderson "The Burnley Express"" was coined by Rebecca Law, the daughter of former well known Lancs League cricketers, dad Roger and brother Ben Law, who had known James during their time together at Burnley CC. She was at the MCC showing her support for James, "who got her tickets"...
by Bfc
Tue Sep 04, 2018 9:14 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: First Supermarkets in Burnley
Replies: 72
Views: 8748

Re: First Supermarkets in Burnley

H,t,comb, I may have got the name wrong (Taskers/Taylors), but do you think that this could've been in the late 50s and maybe the first super market type shop in Burnley?.
by Bfc
Tue Sep 04, 2018 9:02 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Unforgiveable lazy journalism at the bottom of the pond
Replies: 10
Views: 2371

Re: Unforgiveable lazy journalism at the bottom of the pond

Talking of proof reading. BBC Look North presenter Beckie Barr ( I think innocently) said Jimmy McIroy played for Blackburn, when reading out the News of his death. Burnley born BBC chief Peter Salmon, would have cringed at that comment. I wonder if he made the person responsible for the mistake, su...
by Bfc
Tue Sep 04, 2018 1:28 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: First Supermarkets in Burnley
Replies: 72
Views: 8748

Re: First Supermarkets in Burnley

My first recollection was a Taskers selves service store on Westgate, in the fifties. I vividly remember it being between Ashfield Rd and Clifton St
by Bfc
Sun Sep 02, 2018 12:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Brunshaw Rd closed from top of the hill
Replies: 4
Views: 1246

Re: Brunshaw Rd closed from top of the hill

Brunshaw Rd is still closed today at the top, as advised in my first post.
by Bfc
Sat Sep 01, 2018 6:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Arriving late at Turf.
Replies: 14
Views: 2259

Re: Arriving late at Turf.

What’s worse is, he could perhaps lose his job if he decided to not work and see the whole of the match. I admire him for making the effort to see part of the match.
by Bfc
Fri Aug 31, 2018 8:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Jimmy Mac's Funeral
Replies: 50
Views: 6373

Re: Jimmy Mac's Funeral

I also heard the gaff re Mc playing down the road. Probable auto cue written by a B td fan. I would be surprised if Bobby Charlton was not among the guest/attendees today. He went to the funerals of Brian Miller and Jimmy Adamson. He has my respect for that and I'm sure he would have tried his best ...
by Bfc
Fri Aug 31, 2018 12:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: The Magic of McIlroy
Replies: 11
Views: 1339

Re: ARTICLE: The Magic of McIlroy

Thanks Dave for rekindling those memories for me. I was reliving some of those games in my mind, the days before television to had saturated every minute detail of games nowadays. Days when we relied on keeping scrap books to jog our memory of games, many I still have. Probably one of my favourite o...
by Bfc
Thu Aug 30, 2018 4:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Best Hotel Guest House in the Burnley area
Replies: 37
Views: 4199

Re: Best Hotel Guest House in the Burnley area

Joey13, after a few pints of the local beers, you’ll manage four in a bed.
by Bfc
Thu Aug 30, 2018 3:31 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Brunshaw Rd closed from top of the hill
Replies: 4
Views: 1246

Brunshaw Rd closed from top of the hill

Due a different burst water main, people travelling along Brunshaw Rd to the game tonight will not be able to drive down the hill and turn into ANY of the side streets, or Brunshaw Ave. May I suggest turning onto Brunshaw Ave or Rimington Ave as an alternative route to reach parking near the ground.
by Bfc
Thu Aug 30, 2018 3:21 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Best Hotel Guest House in the Burnley area
Replies: 37
Views: 4199

Re: Best Hotel Guest House in the Burnley area

That should've read Crooked Billet pub.
by Bfc
Thu Aug 30, 2018 3:20 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Best Hotel Guest House in the Burnley area
Replies: 37
Views: 4199

Re: Best Hotel Guest House in the Burnley area

Book yourself into the Worsthorne Four in a Bed winner BnB. You've good beer in the village pubs. Plus the Crooked Illet runs cheap transport to and from the game+ pie and peas back at the pub after.
by Bfc
Sun Aug 26, 2018 2:51 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Elgin match postponed in August
Replies: 2
Views: 742

Re: Elgin match postponed in August

So is the ground in Tatters?
by Bfc
Fri Aug 24, 2018 9:13 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tax Refund text message
Replies: 32
Views: 4922

Tax Refund text message

This afternoon I received a text from HMR advising me they owe me £265.30 GBP for the last two years http://www.govhmrevpay.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. This appears to me to be a CON. The Tax office is HMRC and my accountant who advertises on here would have been aware of any...
by Bfc
Wed Aug 22, 2018 9:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Jimmy McIlroy funeral
Replies: 17
Views: 3513

Re: Jimmy McIlroy funeral

I'm sorry for any hurt I may and controversy I have caused to anyone with my OP, which wasn't intentional. It was as supporter old enough to have seen Mc play for many years and wanting to be given the opportunity to attend his funeral, to say a final farewell, that I made the suggestion. It appeare...
by Bfc
Wed Aug 22, 2018 7:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Loss of 2 Claret fans RIP
Replies: 31
Views: 9851

Loss of 2 Claret fans RIP

Sadly I've learned of the tragic death of 2 very close husband and wife friends of mine who were on holiday in Egypt. John Cooper, well known as Cooperman the builder all around Burnley and his wife Susan who worked as a travel agent. No words can say how I feel for them and especially for their imm...
by Bfc
Wed Aug 22, 2018 2:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Jimmy McIlroy funeral
Replies: 17
Views: 3513

Jimmy McIlroy funeral

The football club have announced it will be held inside the James Hargreaves stand, with only invited people being allowed. Why couldn't they have his service pitchside, to allow hundreds of people the opportunity to pay their respects at his funeral, from the upper James Hargreaves stand. Rather th...
by Bfc
Wed Aug 08, 2018 12:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Smallest player to play for burnley
Replies: 49
Views: 4821

Re: Smallest player to play for burnley

Our tallest must be Joe Hart, he's Head and Shoulders above the anyone else.
by Bfc
Tue Aug 07, 2018 12:33 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Billy Elliott’s seaside swan song
Replies: 11
Views: 911

Re: ARTICLE: Billy Elliott’s seaside swan song

At the time Elliot or any other player was being bought, a director would do the scouting missions. I knew Tom Lawson ( the father of former late Burnley CC chairman Peter Lawson). He was friend of a Director who used to watch players being considered us. Tom would often accompany the Director on sp...
by Bfc
Fri Aug 03, 2018 10:51 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Subs running on the touch line
Replies: 5
Views: 1033

Subs running on the touch line

I watched the Subs warming up on the touch line last night. One or two even encroaching onto the pitch during play. They weren't giving any thought to refs assistant trying to keep his eye on the game and being aware of subs being in the areas he was going have to run down. Then 3 of them stood with...
by Bfc
Wed Aug 01, 2018 7:03 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Football boots costs
Replies: 24
Views: 2541

Re: Football boots costs

The lad knows which boots he wants of either Nike or Adidas. When I offered to pay for them, I asked then met his dad to notify him of my offer (avoiding grooming comments). I just want to see the receipt for the boots when he gets them. I thought someone on here in retail would be in a position to ...
by Bfc
Tue Jul 31, 2018 3:48 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Football boots costs
Replies: 24
Views: 2541

Re: Football boots costs

His boot size is 9/5. Thanks for the offer BfcCrazy, but I would prefer him to have new ones. They get their training kit supplied, but that doesn't include boots and shin pads (£25). I just wanted to give the young local lad help, in hopefully making the grade to be a professional at Burnley
by Bfc
Tue Jul 31, 2018 2:08 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Football boots costs
Replies: 24
Views: 2541

Football boots costs

I've offered to pay for the boots of a 15 year old schoolboy Burnley FC player for next season. I'm told a pair of Nike or Addidas boots is around £150, which I don't mind paying. But this board seems to have knowledge/connections on maybe better deals. Or even contacts at the above firms who may be...
by Bfc
Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:30 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley v Turks
Replies: 24
Views: 4917

Re: Burnley v Turks

I saw they played a friendly last at VFB Stuttgart and got beat 3-1, with their goal coming in the 88th minute. I wonder if the club had a scout watch the game?. No details available of the teams players.
by Bfc
Mon Jul 23, 2018 1:33 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Progress on the new corner stands?
Replies: 427
Views: 61324

Re: Progress on the new corner stands?

The Enclosure, the Bee Hole pit wheel was located in the area in the far corner of the car park of the James Hargreaves and the Jimmmy Mc stand
by Bfc
Wed Jul 18, 2018 6:42 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Footballers played for Burnley FC
Replies: 27
Views: 3827

Re: Footballers played for Burnley FC

Stan Ternant (how could Stan be missed), John Francis. The missing player list could go on for a while.
by Bfc
Wed Jul 18, 2018 6:35 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Footballers played for Burnley FC
Replies: 27
Views: 3827

Re: Footballers played for Burnley FC

Rob Higgin
by Bfc
Mon Jul 02, 2018 6:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 1966-2018 World Cup omens
Replies: 14
Views: 1139

Re: 1966-2018 World Cup omens

Sorry everyone, I hadn't known it was previously posted. I had been notified of it by a friend in Cape Town and thought it was worth sharing. I was at the WC final in 66, but won't be there this year, there may be an omen in that.
by Bfc
Mon Jul 02, 2018 3:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 1966-2018 World Cup omens
Replies: 14
Views: 1139

Re: 1966-2018 World Cup omens

My template for the topic was set out showing the 1966 and 2018 lists seperately. It's only when I've submitted it, that it's been put as one.
by Bfc
Mon Jul 02, 2018 3:01 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 1966-2018 World Cup omens
Replies: 14
Views: 1139

1966-2018 World Cup omens

1966, 2018 Real Madrid win European Cup, Real Madrid win European Cup, Burnley qualify for Europe, Burnley qualify for Europe Man City win their league, Man City win their league Chelsea finish 5th. Chelsea finish 5th England win World Cup. England ?
by Bfc
Fri Jun 29, 2018 12:13 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Atmospheric research jet over Burnley
Replies: 16
Views: 2493

Atmospheric research jet over Burnley

There's an Atmospheric research jet flying at 2,00ft over Burnley, where it's turned to then go back on its flight path, which appears to flying over the areas affected by the moorland fires.
by Bfc
Sat Jun 23, 2018 6:38 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Barry Kilby Prostrate Cancer Appeal
Replies: 29
Views: 3859

Re: Barry Kilby Prostrate Cancer Appeal

Thanks for the info kk. I arrived at 10am, when I said 150. Some people were already being given the test, as they started around 9-45. I was told they'd to bring in extra medical supplies, due to the number who turned up. I hope everyone whose been tested today has no cause to have further tests. I...
by Bfc
Sat Jun 23, 2018 12:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Barry Kilby Prostrate Cancer Appeal
Replies: 29
Views: 3859

Re: Barry Kilby Prostrate Cancer Appeal

I went to the screening this morning and joined around 150 people in the queue.Mr and Mrs Kilby were also there to support the cause. Sonia/Sonya Kilby then offered the waiting crowd tea/coffee and biscuits. While Barry had time to chat to various people including me. Very well done to both of them....
by Bfc
Thu Jun 21, 2018 1:20 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Well done and thanks to the Aberdeen fans on here
Replies: 52
Views: 9143

Re: Well done and thanks to the Aberdeen fans on here

I've stayed at the Express Holiday Inn North of Aberdeen and in Ellon at the hotel by the river around 8 miles North. Fantastic people up there and they will be very welcoming to the Burnley people, but like here, they can look after themselves if need be. A few times I've driven the 680 mile round ...
by Bfc
Thu Jun 21, 2018 1:00 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Progress on the new corner stands?
Replies: 427
Views: 61324

Re: Progress on the new corner stands?

I cant remember or imagine there was a cobbled Street there. The first floodlight was situated in the area behind the little brick wall in the picture. I remember when they dug out a massive hole to lay the first floodlight foundation, a JCB digger was used and it was below the ground level. There's...
by Bfc
Wed Jun 20, 2018 5:48 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: PNE Friendly
Replies: 25
Views: 4131

Re: PNE Friendly

This game will also give any new signings more game time to understand our way of playing.
by Bfc
Wed Jun 20, 2018 12:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Europa draw live
Replies: 142
Views: 15249

Re: Europa draw live

The draw is as farcical as the Eurovision Song Contest points scoring system.