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ClaretTony

One definite was Nigel Worthington at Norwich in 2006. We won 4-1 at Carrow Road and he’d lost his job by the time we got back to the car.

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Wasn’t McClaren sacked at Forest soon after we’d beaten them 5-1 in 2011?

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burnmark wrote:Bright yellow and navy sleeves.

It was yellow but I’m not sure of the sleeves. I think I’ve got a pic somewhere of Kevin Ball in that shirt, will see if I can dig it out.

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They can afford to spend that sort of money on arguably their most important player.

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Surely in a training game you can play as many goalkeepers as you wish, giving all three a run out, even so, not to play the goalkeeper who finished the season as number one is a little strange to say the least. I don’t think he’d want to start changing keeper part way through a half to be honest. ...

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Robbie did play well for them that night. But I remember Jack Lester, not for the only time, running us ragged. We couldn’t handle the pair of them but we were actually the best team in the first half. We wore a new kit that night but it never saw the light of day again, the players refused to wear...

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Tricky Trevor wrote:As Tom hasn’t signed a contract and has interest he has to be the one to sit out.
If only in case he gets injured, which would leave us with all 3 still on the books.
IF!! he leaves we still have two fine keepers. If he signs a contract the situation changes.

Tom is under contract

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Do you think going CAT 1 would be completely dependent on us retaining our place in the PL ? I would potentially think so but I believe the plan is to push for Cat 1 at the next audit which will be due during this coming season. That will take us to another level with our games programme at under-1...

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Lancashire had a cracking side in those days, full of stars, and as a young lad I would go over to Old Trafford for the cricket, whenever my mother would let me, mainly for the John Player League on Sundays, which we won in the first two seasons of it's existence. Some great scenes from Lords the d...

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Is my (failing) memory playing tricks on me or was there an away game where PC got stuck in traffic and couldn't make KO, as a result NTG stood in, had something of a blinder and kept his place - Huddersfield maybe? That night at the City Ground ranks amongst one of the worst goalkeeping performanc...

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beddie wrote:Not good enough CT, I expected you to have attended the game and provide a full much report like you normally do

Have you not spotted me on the highlights?

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What a team he captained, at its strongest we would line up David Lloyd Barry Wood Harry Pilling Clive Lloyd Farokh Engineer John Sullivan or Ken Snellgrove Jack Bond David Hughes Jack Simmons Peter Lever Ken Shuttleworth Those three finals, the first one was OK, but we were losing the second until ...

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Reecey1987 wrote:What about Luigi Cennamo did he even get a run out ?

Stan wouldn't even put him on the bench after that game at Cheltenham

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14k or more season holders will provide a decent platform, however, you would think that a prem team would be able to achieve nearer the 20k demand for home STs. (Yes I know don't have that many home seats. Demand not supply) We have approximately 19,400 home seats of which a minimum 5% must be ret...

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Despite my earlier comment Tony, about Crichton not being good enough for the next level up, I totally agree about Michopoulos. Back to Crichton, I remember Ipoua of Scunny and Evans of Brentford, very much catching our keeper in the wrong place! Never known a goalkeeper out of position so much but...

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Reecey1987 wrote:Can you see anymore new faces arriving or do you think that will be us done for this window ?

I think the manager would like to see another couple but as we know from last year, it's not that easy.

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Selby Claret wrote:Ps no Koiki in the line ups tonight although I believe he is also out there

Or Jonah.....

Koiki, Taylor, Heaton & Defour all missed out - Dyche said there were some knocks but nothing serious although I don't think that would have included Defour who we knew would be missing.

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Dodobdobodobo wrote:Still got that 3rd headline waiting to be used Tony?

Said a couple of days ago that it wasn't looking likely that I'd be using it

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I was referring to the fact that Jeff joined us with a serious criminal conviction hanging over his head - no question about his on-field conduct - just to be clear. As far as Joey was concerned some managers handled him better than others - doubt any of them surpassed SD. He even did his best with...

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I hope not but I have my doubts! Hart to go for me but I would have Nick as my first choice. Just think he commands the box better. I am a big fan of Tom and I am sure if he does need a new challenge/contract he will continue to be a great keeper for many years. 2 + 2 = 5 perhaps. We will soon find...

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Ashingtonclaret46 I understand what Tony says but I can I assure you I have plenty things to worry about outside of Tom Heaton not playing this evening. I am pretty sure though (and I might be wrong) but I think this does mean the end for Tom Heaton and Burnley. There must be plenty of posters that...

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"What about his attitude problem?" I guess it depends. You probably know more about it as some of your previous posts suggest you know a bit about the inner workings of HTFC. If they are insurmountable then it's a no-go. If SD thinks they are something that can be overcome (similar to Joey/Jeff for...

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Haha got me on a technicality there CT. I should have said development squad player. Hope you are right as I like nothing more than seeing young players breakthrough and do well. Seem to recall he has impressed a lot in the U23's from match reports read last year. He and Mace Goodridge came in on t...

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It's been confirmed that it was Mark Dempsey and he was found to be suffering from dehydration.

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A master of a goalkeeper at not being where he should be although why on earth we replaced him with Nik Michopoulos I don't know.

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joey13 wrote:What about his attitude problem?

If he has one he won't be coming anywhere near our football club.

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Is Benson going to be this season's exciting preseason youth? Plays well in the warm up matches, looks the part, then barely ever seen again? Would be nice to see a few of our youth players start to break through together. Benson was never a youth team player at Burnley, we signed him from Arsenal ...

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Herts Clarets wrote:Not that much!

You are probably right - he was a bloody old looking 35 year old when we signed him. Incredibly though he played all 92 league games in his two seasons at Burnley and I'm not certain he was ever substituted. Went on to play exactly 1,000 club games in his career too.

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I know this won’t go down well, but some of the dross served up under Brian Miller was bloody awful... I think Benson edges it for me tho... (see what I did there, eh? Eh?) I'm assuming you mean second time round for Miller, and it was no surprise given the players he had at his disposal. Benson, h...

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"But he ended the season unable to get into the Huddersfield team" Agreed - but then Pieters had been frozen out at Stoke - just as a comparison. I'd see a signing like Billing as good quality back-up which would give us options. Unlike a number of posters on here I thought the Cork/Westwood combin...

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Dodobdobodobo wrote:With all the talk of Tom not signing a new contract and most fans wanting him as number one wouldn’t you think playing him would have been a statement of intent?

Not really no, it was a behind closed doors friendly to end a week in Portugal. I don't read anything into the line ups whatsoever.

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EarbyClaret wrote:Philip Billing is an excellent shout - big, strong, tall and combative - and still only 23

But he ended the season unable to get into the Huddersfield team

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ClaretTony wrote:Very strange, the club reported that Ben Mee was fouled for the pen that led to the goal but he wasn't on the pitch when it happened according to the team info.

They've now changed it to Ben Gibson.

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Dodobdobodobo wrote:Strange one, doesn’t look promising

We've three goalkeepers and he could only play two of them. No Taylor or Defour either.

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DAVETHEVICAR wrote:Done, always willing to help no matter which team you support.

Likewise

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westend2016 wrote:Excellent service provided by the OFFICIAL BURNLEY FC SUPPORTERS CLUB ON THE COACH

Burnley Football Supporters' Club yes, but they are not official any more than any other supporters club.

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Buchan would have been diagnosed as in the middle of a breakdown by the time he quit, if it happened today. One of the craziest periods in our or any clubs history. I believe he was running around the pitch and looking like he might pick himself only hours before he resigned.... and the office frid...

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Darnhill Claret wrote:Vydra looks happy.

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Wembley09 wrote:Anywhere away from London, and we always beat Fulham

I was just thinking that, we don't lose against them do we when it's not at Craven Cottage.

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ClaretAndJew wrote:Hasn't Vydra been playing international so gets a longer break?

He wasn't in last week at Gawthorpe but he's been there this week in Portugal, the only other player given an extra week was Nahki Wells because he was playing in the CONCACAF Gold Cup towards end of June.

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Very strange, the club reported that Ben Mee was fouled for the pen that led to the goal but he wasn't on the pitch when it happened according to the team info. No Heaton, Taylor, Defour, from what I can see. Short piece with both teams at http://www.uptheclarets.com/pre-season-kicks-off-with-a-win-...

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I’m assuming all the players were given a run out with no one playing more than 45 mins but other than the score and the scorer there is no further info available.

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Won 1-0 with a Chris Wood goal

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And be careful, they only last for a certain period of time and then they are lost.

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Without hesitation I give you John Benson and Tommy Cavanagh

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Just a few words on Peter Crouch

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Not having a laugh at all. Sheffield Wednesday went to train in the Algarve, had a game at a local ground and even welcomed their fans. It’s more than possible and there’s clearly the facilities to put one on. We made a point of stating in the article about pre-season plans that there was no game i...

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Spijed wrote:Out of interest, what made Lancashire such a good one day side during that period, certainly far better than most other sides around that time?

Bloody good players and a captain who made them a great team

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What sad news, probably the best captain our county have had, certainly in my lifetime. Despite not being the best player in the team by any means, he had the ability to get that side playing really well and there are two moments I'll always remember which have both been mentioned, the catch to dism...

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And what a career he’s had too

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