Shrewsbury

[expoultryboy]

Anyone coming to the meadow ?

[Leisure]

Think most people will he heading for Huddersfield.

[TonbridgeClaret]

I know of two friends who are going.

My wife and I are hoping to join them, but medical appointments are making it tricky.

Much nicer place for two or three days than Huddersfield!

[Roger1960]

Unfortunately I don’t seem to be able to get to either game but having been to both towns it’s less than a no brainier to say choose Shrewsbury, lovely town loads and loads of great pubs and restaurants good river cruise , lots of history , lovely scenic drive there, good modern ground and then there is Huddersfield………………..struggling to say anything really

[Quicknick]

I used to enjoy Shrewsbury away at the old ground. Apart from the results.

[my_colls]

Me and Mrs going for the weekend. Not been to Shrewsbury before and, as Roger1960 says, it seems to offer so much for a break.
There's also a festival at the weekend, commemorating the Civil War Battle of Shrewsbury .

[The Shire Claret]

I went to the Shrewsbury cup match around three seasons ago and the drive down was that beautiful I decided to stay down there with the Mrs a month after and it's a really lovely place

[expoultryboy]

my-colls - I live in Shrewsbury , if you want a nice meal - try the "Amoury" down by the river or the "Riverbank " which is next to it .

[my_colls]

Thanks for the tip, just a 10 minute walk from where we're staying
Cheers

[bpgburn]

Thanks for the tip, just a 10 minute walk from where we're staying
Cheers

I live in Shrewsbury too, it's a cracking town, it has something for everyone, you won't be disappointed. Moved down here in the mid 80's from Brierfield for work. Was only supposed to be a temporary move but still here 40 year later.

[TheFamilyCat]

We went down for the weekend earlier in the year and would have loved to have gone back again for the game but unfortunately have other plans.

[dougcollins]

I once spoke to Rowls in a pub at a Shrewsbury game.

[expoultryboy]

Bpgburn - I'm from Reedley , my father had the shoe shop in Brierfield !!

[my_colls]

Thanks guys. Looking forward to it all the more now.
Cheers

[claretabroad]

I used to enjoy Shrewsbury away at the old ground. Apart from the results.

The fa cup replay against them when John Bond was manager was pretty special.

[Dark Cloud]

Shrewsbury has some brilliant "real" pubs and I will second what was mentioned above "The Armoury" is lovely, especially for food, but I'd definitely book ahead.

[Quicknick]

The fa cup replay against them when John Bond was manager was pretty special.

I missed that one.

[bpgburn]

Bpgburn - I'm from Reedley , my father had the shoe shop in Brierfield !!

Only a stones throw away then in Reedley. I do remember a shoe shop in Brierfield in the 70's, Colne Rd??

[Whitgord]

Have there ever been tickets available for the Shrewsbury friendly. Can’t find any details. Is it just pay on the gate??

[Leisure]

Have there ever been tickets available for the Shrewsbury friendly. Can’t find any details. Is it just pay on the gate??

When ticket details were announced on the Club website there was a link to buy them from the home club but there's nothing showing on our ticketing site. I'll try to find the link.

[Leisure]

https://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/con ... away-games

[NottsClaret]

I missed that one.

I didn't realise this had finally appeared on YouTube, it was the holy grail of 90s highlights for a long time. Everything great about that era in here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAYkwJlh-B0

[Claretnick]

I didn't realise this had finally appeared on YouTube, it was the holy grail of 90s highlights for a long time. Everything great about that era in here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAYkwJlh-B0

That made me laugh, especially John Deary's passion.
Good old Jimmy Mullen and those players that breathed new life into the Clarets...

[Leisure]

That made me laugh, especially John Deary's passion.
Good old Jimmy Mullen and those players that breathed new life into the Clarets...

and Jimmy's passion at the end!

[expoultryboy]

Yep , on Colne Rd. Going in one of their stands with a few mates from down here - £12 .

[TsarBomba]

I live in Shrewsbury too, it's a cracking town, it has something for everyone, you won't be disappointed. Moved down here in the mid 80's from Brierfield for work. Was only supposed to be a temporary move but still here 40 year later.

Fantastic place is Shrewsbury. My father in law is there and my Grandparents lived not far away in Church Stretton, so I’ve spent a lot of time in Shropshire over the years. I will probably retire to Shropshire/Herefordshire with any luck. A world away from the slums of SE London.

[Claretnick]

and Jimmy's passion at the end!

Yeah, he wore his heart on his sleeve whilst with us.

[Quicknick]

I didn't realise this had finally appeared on YouTube, it was the holy grail of 90s highlights for a long time. Everything great about that era in here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAYkwJlh-B0

Thanks. Just watched it again. I spotted it a while back. On the 15th December, 1992, I had been in Bangkok for two days following leaving Tokyo on the 13th, ending my three years plus over there.

[Dark Cloud]

I'm right in that mele behind the goals and remember it like it was yesterday. A goal down and reduced to 10 men. We'd no chance and then.....the last 5 minutes was utter mayhem! No wonder Mullen was so animated!

[bpgburn]

Yep , on Colne Rd. Going in one of their stands with a few mates from down here - £12 .

I'm pretty sure I got my first pair of Platforms from there. Same here, will be in the home end with a couple of mates..

[ClaretTony]

I once spoke to Rowls in a pub at a Shrewsbury game.

That’s enough to put you off going back to

[HollandsPies]

The only shoe shop on Colne Rd was Gala Shoes and that was Duke Bar.
The owner being Dr. Haq- my Science teacher at Walton.

Went to Shrewsbury in about 1982 - for a cup match. Got beat 1-0. Chic Bates.

Went on a Viscount Central with a Shrewsbury lad surname Gater who moved up here onto Regent Street. Good badminton player with a distinctly odd accent.

[ClaretTony]

The only shoe shop on Colne Rd was Gala Shoes and that was Duke Bar.
The owner being Dr. Haq- my Science teacher at Walton.

Went to Shrewsbury in about 1982 - for a cup match. Got beat 1-0. Chic Bates.

Went on a Viscount Central with a Shrewsbury lad surname Gater who moved up here onto Regent Street. Good badminton player with a distinctly odd accent.

It was 1982, we’d beaten Runcorn, Bury & Altrincham in the previous rounds.

[bpgburn]

The only shoe shop on Colne Rd was Gala Shoes and that was Duke Bar.

What a weird hobby you had in the early 70's walking the full length of Colne Road from Burnley to the far side of Brierfield counting shoe shops.

Hate to break it to you but you missed one...

[expoultryboy]

My dad was a Dr !! He never told me . I'm sure he was called Whittaker not Haq

[ecc]

Really nice place Shrewsbury.

[Middle-agedClaret]

But…is it “Shrew” or is it “Shrow”?

[Burnleydan]

Doesn’t look like we’ve sold too many tickets but I’ll be Shrewsbury tomorrow for a ground tick.

[WalkdenClaret]

But…is it “Shrew” or is it “Shrow”?

Or the third option, "Shoe".

This variant is thought to have begun from a small group of emigre shoe merchants from the Burnley area, although shrowded in mists of time, historians cannot agree on a load of cobblers from Duke Bar or Briefield.

[Darnhill Claret]

Expoultryboy and bpgburn, don't know if you ever went into the William Hill shop in Brierfield, but I was manager there from about 1980 to 1985, when I left to manage our shop on Scotland Road, Nelson. There for about 4 years till 1989, when I left the area for a few years.

[Bfc34]

Sorry to ask.

But is it pay on the day? Thinking if going down in the morning but we've no tickets.

Cheers

[Burnleydan]

It’s digital tickets and they look like they are still on sale.

[bpgburn]

My dad was a Dr !! He never told me . I'm sure he was called Whittaker not Haq

Are you 'Ticker' from Mansfield?