George Oghani 57 today

Hoddesdon Claret · Post by **Hoddesdon Claret** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 9:03 pm

Happy Birthday true vintage claret

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 9:23 pm

I hope someone bought him an ironing board.

john'sroseyspecs · Post by **john'sroseyspecs** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 9:25 pm

Dark Cloud · Post by **Dark Cloud** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 9:26 pm

TheFamilyCat wrote:I hope someone bought him an ironing board.

I got proper told off on here a while back when I mentioned THE ironing board as apparently it wasn't. It was something else...can't remember what though.

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 9:30 pm

john'sroseyspecs wrote:Ooh!

The "ooh" chant should be resurrected, but whose name fits?

Tommy Heaton
Matthew Lowton
James Tarkowski
Jeffrey Hendrick
Steven Defour
Robbie Brady

Who is most deserving?

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 9:33 pm

Wow! Where's the time gone.ooooh George oghani.

Dazzler · Post by **Dazzler** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 9:34 pm

When Oghani was king

https://youtu.be/5cO_AWcAdJw" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

"Oghani, we're going to wembley,Oghani we're going to wembley"

Dy1geo · Post by **Dy1geo** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 9:35 pm

Remember being packed in celebrating his goal against Preston in the Sherpa Van semifinal brings back some cracking memories,

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 9:37 pm

Dazzler wrote:When Oghani was king

https://youtu.be/5cO_AWcAdJw" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

"Oghani, we're going to wembley,Oghani we're going to wembley"

A reminder of how far we've come. I watched my first game in 1987. Oghani was my first Burnley hero.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 9:39 pm

One of the best nights ever being a burnley supporter!! We might not have won much but a lot of us have great memories of the past.the present is an unexpected and deserved bonus! UTC!

ontario claret · Post by **ontario claret** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 9:40 pm

It wasn't Neil Grewcock, Family Cat?

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 9:41 pm

Dy1geo wrote:Remember being packed in celebrating his goal against Preston in the Sherpa Van semifinal brings back some cracking memories,

Northern final!

ontario claret · Post by **ontario claret** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 9:44 pm

What was the attendance, tim noone?

john'sroseyspecs · Post by **john'sroseyspecs** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 9:44 pm

TheFamilyCat wrote:The "ooh" chant should be resurrected, but whose name fits?

Tommy Heaton
Matthew Lowton
James Tarkowski
Jeffrey Hendrick
Steven Defour
Robbie Brady

Who is most deserving?

Brady. Only because it sounds right. Oh and Tarks thinking about it!

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 9:48 pm

ontario claret wrote:It wasn't Neil Grewcock, Family Cat?

Probably should have been, or Ian Britton but neither had as catchy chant (or a chant at all that I can recall)

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 9:49 pm

john'sroseyspecs wrote:Brady. Only because it sounds right. Oh and Tarks thinking about it!

OOH! ROBBIE BRADY it is then

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 9:50 pm

ontario claret wrote:What was the attendance, tim noone?

I'd be guessing 25.000? Packed in like sardines.maybe a few more.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 9:56 pm

17.500 erm that was in the days of fiddling the gate!

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 9:59 pm

Dark Cloud wrote:I got proper told off on here a while back when I mentioned THE ironing board as apparently it wasn't. It was something else...can't remember what though.

He didn't forget to pay for an ironing board, he forgot to pay for some window locks but the ironing board was present as the weapon of choice.

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 10:03 pm

Dazzler wrote:When Oghani was king

https://youtu.be/5cO_AWcAdJw" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

"Oghani, we're going to wembley,Oghani we're going to wembley"

Along with Spurs 83 and Chelsea 09 that is still my favourite away game.

We didn't stand a chance...........BOOM!

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 10:03 pm

Dark Cloud wrote:I got proper told off on here a while back when I mentioned THE ironing board as apparently it wasn't. It was something else...can't remember what though.

Think it was an iron....he nicked the ironing board the day after.

Dy1geo · Post by **Dy1geo** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 10:10 pm

It would be great if the person who wore the t-shirt on the longside of Ofghani giving the little wink with his ironing board still had it!!

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 10:22 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKXiKYssToI" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Jimmymaccer · Post by **Jimmymaccer** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 10:24 pm

Incredible night at Deepdale..........

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 10:32 pm

Jimmymaccer wrote:Incredible night at Deepdale..........

Amazing atmosphere.

Herts Clarets · Post by **Herts Clarets** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 11:03 pm

I wonder if our former dancing keeper remembers him with the same affection....

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 11:18 pm

Herts Clarets wrote:I wonder if our former dancing keeper remembers him with the same affection....

Obviously we don't know what actually happened, but to be fair to Oghani I reckon Pearce would become a very punchable chap if you had to spend 5/6 days a week with him.

Cirrus_Minor · Post by **Cirrus_Minor** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 11:32 pm

Buy a new ironing board for his birthday

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 11:40 pm

When we were all bouncing up and down, I remember thinking the wooden terracing
at Dumpdale was gonna collapse.

Fabulous night on our journey back to footballs top tier.

boiledclaret · Post by **boiledclaret** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 11:43 pm

57, wow. Happy birthday George, you'll always be a claret hero.

Quicknick · Post by **Quicknick** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 1:46 am

tim_noone wrote:One of the best nights ever being a burnley supporter!! We might not have won much but a lot of us have great memories of the past.the present is an unexpected and deserved bonus! UTC!

Sadly, seeing I was up for a full day's teaching the next day, I was in bed early, having no idea of the result. On the way to work in Neasden, I pulled up in my car and popped into a newsagent for a paper. I spent about fifteen seconds dancing in delight on the pavement outside. I so wish I'd been there.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 7:50 am

Herts Clarets wrote:I wonder if our former dancing keeper remembers him with the same affection....

The answer to that question has to be no.

boiledclaret wrote:57, wow. Happy birthday George, you'll always be a claret hero.

I think he was playing for the Vintage Clarets until the incident a couple of years ago when he headbutted the assistant referee at an amateur football match.

Herts Clarets · Post by **Herts Clarets** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:12 am

Bin Ont Turf wrote:Obviously we don't know what actually happened, but to be fair to Oghani I reckon Pearce would become a very punchable chap if you had to spend 5/6 days a week with him.

I don't know Chris Pearce personally so can't comment on that, but from what I have seen he always came across as a decent bloke. I do however know what happened between Oghani and Pearce. I played cricket with one of the apprentices at the time who was at the training ground when it happened.

We played Scarborough a couple of seasons after and Oghani had a one on one with Pearce. Pearce was outside the box and got to the ball first. Now there was his chance to clear the ball, follow through and clatter Oghani. He bottled it and tamely hit the ball into Oghani who went round him and scored. Too much of a nice guy i felt.

ExistentialWanderer · Post by **ExistentialWanderer** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:38 am

I think "Hit him on the head with an ironing board, oooh Robbie Brady" may lead to some confusion with him. He'll need to acquire one now and commit said assault for it to become official.

Longsider · Post by **Longsider** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:52 am

He obviously had a bit of a reputation at Stockport too.

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ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 10:44 am

And sadly in the amateur match I referred to

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Silkyskills1 · Post by **Silkyskills1** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 10:47 am

Quicknick wrote:Sadly, seeing I was up for a full day's teaching the next day, I was in bed early, having no idea of the result. On the way to work in Neasden, I pulled up in my car and popped into a newsagent for a paper. I spent about fifteen seconds dancing in delight on the pavement outside. I so wish I'd been there.

Those would be the days when ashen-faced Ron Knee,59 was in charge of the local team, Quicknick and Pevsner had a terrible habit of scoring own goals.

Woodleyclaret · Post by **Woodleyclaret** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 4:14 pm

Ist touch of a Brazilian.I remember him taking Nobbers apart to send us to Wembley in the Sherpa Van trophy.
Shame about his personal issues but a very skilful player

Sausage · Post by **Sausage** » Mon Sep 04, 2017 2:04 pm

tim_noone wrote:One of the best nights ever being a burnley supporter!! We might not have won much but a lot of us have great memories of the past.the present is an unexpected and deserved bonus! UTC!

I'll second that. It was only eleven months between the Orient Game and the win at Deepdale. What a turnaround. There were more people in the away end that night than we averaged at the Turf the season before. And the atmosphere was simply incredible. Deep down, I don't think anyone expected us to win but to demolish PNE on their own patch (plastic pitch too) was beyond words. My dad found my Wembley t-shirt recently too.

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Wile E Coyote · Post by **Wile E Coyote** » Mon Sep 04, 2017 2:15 pm

ironically the sherpa one needs a good ironing.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Mon Sep 04, 2017 2:23 pm

Sausage wrote:My dad found my Wembley t-shirt recently too.

I've still got my replica shirt from that season, bought at Uwe Noble's once we'd got to Wembley. Sadly it seems to have shrunk, it certainly doesn't fit now.

davemanu2000 · Post by **davemanu2000** » Mon Sep 04, 2017 6:55 pm

Happy birthday from Mauritius fans .

Sausage · Post by **Sausage** » Mon Sep 04, 2017 7:31 pm

ClaretTony wrote:I've still got my replica shirt from that season, bought at Uwe Noble's once we'd got to Wembley. Sadly it seems to have shrunk, it certainly doesn't fit now.

"Shrunk" eh?

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Mon Sep 04, 2017 10:03 pm

Sausage wrote:"Shrunk" eh?

Must have done - it doesn't fit

dpinsussex · Post by **dpinsussex** » Mon Sep 04, 2017 10:10 pm

ElectroClaret wrote:When we were all bouncing up and down, I remember thinking the wooden terracing
at Dumpdale was gonna collapse.

Fabulous night on our journey back to footballs top tier.

My first away game with the clarets. No doubting the heart stuck with the clarets after that game.

RocketLawnChair · Post by **RocketLawnChair** » Mon Sep 04, 2017 11:00 pm

I remember Oghani scoring a sensational disallowed goal after dancing around the entire Luton Town defence (old div 1 side back then) in a cup tie at Turf Moor then and sliding the ball home for what we all thought was an astonishing equaliser.. But the ref pulled the game back for a foul on halfway. It was clear though that Oghani and the Luton goalkeeper and defenders trying to stop him hadn't heard the whistle. I seem to remember a lot of the Longside not even realising it had been disallowed for quite a while amidst the euphoria.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Mon Sep 04, 2017 11:08 pm

TheFamilyCat wrote:The "ooh" chant should be resurrected, but whose name fits?

Tommy Heaton
Matthew Lowton
James Tarkowski
Jeffrey Hendrick
Steven Defour
Robbie Brady

Who is most deserving?

We often sing his, Graham Brnch and Jimmy Mullens names on away days. Much to the confusion of everyone around us including most younger clarets.

Jimmy Mullens claret and blue army all the way to hull in 2015 was of derby proportions. Even ended up posted online by some mirror reporter who was on the train. We must have especially been inebriated though as he was trying to find out who the fk jimmy muldoon was!

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Tue Sep 05, 2017 12:15 am

ExistentialWanderer wrote:I think "Hit him on the head with an ironing board, oooh Robbie Brady" may lead to some confusion with him. He'll need to acquire one now and commit said assault for it to become official.

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Tue Sep 05, 2017 6:51 am

cricketfieldclarets wrote:We often sing his, Graham Brnch and Jimmy Mullens names on away days. Much to the confusion of everyone around us including most younger clarets.

Jimmy Mullens claret and blue army all the way to hull in 2015 was of derby proportions. Even ended up posted online by some mirror reporter who was on the train. We must have especially been inebriated though as he was trying to find out who the fk jimmy muldoon was!

"Oghani! We're going to Wembley" is our favourite when drunk and away. Particularly good down The Tube!

Steve-Harpers-perm · Post by **Steve-Harpers-perm** » Tue Sep 05, 2017 6:57 am

RocketLawnChair wrote:I remember Oghani scoring a sensational disallowed goal after dancing around the entire Luton Town defence (old div 1 side back then) in a cup tie at Turf Moor then and sliding the ball home for what we all thought was an astonishing equaliser.. But the ref pulled the game back for a foul on halfway. It was clear though that Oghani and the Luton goalkeeper and defenders trying to stop him hadn't heard the whistle. I seem to remember a lot of the Longside not even realising it had been disallowed for quite a while amidst the euphoria.

Also remember being on the longside and the goal being disallowed and not realising for quite a few minutes!