Sky saying we've signed a Chris Smith on loan to season end.
Anybody in the know?

My bad. The Clarets it refers to are Chelmsford.

Doesn't sound right to me. The lad has rejoined Chelmsford on loan: https://www.twtd.co.uk/ipswich-town-new ... rd-on-loan" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.

Edit - Ah, I've just seen your edit!

Chelmsford are known as the Clarets

ClaretTony wrote:Chelmsford are known as the Clarets

How dare they?

All our fault for not trademarking it. Could've sued Chelmsford for farrsens o paans

Out of interest, has a Premier League club ever loaned a player from a “lower league” club?

I can’t think of any

Maybe Glen Little to Bolton? Can't remember what league they were in

wilks_bfc wrote:Out of interest, has a Premier League club ever loaned a player from a “lower league” club?

I can’t think of any

Sure it happened a couple of seasons back where someone in the premier league took a championship player on loan, not sure if it was something to do with them not being able to complete a permanent transfer in time or something like that, but I can't remember who was involved.

Lee Grant, Derby to Stoke

Dyched wrote:Maybe Glen Little to Bolton? Can't remember what league they were in

They were indeed in the PL

Villa signed Grant Holt on loan from Wigan a few years ago

United signed that andy kellet on loan from bolton when van gaal was there . The player thought he was going to plymouth on loan then united stepped in http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/foot ... 20713.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Newcastle signed a Man City keeper on loan back in last nineties I think when City were in 1st Division, Tommy Wright or Nicky Weaver, can't remember which one.

ClaretTony wrote:Chelmsford are known as the Clarets

I remember when we were ... The Turfites.

Obviously more than I thought then

Liverpool signed Steven Caulker on loan from QPR a couple of years ago. If the signing wasn’t bizarre enough, most of his appearances were as a striker.

djt2006 wrote:I remember when we were ... The Turfites.

And the mascot wasn’t Bertie Bee but Turfy Topper.

I was thinking that (Turfites) myself and wondered when we were first known as the clarets and how it came about (I don’t need to know that it came about because of the colour of our shirts).

Can anyone throw any light on this?

In all the books and annuals I read as a youngster we were always 'The Turfites', had a maximum capacity of 52,000 and a record gate of 54,775 v Huddersfield in the FA Cup. Don't know when we became the Clarets.

we are "The Mighty Clarets" not just mere "Clarets"