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Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 10:53 pm
by Working_Class_Zero
Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 10:57 pm
by ontario claret
Halifax!!! The Clarets once played in Nova Scotia ? Does Saxoman know about this?
Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 11:04 pm
by Vegas Claret
be even better of they captioned the scoreline correctly !
Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 11:05 pm
by tim_noone
Thanks for posting...happy days! Rip jimmy holland he had his work cut out.
Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 11:09 pm
by Southportclaret
What year was it when The Shay was covered in snow? They cleared the pitch but it was banked up all around and treacherous on that cinder terrace. Must have been around that time.
Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 11:17 pm
by bfcjg
Sad as it might be I preferred that experience to the Etihad . Might just be I prefered being twenty odd to fifty plus.
Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 11:26 pm
by Southportclaret
Same here. At the Etihad FA Cup match I was on the back row of the top tier. Felt totally remote from the match. Much preferred being able to stand, choose where to stand and move around. Being stuck in a seat is not much fun!
Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 11:26 pm
by tim_noone
They were happy days none the less.a good day out at Halifax over the Ethiad for me as well... I was only 72 at that game how dya think I feel?
Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 11:30 pm
by Dazzler
Southportclaret wrote:What year was it when The Shay was covered in snow? They cleared the pitch but it was banked up all around and treacherous on that cinder terrace. Must have been around that time.
You mean that match where Burnley fans behind the goal threw snowballs at the Halifax GK?
February the previous season I think it was.
Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 11:31 pm
by bfcjg
72 at Halifax Tim ?

Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 11:32 pm
by Southportclaret
Thanks Dazzler. That's the one. What was the score?
Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 11:33 pm
by Dazzler
Southportclaret wrote:Thanks Dazzler. That's the one. What was the score?
Won 2-1 Francis 2
Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 11:35 pm
by dsr
Even allowing for different rules in them days, that was an extraordinarily biased commentary.
I do remember that the early cheer for the second red card was because by that time, we knew which pocket the red one was in. The yellow card was in his other pocket.
Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 11:37 pm
by Southportclaret
Thanks. It's coming back to me now. Can't believe it's so long ago.
Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 11:39 pm
by tim_noone
bfcjg wrote:72 at Halifax Tim ?

No only joking!!
Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 11:39 pm
by 1HappyClaret
I remember fans throwing snowballs at dibble to try and knock off their helmets.
Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 11:41 pm
by mdd2
Interesting to see the football standard compared with now and we were then the top Div 4 team heading for the title and promotion
Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 11:42 pm
by Vegas Claret
pretty sure it kicked off in 2 stands that snowball day ! mental
Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 11:42 pm
by ElectroClaret
Good run out to Halifax, couple of pints in the White Hart at Tod.
Great times.
Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 11:43 pm
by Jeffbfc
The 91-92 season.
Had some great away days that season, with my mate Foz.
And even in the away end at Barnet which as to be one of the worst views ever.
1-1 And I don't think we actually could see our goal going in.
But the walking down the road when the bfc coach went past before the game. You had to be there. Fabulous. .
The fans came out from every were.
Brilliant season.
Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 12:33 am
by martin_p
Ah, the days when I used to get to lots of away matches. Good day out that one. It’s amazing how I can’t remember what I did last week, but as soon as we got that free kick after the first sending off I remembered exactly what Deary was about to do.
Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 12:43 am
by Claretlad
The snowballs fired at the policeman hat suddenly stopped when he got out his white handkerchief and waved it about...very funny was that ...
Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 1:34 am
by HiroshimaClaret
Vegas Claret wrote:pretty sure it kicked off in 2 stands that snowball day ! mental
Great days!!!!!!!
Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 1:36 am
by HiroshimaClaret
I can`t believe I used to buy the VHS full match tapes. Must have 20 or 30 of them somewhere. WHY??????????????????? I can recall watching the York City 6-0 at home LOADS OF TIMES. PAul Comstive!!!!
Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 2:12 am
by HiroshimaClaret
Wow!!!! A front line of Conroy, Eli, Francis and Lancashire!!!!! Would Salah get into that team??? Don`t be bloody daft. Of course not.
p.s. was Steven Harper`s entire Burnley career with a broken hand????
Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 2:14 am
by HiroshimaClaret
THAT Deary free-kick. How it comes back to you in a heartbeat!!!!! INCREDIBLE MEMORIES.
Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 7:18 am
by 4:20
I've always wanted to see footage from this game as it wasn't on the Burnley Are Back video, thanks a lot. Love seeing the Burnley fans go spaghetti when we score.
Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 8:28 am
by claretandy
I was in the Trees behind the bus depot, great memories !
Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 8:35 am
by martin_p
HiroshimaClaret wrote:THAT Deary free-kick. How it comes back to you in a heartbeat!!!!! INCREDIBLE MEMORIES.
Didn’t he score with the same set piece at Hull that season?
Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 9:15 am
by NottsClaret
martin_p wrote:Didn’t he score with the same set piece at Hull that season?
It worked in the last minute at Wigan the season after too. It's alright Defour sticking it in the top corner from 30 yards but I'd like to see this brought back.
Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 9:49 am
by Quicknick
The next video on YouTube is the 1991 Manx Cup game against Blackburn at TM. Hellish turn-out by both sets of fans.
The Halifax game was great. Definitely two red cards. Even then.
Evidently our fleetfooted winger was called Roger Francis.
Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 9:55 am
by tim_noone
claretandy wrote:I was in the Trees behind the bus depot, great memories !
You know.....no matter how much we look back and say disparaging things about players capabilities ... And how far we'd sunk,it was one big happy family in reality players and fans alike.there were some memorable away days.
Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 9:58 am
by Walton
The noise from the Clarets fans is unreal. Don't really get that these days with half the travelling support being OAPs who moan if anyone stands up or sings.
Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 10:03 am
by tim_noone
Walton wrote:The noise from the Clarets fans is unreal. Don't really get that these days with half the travelling support being OAPs who moan if anyone stands up or sings.

maybe some of the young uns back then have turned into old farts!

Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 10:15 am
by djemba-djemba
HiroshimaClaret wrote:I can`t believe I used to buy the VHS full match tapes. Must have 20 or 30 of them somewhere. WHY??????????????????? I can recall watching the York City 6-0 at home LOADS OF TIMES. PAul Comstive!!!!
HiroshimaClaret, please can you send me a quick email to
padiham1949@gmail.com.
Been desperately trying to get hold of some full match videos for years from 1991-92 and 1990-91.
Got plenty of full match videos from 1988-1993 plus a few from 1996-98 that I'll happily put to dvd in return.
Thanks.
Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 10:19 am
by HiroshimaClaret
djemba-djemba wrote:HiroshimaClaret, please can you send me a quick email to
padiham1949@gmail.com.
Been desperately trying to get hold of some full match videos for years from 1991-92 and 1990-91.
Got plenty of full match videos from 1988-1993 plus a few from 1996-98 that I'll happily put to dvd in return.
Thanks.
I`d like to help you out, mate but as I`m in Japan and they`re in the UK it might prove problematic. I`ll email my sister though, as I suspect the tapes are in one of her cupboards.
Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 10:30 am
by JohnDearyMe
Lovely backdrop to the ground with the autumnal trees
Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 10:35 am
by tim_noone
JohnDearyMe wrote:Lovely backdrop to the ground with the autumnal trees
Like a quotation from Ablueclaret.

Re: Halifax away 1991/92
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 11:50 am
by ten bellies
Great day out. Still love that free kick routine.