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Who is this that put us through agony?
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 1:29 pm
by ClaretTony
He once put Burnley fans through over half an hour of agony - but who is he?
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Re: Who is this that put us through agony?
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 1:31 pm
by Wile E Coyote
was he an ex tannoy announcer?
Re: Who is this that put us through agony?
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 1:32 pm
by ClaretTony
Wile E Coyote wrote:was he an ex tannoy announcer?
He inflicted far more agony than an ex tannoy announcer could do
Re: Who is this that put us through agony?
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 1:37 pm
by Codger
Didn't Alan West take up the cloth? Is it him?
Re: Who is this that put us through agony?
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 1:37 pm
by MACCA
Looks familiar, but cant put my finger on where or why
Re: Who is this that put us through agony?
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 1:38 pm
by Bosscat
Is he a Proctologist
Re: Who is this that put us through agony?
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 1:40 pm
by Bosscat
Is he a Proctologist....... Joking apart .
Its Alan Comfort (I think) Leighton Orient
Re: Who is this that put us through agony?
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 1:43 pm
by ClaretTony
Bosscat wrote:Is he a Proctologist....... Joking apart .
Its Alan Comfort (I think) Leighton Orient
I'm not sure where the Leighton has come from but it is definitely Alan Comfort who scored Orient's goal against us in May 1987 and reduced the score to 2-1 and left us hanging on for over half an hour. He's now club chaplain at Leyton Orient.
Re: Who is this that put us through agony?
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 1:47 pm
by Lord Beamish
Didn’t he write “The Joy of Sex” book?
Re: Who is this that put us through agony?
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 1:55 pm
by Bosscat
ClaretTony wrote:I'm not sure where the Leighton has come from but it is definitely Alan Comfort who scored Orient's goal against us in May 1987 and reduced the score to 2-1 and left us hanging on for over half an hour. He's now club chaplain at Leyton Orient.
It was the Roman Spelling of Leyton ... Lazy Cockerknees swapped the "igh" for a "y" .......
In reality it was a typo
Re: Who is this that put us through agony?
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 1:57 pm
by ClaretTony
It was the last game they actually played as Orient. They re-introduced the Leyton for the following season.
Re: Who is this that put us through agony?
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 2:31 pm
by basil6345789
ClaretTony wrote:It was the last game they actually played as Orient. They re-introduced the Leyton for the following season.
Weren't they called Clapton Orient about 100 years ago?
Re: Who is this that put us through agony?
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 2:35 pm
by ClaretTony
basil6345789 wrote:Weren't they called Clapton Orient about 100 years ago?
They were but then became Leyton Orient after World War II before dropping the Leyton part of it from 1966 to 1987 and then resuming with Leyton Orient.
Re: Who is this that put us through agony?
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 2:43 pm
by yTib
i think just 'orient' is a better name for a club.
Re: Who is this that put us through agony?
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 2:45 pm
by Rowls
ClaretTony wrote:It was the last game they actually played as Orient. They re-introduced the Leyton for the following season.
So if it had all happened one season leighter and we might all be talking about "The Leighton Game"!
Re: Who is this that put us through agony?
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 2:45 pm
by Claretmatt4
Chico has let himself go a bit
Re: Who is this that put us through agony?
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 7:12 pm
by Woonderbah
So we were left touching cloth for over half an hour by a man of the cloth
Re: Who is this that put us through agony?
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 11:26 pm
by Herts Clarets
Didn't bring me much bloody comfort on 9th May 1987 I can tell you
Re: Who is this that put us through agony?
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 11:49 pm
by Papabendi
Good player at that level was comfort
Re: Who is this that put us through agony?
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2019 12:08 am
by ClaretTony
Papabendi wrote:Good player at that level was comfort
Probably one of the best players in the division at the time
Re: Who is this that put us through agony?
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2019 12:41 am
by Andingle
Certainly was an unCOMFORTable 30 mins
Re: Who is this that put us through agony?
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2019 12:44 am
by FactualFrank
Andingle wrote:Certainly was an unCOMFORTable 30 mins
Swizzlestick put up with it for 30 minutes.
Re: Who is this that put us through agony?
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2019 7:54 am
by box_of_frogs
Do you try and ruin every thread you go on?
Re: Who is this that put us through agony?
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2019 8:58 am
by CharlieinNewMexico
A very classy player at that level. Skilful and tricky, maybe not the quickest
Re: Who is this that put us through agony?
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2019 11:04 pm
by Spike
So God did have an hand in the Orient game!
Re: Who is this that put us through agony?
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2019 11:05 pm
by ClaretTony
Spike wrote:So God did have an hand in the Orient game!
Looks like it although the dog collar did come some years later.
Re: Who is this that put us through agony?
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 9:06 am
by Hipper
Did we have players that joined the clergy?
Someone mentioned Alan West. Wasn't Dave Merrington something like that? And Doug Collins?
Re: Who is this that put us through agony?
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 9:13 am
by houseboy
yTib wrote:i think just 'orient' is a better name for a club.
That's a name for one of the entrances at the Trafford Centre - it's quite grand.
Re: Who is this that put us through agony?
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 10:20 am
by ten bellies
Scored both goals against us in the away game that season.
Re: Who is this that put us through agony?
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 10:50 am
by ClaretTony
Hipper wrote:Did we have players that joined the clergy?
Someone mentioned Alan West. Wasn't Dave Merrington something like that? And Doug Collins?
And Eddie Cliff
Re: Who is this that put us through agony?
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:47 am
by Suratclaret
Hipper wrote:Did we have players that joined the clergy?
Someone mentioned Alan West. Wasn't Dave Merrington something like that? And Doug Collins?
Don't think Dave Merrington actually became a clergyman although he was very involved with a Church in Burnley when he lived in the area. Got to know Dave through work...smashing guy. I think he still works for BBC radio Solent.