• Pre season tour

Posted: **Mon Mar 11, 2024 6:24 pm**

Has anyone heard any news/rumours of a summer pre season tour, I throughly enjoyed last seasons? UTC

Posted: **Mon Mar 11, 2024 7:11 pm**

USA USA USA

Posted: **Mon Mar 11, 2024 7:18 pm**

I'm expecting Wrexham v Burnley over here

Posted: **Mon Mar 11, 2024 11:12 pm**

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We drove down to Austria……Abtenau? In the days of Gifton ……Nick the Greek keeper was there…….stopped in Saltzburg on the way back…..
Fab fab fab trip…….

Posted: **Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:57 am**

Jimmymaccer wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 11, 2024 11:12 pm
017_17.jpegWe drove down to Austria……Abtenau? In the days of Gifton ……Nick the Greek keeper was there…….stopped in Saltzburg on the way back…..
Fab fab fab trip…….

The Austria trips were brilliant, all three of them. Frightening thought that the first of them was twenty years ago this year.

Posted: **Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:14 am**

Jimmymaccer wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 11, 2024 11:12 pm
017_17.jpegWe drove down to Austria……Abtenau? In the days of Gifton ……Nick the Greek keeper was there…….stopped in Saltzburg on the way back…..
Fab fab fab trip…….

We were also there. Was brillaint in Salzburg, Beaky organised mini buses to get us to the ground, we stuck around Abtenau drinking whilst Nick the Greek and his team mates dined in the square (he was a gent) whilst a thunder storm came in! We also caught the opening game at Munich's stadium against West Ham

UTC

Posted: **Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:21 am**

durhamclaret wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 11, 2024 6:24 pm
Has anyone heard any news/rumours of a summer pre season tour, I throughly enjoyed last seasons? UTC

Me too. I went to the Genk match. Ended up with videos of me on social media in the main Square when the players walked past and in the ground at the front of the stand with a big stack of cups.
Hopefully we get another pre season like it

Posted: **Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:37 am**

Hope we get a foreign team for a match at the Turf. Disappointed we didn't get a single home friendly last season.

Posted: **Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:30 pm**

Poulton-le-Claret wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:37 am
Hope we get a foreign team for a match at the Turf. Disappointed we didn't get a single home friendly last season.

I think they might be bedding a new pitch in, and some stand works, so i wouldn't be surprised to see no home games this pre-season either tbh

Posted: **Tue Mar 12, 2024 1:24 pm**

ŽižkovClaret wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:30 pm
I think they might be bedding a new pitch in, and some stand works, so i wouldn't be surprised to see no home games this pre-season either tbh

Yes good points, I think you will be correct there! I will have to hope for a return of the friendly away at Accrington then

Posted: **Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:17 pm**

Jimmymaccer wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 11, 2024 11:12 pm
017_17.jpegWe drove down to Austria……Abtenau? In the days of Gifton ……Nick the Greek keeper was there…….stopped in Saltzburg on the way back…..
Fab fab fab trip…….

I was almost singing, Didn't we have a lovely day, the day we went to Bangor!

Posted: **Wed Mar 13, 2024 6:56 am**

I am 99.9% sure we are doing something in the USA but not necessarily the pre season tour with the first team. There’s a smaller tournament that was played last year which included a Wrexham side v USA Women’s.

Posted: **Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:13 am**

1989_claret wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 13, 2024 6:56 am
I am 99.9% sure we are doing something in the USA but not necessarily the pre season tour with the first team. There’s a smaller tournament that was played last year which included a Wrexham side v USA Women’s.

There was a 'comp' with rapidz where the winner got to go to the Premier League fan fest so that makes me think that perhaps we aren't going to the US to play football this year - plus Villa, Liverpool, Arsenal, and United are all already going and have announced a few fixtures.

From a brand perspective it may be better to wait a season or two to showcase us live to the yanks as all we are going to get at the moment is thrashed 5-0 and then not be seen on television for a year.

Posted: **Wed Mar 13, 2024 9:42 am**

Scotland would be grand!

Posted: **Wed Mar 13, 2024 9:49 am**

IanMcL wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 13, 2024 9:42 am
Scotland would be grand!

Dundee could perhaps be on the cards ?

Posted: **Wed Mar 13, 2024 9:51 am**

ŽižkovClaret wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:30 pm
I think they might be bedding a new pitch in, and some stand works, so i wouldn't be surprised to see no home games this pre-season either tbh

Seen a few comments re ground works? Safe standing? Would perhaps galvanise the fan base a bit for next season?

Posted: **Wed Mar 13, 2024 9:51 am**

A new ground to see Clarets.

Posted: **Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:01 am**

There was some significant structural work on the North Stand (James Hargreaves) Lower, involving cranes last summer, so there was little chance of a home fixture during close season.

Posted: **Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:58 am**

TsarBomba wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 13, 2024 9:51 am
Seen a few comments re ground works? Safe standing? Would perhaps galvanise the fan base a bit for next season?

tbh i think with the age of our stands, there will be always something wants doing

Posted: **Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:26 pm**

Hopefully announced earlier and better than the shambles that was last close season announcements

I went to Genk but may have done more if all announced together.

Posted: **Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:31 pm**

Spike wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:26 pm
Hopefully announced earlier and better than the shambles that was last close season announcements

I went to Genk but may have done more if all announced together.

Agreed, really enjoyed Genk but I would probably have done both Portugal/Spain games instead had everything been announced in a timely fashion.

Posted: **Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:41 pm**

When does the club usually announce a pre-season tour does anyone remember?

Posted: **Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:42 pm**

South West Claret. wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:41 pm
When does the club usually announce a pre-season tour does anyone remember?

A few days after the following years season ticket announcement...

Posted: **Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:44 pm**

Claret Till I Die wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:42 pm
A few days after the following years season ticket announcement...

Thank you.

Posted: **Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:03 pm**

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:57 am
The Austria trips were brilliant, all three of them. Frightening thought that the first of them was twenty years ago this year.

Thanks CT for reminding me it’s 20 years!!!!!

Posted: **Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:58 pm**

Jimmymaccer wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:03 pm
Thanks CT for reminding me it’s 20 years!!!!!

I don’t think we’ve ever had better with two games to watch

Posted: **Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:07 pm**

Jjjack wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:31 pm
Agreed, really enjoyed Genk but I would probably have done both Portugal/Spain games instead had everything been announced in a timely fashion.

Did Genk (thanks again for sorting the bus) and did Betis but probably would’ve done Benfica too with more time and had a week in Portugal from Belgium.

Posted: **Wed Mar 13, 2024 9:47 pm**

About time they considered touring the South West I think.

Last time was when Ternent was in charge wasn’t it.

Posted: **Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:20 pm**

South West Claret. wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 13, 2024 9:47 pm
About time they considered touring the South West I think.

Last time was when Ternent was in charge wasn’t it.

2011 and 2012 with Howe

Posted: **Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:21 pm**

1989_claret wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:07 pm
Did Genk (thanks again for sorting the bus) and did Betis but probably would’ve done Benfica too with more time and had a week in Portugal from Belgium.

The short notice made it very difficult - and I'm sure with more time I'd have done the Portugal and Spain games as one trip.

Posted: **Thu Mar 14, 2024 3:00 pm**

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:20 pm
2011 and 2012 with Howe

Ah right I do remember a Burnley eleven playing Dawlish as I’ve still got a Dawlish T shirt, Dawlish now are no longer as they had financial problems and folded.

Posted: **Wed Apr 10, 2024 2:15 pm**

1989_claret wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 13, 2024 6:56 am
I am 99.9% sure we are doing something in the USA but not necessarily the pre season tour with the first team. There’s a smaller tournament that was played last year which included a Wrexham side v USA Women’s.

100% confirmed

https://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/con ... nament-tst

Posted: **Wed Apr 10, 2024 2:26 pm**

Burnley FC President, Stuart Hunt added his excitement for the Club’s involvement in the Tournament

Since when has he been the President??

Posted: **Wed Apr 10, 2024 2:39 pm**

wilks_bfc wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 10, 2024 2:26 pm
Since when has he been the President??

It's a while ago now - I think it's shocking. That's a title that has always been used as a special recognition. When I first started going it was James Grimshaw who I think had previously been chairman. Then it was Doc Iven given his years with the club as club doctor and director and finally Jimmy McIlroy for the most obvious of reasons.

Then, all of a sudden, Stuart Hunt becomes president.

Posted: **Wed Apr 10, 2024 3:17 pm**

I think there's a disconnect between what we consider a "club president" vs President as a corporate position.

Good to see us being represented at something so high profile

Posted: **Wed Apr 10, 2024 3:25 pm**

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 10, 2024 2:39 pm
It's a while ago now - I think it's shocking. That's a title that has always been used as a special recognition. When I first started going it was James Grimshaw who I think had previously been chairman. Then it was Doc Iven given his years with the club as club doctor and director and finally Jimmy McIlroy for the most obvious of reasons.

Then, all of a sudden, Stuart Hunt becomes president.

It may come as no surprise that the blurb for the tour looks to be incorrect.

According to the club list, Hunt is “PRESIDENT OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS” not “President” although why it needs to be such a grand title is anyone’s guess

Posted: **Wed Apr 10, 2024 3:26 pm**

wilks_bfc wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 10, 2024 3:25 pm
It may come as no surprise that the blurb for the tour looks to be incorrect.

According to the club list, Hunt is “PRESIDENT OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS” not “President” although why it needs to be such a grand title is anyone’s guess

Just US style Corporate titles, that's all. The UK equivalent would be some sort of director

Posted: **Wed Apr 10, 2024 3:36 pm**

It's defo a corporate thing, I got a job as a vice president, which isn't anywhere near the top job.

Posted: **Wed Apr 10, 2024 3:46 pm**

quoonbeatz wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 10, 2024 3:36 pm
It's defo a corporate thing, I got a job as a vice president, which isn't anywhere near the top job.

VP is a similar level to an associate director in a lot of places I think isn't it?

Posted: **Wed Apr 10, 2024 3:55 pm**

ChrisG wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 10, 2024 3:46 pm
VP is a similar level to an associate director in a lot of places I think isn't it?

Yes, President in US corporate parlance = Director, so VP = associate director.

Posted: **Wed Apr 10, 2024 4:11 pm**

wilks_bfc wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 10, 2024 3:25 pm
It may come as no surprise that the blurb for the tour looks to be incorrect.

According to the club list, Hunt is “PRESIDENT OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS” not “President” although why it needs to be such a grand title is anyone’s guess

He's listed as the club president in the match programme

Posted: **Wed Apr 10, 2024 4:11 pm**

quoonbeatz wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 10, 2024 3:36 pm
It's defo a corporate thing, I got a job as a vice president, which isn't anywhere near the top job.

Does that mean we have to address you as Mr Vice President Quoonbeatz?

Posted: **Wed Apr 10, 2024 4:52 pm**

Correctly referred to as a Director in this article:

https://www.burnleyexpress.net/sport/fo ... ni-4586570

Posted: **Wed Apr 10, 2024 10:37 pm**

NewClaret wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 10, 2024 4:52 pm
Correctly referred to as a Director in this article:

https://www.burnleyexpress.net/sport/fo ... ni-4586570

Burnley FC refer to him as the club president in their official match programme. I’d expect the football club to be far more likely to be correct than the Burnley Express. He’s also referred to as the president in this story on the club’s website.

Posted: **Wed Apr 10, 2024 10:38 pm**

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 10, 2024 10:37 pm
Burnley FC refer to him as the club president in their official match programme. I’d expect the football club to be far more likely to be correct than the Burnley Express. He’s also referred to as the president in this story on the club’s website.

How odd.

Posted: **Thu Apr 11, 2024 6:51 am**

Who on earth is Stuart Hunt when he's at home ?

Posted: **Thu Apr 11, 2024 7:31 am**

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 10, 2024 4:11 pm
He's listed as the club president in the match programme

This is the article on club website

As we know Jimmy Mc was the last person in the role and tbh I wasn’t aware anybody had taken that role since

I know some my say “it’s just a title” or “president is just an Americanisation of director”, but having somebody that’s only been involved in the club for 5mins listed as “President” is insulting to those in the role previously

Posted: **Thu Apr 11, 2024 7:57 am**

wilks_bfc wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 11, 2024 7:31 am
This is the article on club website

As we know Jimmy Mc was the last person in the role and tbh I wasn’t aware anybody had taken that role since

I know some my say “it’s just a title” or “president is just an Americanisation of director”, but having somebody that’s only been involved in the club for 5mins listed as “President” is insulting to those in the role previously

Jimmy Mc was President of Business Operations ? I had no idea he had that role.

Posted: **Thu Apr 11, 2024 9:45 am**

I'm looking forward to TST. I'd never heard of it, but was listening to Lee Trundle on Undr the Cosh last Friday. He was talking about it as he plays for Wrexham in it.

It's an interesting concept as every game goes to extra time. If the leading team scores one more goal in ET then it's game over, but the losing team can keeping scoring until they've won. It stops teams from shutting up shop during normal time.

Posted: **Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:20 am**

wilks_bfc wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 11, 2024 7:31 am
This is the article on club website

As we know Jimmy Mc was the last person in the role and tbh I wasn’t aware anybody had taken that role since

I know some my say “it’s just a title” or “president is just an Americanisation of director”, but having somebody that’s only been involved in the club for 5mins listed as “President” is insulting to those in the role previously

That has now been changed to president - as per club publication

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