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Good article including some praise for Turf Moor
Posted: Mon May 26, 2025 2:21 pm
by Stalbansclaret
https://inews.co.uk/sport/things-i-lear ... 92-3713551
A good article written by someone who visited all 92 club grounds in this past season. Turf Moor gets two nice mentions amongst his observations (see 20 and 72) . Point 57 is also worth highlighting .
Re: Good article including some praise for Turf Moor
Posted: Mon May 26, 2025 2:48 pm
by Dazzler
On point 21, I'll take it he's not been up Crown Point.
Re: Good article including some praise for Turf Moor
Posted: Mon May 26, 2025 3:08 pm
by wadeswondergoal
As a supporter that travels to most away games (and a few home games) on the train, point 16 is especially pertinent. The state of the rail network is scandalous and needs looking at.
On point 20 - I sometimes forget how lucky I am to sit in the JHU with the extraordinary view above the Bob Lord.
Re: Good article including some praise for Turf Moor
Posted: Mon May 26, 2025 4:54 pm
by jrgbfc
Agree with a lot of that tbf, especially the generic chants that virtually every club seem to sing now. Also makes me miss the lower league away days a bit, the Premier league grounds are nice but its all a bit soulless.
Re: Good article including some praise for Turf Moor
Posted: Mon May 26, 2025 5:31 pm
by aclaretinstevenage
jrgbfc wrote: ↑Mon May 26, 2025 4:54 pm
Agree with a lot of that tbf, especially the generic chants that virtually every club seem to sing now. Also makes me miss the lower league away days a bit, the Premier league grounds are nice but its all a bit soulless.
Agree with this Item 3 regarding the generic chants and item 4 - football in a library crap is spot on.
Re: Good article including some praise for Turf Moor
Posted: Tue May 27, 2025 8:30 pm
by Conroy92
A great article
Re: Good article including some praise for Turf Moor
Posted: Tue May 27, 2025 9:07 pm
by Vegas Claret
He's spot on about the Stoke keeper btw
Re: Good article including some praise for Turf Moor
Posted: Tue May 27, 2025 9:25 pm
by LeadBelly
Conroy92 wrote: ↑Tue May 27, 2025 8:30 pm
A great article
Yes, I enjoyed that- a nicely balanced set of observations.
Re: Good article including some praise for Turf Moor
Posted: Tue May 27, 2025 10:29 pm
by groove
Enjoyed reading that.
Re: Good article including some praise for Turf Moor
Posted: Wed May 28, 2025 9:27 am
by Foshiznik
Really enjoyable read. As nice as it is now as a Burnley fan, there is a little part of me that misses the camaraderie, culture, connection and general fan experience of lower league football. That's not to say I would swap our relative success for it but sometimes the "plastic-ness" and forced tradition of the overly commercialised Premier League (and to a certain extent Championship) and increase of fairweather fandom does make me reminisce to a time not too long ago when a match day was a community event, run by the community for the community. Tis the way of the modern world though and something that comes with the globalisation and money brought in by the success of English football.