Burnley have the fattest fans

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Burnley have the fattest fans

Post by PadihamThickNeck » Sun Nov 14, 2021 12:16 pm

:lol:
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Re: Burnley have the fattest fans

Post by Winstonswhite » Sun Nov 14, 2021 12:25 pm

16st 3!

How can Brighton fans average 9st 6??!

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Post by claretburns » Sun Nov 14, 2021 12:29 pm

Back in August before my diet/weight loss began I was exactly what the article said, 16st 3lb with a 41 inch waistline!

Now, luckily, I have gone down to 15st 5lb but still enjoy a few pints and a pie on matchday.

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Re: Burnley have the fattest fans

Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Sun Nov 14, 2021 12:29 pm

Did they only weigh the women and kids at Brighton????

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Post by Bosscat » Sun Nov 14, 2021 12:36 pm

PadihamThickNeck wrote:
Sun Nov 14, 2021 12:16 pm
:lol:
I see you read the "quality" Newspapers PTN ...

Although it wasn't long ago the Arsenil topped the list

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thesun ... hirts/amp/

Also if we have the fattest fans how come its always the M and L shirts that sell out 1st ... look on the website and the 4, 5 and 6XL are the ones left on the shelves ... also heres a chap doing his damnedest to get Newcastle top of the league
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Post by AfloatinClaret » Sun Nov 14, 2021 12:37 pm

GodIsADeeJay81 wrote:
Sun Nov 14, 2021 12:29 pm
Did they only weigh the women and kids at Brighton????
No, that was what they did at the Turf :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Post by Roosterbooster » Sun Nov 14, 2021 12:47 pm

Interesting. The author has managed to create a top 5 with only 4 teams!!!

All seems a bit ridiculous. I'd wager at least half of fans have a max of 2 beers. That leaves the other half reaching Andy Fordham levels of booze... sorry. But I just don't buy it.

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Post by Devils_Advocate » Sun Nov 14, 2021 12:51 pm

Roosterbooster wrote:
Sun Nov 14, 2021 12:47 pm
Interesting. The author has managed to create a top 5 with only 4 teams!!!
He probably couldn't fit all 5 in
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Re: Burnley have the fattest fans

Post by ClaretTony » Sun Nov 14, 2021 1:14 pm

I was above the 'Burnley' average back around 14 years ago but last year dropped to just over 12st. Gone back up a little bit since though.

Pies cancelled from now.

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Post by fatboy47 » Sun Nov 14, 2021 1:17 pm

Brighton lot couldn't drink 7 pints between them, let alone each.

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Post by PadihamThickNeck » Sun Nov 14, 2021 1:18 pm

Bosscat wrote:
Sun Nov 14, 2021 12:36 pm
I see you read the "quality" Newspapers PTN ...

Although it wasn't long ago the Arsenil topped the list

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thesun ... hirts/amp/

Also if we have the fattest fans how come its always the M and L shirts that sell out 1st ... look on the website and the 4, 5 and 6XL are the ones left on the shelves ... also heres a chap doing his damnedest to get Newcastle top of the league gettyimages-1235657202-612x612.jpg
I didn’t take it mate, I don’t read any newspapers.

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Post by minnieclaret » Sun Nov 14, 2021 1:23 pm

Is this what causes the delays at the turnstiles?
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Post by Spike » Sun Nov 14, 2021 1:49 pm

Labour paid Campbell too much if he could afford 3 pies
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Post by LeadBelly » Sun Nov 14, 2021 2:05 pm

The surprising thing would be if there were more than a handful of people gullible/thick enough to believe these stats (average weights, average pints drunk and average pies consumed) had any basis in reality.

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Post by Pstotto » Sun Nov 14, 2021 2:28 pm

The article writer can't count. it mentions Burnley and then three other clubs 'to make up the top five.'

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Post by Bordeauxclaret » Sun Nov 14, 2021 2:30 pm

minnieclaret wrote:
Sun Nov 14, 2021 1:23 pm
Is this what causes the delays at the turnstiles?
I always wonder that about the turnstiles in The Bob Lord. Not sure how a big person gets through them.

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Post by DAVETHEVICAR » Sun Nov 14, 2021 2:41 pm

It is not all about Beer which piles on the pounds.
Not eating vegetables and fruit and having many take away meals plus hardly any exercise, that is the reason for putting on weight.

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Post by Roosterbooster » Sun Nov 14, 2021 2:42 pm

Bordeauxclaret wrote:
Sun Nov 14, 2021 2:30 pm
I always wonder that about the turnstiles in The Bob Lord. Not sure how a big person gets through them.
That's why everyone looks so old in there. It's taken some of them 40 years to squeeze through
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Post by Zom Zom » Sun Nov 14, 2021 2:49 pm

Brighton are lightweights. Fizzy spring water and tofu sandwiches.

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Post by Backofthenet » Sun Nov 14, 2021 3:11 pm

Bordeauxclaret wrote:
Sun Nov 14, 2021 2:30 pm
I always wonder that about the turnstiles in The Bob Lord. Not sure how a big person gets through them.
I always thought they narrowed those turnstiles every summer !!

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Post by Billy Balfour » Sun Nov 14, 2021 3:12 pm

Burnley having the fattest fans must be true if it's in The Sun. I'm sure they apply due diligence when researching website polls.

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Post by SalisburyClaret » Sun Nov 14, 2021 3:54 pm

In Brighton they have an extra small Twix

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Post by gawthorpe_view » Sun Nov 14, 2021 3:58 pm

Bordeauxclaret wrote:
Sun Nov 14, 2021 2:30 pm
I always wonder that about the turnstiles in The Bob Lord. Not sure how a big person gets through them.
Those of a 'certain size', knock on the green folding gates and the stewards let them in. They then go to a turnstile and their ticket is validated from inside the ground.

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Post by AlargeClaret » Sun Nov 14, 2021 4:00 pm

GodIsADeeJay81 wrote:
Sun Nov 14, 2021 12:29 pm
Did they only weigh the women and kids at Brighton????
Tbf that’s about 80% of their fans ..

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Post by Backofthenet » Sun Nov 14, 2021 4:13 pm

gawthorpe_view wrote:
Sun Nov 14, 2021 3:58 pm
Those of a 'certain size', knock on the green folding gates and the stewards let them in. They then go to a turnstile and their ticket is validated from inside the ground.
Bloomin heck.......how big are they..iam not small, probably fit into what the sun say is fat..and i manage ok.

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Post by firstclaret » Sun Nov 14, 2021 4:25 pm

Awful sofa

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Post by evensteadiereddie » Sun Nov 14, 2021 4:49 pm

And after a generation of much vaunted "levelling up", we'll all be leading healthy, well-balanced, well-educated lives, irrespective of your postcode.


As if....

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Post by Chobulous » Sun Nov 14, 2021 6:01 pm

Roosterbooster wrote:
Sun Nov 14, 2021 12:47 pm
Interesting. The author has managed to create a top 5 with only 4 teams
Obviously we are all so fat we count as 2 out of the top 5

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Post by IanMcL » Sun Nov 14, 2021 6:19 pm

Pstotto wrote:
Sun Nov 14, 2021 2:28 pm
The article writer can't count. it mentions Burnley and then three other clubs 'to make up the top five.'
I suspect he put two and two together!

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Post by Belial » Sun Nov 14, 2021 6:27 pm

I'd love to koiw how many fans were (allegedly) interviewed for this BS

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Post by rufus lumley » Sun Nov 14, 2021 6:28 pm

I hope they got the Livepool fact correct they have been known to print a few untruths about Liverpool fans .

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Post by Pstotto » Sun Nov 14, 2021 8:53 pm

That reminds me Ian of an old tale I once heard:

It was a dark and stormy night. Three brigands sat round a camp fire and one of them said to the other, "Hey Joe... Tale us a tale."... And so the tale began: It was a dark and stormy night. Three brigands sat round a campfire and one them said to the other "I think I must be drunk because I can see two of you."

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Post by morpheus2 » Sun Nov 14, 2021 9:08 pm

We win all the bestest awards!!


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Post by Rowls » Sun Nov 14, 2021 9:18 pm

Who submitted their weight for this survey? I know I've not been asked or weighed.

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Post by Bigvince » Sun Nov 14, 2021 9:36 pm

In which paper was that published in, was it the times guardian or telegraph?

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Post by bfcjg » Sun Nov 14, 2021 10:17 pm

10 beers and three pies ?
Lightweights.

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Post by Bosscat » Sun Nov 14, 2021 10:22 pm

I think the people that did the survey had an "I speak your weight " machine ...

I stood on it and it said "only one person at a time please" 🙄

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Post by NewClaret » Sun Nov 14, 2021 10:41 pm

Don’t know what this is on about. I strictly restrict myself to two pies per game!!

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Post by minnieclaret » Sun Nov 14, 2021 10:46 pm

I’ve corrected the OP thread title.

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Post by superdimitri » Mon Nov 15, 2021 12:17 am

Winstonswhite wrote:
Sun Nov 14, 2021 12:25 pm
How can Brighton fans average 9st 6??!
You don't weigh much when you're made of plastic.
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Post by Somethingfishy » Mon Nov 15, 2021 2:27 am

:? Sorry guys...it was me. I'm 16st 3..41 inch waist and I love Hollands Pies so much I always have 3 before the teams come out and knock them back with 3 pints. 2 more at half time (only 1 now with the chaotic waiting times). 4 pre match pints in the Miners and then one for the road after the game.Is that not normal? I only told a guy who randomly rang me up. Oops :lol:

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Post by Local cricketer » Mon Nov 15, 2021 7:52 am

Puts a new meaning on the big 6

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Post by Hipper » Mon Nov 15, 2021 8:03 am

Weight is about what you eat and exercise.

Maybe Burnley fans don't get enough exercise - little to get up and be exited about!

See, it's all Dyche's fault. If he played Potter football we'd be as thin as Brighton fans. Interesting to know if they rivalled us for size when Hughton was there.

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Post by claretonthecoast1882 » Mon Nov 15, 2021 8:19 am

The club aren't going to stock size 6xl for no reason

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Post by fatboy47 » Mon Nov 15, 2021 8:29 am

Rowls wrote:
Sun Nov 14, 2021 9:18 pm
Who submitted their weight for this survey? I know I've not been asked or weighed.

I wasn't asked. 😮

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Post by gawthorpe_view » Mon Nov 15, 2021 8:34 am

Rowls wrote:
Sun Nov 14, 2021 9:18 pm
Who submitted their weight for this survey? I know I've not been asked or weighed.
Excellent point Rowls, probably pure speculation.

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Post by LoveCurryPies » Mon Nov 15, 2021 8:34 am

Sadly, being overweight means a higher risk of heart disease, diabetes type 2, stroke, liver disease, some cancers and possibly depression.

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Post by Pstotto » Mon Nov 15, 2021 11:49 am

It's pies and beer and bellies cos that pulls the pigs on stilts, that's what they want.

Blame Einstein.

They read, they thought, they acted and all became petite and thin by human relativity.

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