Which transfer disappointed you the most

joey13 · Post by **joey13** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:06 pm

I’m too young for Jimmy Mac (yes really)
I’d have to go for when Taffy left first time

alf_resco · Post by **alf_resco** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:07 pm

Dobo to Everton. Summer 74

Belial · Post by **Belial** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:08 pm

I seem to remember being gutted when Inchy went, although vaguely as I was only a kid

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:09 pm

Robbie Blake leaving
Trippier leaving

Guller Bull · Post by **Guller Bull** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:11 pm

Dobson

casualclaret · Post by **casualclaret** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:11 pm

Taffy for me too. I would have been 9 in 1975. I had my grandma sew a number 11 onto my 1st Burnley shirt the year before. My first sporting hero. I was even more upset when he scored against us for Derby on the turf in our last season in the old 1st division.

HahaYeah · Post by **HahaYeah** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:12 pm

Tony Morley.

onewillieirvine · Post by **onewillieirvine** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:12 pm

If I had to pick one then it would be Ralph Coates, May 71. A sad day for our fans.

CaptJohn · Post by **CaptJohn** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:13 pm

Willie Morgan to Utd and Ralphie Coates to Spurs

Woodleyclaret · Post by **Woodleyclaret** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:13 pm

Billy Hamilton, one of my favourite players joining our local team, at the time Oxford United

karatekid · Post by **karatekid** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:14 pm

Danny Ings

DCWat · Post by **DCWat** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:14 pm

Vegas Claret wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:09 pm
Robbie Blake leaving
Trippier leaving

That’d be my two.

Paulclaret · Post by **Paulclaret** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:17 pm

Mine would be Brian O'Neil. I think it would have been about 1970. I remember the Longside chanting 'If Brian O'Neil goes, so do we'. So I thought there was no way Bob Lord would sell him and upset the fans! Naive or what?

Nonayforever · Post by **Nonayforever** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:18 pm

David Eyers for me, wasn't the most high profile player, but I seem to remember he went for just £40,000 which was incredible at the time.

Milltown1882 · Post by **Milltown1882** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:19 pm

Fernando Guerrero. Never did get to be the most fouled player in the league.

Tribesmen · Post by **Tribesmen** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:21 pm

Hard one to call as there has been so many , maybe Dobbo to build the Bob Lord Stand really got to me at the time .

gandhisflipflop · Post by **gandhisflipflop** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:22 pm

For some strange reason, us not being able to complete the signing of Luton Shelton due to work permit issues, only for him to sign for Sheffield United shortly after. I was excited by the potential signing

I was gutted when Blake left though.

evensteadiereddie · Post by **evensteadiereddie** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:24 pm

Ralph Coates - there'd been denial after denial but my dad, bless him, did his best to prepare me for the inevitable. I was devastated.
Martin Dobson being sold to Everton to pay for a stand wasn't far behind.

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:26 pm

Billy Hamilton. I was gutted.

Peter noble to Blackpool. I knew he was at the end of his career but I was Peter noble mad. I idolised him.

I suppose this thread was started after what’s happened in the last day or so.

Just so you know, I’m ok with what’s happened this last 48 hours.

sixtiesclaret · Post by **sixtiesclaret** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:29 pm

So many but Dobbo to Everton and we played chelsea at home same day and lost !!!

depechedingle · Post by **depechedingle** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:30 pm

Blake on both occasions for me.

Devils_Advocate · Post by **Devils_Advocate** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:30 pm

Jon Walters, was absolutely gutted when I found out we'd signed him

Bordeauxclaret · Post by **Bordeauxclaret** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:33 pm

Does Owen Coyle count?

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:34 pm

Ralph

Dark Cloud · Post by **Dark Cloud** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:39 pm

Dobson for me. Not just because we sold our leader and obviously best player at the time, but because it was done to finance the stand and none of it was ever going to be recycled into the team. A hammer blow which had repurcussions for years.

Zom Zom · Post by **Zom Zom** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:40 pm

I remember being extremely underwhelmed when we signed Ian Helliwell. As for outgoings, my only real disappointments have been the ones which appear to have been acrimonious and left a bitter taste (Robbie Blake and Andy Gray spring to mind). It really irks me when players say they don't want to play.

Burnley1989 · Post by **Burnley1989** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:43 pm

Nonayforever wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:18 pm
David Eyers for me, wasn't the most high profile player, but I seem to remember he went for just £40,000 which was incredible at the time.

Was about to say the same that’s the earliest one that I remember being upset about as a kid

Burnley1989 · Post by **Burnley1989** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:45 pm

I was a bit gutted when Jay left, he’s a good lad and I wanted him to do well but he was the local hero

OssyClaret · Post by **OssyClaret** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:47 pm

Conroy

Garnerssoap · Post by **Garnerssoap** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:50 pm

John Mullin

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:54 pm

Andy Gray to Charlton.

Not the biggest name but he was our only attacking threat at the time. Lethal with his back to goal and spinning defenders.

cockneyclaret · Post by **cockneyclaret** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:56 pm

Vossen coming in
Little&Blake leaving

winsomeyen · Post by **winsomeyen** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:58 pm

The late,great Sir Jimmy Mac.

Middle-agedClaret · Post by **Middle-agedClaret** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:58 pm

Willie Irvine leaving. He was the reason why I supported BFC initially (being young, naive and from N.Ireland. Sadly, two of those no longer apply)

claretfern · Post by **claretfern** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:59 pm

Another one for Ralph.

k90bfc · Post by **k90bfc** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 8:15 pm

Ralph Coates,Leighton James,My worst of all Martin Dobson,Devastated when he left,Elated when he came back,He should have one day,been our Manager,Perfect fit.

Cirrus_Minor · Post by **Cirrus_Minor** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 8:16 pm

Ralph Coates was by far the worst and by god we had had a few by then.

aclaretinstevenage · Post by **aclaretinstevenage** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 8:21 pm

Dave Thomas to QPR 1972.

Ralph Coates a close second to this especially to b****y Spurs!

Cubanforever · Post by **Cubanforever** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 8:22 pm

Gutted when we didn't get David Reeves...put all my pocket money in

jedi_master · Post by **jedi_master** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 8:31 pm

Ian Moore

Having just watched him against us for Stockport I was incredulous at the thought we then shelled out £1m on him.

colne-claret · Post by **colne-claret** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 8:36 pm

Andy Cooke to Stoke when I was a kid

Joey Barton not renewing his contract in my adult life.

barrowclaret · Post by **barrowclaret** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 8:45 pm

Glen Little on loan to Reading. I'd paid my season ticket money to be entertained by Glen, ludicrous decision.

basil6345789 · Post by **basil6345789** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 8:48 pm

Jimmy Mac - like losing Pele

The Hung Juror · Post by **The Hung Juror** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 8:51 pm

Ralph Coates and more recently Robbie Blake.

Dodobdobodobo · Post by **Dodobdobodobo** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 8:54 pm

Adrian Randall

Tomcat · Post by **Tomcat** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 8:56 pm

Brian Pilkington

lewishamclaret · Post by **lewishamclaret** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 9:19 pm

Another vote for Billy Hamilton here. Idolised him as a kid. And to lose him to Oxford Utd!

Curiously gutted about selling Gareth Taylor to Forest too. Stan was trying to build something in the Championship and we were more than competitive. We just didn’t have the proverbial pot to p*** in. Life didn’t seem fair when slightly wealthier clubs nabbed our most effective players. Gutted.

Goalposts · Post by **Goalposts** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 9:20 pm

As i was about 7 at the time and for a couple of years had been going to games with my dad, it would be Ralph for me. Just could not fathom why anyone would want to leave Burnley.. subsequently to that dobo , Flynn , James

durhamclaret · Post by **durhamclaret** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 9:23 pm

Ralphie

Pommieclaret · Post by **Pommieclaret** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 9:46 pm

Steve Kindon to Wolves, absolute hero