Feelings about Blackpool

Burnleyareback2 · Post by **Burnleyareback2** » Fri Aug 19, 2022 11:40 pm

I don’t have the old derby feeling about this game.

remember lots of football hatred in the past, even a Blackpool steward being taken away by the police at Bloomfield road, but I think their spell on the top flight and Holloway changed my feelings.

Or is it the clear point that we are the pride of the county for such a long time now…

Wile E Coyote · Post by **Wile E Coyote** » Fri Aug 19, 2022 11:50 pm

i liked their loyalty, i know some, and they endured the oystens debacle and fought back.
local rivals maybe, but their passion is genuine.

Quicknick · Post by **Quicknick** » Fri Aug 19, 2022 11:50 pm

I used to love riding a donkey on the beach when I was a kid.

Burnleyareback2 · Post by **Burnleyareback2** » Fri Aug 19, 2022 11:54 pm

Quicknick wrote: ↑
Fri Aug 19, 2022 11:50 pm
I used to love riding a donkey on the beach when I was a kid.

Not sure thats legal

Longsider · Post by **Longsider** » Fri Aug 19, 2022 11:54 pm

I think we will rip them apart tomorrow. It's really going to click.

cricketfield73 · Post by **cricketfield73** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 12:02 am

On the odd occasion I find myself heading over Blackpool way, I still to this day get a frisson of excitement when the tower first comes into view from the motorway.

chorleyhere · Post by **chorleyhere** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 12:06 am

First to see gets a sixpence!!

clarethomer · Post by **clarethomer** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 12:15 am

Not there in person but I will be there in spirit telling them where they can shove their tower

wilks_bfc · Post by **wilks_bfc** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 12:18 am

clarethomer wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 20, 2022 12:15 am
Not there in person but I will be there in spirit telling them where they can shove their tower

Sideways

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 12:18 am

Always thought Blackpool fans are great. They don’t get big crowds but away support is always very good. Always remember that home game against them in the old 4th division and the attendance was about 14k or more and I seem to recall it was a midweek match. I wonder if they are top or near the top of percentage away support compared to home.

Blatherwickstattoo · Post by **Blatherwickstattoo** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 12:19 am

My first real hatred for a club was this Tin pot Lot and David Bamber. Around 1991. Way before I got to see us play barstewards or even PNE. (I think ) so no . Bring it on

BigRedrose · Post by **BigRedrose** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 12:30 am

Never had a problem with the Seasiders, a proper football club with loyal supporters who went through hell under the odious Oyston clan for many years. They were the first fans I can remember calling us 'Dingles,' (after previously calling us 'The Clampets'), though I don't hold that against them.
Must be the club with which most players have played for both sides? ( one for CT to sort out!)

Neil · Post by **Neil** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 12:38 am

First Burnley game I attended in 92. 18k on I think. Still remember a young Trevor Sinclair coming on as sub and looking different class.

jdrobbo · Post by **jdrobbo** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 12:51 am

Neil wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 20, 2022 12:38 am
First Burnley game I attended in 92. 18k on I think. Still remember a young Trevor Sinclair coming on as sub and looking different class.

My first game too!

California Colner · Post by **California Colner** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 1:10 am

I would never call it a local derby
Yes! there not to far away from Burnley now we have the motorway
There are posters on here that will tell you that’s where the went for there summer holidays

and in them days would take ya 2 hours to get there!!
Blackpool is good local football club and like some posters said they had to endure the crap that the owners put them through.
I think we will win tomorrow, Blackpool will not park the bus so I’m expecting an open game
UTC

mybloodisclaret · Post by **mybloodisclaret** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 2:12 am

Always remember my dad taking me over to Blackpool, was around 93-94. I was only 11 or 12, but was amazed by how bad Bloomfield was, absolute toilet.

Me and my dad went in the Longside, but the Paddock at Bloomfield was something else. Match was ruined for me over about 10 Burnley fans fighting over the last pie, literally knocked 7 bells out of each other. First time I saw real football violence, odd it was fans supporting the same team.

I think we won that day, but those pillocks should never be let near a football ground again, as a kid and there was a lot of us there, it was bad to see.

mybloodisclaret · Post by **mybloodisclaret** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 2:14 am

Just to be clear.... I was a young kid, and it wasn't just a scrap it was bloody nasty.

Foshiznik · Post by **Foshiznik** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 5:15 am

Their rock is overrated shite

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 6:13 am

As others have said, I first started going to games when we only played Blackpool of the local Lancashire teams and Burnley fans always had big crowds against them home and away.
We often won so made the gloating easier.

ArthurShelby · Post by **ArthurShelby** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 7:21 am

Burnley is far from Monte Carlo but Blackpool as a town is a dump. Been neglected, scruffy, dirty, derelict shops, full of homeless people, underage pregnancy rate and drug use at a national high.

But as a club I don’t have a problem with them, they make a terrific atmosphere at Bloomfield Road. I respect what they have been through as fans, although one thing I will say is for the population of the town which is around 140k they don’t have the biggest of fan bases.

No matter what people say for the population of Burnley which is a lot smaller than Blackpool (88k) we have terrific support, by far the best supported team in modern Lancashire by size of town.

Sottpark1 ! · Post by **Sottpark1 !** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 7:30 am

Great club, with superb passionate fans, who have had some dark days under the Oystons but kept fighting for their club wish th m the best except today !

FeedTheArf · Post by **FeedTheArf** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 7:31 am

Have a bit of soft spot for Blackpool. They’ve been through a lot as fans and I want them to do well - apart from today!

ArmchairDetective · Post by **ArmchairDetective** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 7:34 am

Nothing against Blackpool fans, apart from that 'seaside' chant. Hoping for a fun game.

Top Claret · Post by **Top Claret** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 7:37 am

Take em or leave but they have some obnoxious gob sh!tes in their fan base who will be out in force today.

lakedistrictclaret · Post by **lakedistrictclaret** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 7:38 am

I was brought up in Lytham St. Annes, so all my school friends were Blackpool fans.
Therefore, Blackpool were my big rivals, rather than Blackburn.
I didn't like Blackpool then, and I still don't.

wilks_bfc · Post by **wilks_bfc** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 7:43 am

BigRedrose wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 20, 2022 12:30 am
Never had a problem with the Seasiders, a proper football club with loyal supporters who went through hell under the odious Oyston clan for many years. They were the first fans I can remember calling us 'Dingles,' (after previously calling us 'The Clampets'), though I don't hold that against them.
Must be the club with which most players have played for both sides? ( one for CT to sort out!)

CT doesn’t need to sort it out

https://www.uptheclarets.com/players/pl ... et-to-bury

Dark Cloud · Post by **Dark Cloud** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 7:44 am

I really felt for them and their fans through their recent turbulent ownership issues and was pleased to see them eventually come out the other side, just the same was as I was rooting for the Bury fans and even Derby fans etc, but I really hope today they get nowt as we really do need the points!

Hibsclaret · Post by **Hibsclaret** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 7:54 am

Have more angst for PNE than Blackpool because of all the superior bs that they used to come up with having finished above us in the league once or twice. As for Blackpool the Pleasure Beach was the best thing about it but haven’t been on it for over 25 years so god knows what it’s like now. Pleasure Beach is probably a euphemism for something else these days.

The best song about Blackpool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5sjScGm3xc

Billy Balfour · Post by **Billy Balfour** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 8:11 am

mybloodisclaret wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 20, 2022 2:12 am
Match was ruined for me over about 10 Burnley fans fighting over the last pie, literally knocked 7 bells out of each other.

This is up there with some of the most bizarre things I've read on here.

welsbyswife · Post by **welsbyswife** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 8:27 am

Why is it bizarre?

welsbyswife · Post by **welsbyswife** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 8:39 am

I've always disliked Blackpool more than Preston or Bolton. Cheap tacky place, cheap tacky tangerine strip. Used to hate going there. That Mark Kendal game sticks in the mind. Also remember a Tuesday night when I was the coldest I've been at a match. Horrible.

Billy Balfour · Post by **Billy Balfour** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 9:02 am

welsbyswife wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 20, 2022 8:27 am
Why is it bizarre?

Violence involving up to 10 people fighting over a pie.

gawthorpe_view · Post by **gawthorpe_view** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 9:05 am

I worked there for four years and got to understand the utter contempt they have for visitors.
The best part of working there was seeing the tower shrink in my rear view mirror as I went home at night.

dougcollins · Post by **dougcollins** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 9:07 am

Lashers.

claretburns · Post by **claretburns** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 9:15 am

In comparison to the other Lancashire rivals, PNE and Blackburn, they don't mean much (in a nice way).

Never minded Blackpool, I want to beat them today but whoever else they play they can win, lose or draw for me, whereas with PNE and Blackburn each time they play, whoever they play, I want them to lose and if they play each other a boring 0-0 will suffice with 5 reds and a few injuries thrown in.

Billy Balfour · Post by **Billy Balfour** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 9:17 am

Blackpool - take a couple of minutes stroll down the streets across from the promenade, and you'll find one of the most rundown, and deprived areas in Western Europe. We don't have a lot to shout about here in Burnley, but Blackpool is on a different level. The place has been used as a dumping ground for society's problems for years.

We are next in line. You only have to check out local planning apps to see it's already happening in East Lancs. We have enough social problems without 'importing' more. The first sign is change of use to multiple occupancy on planning apps.

scouseclaret · Post by **scouseclaret** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 9:19 am

houseboy wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 20, 2022 12:18 am
Always thought Blackpool fans are great. They don’t get big crowds but away support is always very good. Always remember that home game against them in the old 4th division and the attendance was about 14k or more and I seem to recall it was a midweek match. I wonder if they are top or near the top of percentage away support compared to home.

Certainly used to bring more to the Turf in those days than they got at home.

Billy Balfour · Post by **Billy Balfour** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 9:28 am

As for the fixture - it's a Lancs derby, but not on the same level as Preston or Bolton.

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 9:38 am

Not unduly fussed about Blackpool as a local rival, but we do need the points today, and not just for local pride, we badly need to gat off the mark at home as the longer we go without a win the more the pressure will grow.

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 10:02 am

Admire their fortitude in the fight against the Oystons, they don't really get my lancashirecderby passion going like say Preston do.

welsbyswife · Post by **welsbyswife** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 10:57 am

Billy Balfour wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 20, 2022 9:02 am
Violence involving up to 10 people fighting over a pie.

I get you now. I thought you were saying the post was bizarre as opposed to the incident!

Somethingfishy · Post by **Somethingfishy** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 11:02 am

Orange curly wigs and balloons. Clowns in every sense of the word.
Oh and that guy being interviewed on the pitch in front of the travelling clarets...getting barracked mercilessly. So much so they couldn't do the interview...and his annoyance levels rising so much he ended up getting nicked. Still one of the funniest things I've ever seen at football.

AGENT_CLARET · Post by **AGENT_CLARET** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 11:02 am

Rank the Derby games

1- Blackburn
2 - Preston
3 - Bolton
4 - Wigan
5 - Blackpool

AlargeClaret · Post by **AlargeClaret** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 11:09 am

Barely class them as a local rival tbh , today is the day we click and tear this low league tramps town to shreds

AGENT_CLARET · Post by **AGENT_CLARET** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 11:13 am

Somethingfishy wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 20, 2022 11:02 am
Orange curly wigs and balloons. Clowns in every sense of the word.
Oh and that guy being interviewed on the pitch in front of the travelling clarets...getting barracked mercilessly. So much so they couldn't do the interview...and his annoyance levels rising so much he ended up getting nicked. Still one of the funniest things I've ever seen at football.

He was Blackpool's fan of the week

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/n ... wn-ground/

Joe14 · Post by **Joe14** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 11:16 am

I don’t mind Blackpool but if it clicks today they won’t know what’s hit them.

4-0 home win and that’s if Blackpool get lucky

AmbleClaret · Post by **AmbleClaret** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 11:18 am

Micky Mellon's goal and celebration. For those who can't remember, it's on YouTube.

Somethingfishy · Post by **Somethingfishy** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 11:29 am

AGENT_CLARET wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 20, 2022 11:13 am
He was Blackpool's fan of the week

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/n ... wn-ground/

He was quite a well dressed middle aged guy too. It started as banter and then he lost it and went too far and soon got the arm up the back.
The look on his face was priceless. Many of us crying with laughter.

timshorts · Post by **timshorts** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 9:09 pm

AGENT_CLARET wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 20, 2022 11:02 am
Rank the Derby teams

This is the Timshorts list.

1- Blackpool. I have to admit to liking them. Used to go to watch them if they were playing Cardiff of Swansea away (when all four of us were shite)
2 - Preston. ambivalent. Lots I prefer. Lots I dislike more.
3 - Bolton. Prefer them to man United, but stained by connections to coyle and bfs. Never been there.
4 - Blackburn. Only started to detest them when Dalglish went there and they bought a title. I'd like to think if we won another title that our fans wouldn't turn into knobs, but I'm sure we'd pick some up.
5 - Wigan. Cheated boston united when they got into the league in the first place, so have detested them for decades.

Stockport are no doubt complaining that they aren't on the list.

Sorry. This isn't all a quote......

KRBFC · Post by **KRBFC** » Sat Aug 20, 2022 9:13 pm

Another shite side we should have put to the sword, cheapskate signings will cost us promotion imo, not enough quality coming in, especially in forward areas.