As a Burnley fan, starting in 1991/92, I feel this book offers a very different view of the journey that the club has taken (mainly at boardroom level, with obvious references to on-pitch happenings) throughout my life, with Clive having come on-board (literally) just a few years previous.
Clive has obviously been a rock at the club through some turbulent years, having worked through tremendous highs and some very stick periods.
His dealings with our various managers and the regard he held each of them in (in different ways) is admirable. I’d have loved to have seen how the 2-3 offers for Harry Kane, Andrew Robertson and £20,000,000 for Kalvin Phillips had gone down in the boardroom.
Some of his anecdotes are brilliant and with his eye for detail (especially where the pennies are concerned), I can now see how we ended up with the two new stands that we did in the mid-90s, regardless of some of the possible design flaws. Several mentions made too, regarding how the Bob Lord stand could be extended 14 rows.
Anyway, I have a few questions that I’d like to ask and then I’ll leave it by simply saying, if you’ve not read it, give it a go… even if it helps you to understand ‘relations’ between our directors over the last few years.
Thanks, Dave and Clive
Ps…thank goodness Spaniels have tails to grab hold of!!!
1) 1990/91: why was our game against Maidstone United played at Dartford? Did they use their ground because of regulations?
Who exactly was Folrunso Okenia?
Karen Brady, Sullivan and Gold used to land their helicopter at Gawthorpe before games. As did Flavio Briatore…Was this common amongst directors at other clubs?
The youth team that won 3-4 at old Trafford in the FA Youth Cup in 2011/12 - any standouts from either team in terms of where they are now? I seem to recall Adnan Januzaj featuring.
Mohamed el Kashashy - where is he now?
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