Kind person!

Claretindorset · Post by **Claretindorset** » Tue Sep 17, 2024 9:40 am

Last week I reached out on here for anyone with cheap Burnley kit for my lad who's just turned 6 and is Burnley mad! As a low income family we couldn't afford new kit. A lady called bev reached out saying she had some older kit we could have free that she also posted free. I was not expecting what arrived ... To say he's delighted is an understatement. Thanks so much again bev you've made his year

gawthorpe_view · Post by **gawthorpe_view** » Tue Sep 17, 2024 9:42 am

Excellent!

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Tue Sep 17, 2024 9:52 am

WELL DONE BEV!

The lad looks great!

AfloatinClaret · Post by **AfloatinClaret** » Tue Sep 17, 2024 9:55 am

IanMcL wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 17, 2024 9:52 am
WELL DONE BEV!

The lad looks great!

I agree with both sentiments... Now can he play left-back?

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Tue Sep 17, 2024 9:59 am

That's a lovely gesture well done to Bev.

NewClaret · Post by **NewClaret** » Tue Sep 17, 2024 10:05 am

Well done Bev, your lad looks great.

Really pleased he’s got his kit and he’s happy with it. I may have one or two pieces knocking around. When I do a clear out I’ll keep this thread in mind.

Poulton-le-Claret · Post by **Poulton-le-Claret** » Tue Sep 17, 2024 10:12 am

That's class! Well done Bev, a very kind person indeed

Retro kits as well, wish I had them shirts in my size!

Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Tue Sep 17, 2024 10:13 am

Yet again another Claret shows just how great this site can be.

Well done Bev for making a young claret a happy claret

.

Foshiznik · Post by **Foshiznik** » Tue Sep 17, 2024 10:13 am

Awesome collection! Well done Bev, what a lovely gesture.

Lad looking fresh!

NewClaret · Post by **NewClaret** » Tue Sep 17, 2024 10:17 am

All three of those kits are absolutely brilliant by the way

We don’t make keeper kits like that any more

Funkydrummer · Post by **Funkydrummer** » Tue Sep 17, 2024 10:48 am

This site is so good at times I reckon that, if you were to put
your address on here, you wouldn't be able to move for kits
sent to you.

Very well done Bev, lovely gesture.

Burnley1989 · Post by **Burnley1989** » Tue Sep 17, 2024 10:49 am

I remember having those kits when I was roughly his age, wish I'd kept them for mine.
Great work Bev

Claretindorset · Post by **Claretindorset** » Tue Sep 17, 2024 11:36 am

Funkydrummer wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 17, 2024 10:48 am
This site is so good at times I reckon that, if you were to put
your address on here, you wouldn't be able to move for kits
sent to you.

Very well done Bev, lovely gesture.

Not sure I'd be allowed but we would take any kits going he's obsessed,
We're at

2 cooper gardens
Child okeford
Dorset
DT11 8HG

Claretindorset · Post by **Claretindorset** » Tue Sep 17, 2024 11:37 am

Missed this one

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Tue Sep 17, 2024 11:39 am

What a lovely gesture !

ecc · Post by **ecc** » Tue Sep 17, 2024 11:48 am

Superb.

I firmly believe the majority of people in today's society ARE kind.

This is proof.

The prices of today's shirts are scandalous.

The kindness of Bev has meant this lad isn't missing out. Well done that lady!

claretonthecoast1882 · Post by **claretonthecoast1882** » Tue Sep 17, 2024 12:08 pm

Brilliant thread.

Top marks Bev for the act of kindness

Herts Clarets · Post by **Herts Clarets** » Tue Sep 17, 2024 12:40 pm

I used to have that bottom keeper shirt. I asked Marlon at the end of the season if i could have one of his shirts which he gave to me. I played three times a week in it and ruined it. He also gave me the one from the following season, think explosion in a paint factory which I still have, though not in the best condition as I played a lot of games in that shirt too.

Tribesmen · Post by **Tribesmen** » Tue Sep 17, 2024 2:28 pm

That made me smile

MiltonKeynesClaret93 · Post by **MiltonKeynesClaret93** » Tue Sep 17, 2024 2:41 pm

There's a small fortune's worth of kits there, wow!

Claretindorset · Post by **Claretindorset** » Tue Sep 17, 2024 2:56 pm

Tribesmen wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 17, 2024 2:28 pm
That made me smile

And my son! So kind

DCWat · Post by **DCWat** » Tue Sep 17, 2024 3:00 pm

I love to read things like this and to see a happy young man proudly wearing his kits. Great work!!

BurnleyFC · Post by **BurnleyFC** » Tue Sep 17, 2024 3:12 pm

Fantastic! Well done, Bev and your lad looks tremendous in his new kits, Claretindorest!

Billyblah · Post by **Billyblah** » Tue Sep 17, 2024 8:56 pm

Some seriously cool kit there!
Nice one Bev!

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Tue Sep 17, 2024 9:10 pm

I don't know who Bev is but obviously someone who posts on or reads this message board.

What a fantastic gesture. Sometimes I realise just how good this message board can be. This is one such occasion.

Superb Bev and I'm so pleased he's happy with his kit.

jrgbfc · Post by **jrgbfc** » Tue Sep 17, 2024 9:14 pm

Used to love that Marlon Beresford keeper top when i was a kid.

mybloodisclaret · Post by **mybloodisclaret** » Tue Sep 17, 2024 11:51 pm

Beautiful thread this.

Really well done Bev!!! The lad looks ace, some proper cool kit there.

Stalbansclaret · Post by **Stalbansclaret** » Wed Sep 18, 2024 7:55 am

Great thread …. Brilliant from Bev and your lad looks great. I used to visit Child Okeford regularly , and stay at the pub there, when I worked for a national drainage franchise business.

Clovius Boofus · Post by **Clovius Boofus** » Wed Sep 18, 2024 8:21 am

I bet the lad is chuffed to bits. Just shows what a bit of kindness can do. Well done Bev.

Claretindorset · Post by **Claretindorset** » Wed Sep 18, 2024 9:23 am

Stalbansclaret wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 18, 2024 7:55 am
Great thread …. Brilliant from Bev and your lad looks great. I used to visit Child Okeford regularly , and stay at the pub there, when I worked for a national drainage franchise business.

Yeah we live opposite the Saxon!

pureclaret · Post by **pureclaret** » Wed Sep 18, 2024 9:36 am

Well done Bev with all the kits looks like he could play all positions, reminded me of a player that played every position for Burnley Andy Farrell. have there been any others

Inchy · Post by **Inchy** » Wed Sep 18, 2024 11:34 am

Those kits are classics and probably worth more on the second hand classic kit market than what the new kits would cost. Brilliant

OssyClaret · Post by **OssyClaret** » Wed Sep 18, 2024 11:40 am

Amazing! Well done Bev

Those kits are really special ones too

RalphCoatesComb · Post by **RalphCoatesComb** » Wed Sep 18, 2024 11:44 am

Amazing ! Well done !

"You'll always be a Claret"

Pickles · Post by **Pickles** » Wed Sep 18, 2024 12:38 pm

A lovely gesture.

They're worth a fortune.

mybloodisclaret · Post by **mybloodisclaret** » Wed Sep 18, 2024 1:17 pm

pureclaret wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 18, 2024 9:36 am
Well done Bev with all the kits looks like he could play all positions, reminded me of a player that played every position for Burnley Andy Farrell. have there been any others

Graham Branch had a good go.

blatherwickstattoos · Post by **blatherwickstattoos** » Wed Sep 18, 2024 2:35 pm

Fantastic gesture . Those old kits are worth a fair bob now too

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Wed Sep 18, 2024 5:28 pm

Heartwarming thread.

Mark the Claret · Post by **Mark the Claret** » Wed Sep 18, 2024 7:32 pm

mybloodisclaret wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 18, 2024 1:17 pm
Graham Branch had a good go.

Is my memory playing up, or did David Eyres have to go in goals at Stokes old Victoria ground?

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Wed Sep 18, 2024 8:13 pm

Mark the Claret wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 18, 2024 7:32 pm
Is my memory playing up, or did David Eyres have to go in goals at Stokes old Victoria ground?

It was the season before we signed Eyres. Mark Mornington went in goal and played really well.

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Thu Sep 19, 2024 1:56 am

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 18, 2024 8:13 pm
It was the season before we signed Eyres. Mark Mornington went in goal and played really well.

I was there for that! Mono was better than John Spicer at Luton!

Clarets4me · Post by **Clarets4me** » Thu Sep 19, 2024 4:31 pm

I know we won the Luton game, but was Monington's game the last game of 92-93, a 1-1 draw ?

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Thu Sep 19, 2024 5:02 pm

Clarets4me wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 19, 2024 4:31 pm
I know we won the Luton game, but was Monington's game the last game of 92-93, a 1-1 draw ?

It was the last game of the season

jrgbfc · Post by **jrgbfc** » Thu Sep 19, 2024 5:04 pm

Mark the Claret wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 18, 2024 7:32 pm
Is my memory playing up, or did David Eyres have to go in goals at Stokes old Victoria ground?

He had to go in goals on the Turf once, pretty sure it was a midweek game?

Clarets4me · Post by **Clarets4me** » Thu Sep 19, 2024 5:06 pm

Are they the only two examples of it happening, CT ?

ecc · Post by **ecc** » Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:16 pm

Never seen a thread "Liked" as much. It's a heartwarming tale.

Mark the Claret · Post by **Mark the Claret** » Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:21 pm

jrgbfc wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 19, 2024 5:04 pm
He had to go in goals on the Turf once, pretty sure it was a midweek game?

I was fairly sure he went in goals once, for some reason I thought it was at Stoke.

wilks_bfc · Post by **wilks_bfc** » Thu Sep 19, 2024 8:31 pm

Off top of my head, the outfield players to go in goal I can recall are;
Mornington
Eyres
Spicer

Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Thu Sep 19, 2024 9:16 pm

wilks_bfc wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 19, 2024 8:31 pm
Off top of my head, the outfield players to go in goal I can recall are;
Mornington
Eyres
Spicer

Didn't Andy Farrell also play in nearly every position including goal when he was playing for us

am sure CT would confirm this.

Edit, just seen pureclarets post confirming this above

Claretindorset · Post by **Claretindorset** » Fri Sep 20, 2024 3:56 pm

UPDATE

Wow, genuinely blown away, my son just got back from school and some kind person on here (no note) had sent this to him. The top has tags on.... That is beyond generous and honestly me and my wife are taken aback, thankyou so much, a gesture like that has absolutely flabbergasted him he can't believe his luck