Pitch Invader

[BurnleyFC]

The pitch invader could plead innocence in that he was blown onto the pitch by the wind and subsequently blown around it within the swirling gusts.

A good lawyer would get him off the hook.

[Bordeauxclaret]

Last night I was going through the turnstiles and due to the weather conditions I had my hood and collar covering the vast majority of my face.

Facial Recognition systems would have no chance to stop me entering the ground.

Unless of course, it gets to the point where the facial recognition doesn’t match the previous face connected to that ticket. (Assuming they don’t make us provide one prior)

[fidelcastro]

I'm not justifying any song, but you would be hard pressed to find truth in any song. They were designed to shock/grab attention.

Burnley fans never saw Kenny Dagleish in a pub they used to frequent.
George Oghani didn't steal an ironing board.
Defour wasn't better than Zidane.
Jeff Hendrick wasn't better than Christiano.

Surely you can see the difference?

The above songs are clearly tongue-in-cheek, whereas the Walker ones is mocking the death of someone, but it's not even actually how he died.

It's malicious, in poor taste, and not even accurate.

[Rovers fan in Peace!]

Jack Walker died of Cancer.

[beeholeclaret]

perhaps it is you who should be deleted The Jack walker song angers, and sickens me beyond what you want to be part of that is how my I found my Father who was a Hero a D -Day vet you fuckin moron

I think you have totally misunderstood my comment. I was being sarcastic in so much as all of the adjectives used by the poster would be applicable (as opposed to choosing to delete one or two of them).

I find anything of that nature to be totally abhorrent and would never be involved in any such activity. I absolutely detest the culture of people turning up at a football match and spending the match time worse for wear on various substances and abusing the opposition supporters as opposed to supporting their own team.

I’m assuming you made your comments in reply to someone elses post? If you’ve been on here long enough you will know from my previous posts that I’m am not that kind of person.

[pureclaret]

You hope people find their family members dead for singing a (distasteful) song?

Jeez.

Do I really mean that, after all its only words i am saying!

So perhaps not but it hits me when its sung that they are singing about a person who did a lot for his town and football club and for that he should be shown sum respect, And having to put up with when I get home, and where I live to Blackburn fans saying herd your **** bags sing about Jack and having to agree with them. Trying to say its only a song and there reply is '' not us its not''

For me it triggers my memory of finding my Dad on the carpet with his lifeless eyes looking up and when I touched him he was still warm his socks were next to him it is still very raw to me as it was only just over 2 years ago.

I have other things that trigger my thoughts of him that are nice ones and those I prefer. So maybe you can understand my negative feelings to people singing that song.

[Lakester_2023]

I always thought the lone non-violent pitch invaders were funny. The chase even funnier. Great fun! There'll always be bellends - they're funny to watch too. You'll never cancel bellendery.

[Stalbansclaret]

I always thought the lone non-violent pitch invaders were funny. The chase even funnier. Great fun! There'll always be bellends - they're funny to watch too. You'll never cancel bellendery.

Agree. My brother and I attend games together and I think we’d class as respectable , law-abiding and fairly sensible citizens . I couldn’t go on Friday but when he text me his thoughts on the game late that night his review included the words “Great comedy pitch-invader, they couldn’t catch him !” .

[IanMcL]

Jack Walker died of Cancer.

Yes. Awful way to go and all Burnley fans (bar the few mindless morpns) had sympathy for the man, who had done so much for his home town club and for his family.

We are intense football rivals, not enemies. Fathers, grandfather's, great grandfather's, fought together in world wars and probably supped Benny and hots, in the trenches, together.

Go in peace and spread the word.

[Poulton-le-Claret]

Idiots at every club and we will probably never get rid of them.

I was at Blackpool v Birmingham last week and overheard one of their fans saying he had been planning to print of pictures of one the Birmingham fans who had recently died and hold it up to their fans. I pretty much just feel sorry for these idiots now, they live such miserable lives getting a kick out of things like that.

[claretblue]

Who is going to be the first on here that admits to knowing him?

morpheus2

[claretblue]

1966 FA cup final Everton v Sheffield Wednesday

[claretblue]

remember this:
Eddie Cavenagh!

[Rovers fan in Peace!]

Yes. Awful way to go and all Burnley fans (bar the few mindless morpns) had sympathy for the man, who had done so much for his home town club and for his family.

We are intense football rivals, not enemies. Fathers, grandfather's, great grandfather's, fought together in world wars and probably supped Benny and hots, in the trenches, together.

Go in peace and spread the word.

100% agree.Rivalry is good but not when it turns to hatred.

[BurnleyFC]

Do I really mean that, after all its only words i am saying!

So perhaps not but it hits me when its sung that they are singing about a person who did a lot for his town and football club and for that he should be shown sum respect, And having to put up with when I get home, and where I live to Blackburn fans saying herd your **** bags sing about Jack and having to agree with them. Trying to say its only a song and there reply is '' not us its not''

For me it triggers my memory of finding my Dad on the carpet with his lifeless eyes looking up and when I touched him he was still warm his socks were next to him it is still very raw to me as it was only just over 2 years ago.

I have other things that trigger my thoughts of him that are nice ones and those I prefer. So maybe you can understand my negative feelings to people singing that song.

I absolutely do understand your views, especially with it still being so raw and painful with regards to your own father, but what gives any Blackburn fan a right to question you about what some of our fans might sing. You’re not responsible for them.

If a ******* fan, or a fan of any other club for that matter, tried to chastise me for something I wasn’t even involved with or had no control over I’d personally tell them to **** off and mind their own business.

[IanMcL]

I absolutely do understand your views, especially with it still being so raw and painful with regards to your own father, but what gives any Blackburn fan a right to question you about what some of our fans might sing. You’re not responsible for them.

If a ******* fan, or a fan of any other club for that matter, tried to chastise me for something I wasn’t even involved with or had no control over I’d personally tell them to **** off and mind their own business.

It is your fellow Clarets who are deciding that single is out of order and an affront to us as well as fans of the other place. Worst of all to the man's family. It is sick.

[Bowclaret]

I would get the CCTV footage and anyone singing that pathetic chant I would instantly ban them for life. Nothing but **** that our great club can do without.

And as for the pathetic pond life that ran on the pitch, well, I would get banned for saying what punishment I would give that pathetic tool !

[redwasp]

Why are players not allowed to stop them? Just to trip them up or grab hold of them,or just tw@t them when they run past?

[fidelcastro]

Why are players not allowed to stop them? Just to trip them up or grab hold of them,or just tw@t them when they run past?

Probably wary of the peevish refs showing them a red card.

[boatshed bill]

One of my favourite Ashley Barnes moments... at West Ham

[nil_desperandum]

Why are players not allowed to stop them? Just to trip them up or grab hold of them,or just tw@t them when they run past?

These are highly paid professional footballers and a valuable asset to the club. We have enough injuries without a player risking an altercation with an unknown idiot who is most likely under the influence of drugs and / or alcohol. The last thing we want is a player getting involved,and I got the impression that Parker made that point to Hannibal.

[Bordeauxclaret]

Why are players not allowed to stop them? Just to trip them up or grab hold of them,or just tw@t them when they run past?

Tarky was about 15 seconds from halting the Rovers lad a few years back.

[Awayfromburnley]

Do I really mean that, after all its only words i am saying!

So perhaps not but it hits me when its sung that they are singing about a person who did a lot for his town and football club and for that he should be shown sum respect, And having to put up with when I get home, and where I live to Blackburn fans saying herd your **** bags sing about Jack and having to agree with them. Trying to say its only a song and there reply is '' not us its not''

For me it triggers my memory of finding my Dad on the carpet with his lifeless eyes looking up and when I touched him he was still warm his socks were next to him it is still very raw to me as it was only just over 2 years ago.

I have other things that trigger my thoughts of him that are nice ones and those I prefer. So maybe you can understand my negative feelings to people singing that song.

Literally the most emotive thing I've ever read on here, I sincerely hope you're OK as can be. Take care.

[pureclaret]

Literally the most emotive thing I've ever read on here, I sincerely hope you're OK as can be. Take care.

Thank you , yes Im ok , I have lots of lovely memories of him that I think of when things happen that are more important . We had a really good father son bond, not that we did not have arguments, once when we had a particular bad one as an 18 yr old when I stormed out of the house after telling him where to go , got in my car turned the key and nothing just a clunk , so got out put it in neutral and started pushing on the flat road I new if I could get 50 m then the road slopes down, it was hard work but all of a sudden the speed and easy of pushing was remarkable and then my Dads voice said jump in pop the clutch and I did it started he said see you when you come home, he waited up for me. I have lots of such story's

[pureclaret]

I absolutely do understand your views, especially with it still being so raw and painful with regards to your own father, but what gives any Blackburn fan a right to question you about what some of our fans might sing. You’re not responsible for them.

If a ******* fan, or a fan of any other club for that matter, tried to chastise me for something I wasn’t even involved with or had no control over I’d personally tell them to **** off and mind their own business.

You must be a brave man to tell a Blackburn fan to f off especially as she is my wife and has been a Blackburn fan all her life and went to school with JW daughter and had been to there house on a number of occasions. LOL

[Conroy92]

The Jack walker on the carpet sung By ******* brain dead morons believe me when I say i hope you all find your family dead on the carpet

Get this clown banned

[pureclaret]

Get this clown banned

Why ? because I find the song is so offensive? and it hurts me to hear it?
Why not just don't sing it!!!!

[Burnley1989]

Why ? because I find the song is so offensive? and it hurts me to hear it?
Why not just don't sing it!!!!

I can only assume, based on your replies that you had meant to say "i hope you never find" rather than "i hope you find"

[ClaretTony]

I always thought the lone non-violent pitch invaders were funny. The chase even funnier. Great fun! There'll always be bellends - they're funny to watch too. You'll never cancel bellendery.

And if said non-violent pitch invader pulled a knife?

[pureclaret]

And if said non-violent pitch invader pulled a knife?

better if he pulled a cracker, but you are quite right, or what happens when the visiting fans take it as a challenge for them to run on

[pureclaret]

I can only assume, based on your replies that you had meant to say "i hope you never find" rather than "i hope you find"

Possibly you are right, I have always found it an offensive song , it is as i have said also how I found my father

[redwasp]

In my post asking why players can't intervene I was wondering why is it a red card offence? Which Law of the game does it come under.

[ClaretTony]

100% agree.Rivalry is good but not when it turns to hatred.

Rivalry is healthy but it’s gone way beyond that with some. I recall going to a meeting at Ewood ahead of our 2-1 win there in 2014. In the meeting was Greg Coar who worked for Blackburn at the time and is almost their equivalent to me- locally born and totally committed to them. We were at each other all meeting and the police there said it was the best football meeting they’d ever been to as we had our little digs and more at each other.

Greg’s a good bloke and at the end of that meeting, as all other meetings we were at, we shook hands. And when we won, I couldn’t wait for the next meeting to come around.

[wilks_bfc]

In my post asking why players can't intervene I was wondering why is it a red card offence? Which Law of the game does it come under.

I’m guessing Law 12, where it states the following are sending off offences, including violent conduct, but doesn’t state it has to be against a player/official

A player, substitute or substituted player who commits any of the following offences is sent off:
• denying the opposing team a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity by committing a deliberate handball offence (except a goalkeeper within their penalty area)
• denying the opposing team a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity by committing a non-deliberate handball offence outside their own penalty area
• denying a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity to an opponent whose overall movement is towards the offender’s goal by an offence punishable by a free kick (unless as outlined below)
• serious foul play
• biting or spitting at someone
• violent conduct
• using offensive, insulting or abusive language and/or action(s)
• receiving a second caution in the same match
• entering the video operation room (VOR)

[Row x]

You must be a brave man to tell a Blackburn fan to f off especially as she is my wife and has been a Blackburn fan all her life and went to school with JW daughter and had been to there house on a number of occasions. LOL

He'll only be doing it from behind his keyboard, I wouldn't bother about it, but it would be fun if he tried it with some of my rovers supporting mates, or even me,who used to be quite close to some of Jack's family.

[Row x]

Rivalry is healthy but it’s gone way beyond that with some. I recall going to a meeting at Ewood ahead of our 2-1 win there in 2014. In the meeting was Greg Coar who worked for Blackburn at the time and is almost their equivalent to me- locally born and totally committed to them. We were at each other all meeting and the police there said it was the best football meeting they’d ever been to as we had our little digs and more at each other.

Greg’s a good bloke and at the end of that meeting, as all other meetings we were at, we shook hands. And when we won, I couldn’t wait for the next meeting to come around.

How it should be

[mybloodisclaret]

The Jack Walker song is in poor taste no doubt.

Just wondering what everyone's totally outrageous view is on being called inbred repeatedly. I think you all know the song.

[IanMcL]

The Jack Walker song is in poor taste no doubt.

Just wondering what everyone's totally outrageous view is on being called inbred repeatedly. I think you all know the song.

That's not saying, "My bloodisClaret is inbred". Not personal. Like B'tard. General.

[mybloodisclaret]

That's not saying, "My bloodisClaret is inbred". Not personal. Like B'tard. General.

Oh, so it's OK then. Read my first line Ian, I condemned the song, and certainly don't sing it.

[ŽižkovClaret]

Idiots at every club and we will probably never get rid of them.

I was at Blackpool v Birmingham last week and overheard one of their fans saying he had been planning to print of pictures of one the Birmingham fans who had recently died and hold it up to their fans. I pretty much just feel sorry for these idiots now, they live such miserable lives getting a kick out of things like that.

In my more reactionary moments, i do wonder if a quick snuffing out might be for the best with pond life like that.

Of course we dont do that, but honestly, would they be a loss?

[fidelcastro]

Oh, so it's OK then. Read my first line Ian, I condemned the song, and certainly don't sing it.

"You're inbred"

"You're horse fiddlers"

Could it be any more childish?

[IanMcL]

Oh, so it's OK then. Read my first line Ian, I condemned the song, and certainly don't sing it.

Given the intense rivalry, it doesn't bother me. Just a song about nothing. To name the man is the offensive element.

Anyway, there's nothing wrong with a Burnley lad marrying a Burnley lass!

[ŽižkovClaret]

"You're inbred"

"You're horse fiddlers"

Could it be any more childish?

Childish, but impersonal. Which, for me at least makes a world of difference.

It speaks volumes really thats their main line of ribbing against us.

Its like a little yapping dog

[fidelcastro]

Childish, but impersonal. Which, for me at least makes a world of difference.

It speaks volumes really thats their main line of ribbing against us.

Its like a little yapping dog

For balance I put the respective insults of both clubs.

They're both equally pathetic.

[Cirrus_Minor]

I remember a game in late 60s ish when we placed Wolves. The referee got a decision hopelessly wrong and an elderly chap was so incensed he climbed over the Longside wall, staggered onto the pitch, agrily waving his walking stick over his head. I think he was gently escorted back into the terraces.

Personally I miss the dog invasions

[dsr]

In my post asking why players can't intervene I was wondering why is it a red card offence? Which Law of the game does it come under.

Surely all the player has to do is claim that he thought the man was carrying a knife. Any action would automatically qualify as self defence, and I would not expect the pitch invader to be given benefit of the doubt.

[Funkydrummer]

Didn't Cloughy once crack one ?

[ClaretTony]

Statement from Burnley FC

FAN BANNED FOR LIFE


Burnley Football Club can confirm that the individual who ran onto the pitch during the game against Middlesbrough on Friday evening has been identified and banned from Turf Moor, for life, by the club.

After entering the playing area, the male was detained by stewards and subsequently arrested by the Police.

The Police investigation is ongoing, and we await the outcome. However, entering the playing area is a criminal offence and taken extremely seriously by Burnley Football Club.

This relates not only to keeping all players and officials safe but also to disrupting the game for all supporters.

Burnley Football Club has a zero-tolerance policy for fans entering the playing area at Turf Moor and, as a result, any supporter who does so will be issued with a lifetime ban with immediate effect.

[GetIntoEm]

life ban, wow. bit harsh

[Row x]

life ban, wow. bit harsh

Not really