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by rdp2eps
Thu Oct 29, 2020 9:21 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
Replies: 12654
Views: 1225234

Re: ALK Capital...

Sutton-Claret wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 8:58 am
Wonder if he still drives that talking car......
Given what happened at Carlisle I think KIT might have done a better job 😉
by rdp2eps
Thu Oct 29, 2020 8:51 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
Replies: 12654
Views: 1225234

Re: ALK Capital...

Michael Knighton
by rdp2eps
Wed Oct 28, 2020 10:28 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Kevin long
Replies: 106
Views: 10115

Re: Kevin long

Gibson showed how to steal a living ..and Tarky by his display last night and his 'sore ' toe episode isn't far off it either. I don't think Kevin Long ever refused to do what the manager requested. He's not good enough but it takes 2 to sign a contract. Not really Gibson wanted to go elsewhere to ...
by rdp2eps
Wed Oct 28, 2020 7:26 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Stan Collymore on PPV
Replies: 20
Views: 2014

Re: Stan Collymore on PPV

Stan Collymore proving yet again that a lot of people do not realise "Robin" is the "Model" not the manufacturer.... You don't talk about a "Fiesta Ford", "Diablo Lamborghini" or "Corsa Vauxhall" ..... Its not "Robin Reliant" ITS "RELIANT ROBIN" And breathe 😁 Rant over 😂😂😂 The correct term for that...
by rdp2eps
Tue Oct 27, 2020 2:38 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Never Had It So Good (Tim Quelch)
Replies: 8
Views: 1340

Re: Never Had It So Good (Tim Quelch)

ClaretTony wrote:
Tue Oct 27, 2020 2:33 pm
I'd forgotten that one - another good read
Yes I borrowed it from the library when I was trying to be firm with myself on the book buying ... it didn’t last long ... once I discovered some decent second hand sellers I can’t move for books again 😂 mainly work related in my defence
by rdp2eps
Tue Oct 27, 2020 2:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Never Had It So Good (Tim Quelch)
Replies: 8
Views: 1340

Re: Never Had It So Good (Tim Quelch)

Underdog by Tim Quelch is a good read too
by rdp2eps
Tue Oct 27, 2020 7:30 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Photos of Turf Moor- a thread
Replies: 119
Views: 15780

Re: Photos of Turf Moor- a thread

Guller Bull wrote:
Mon Oct 26, 2020 11:00 pm
Was it the same guy that used to have an exhibition in the Lakes (Ambleside/Windemere)?
Yes in Ambleside
by rdp2eps
Mon Oct 26, 2020 10:00 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Claret Match day Programmes...worth anything?
Replies: 10
Views: 1606

Re: Claret Match day Programmes...worth anything?

BacupClaret wrote:
Mon Oct 26, 2020 9:14 pm
My Manchester City Carabao Cup programme has arrived today.
I didn’t bother I decided to save the pdf to a memory stick and put the press and staff team sheet in with my proper collection .. each to their own
by rdp2eps
Mon Oct 26, 2020 6:34 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Claret Match day Programmes...worth anything?
Replies: 10
Views: 1606

Re: Claret Match day Programmes...worth anything?

ClaretTony wrote:
Mon Oct 26, 2020 6:24 pm
I asked the question and was spoken to like something off the bottom of a shoe
Sadly I am not remotely surprised
by rdp2eps
Mon Oct 26, 2020 6:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Claret Match day Programmes...worth anything?
Replies: 10
Views: 1606

Re: Claret Match day Programmes...worth anything?

ClaretTony wrote:
Mon Oct 26, 2020 6:00 pm
Just about when you can't get them for some games
Yes I know , another piece of football’s material culture
taken from the ordinary fan .. a sad day.
by rdp2eps
Mon Oct 26, 2020 6:00 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Claret Match day Programmes...worth anything?
Replies: 10
Views: 1606

Re: Claret Match day Programmes...worth anything?

Somebody on here will take them I’m sure .. the hobby is just about alive in 2020
by rdp2eps
Mon Oct 26, 2020 5:13 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Claret Match day Programmes...worth anything?
Replies: 10
Views: 1606

Re: Claret Match day Programmes...worth anything?

Hey all. I have 600+ claret programmes from 58/59 onwards that I need to shift (they take up a lot of space!). Are they worth anything? Most are from 1998 to 2008. There are several for friendlies and other rarities. Highlights include; - 1968 FA Youth Cup final home and away legs v Coventry - 1970...
by rdp2eps
Thu Oct 22, 2020 5:31 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Specific Burnley programme. 27th January 1970 FA Cup 4th round replay v Chelsea. l
Replies: 31
Views: 3397

Re: Specific Burnley programme. 27th January 1970 FA Cup 4th round replay v Chelsea. l

Yes I remember Tony , I used to travel with Brian and yourself ,whenever I didn’t fancy driving, amongst the dwindling band of away fans in the days when we got down to one double decker to places like Northampton and Scunthorpe ...
by rdp2eps
Thu Oct 22, 2020 5:24 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Anthony Higginbotham
Replies: 422
Views: 28351

Re: Anthony Higginbotham

Many of the comments in the last 12 hours have come from the generation that is responsible for the breakdown in society we see today. An interesting thought , how many of those comments have actually come from people aged between 70 and 75 do you suppose ? they represent the generation of policy a...
by rdp2eps
Thu Oct 22, 2020 4:48 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Specific Burnley programme. 27th January 1970 FA Cup 4th round replay v Chelsea. l
Replies: 31
Views: 3397

Re: Specific Burnley programme. 27th January 1970 FA Cup 4th round replay v Chelsea. l

Tom & Christine - fantastic shop on Yorkshire Street. I still see Tom occasionally; Christine sadly passed away two or three years ago. Yes nice people ... I remember Brian taking the shop for a while when Tom and Christine went into the licensed trade ? I’d be at Preston Poly then I used to call i...
by rdp2eps
Thu Oct 22, 2020 4:00 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Specific Burnley programme. 27th January 1970 FA Cup 4th round replay v Chelsea. l
Replies: 31
Views: 3397

Re: Specific Burnley programme. 27th January 1970 FA Cup 4th round replay v Chelsea. l

Seen them go for £40-£50 in mint condition .. had mine either since the game as my Dad would have been on or bought by myself later in the 70s from Tom's shop ...
by rdp2eps
Wed Oct 21, 2020 9:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
Replies: 12654
Views: 1225234

Re: ALK Capital...

MACCA wrote:
Wed Oct 21, 2020 9:47 pm
Then we are on about the same guy, good job I didnt say him with the dodgy indie style hair cut then isnt it ;)
I couldn’t possibly comment 😂 He usually has the backpack on when they first come out I think it is the defib machine ? Gone defib there as I’ve no idea how to spell that one 😉
by rdp2eps
Wed Oct 21, 2020 8:24 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
Replies: 12654
Views: 1225234

Re: ALK Capital...

FactualFrank wrote:
Wed Oct 21, 2020 8:22 pm
On that very thread, Columbo showed photos from I think back in April, when they were both wearing the same clothes. So it kinda dismissed any rumours.
Yeh that rings a bell I remember reading that
by rdp2eps
Wed Oct 21, 2020 8:18 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
Replies: 12654
Views: 1225234

Re: ALK Capital...

Danieljwaterhouse wrote:
Wed Oct 21, 2020 8:12 pm
Did your lad follow him to Rome? 😂
Now that was a comical thread alright 😂 ... I do believe the photos dated back to an international break before lockdown 😉
by rdp2eps
Wed Oct 21, 2020 7:48 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
Replies: 12654
Views: 1225234

Re: ALK Capital...

Thanks for the info. I wasn't fishing for players' medical info but its good to know that the Tarky at Leicester was a myth. Well to be fair they don’t watch them 24 hours a day but I find it extremely unlikely ... The Leicester press don’t miss much either , if one of our players had gone down the...
by rdp2eps
Wed Oct 21, 2020 7:45 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
Replies: 12654
Views: 1225234

Re: ALK Capital...

FactualFrank wrote:
Wed Oct 21, 2020 7:33 pm
Colin?
Phil .. and he bleeds Claret and Blue like the rest of us
by rdp2eps
Wed Oct 21, 2020 7:41 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
Replies: 12654
Views: 1225234

Re: ALK Capital...

The youngest of the 1st team physios is from round here I believe. The one who walks around like a ghost buster with the physio back pack thing on. His name escapes me now. 😂 he does and I think he had his first season ticket as far back as 1995 ... we are all lifelong season ticket holders and ver...
by rdp2eps
Wed Oct 21, 2020 7:39 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
Replies: 12654
Views: 1225234

Re: ALK Capital...

A stab in the dark - your son is a physio and he was treating Tarky's toe? My son is assistant first team physio , I never ask him about the players’ injuries not that he would tell me as such information is private and subject to medical confidentiality like anyone else’s medical history. All I ca...
by rdp2eps
Wed Oct 21, 2020 6:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
Replies: 12654
Views: 1225234

Re: ALK Capital...

Jakubs Tash wrote:
Wed Oct 21, 2020 6:51 pm
I wonder how the takeover is getting on........
No idea :lol:
by rdp2eps
Wed Oct 21, 2020 6:48 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
Replies: 12654
Views: 1225234

Re: ALK Capital...

FactualFrank wrote:
Wed Oct 21, 2020 6:42 pm
Interesting. Can you ask if this player is happy at Burnley.
My understanding is that the players concerned are happy at the club yes ... but at the end of the day they are work colleagues of my son not personal friends of mine
by rdp2eps
Wed Oct 21, 2020 6:41 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
Replies: 12654
Views: 1225234

Re: ALK Capital...

We have one poster, who appears to receive inside information, stating a certain player is almost sold and another poster nameing a player, without any other information to back the statement up, assuming the player he has named is the same player that the original poster allures to. It could, and ...
by rdp2eps
Wed Oct 21, 2020 5:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Your Top Comedians?
Replies: 146
Views: 10479

Re: Your Top Comedians?

Ken Goodwin
Colin Crompton
Jasper Carrott
by rdp2eps
Wed Oct 21, 2020 5:20 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
Replies: 12654
Views: 1225234

Re: ALK Capital...

Grumps wrote:
Wed Oct 21, 2020 4:42 pm
Jack Cork was photographed at Manchester Airport on his way to sign but not by the press
Andre gray and arron lennon were both filmed by sky going for medicals in Manchester. Don't think local press have ever leaked anything
Indeed they haven’t ... with good reason ...
by rdp2eps
Wed Oct 21, 2020 3:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Covid test station.Burnley
Replies: 49
Views: 4070

Re: Covid test station.Burnley

Its not - unfortunate young people will listen, for the record - I have tested posititve, currently living with a friend who also is positive because my dad at home has cancer - I thank god that I am sensible enough to know the risks, theres a lot of selfish idiots out there (including on this thre...
by rdp2eps
Wed Oct 21, 2020 3:38 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
Replies: 12654
Views: 1225234

Re: ALK Capital...

I can't remember our press ever putting up photos of targets going to Gawthorpe or Turf Moor. Not even when we have interviewed managers. Can you remember it ever happening anywhere? No I can’t remember the last one , it has been a very long time indeed since any important business was conducted wi...
by rdp2eps
Wed Oct 21, 2020 3:28 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Covid test station.Burnley
Replies: 49
Views: 4070

Re: Covid test station.Burnley

Someone called Luke from Burnley posted a Video where he received the text through the post from the NHS and then on the Video he didn't take the test and then posted it back and later in the Video you see the results come back and he is shown as positive!! He did this he says because he heard othe...
by rdp2eps
Wed Oct 21, 2020 2:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Covid test station.Burnley
Replies: 49
Views: 4070

Re: Covid test station.Burnley

I used the postal service last week, booked it on Wednesday morning , kit received and sent back on Thursday, got the result on Sunday around 6pm.
by rdp2eps
Wed Oct 21, 2020 10:01 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Weimar for elwaclaret
Replies: 2
Views: 643

Re: Weimar for elwaclaret

What a great piece of work. Please tell me it was not stand alone; it would have been really good wrapped in social and cultural change essay. Put together by a teacher called Michael Hill as part of a series of graphics designed to help students (and lecturers!) construct secondary worlds in the c...
by rdp2eps
Wed Oct 21, 2020 9:25 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Third Kit
Replies: 81
Views: 7515

Re: Third Kit

Yes most 1970s Clarets seemed to like it, got to say I liked the different combinations too
by rdp2eps
Wed Oct 21, 2020 9:25 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Third Kit
Replies: 81
Views: 7515

Re: Third Kit

Duplicate post
by rdp2eps
Tue Oct 20, 2020 10:21 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Third Kit
Replies: 81
Views: 7515

Re: Third Kit

Did we wear the blue away kit for three years? I’d got it into my head that the yellow came in for the 75/76 season. Yes Blue or White in 75-6 ... with all kinds of shorts and socks combos ... Thinking about it less so the Blue that season more often the White kits ... Blue at Old Trafford with Cla...
by rdp2eps
Tue Oct 20, 2020 10:14 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Weimar for elwaclaret
Replies: 2
Views: 643

Weimar for elwaclaret

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I think my eyes will recover in a couple of days
by rdp2eps
Tue Oct 20, 2020 10:01 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Football's Magic Money Tree
Replies: 9884
Views: 982340

Re: Football's Magic Money Tree

elwaclaret wrote:
Tue Oct 20, 2020 9:47 pm
All swings and roundabouts? Lol
Wow, just wow... how the hell did either of you make any sense of it.
Well errr hmmm yes ... funny you should ask 😂
by rdp2eps
Tue Oct 20, 2020 9:50 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Disallow a Goal from Clarets History
Replies: 28
Views: 2877

Re: Disallow a Goal from Clarets History

Mickey Mahon 4th January 1975 ...
by rdp2eps
Tue Oct 20, 2020 9:42 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Football's Magic Money Tree
Replies: 9884
Views: 982340

Re: Football's Magic Money Tree

elwaclaret wrote:
Tue Oct 20, 2020 9:32 pm
Lot of defeats in that lesson, hope you started from May 11th. Lol
😂 I spent some time earlier today studying someone’s attempt to simplify the political shift in Weimar Germany using graphics ... almost gone blind trying to read it 😂
by rdp2eps
Tue Oct 20, 2020 9:21 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Football's Magic Money Tree
Replies: 9884
Views: 982340

Re: Football's Magic Money Tree

Fair play, mate. Good shout. Great story concerning Uwe Seeler on the morning of the match at the Turf. The Hamburg team had stayed at the Keirby Hotel on the night before the game and walked up to the Turf the following morning to inspect the pitch. On their return to the hotel they walked along t...
by rdp2eps
Tue Oct 20, 2020 9:07 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Third Kit
Replies: 81
Views: 7515

Re: Third Kit

ClaretTony wrote:
Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:08 pm
It was. 1975/76 when we introduced the V home shirt. The yellow away kit was the first shirt we ever had the previous club badge on.
Following season Tony for the Yellow kit, first worn in August 1976 in the Anglo-Scottish Cup against that Blue and White team down the road ;)
by rdp2eps
Tue Oct 20, 2020 8:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Football's Magic Money Tree
Replies: 9884
Views: 982340

Re: Football's Magic Money Tree

Very much doubt any of the great Hamburg team that came to the Turf in January 1961, including Uwe Seeler, Dieter Seeler and Jochen Meinke were semi-professional. One of the best club sides in the world at the time but we sent them home on the back of a 3-1 scoreline. West German football was semi-...
by rdp2eps
Tue Oct 13, 2020 10:48 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Stoke Gabriel FC: Non-league side concede 122 goals in 10 games
Replies: 18
Views: 1613

Re: Stoke Gabriel FC: Non-league side concede 122 goals in 10 games

I might have seen you two play I’ve seen plenty of games down there when on holiday in Devon and Cornwall
by rdp2eps
Tue Oct 13, 2020 10:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: christchurch vs dulwich
Replies: 7
Views: 900

Re: christchurch vs dulwich

I saw them play Cowes Sports in 2003 friendly club as I recall , my eldest now on the staff at the Turf was playing in a tournament at Bournemouth Sports club the other side of the runway ... suite a sight one afternoon when a 747 landed during a game 😂
by rdp2eps
Tue Oct 13, 2020 5:53 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Still missing the turf?
Replies: 63
Views: 5258

Re: Still missing the turf?

I have gone on the turf for over 55yr now with varying degrees of interest, strangely going downhill in the prem but i am surprised just how much i am NOT missing the turf, just hoping the spark will return! Same ... 48 years ... in which time I have missed very few home games certainly since sligh...
by rdp2eps
Tue Oct 13, 2020 12:21 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Wigan Athletic U18s v Burnley U18s
Replies: 25
Views: 2809

Re: Wigan Athletic U18s v Burnley U18s

Game on ... team announced
by rdp2eps
Tue Oct 13, 2020 8:10 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Bradford City v Harrogate Town
Replies: 23
Views: 2826

Re: Bradford City v Harrogate Town

It's amazing to remember that it was only just over 2 decades ago that Bradford were in the PL, ever since those halcyon days they've tumbled like a stone down the leagues, and there's no obvious sign that success is round the corner for them. Harrogate are going along nicely in their 1st campaign ...
by rdp2eps
Mon Oct 12, 2020 7:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Can you name the 69 official cities of the UK?
Replies: 51
Views: 3350

Re: Can you name the 69 official cities of the UK?

58 ! and I forgot London :lol:
by rdp2eps
Mon Oct 12, 2020 5:08 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Three Tier Lockdown
Replies: 661
Views: 46733

Re: Three Tier Lockdown

Yes fair point , when the Northumbria story first broke @11% of positives had symptoms