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by edlass
Wed Aug 23, 2017 11:52 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Every game counts and this one is definitely serious
Replies: 16
Views: 2955

Re: ARTICLE: Every game counts and this one is definitely serious

I wonder if that has been Dyche's plan for each of these matches. To try and take the rivalry part away from the players before hand so it really is just like another match to them. I know some managers like to push the rivalry angle to get their players fired up. Either way, whatever he does has be...
by edlass
Wed Aug 23, 2017 11:41 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Ashley barnes
Replies: 96
Views: 14624

Re: Ashley barnes

I see Barnes like I saw Rory Delap for Stoke. Like a necessary evil to help us get a foot hold in the premier league. It wasn't pretty but they did what they had to do (even when we moved some advertising boards) but then they moved on. Then as we move on (I hope) we wish Barnes well. I thought it m...
by edlass
Mon Aug 14, 2017 4:27 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: A happier Defour
Replies: 29
Views: 4904

Re: A happier Defour

Yesterday the sun suggested we were lining up Charlie Adam to replace him if he went to China.

So hopefully that was rubbish and he really is happy here now.
by edlass
Fri Aug 11, 2017 4:45 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sky Sports on NowTV
Replies: 2
Views: 933

Re: Sky Sports on NowTV

I think its just live, i get the games with a pass, so when you activate it you get to watch for exactly 24 hours from that moment, but no indication that you can pick a past time.
by edlass
Thu Aug 03, 2017 9:53 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Play Off final coming up on TV
Replies: 12
Views: 2176

Re: Play Off final coming up on TV

I'd forgotten jrod was on the bench. Watch out for the Kalvenes tackle second half. Still think Mike Dean's gonna point to the spot. We did actually play some great stuff that day, spraying passes all over. I had my head in my hands after that tackle, it wasn't until the people around me were cheer...
by edlass
Thu Aug 03, 2017 9:49 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Play Off final coming up on TV
Replies: 12
Views: 2176

Re: Play Off final coming up on TV

I used to have it recorded, I remember at about 21 mins when the commentators were silent after we had scored and you could just hear us singing no nay never perfectly. Beautiful!
by edlass
Wed Jul 12, 2017 4:41 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Britt Assombalonga
Replies: 913
Views: 151280

Re: Assombalonga - Watford Interested

jlup1980 wrote:£12m plus Darikwa would be enough. I wouldn't be against throwing Chris Long in as part of the package as well. He's unlikely to trouble our first team now.
Throw him in? Now that would be a Long shot.
by edlass
Wed Jun 28, 2017 11:44 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Happy Birthday Sean Dyche
Replies: 30
Views: 3421

Re: Happy Birthday Sean Dyche

What do you buy the man who already has the most expensive watch of any manager in the premier league.
by edlass
Sun Jun 11, 2017 8:40 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Your personal favourite headed Burnley goal
Replies: 109
Views: 9709

Re: Your personal favourite headed Burnley goal

jedi_master wrote:Andy Gray scored a cracking header away at Norwich when we smashed them 4-1, think Worthington got sacked after the match.
This one popped in to my head first too. It was on telly and on the slow mo it showed he practically curled it in somehow?
by edlass
Thu May 25, 2017 11:51 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Your memories of this day eight years ago at Wembley
Replies: 107
Views: 9754

Re: Your memories of this day eight years ago at Wembley

What a great day. I floated around at work the next day even though I only got a few hours sleep after getting home. Its starting to blur slightly but I remember a few things Burnley fans setting off air horns in chorlton street bus station in Manchester at 6am and being proud instead of annoyed. So...
by edlass
Fri May 12, 2017 11:58 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Championship play-offs are a reminder of this day
Replies: 33
Views: 3417

Re: Championship play-offs are a reminder of this day

I remember thinking, what's pato doing shooting from there? It going well wi...... Oh, it's gone in!!!!yeeeeeeeessssss :D Great stuff. That's what I always remember! I actually shouted don't shoot from there! Also I cant believe we went through that playoffs without conceding a goal. Considering Co...
by edlass
Tue May 09, 2017 3:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: The Orient Game – the day we must never forget
Replies: 60
Views: 5734

Re: ARTICLE: The Orient Game – the day we must never forget

Born in 1988 I missed the orient game but I can safely say that because of it that I am now a fan of Burnley, and have been since my first game which if my research is correct was only the 2nd home game since the longside was demolished (at home to Wycombe in 1995 and I still haven't forgiven my Dad...
by edlass
Fri May 05, 2017 9:36 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Two steps​ forward, one step back
Replies: 19
Views: 2726

Re: Two steps​ forward, one step back

the waddle season was one of my earliest so I didn't pay as much attention to anything other than the actual team sheet and matches (I wish I could still do the same). But I remembered him having a decent second half to the season. I was only a kid but am I right about that? I remember beating champ...
by edlass
Mon May 01, 2017 8:57 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Darlington FC
Replies: 44
Views: 5621

Re: Darlington FC

I was at the Salford - darlington match at the weekend. at 1-1 they were chanting. "you're staying down with the darlo". unfortunately for them they got hammered 5-1 in the end and Salford made the playoffs.

great away turn out for a team knowing they had nothing to play for.
by edlass
Fri Apr 28, 2017 11:34 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 25 years ago - We went to York in our thousands
Replies: 64
Views: 6273

Re: 25 years ago - We went to York in our thousands

Sounds like a Brilliant match and season to be a part of. My first season was Jimmy Mullen after the relegation back to Division two and the worry was that we were going back there again, especially when we played Plymouth in the Chris Waddle season. Luckily we didn't and that season 25 years ago is...
by edlass
Thu Apr 27, 2017 7:17 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: George Best....How Many Times Did He Play At The Turf?
Replies: 43
Views: 3888

Re: George Best....How Many Times Did He Play At The Turf?

wow. I noticed on the Fulham programmes that our team sheet only changed by one player in the next season

I feel like I am programmed to be upset if there aren't at least 6 new names every summer. but I was brought up during modern football I suppose.
by edlass
Fri Mar 31, 2017 12:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Great article on Sir Stanley Matthews
Replies: 7
Views: 1245

Re: Great article on Sir Stanley Matthews

Impressive. I cant imagine everyone singing happy birthday to any player now!

I wondered why he could play at the top level until so late and current players aren't able to but I guess its because all of the other players are equally as fit.
by edlass
Thu Mar 30, 2017 2:45 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Gardening thread...
Replies: 28
Views: 2380

Re: The Gardening thread...

I'm just growing the herbs this year. The chives that I planted about 8 years ago are as usual sprouting a treat. Why doesn't my mint spread like wild fire, like it's meant to? I put a supermarket mint plant in a pot about three years ago and it comes back strong each year! Its in a very shady corn...
by edlass
Thu Mar 30, 2017 11:04 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Gardening thread...
Replies: 28
Views: 2380

Re: The Gardening thread...

Just wondering how many people love gardening (after football of course). The older I become, the more I love my garden. Worked hard on it all through the winter and I'm now looking forward to sitting in my deckchair with butterflies, dragonflies and bees buzzing around my pint glass. Is everything...
by edlass
Wed Mar 29, 2017 8:05 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Technology has finally arrived
Replies: 19
Views: 2218

Re: Technology has finally arrived

Is it just for Goals being allowed or disallowed? I was wondering what would happen if the attacker didn't get chance to score before the linesman had made the wrong decision. So if the attacker was put through one on one with the keeper and then the ref noticed the linesman's flag and blew up incor...
by edlass
Tue Mar 28, 2017 8:37 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Pitch
Replies: 12
Views: 3493

Re: The Pitch

I went to the mothers day meal on Sunday and from the suites in the longside I thought it looked good. But I was talking to one of the staff who was saying it was struggling and close up it didn't look as good. I think he used Mourinho as an example, saying if he was coming next weekend then he woul...
by edlass
Thu Mar 23, 2017 2:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Jokes- lighten my day please
Replies: 46
Views: 4883

Re: Jokes- lighten my day please

I just made one up.

What do you call a Children's Doctor that likes to read encyclopedias?

Wikipediatrician!
by edlass
Thu Mar 23, 2017 8:17 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: No Burnley players at 66 World Cup
Replies: 8
Views: 1788

No Burnley players at 66 World Cup

I started supporting Burnley in the mid 90's so I don't have a lot of knowledge about our team back then but it seems that England won the world cup during our own "golden era" and yet no Burnley players featured. I had a quick look, all on Wikipedia and we finished 3rd that season 65/66. When I che...
by edlass
Tue Mar 21, 2017 2:45 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The old Saturday Sports Pink
Replies: 54
Views: 6164

Re: The old Saturday Sports Pink

I remember going with my dad to get the pink in the evening after matches and that was in the mid 90's.

That was in Manchester though, not sure if it differed from Burnley.
by edlass
Tue Mar 21, 2017 8:17 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Most gripping sporting event
Replies: 41
Views: 3927

Re: Most gripping sporting event

Last summer the women's hockey final in Rio that went to penalties was edge of the seat stuff. Also, Andy Murray's first Wimbledon victory was a great tennis match to watch. Amazingly the hockey final was the first thing that came to my mind too. When the Netherlands Girl rounded the keeper and hit...
by edlass
Sat Mar 18, 2017 2:18 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mobro
Replies: 11
Views: 3020

Re: Mobro

anyone have an issue with casting from a mobile to the TV? The picture is in normal time but the sound is in super deep slow mo?
by edlass
Sat Mar 18, 2017 8:48 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Fruit machines
Replies: 62
Views: 5936

Re: Fruit machines

My story is quite recent and not that extreme, but still had me feeling gutted. In June last year i went to the casino in Manchester for the first time ever. I turned £10 to £110 (small time i know but its big for me). I called home and said i was done, i left early and went home with the buzz and t...
by edlass
Fri Mar 17, 2017 11:57 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Just give 3pts to Boro
Replies: 7
Views: 2621

Re: Just give 3pts to Boro

Best chant from Burnley fans at Old Trafford just after he skied it.

S*** Dean Marney. You're just a s*** Dean Marney.
by edlass
Tue Mar 14, 2017 4:14 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: FA Cup lost its magic
Replies: 32
Views: 3082

Re: FA Cup lost its magic

Its magical to those teams who get through to the third round who wouldn't normally. I love the early rounds on the BBC at the small grounds. Salford v Notts county was a good one. I like hearing about the builder scoring at the kop end or seeing Arsene Wenger being interviewed in the caretaker room...
by edlass
Thu Mar 09, 2017 4:40 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Random Burnley stuff on ebay
Replies: 4
Views: 1752

Re: Random Burnley stuff on ebay

Cheltenham *Shudder*

I must admit, that's pretty random!
by edlass
Thu Mar 09, 2017 7:24 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: TV shows you inexplicably watch?
Replies: 78
Views: 8227

Re: TV shows you inexplicably watch?

When I was a kid, so 20 years ago, My elders used to joke that one day we would end up watching people watching telly. Gogglebox...Why I still put myself through it even though they are exaggerating their feelings and shouting at the TV because there's a camera on them, I don't know. it's inexplicab...
by edlass
Thu Mar 09, 2017 7:19 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Bradley Wiggins
Replies: 33
Views: 5721

Re: Bradley Wiggins

Armstrong made me suspicious of everyone when he basically said you had to cheat just to be even.

Even if he said that just to make himself look better it still makes that small bit of doubt creep into my mind when the UK win almost every cycling medal at the Olympics. Hope they were all clean.
by edlass
Thu Mar 09, 2017 7:12 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Your childhood favourite footballer
Replies: 115
Views: 10659

Re: Your childhood favourite footballer

Zola I remember one day (someone might even remember the time and date) I was at my grandads house as a young kid telling him how much I liked Zola. later that day he checked the teletext to find England 0-1 Italy, Zola! That's probably the first of many times I have influenced a football match with...
by edlass
Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:14 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Barnes, most wasteful?
Replies: 74
Views: 10258

Re: Barnes, most wasteful?

Me and my Dad joke that if the ball is in the air and Barnes is under it then it will end in a free kick to them or us.

I have an annoying habit of wanting Barnes to be on if Vokes is, and wanting Vokes to be on if Barnes is.
by edlass
Mon Feb 20, 2017 10:32 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: REPORT: History making Clarets but for all the wrong reasons
Replies: 15
Views: 3152

Re: REPORT: History making Clarets but for all the wrong reasons

I really wanted it too.

This one has hit me harder than any other match in recent times. Even the Arsenals this season. I'm not even sure why either.

I cheered when we drew Lincoln in the cup, it was exactly what I wanted.....
by edlass
Wed Feb 15, 2017 7:37 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Zola
Replies: 9
Views: 2006

Re: Zola

It was Zola Watford preferred to Dyche wasn't it?
by edlass
Wed Feb 01, 2017 8:17 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Lee Westwood
Replies: 16
Views: 2839

Re: Lee Westwood

Its a shame Rob Green doesn't still play in the prem. Westwood would be all over that.
by edlass
Tue Jan 31, 2017 4:50 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Ashley Westwood £5m bid accepted
Replies: 288
Views: 39477

Re: Ashley Westwood £5m bid accepted

he looks happy!
by edlass
Fri Jan 27, 2017 8:10 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Do Burnley have the fastest singers in the league?
Replies: 21
Views: 3419

Re: Do Burnley have the fastest singers in the league?

Leicester currently giving us a run for our speed chant money!
by edlass
Fri Jan 27, 2017 3:20 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Do Burnley have the fastest singers in the league?
Replies: 21
Views: 3419

Re: Do Burnley have the fastest singers in the league?

Just go at your own pace. If you finish after everyone else then so be it!

I've always wondered how many claps to do after the first no, nay, never, is it 18 or 19 before the next no, nay, never?
by edlass
Wed Jan 25, 2017 4:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Your first Clarets away game.
Replies: 74
Views: 6654

Re: Your first Clarets away game.

I had to go back and check the fixtures. Turns out my first away game was preston 2-3 Burnley vs my former favourite player Kurt Nogan (1997? I forgot to check) I remember it not for being my first away match but for seeing us score in injury time and going crazy. I was young and asked my dad a few ...
by edlass
Fri Jan 20, 2017 7:51 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley v Blackburn at Wembley
Replies: 38
Views: 5656

Re: Burnley v Blackburn at Wembley

I know you jest. However not sure anyone else remembers the old Cardiff ground where they decided to pull a screen down between the two sets of fans, in doing so cutting off a decent section of the pitch from anyone stood at the back! Did result in a slightly amusing chant of ' we can't see you sha...
by edlass
Fri Jan 20, 2017 7:42 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley v Blackburn at Wembley
Replies: 38
Views: 5656

Re: Burnley v Blackburn at Wembley

All the Burnley fans to turf moor, packed up, sent to Wembley, wait in their seats for 24 hours and then let the Blackburn fans in. A partition will be slid into the top of Wembley like a magician cutting his assistant, we wont even see each other. Not sure how the match would play out.... It's a ga...
by edlass
Wed Jan 18, 2017 4:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: We all remember the amazing goals....
Replies: 76
Views: 8453

Re: We all remember the amazing goals....

Ian Moore in "The Gnohere match" at deepdale.

Ball comes off the bar from a distance shot, the keeper is on the floor! Ian Moore just has to nod it....... right at the keeper.

We all know how it ended though.