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by Silkyskills1
Wed Feb 27, 2019 3:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Please wait until the morning
Replies: 44
Views: 4463

Re: Please wait until the morning

'Teams who go 8 unbeaten, and playing like we have simply don't go down.' I can't say I have any available evidence to prove or disprove that so I'll just take your word for it. My point is still, though,that we are not in any way,shape or form safe from relegation, 8 games unbeaten or not. Saturday...
by Silkyskills1
Wed Feb 27, 2019 1:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Please wait until the morning
Replies: 44
Views: 4463

Re: Please wait until the morning

It's past the yard arm now so safe to post. Herts Clarets has 'stolen my thunder' somewhat so I'll just add that Saturday's performance looked like a team that should survive in this league. Last night's performance looked like a team that shouldn't. All the old frailties were there in abundance, no...
by Silkyskills1
Wed Feb 27, 2019 9:42 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Newcastle v Burnley - Player Ratings
Replies: 56
Views: 15039

Re: Newcastle v Burnley - Player Ratings

From TV Heaton 6 Bardsley 4 Tarkowski 5 Mee 7 Taylor 8 Gudmundsson 4 Cork 4 Hendrick 4 McNeil 4 Wood 4 Barnes 4 Brady 4 Crouch 4 Just a dire performance. Last time we played them Benitez 'did for us' tactically. Three months later he 'did for us' again as we decided to repeat the same mistakes. I al...
by Silkyskills1
Mon Feb 25, 2019 11:12 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Which teams has Sean Dyche not beaten?
Replies: 57
Views: 6320

Re: Which teams has Sean Dyche not beaten?

Last guess for me. Hull City?
by Silkyskills1
Mon Feb 25, 2019 11:02 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Which teams has Sean Dyche not beaten?
Replies: 57
Views: 6320

Re: Which teams has Sean Dyche not beaten?

Is it Sheff Wed.?
by Silkyskills1
Sun Feb 24, 2019 10:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Champions! Burnley Are Back video
Replies: 46
Views: 4566

Re: Champions! Burnley Are Back video

ClaretTony wrote:Neither did the players
Would that be generally,CT or certain individuals from different seasons? Always got the impression that there was a 'feel good factor' from the 4th div. winning season?
by Silkyskills1
Sun Feb 24, 2019 9:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Fine margins
Replies: 15
Views: 2237

Re: Fine margins

It certainly was a moment of the game where a number of possibilities could have occured but fortunately it didn't affect us.I think because it was right from kick-off is why I have referred to it.
by Silkyskills1
Sun Feb 24, 2019 9:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: What was the best non Burnley game you ever attended ?
Replies: 55
Views: 4930

Re: What was the best non Burnley game you ever attended ?

'eccentric nutcase called Jimmy Sirrell'

He certainly was. He came out with the classic quote to supporters who wanted entertainment something along the lines of 'well don't watch us then, you're better going to the circus'.
by Silkyskills1
Sun Feb 24, 2019 9:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Fine margins
Replies: 15
Views: 2237

Re: Fine margins

Just an observation,that's all. Didn't realise that posts had to be 'worthy' or subjected to Spanish.Inquisition examination.
by Silkyskills1
Sun Feb 24, 2019 9:04 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: What was the best non Burnley game you ever attended ?
Replies: 55
Views: 4930

Re: What was the best non Burnley game you ever attended ?

Di Stefano and Puskas for Real Madrid. Just can't recall the Eintracht scorer. I do remember they had a player called Stinka, which for an 8 yr old boy at the time, made me giggle. Eintracht had beaten Rangers 12-4 on aggregate in the semi final (6-1 and 6-3 in Glasgow). Over 130,000 at Hampden Park...
by Silkyskills1
Sun Feb 24, 2019 8:08 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: REPORT: Spurs Special at the Turf
Replies: 18
Views: 2489

Re: REPORT: Spurs Special at the Turf

Even so, we switched off and it has happened against City with the quick free kick. We do need to more aware at times of where the opposition players are. I think had the throw been taken from the correct place there is no way it would have reached Kane. But you are right, we were caught flat footed.
by Silkyskills1
Sun Feb 24, 2019 8:04 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: What was the best non Burnley game you ever attended ?
Replies: 55
Views: 4930

Re: What was the best non Burnley game you ever attended ?

Rick_Muller wrote:Swindon 4 Leicester 3 in the playoff final.
Remember watching that on TV. Swindon 3 up, Leicester pulled back level only for Swindon to grab the winner. Glen Hoddle,player manager for Swindon.Thompson scored one of Leicester's goals. Signed for us a few years later.
by Silkyskills1
Sun Feb 24, 2019 7:10 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: What was the best non Burnley game you ever attended ?
Replies: 55
Views: 4930

Re: What was the best non Burnley game you ever attended ?

I went to Maine Rd to watch non league Altrincham play Spurs in an FA cup replay back in the late 70's. Absolutely loads there and Alty did play well, but lost! I also once went to Ewood with a Rovers supporting mate in the mid 70's and saw a top of the table (Div 3!) clash against Plymouth. Plymou...
by Silkyskills1
Sun Feb 24, 2019 6:38 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: What was the best non Burnley game you ever attended ?
Replies: 55
Views: 4930

Re: What was the best non Burnley game you ever attended ?

Christmas Day 1965 at Bloomfield Rd. The last ever fixture played on this date in this country. Blackpool 4 v Blackburn 2. Attendance of around 20,000.
Also saw a great FA cup replay at Gigg Lane where Bury beat Rochdale 3-2 on a very wet night. They played us in the next round and knocked us out 1-0
by Silkyskills1
Sun Feb 24, 2019 12:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Fine margins
Replies: 15
Views: 2237

Re: Fine margins

Fair enough but it was a mistake after probably two seconds of the game that we got away with.
by Silkyskills1
Sun Feb 24, 2019 11:54 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Fine margins
Replies: 15
Views: 2237

Re: Fine margins

Well, his control was poor and Son was on it in a flash. Fortunately Tarks' got to the ball a fraction of a second before him. Had he not done then the outcome might have been very different.
by Silkyskills1
Sun Feb 24, 2019 11:39 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Fine margins
Replies: 15
Views: 2237

Re: Fine margins

I thought the message board had been too positive - thanks for bringing back a little bit of balance.. albeit I recall the hospital pass, I don't recall the incident being worthy of any of those things you mention. The only shouts for a red card were against spurs - Kane I think it was. I'm talking...
by Silkyskills1
Sun Feb 24, 2019 11:10 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Overheard ont' bus...
Replies: 30
Views: 5386

Re: Overheard ont' bus...

mdd2 wrote:Wasn't Hansbury nicknamed Teflon?
Thought that was Peter Mellor when he was at Fulham.
by Silkyskills1
Sun Feb 24, 2019 11:07 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Fine margins
Replies: 15
Views: 2237

Fine margins

So close to a calamitous start yesterday. Could have been a goal down in a matter of seconds; could have been a man down in a matter of seconds. A scary moment right at the beginning of the game.
by Silkyskills1
Sat Feb 23, 2019 6:41 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: TODAYS FITNESS
Replies: 8
Views: 1734

Re: TODAYS FITNESS

First thing we expect from a Dyche team is fitness and that was there in abundance today. A 'man of the match', for me, was so difficult to choose today because so much unseen running and covering was done by so many players.
by Silkyskills1
Fri Feb 22, 2019 2:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Daunting Task vs Spurs at home
Replies: 35
Views: 6249

Re: Daunting Task vs Spurs at home

]Don't you just love reading stuff like this before the game? :?:
by Silkyskills1
Fri Feb 22, 2019 2:14 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Lookalikes Footballers / Referees / Etc
Replies: 17
Views: 1166

Re: Lookalikes Footballers / Referees / Etc

You won't find Theresa May and Johnathon Woodgate in the same room.
by Silkyskills1
Thu Feb 21, 2019 6:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: RIP Peter Tork
Replies: 26
Views: 2891

Re: RIP Peter Tork

Getting home from the match just in time to see The Monkees on TV on a Saturday. As mentioned, they made some great tunes none better than Pleasant Valley Sunday, a little sideways swipe at middle America of the 60's.
by Silkyskills1
Wed Feb 20, 2019 10:23 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Out of the cup at Liverpool as Mac says farewell to Burnley
Replies: 12
Views: 1073

Re: ARTICLE: Out of the cup at Liverpool as Mac says farewell to Burnley

Whilst in no way supporting Bob Lord in selling Jimmy Mac he was 32yo. In an age where players didn't go much beyond that, he’d also had a succession of injuries. As it led to the Brian O’Neil/Bomber Harris midfield with hindsight it wasn’t that bad a decision. Tin hat on, shinpads in waiting for t...
by Silkyskills1
Tue Feb 19, 2019 7:08 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Harry Kane
Replies: 18
Views: 3014

Re: Harry Kane

Spijed wrote:It was 2-1 when we hit the crossbar, so yes, we could have got a draw had that gone in.
............... and they had not scored a third goal.
I see your point and definitely don't want to be argumentative but a draw required two things that did happen not to happen.
by Silkyskills1
Tue Feb 19, 2019 6:08 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Harry Kane
Replies: 18
Views: 3014

Re: Harry Kane

Spijed wrote:We could easily have snatched a draw against Liverpool when we hit the crossbar late on.
But the game ended 1-3 so hardly a result that was snatched away from us. Extremely tough game on Saturday insofar as their attacking threat is probably the most potent in the division after Man City.
by Silkyskills1
Tue Feb 19, 2019 5:08 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Big game for youths in search for a play-off place
Replies: 59
Views: 2380

Re: ARTICLE: Big game for youths in search for a play-off place

Wonderful word is rotund. I remember when local cricketer,Ian Austin, was making a name for himself with Lancashire commentators often chose 'rotund' to describe him.
by Silkyskills1
Mon Feb 18, 2019 7:13 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: McNeil - Future England Player?
Replies: 61
Views: 4181

Re: McNeil - Future England Player?

'So declining for 80% of his career is an incorrect description'

Not if,as you suggest, they both peaked inside the first 20% of their respective careers. They can't peak and then get better.
by Silkyskills1
Mon Feb 18, 2019 6:21 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: McNeil - Future England Player?
Replies: 61
Views: 4181

Re: McNeil - Future England Player?

So over 80% of their careers they were in decline.
by Silkyskills1
Mon Feb 18, 2019 6:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: McNeil - Future England Player?
Replies: 61
Views: 4181

Re: McNeil - Future England Player?

I don't know the exact details re: careers of Rooney and Owen but I'm sure that their respective 'peaks' weren't achieved at ages 16 and 18. We may remember certain goals from those eras but their careers were more expansive beyond that.
by Silkyskills1
Mon Feb 18, 2019 5:46 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: McNeil - Future England Player?
Replies: 61
Views: 4181

Re: McNeil - Future England Player?

He's done well for us so far. Just like to see that continue for a while ............ with us.
by Silkyskills1
Mon Feb 18, 2019 2:16 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Grimsby v Burnley3rd round of fa cup1974
Replies: 18
Views: 2723

Re: Grimsby v Burnley3rd round of fa cup1974

I think that win either saved Grimsby from relegation or at least gave them a chance to survive with just one game left.
by Silkyskills1
Sun Feb 17, 2019 7:01 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Blackburn v Burnley 1978 fighting on the fair ground fighting on the streets
Replies: 77
Views: 10748

Re: Blackburn v Burnley 1978 fighting on the fair ground fighting on the streets

In the 2-3 defeat in 1977 they missed a penalty just after half -time that would have made it 4-0 to them. The fight back led by Peter Noble just wasn't enough.
by Silkyskills1
Sun Feb 17, 2019 12:41 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Blackburn v Burnley 1978 fighting on the fair ground fighting on the streets
Replies: 77
Views: 10748

Re: Blackburn v Burnley 1978 fighting on the fair ground fighting on the streets

I need to check fixture list to aid my memory. I know I got the Austin 1100 some time after "the summer of 76" - because I had another, very unreliable car that summer. It may have been boxing day, but I don't remember it being particularly cold that day. I'd got rid of the Austin October 1977, so ...
by Silkyskills1
Sat Feb 16, 2019 11:38 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Haydock races
Replies: 35
Views: 3845

Re: Haydock races

Here is a quiz for horse racing lovers.... Name 6 racecourses that include the the letters r a c e in its name and the 4 racecourses that do not have r a c e in their name ..... http://www.greatbritishracing.com/latest/quiz-name-6-racecourses-with-all-the-letters-race-and-4-racecourses-without-any-...
by Silkyskills1
Sat Feb 16, 2019 1:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sunderland v Accy
Replies: 47
Views: 4715

Re: Sunderland v Accy

Accrington were the better team for most of the match. Just didn't hold the two goal lead long enough which enabled Sunderland to rally and get back level. A good game to watch, though and Stanley played some very neat,impressive first touch football at times.
by Silkyskills1
Thu Feb 14, 2019 11:26 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Names In The Game That Were In It For Their Own Gain
Replies: 32
Views: 2539

Re: Names In The Game That Were In It For Their Own Gain

Michael Knighton.at Man Utd.
by Silkyskills1
Tue Feb 12, 2019 8:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Do we still attribute ‘Europe’ to our poor start to the season?
Replies: 86
Views: 5544

Re: Do we still attribute ‘Europe’ to our poor start to the season?

I suppose it depends on how far into the season our 'poor start' extends. I always consider when the clocks go back as being the end of early season and we were definitely struggling then but that trend continued right up to and including Boxing Day. Some indifferent performances and some calamitous...
by Silkyskills1
Tue Feb 12, 2019 5:50 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Gordon Banks was a part of my youth
Replies: 4
Views: 1051

Re: ARTICLE: Gordon Banks was a part of my youth

A great goalkeeper. He set very high standards in that position for those challenging him during his prime and also for the excellent goalkeepers England was fortunate enough to have in the years after him. Always seemed a very humble,likeable fellow. RIP Gordon Banks.
by Silkyskills1
Mon Feb 11, 2019 4:27 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Claret Blues Burnley The Movie (1989)
Replies: 9
Views: 2215

Re: Claret Blues Burnley The Movie (1989)

Don't know who made it but it aired on Channel 4. They contacted the supporters club at the time and said they were doing a documentary and wanted some fans to turn up on a Saturday morning to do some filming. Then they gave us inflatables and made us look pretty damn stupid to be honest while the ...
by Silkyskills1
Mon Feb 11, 2019 11:59 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Hannover 96 .... update
Replies: 14
Views: 3752

Re: Hannover 96 .... update

They won this weekend v the other bottom 2 club Nuremberg - so some hope for them as they are only 1 point behind third bottom team (4 behind 4th bottom) and only 2 go down. Hope they go down, though, it's difficult to find anything to like about them after their "friendly" visit to TM. A Nuremberg...
by Silkyskills1
Sun Feb 10, 2019 6:27 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Chris McCann given free transfer.
Replies: 35
Views: 5557

Re: Chris McCann given free transfer.

McCann was never up to much to be fair. He lacked heart and passion, and was a bang average championship footballer. I remember the day he signed for Wigan he was celebrating with his bird at Costa coffee in Haslingden, I thought myself good riddance. He really was a nothing player who promised lot...
by Silkyskills1
Sat Feb 09, 2019 8:49 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: McNeil (leading up to 2-0) ...
Replies: 19
Views: 3296

Re: McNeil (leading up to 2-0) ...

I just wish he was left alone and develop for us. I've seen too many promising players in their teens who are measured by what they might be worth in years to come only to become a 'whatever happened to' statistic.
by Silkyskills1
Thu Feb 07, 2019 10:55 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 6th February 1958
Replies: 30
Views: 2863

Re: 6th February 1958

I, too, have read the Martin Fletcher book about the Bradford Fire and it is incredibly moving. So much so that there were times I was in tears thinking about how this might have touched the lives of Burnley fans if the fire had occurred just 22 days earlier when we played at Valley Parade. The inc...
by Silkyskills1
Wed Feb 06, 2019 7:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 6th February 1958
Replies: 30
Views: 2863

Re: 6th February 1958

which book was that Silky? 56 The Story of the Bradford Fire by Martin Fletcher. He was just 12 or so when it happened but through sheer good luck( I can't think of any other way to describe it) he escaped and survived. His four relatives with him that day didn't. Gabby Logan, whose dad was manager...
by Silkyskills1
Wed Feb 06, 2019 5:55 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 6th February 1958
Replies: 30
Views: 2863

Re: 6th February 1958

I think in a rounabout way you have proved my point (without meaning to belittle what you say). When the anniversary comes around you reflect a little and remember and that is fine, but do you do the same for the Bradford anniversary, or Ibrox, or Burnden Park or any number of tragedies like Locker...
by Silkyskills1
Wed Feb 06, 2019 4:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 6th February 1958
Replies: 30
Views: 2863

Re: 6th February 1958

It's a significant date in the history of an English football club. I was 6 years old two months later so don't recall the tragedy happening. And it most definitely was a tragedy. My brother went to the next game Manchester United played at Old Trafford with my auntie(less than three weeks after the...
by Silkyskills1
Wed Feb 06, 2019 11:54 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Andy Gray on Taylor
Replies: 20
Views: 5797

Re: Andy Gray on Taylor

Whiffa. That pundit who said 'Not a penalty for me' sounded remarkably like Kevin Gallagher. Maybe he likes to give the same unbiased opinions as that other no mark, Chris Sutton. David Provan wasn't it? Must have seen plenty of those in his playing days with Celtic and I bet he claimed for a penal...
by Silkyskills1
Tue Feb 05, 2019 8:19 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Newport v Boro
Replies: 32
Views: 3586

Re: Newport v Boro

Clear handball. Frustrating for the Newport team who are well on top.
by Silkyskills1
Tue Feb 05, 2019 5:39 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Had Barnes been sent off.....
Replies: 57
Views: 5037

Re: Had Barnes been sent off.....

I'll be honest, I'm pretty sure McEnroe never got himself quite so close to an official with his eyes bulging like Barnes' were, but if you can find the footage I'll be happy to be proved wrong. I'm not that concerned about the swearing per se, it's the overall reaction and the sheer level of aggre...