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bfc8 wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 03, 2024 11:18 am
3/2/1962, Burnley 7 Birmingham 1.

And a rare goal from captain Jimmy Adamson.......six different scorers, how often has that happened in our history?

What a team that was, literally at it's very peak.

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Sums what up? Were you expecting a win against the best team in club football? Are you expecting Turf Moor to be on a par with the Etihad? CT - I have to say the every opportunity for a dig approach directed at the club is a little tiring. We are all disappointed with how this season has gone, but ...

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A true Padihamer, for sure.....Very few people in the area didn't know Satch.

RIP John.

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Fair play, each to their own.

We're 0-2 down at half-time on a typical Lancashire night, by the way.....Million miles from Florida.

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FCBurnley wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 31, 2024 6:29 pm
UK emigration figures for Y/E June 2023 are in excess of half a million !! Enough said UTC

But how many of those were serious Burnley fans ?......Come on FCBurnley, tell us how difficult it was to decide never to visit the Turf again ?......Again no disrespect.

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Sorry FCBurnley, and with the greatest of respect, leaving our football club seaped in such history, is one that few of us would even contemplate.......especially for America.

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FCBurnley wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 31, 2024 5:10 pm
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Is it really that questionabble?......Leaving our football club for the wonderful bright lights of USA.

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I would not trade all the defeats for our wins in 59/0 and 1973 Charity Shield. Obviously the 59/60 win was massive and the 73 win was pretty special. Also the 5-2 win in City’s relegation season was most enjoyable. I was at all 3 of those games and no Defeat however large can take them away. But n...

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"Thrashed them" is the perfect description........6-0 would have been more than realistic.

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Not sure what time (or day?) the horses left Central Motors at Whitegate......sjb will need to confirm.

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bfc8 wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 31, 2024 11:00 am
31/1/1903, Manchester City 6 Burnley 0.
A few thumpings over the years, let's hope for better tonight...

Not an excuse, but.....We had to play this game without our top scorer that season, the famous Cornelious Hogan.

He came back the following week for the away game at Blackpool.

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sjb wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 30, 2024 8:56 am
I think we are playing Chelsea in that clip, not Villa.

Is it Chelsea?.......Or Sheff Wed the following month.

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Quickenthetempo wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 29, 2024 10:05 am
https://twitter.com/MemorabiliaMal/stat ... qnQjg&s=19

Superb action shot of Andy Lochhead, with the Longside in the background.

Nobody messed with Andy!.......plenty of opposition players tried, but they all came second.

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Dobbo Kindon Trevor Steven Steve Davis Glen Little Robbie Blake Defour Ian Wright Andy Cole Loads of others Some very special names there......Not so much class, but in terms of pure, raw excitement Steve Kindon would be high on any list. Midfield players Dobson, Steven, Blake and Defour were excep...

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Lost appetite.

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Dad often talked about this game.......mainly for two reasons, one he was part of this massive crowd, crushed on the Bee Hole End and two the emergence of one of his favourite ever Burnley players, Les Shannon. He went to Ewood Park a couple of weeks later for the 6th Round and another 53,000 crowd....

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As photo's go that one really is a classic.......Is there anything at all "right" about it ?

Even the green roof of the stand behind looks more than suspect.

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sjb wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 24, 2024 3:50 pm
I'm pretty sure they should be sky blue.

And I'm pretty sure you're right.

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Spot on. Definitely Anfield & definitely Strong, Hughes & Thomas. Why on earth Blant & the Liverpool players have had their shirts 'painted' is anybody's guess! Even Dave Thomas's shorts look like they have been "doctored"..........I'm sure sjb will confirm, or otherwise, if we have ever played in ...

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Was that the 2-0 game where Ralph Coats scored that cracking goal after picking the ball up in his own half and then running right through with Ron Yates and Tommy Smith bearing down on him. He got to the corner of the penalty then chipped a magnificent ball over Tommy Lawrence's head into the corn...

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Thanks for the link I enjoy some of these old games from years gone by. Agree 100%..........Some great reminders recently of the top-class players to represent our Club down the years. One game I'd specially like to see again is the Burnley v Liverpool home win from April 1966.......Don't know if y...

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An interesting little thread with a link featuring some terrific Burnley players from a few decades ago and a memorable league game against Arsenal. But, for balance, it would be inappropriate not to say a few words about the Arsenal 'keeper that day.........a certain Jim Furnell........JIm is a loc...

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That's just a bit special, RammyClaret61.

And for good measure we won 2-1, McFarlane and Murphy the scorers.

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A very rare headed goal from Gordon Harris......then it all kicks off !!

Remarkably we played Arsenal three times within a week, the league game at the link was on a Saturday sandwiched between a league cup game the previous midweek and the replay at Arsenal the following Tuesday.

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The Daily Telegraph use an awful lot of words and try to create drama in telling us that they believe clubs will find out next Monday if they are to be charged under PSR for last season's accounts Nottingham Forest and Everton facing anxious wait over potential financial breaches Premier League clu...

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Totally out of proprotion.......this is football, get all over it.

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The name of the game is a different experience.

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Royboyclaret wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 09, 2024 9:59 pm
Thanks's for incidents game, that's the name of the game.

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Funkydrummer wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 09, 2024 9:50 pm
Tell that to the poor lady (who I know well), who suffered a not inconsiderable injury.

Think before you post such comments please.

Thanks's for incidents game, that's the game of the game.

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Much ado about nothing.

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A very sad day for football.

One of the very best.....RIP.

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"Without registering a single shot on target"

Difficult to comprehend.

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Oh yes one of the best goals I have ever seen, with Tommy Smith on one side of him and big Ron Yeats on the other. He some how managed to keep ploughing his way into one corner of the penalty area before beating Lawrence in the Liverpool goal. Brilliant absolutely brilliant! Tommy Lawrence was left...

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Royboyclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Dec 17, 2023 7:26 pm
Now I'm thinking the game might have earlier in 1970.

Perhaps the home game against Stoke City in Mar.'70 ?

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Now I'm thinking the game might have earlier in 1970.

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I remember that guard of honour. If you look at the smiles on the player's (and everyone's actually) faces it shows how we all felt about his England call up at the time. Perhaps we should be trying to put some names to those faces. I'm thinking it must be the home game against West Brom in Dec.'70...

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One of our very, very best was Ralphy.

So many memories, but when he sprinted half the length of the pitch to score against Liverpool in '66 is forever etched in the memory.

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Royboy... its when you are getting near the end of the perch and there is no-one to give it all to... decision time No-one to give my stuff to... the thought of some stranger hurling it into a skip... gave me the shivers. Or suddenly having to downsize... and nowhere to put it all... Had another bo...

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Our last league win at Grimsby was in November 1947 when we won 2-1 (and before any clever arse suggests it, no I wasn't there :D :D). I have seen us win there twice though, once in the FA Cup (1973/74) and in a penalty shoot-out in the League Cup (2007/08). Dad loved nothing better than to refer b...

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Call in downstairs at the library before the game and have a browse through the collection of Burnley memorabilia. Collections still being accepted if unwanted. But not programmes. Don't let your collection end up in a skip. Brilliant, Dave.....So reluctant to give up my collections over zillions o...

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ClaretLoup wrote: ↑
Thu Dec 07, 2023 1:30 pm
Cheers Claret, in which case the rays will be literal rather than metaphorical

Can't help but think, Loup, Ray Pointer would have a massive outcome on this fixture. Ray was so special.

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Thought provoking post, Loup.

If only Pointer was available for selection.

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Darnhill Claret wrote: ↑
Tue Dec 05, 2023 10:14 pm
Any substitution after that had to balance weakening the team whilst trying to get a stronger foothold in the game to try and score an equaliser.

This balance is something Kompany has to learn......but is not learning quickly enough.....at our expense.

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Rileybobs wrote: ↑
Tue Dec 05, 2023 10:05 pm
We seem to go to pot whenever we concede a goal. No idea whether it’s a lack of confidence, belief, experience etc. Either way it’s a massive issue. Tonight was very much a Jekyll and Hyde performance - we barely put a decent move together after going behind.

Nailed it.

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Will their keeper even need a shower ?

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Smashing bloke JBG, but no longer offers anything on the pitch.

Why can Kompany not see that ?

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A nothing performance......So, so disappointing after Saturday.

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The secret of any succesful team or line-up, no matter what the era, is balance. Whether that's '08/'09, '72/'73 or back to the 1960's, the same principle applies. When we were Champions in 1960 the balance of the side was simply perfect......Angus and Adamson offered finesse and culture on the righ...

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So John scored on the Turf.......even if it was a scuffed affair, do you recall the goal CT ?

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Mon Dec 04, 2023 10:19 pm
That info is on this website and the link has been posted on the appropriate thread

So, John did score on the Turf against Fulham.

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