Your lowest point as a Burnley fan

Cabbage · Post by **Cabbage** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 10:21 pm

The Chris Waddle season.

Spent most second halves drinking under the stand as I couldn’t face the dross that was being served up. Only reason I renewed my season ticket was because my pal said what else would we do on Saturdays.

Then Stan came and the rest, as they say, is history.

SalisburyClaret · Post by **SalisburyClaret** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 10:31 pm

Away at Walsall watching Midlands police directing football violence by forcing spectators into specific areas for confrontation- before setting out to make arrests

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 10:45 pm

Dark Cloud wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 27, 2023 9:29 pm
Hillsborough FA cup semi final 1974. Only 16 years old then and now 65, but I can honestly say, despite some shitty times in between, I've never felt worse watching the Clarets.

Had only just got over the Semi when Wimbledon rocked up
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Fretters · Post by **Fretters** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 10:45 pm

Darlington in the FA Cup at the Riverside. Horrible.

RammyClaret61 · Post by **RammyClaret61** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 10:51 pm

It’s a strange one really. I started watching Burnley with 3 defeats in a row, 1970-71, a season that ended in relegation. But of course promotion wipes out the disappointment. The 3rd and 4th division days football wise were extremely low. But we always made a day of the away trips. It was the home games that hit you. Turf Moor with with a scattering of a 1,500 and not many more, so sad to see. Yes the football was low, losing to the likes of Rochdale, Hereford… et al!
But certainly the Bond, Benson, Buchan & Cavanagh were the lowest. For Brian Laws, I thought he was on a hiding to nothing, the treatment he, a fantastic Clarets player, received from our fans was a disgrace.
Following Burnley as been a rollercoaster of a ride, massive highs, even bigger lows.

dsr · Post by **dsr** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 11:27 pm

rincon wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 27, 2023 7:32 pm
can't remember the year, but we got stuffed 3 nil at home by Rochdale one boxing day I think.

New Year's Day 1987, the Orient season. Rochdale hadn't won an away game in the whole of 1986. Their third goal was such a disastrous piece of defending (Joe Neenan particularly culpable) that Burnley fans in the Longside laughed at it.

The next two home games were 0-6 Hereford and 2-5 Wolves, where we conceded 4 times in 5 minutes after half time (though two were disallowed).

CoolClaret · Post by **CoolClaret** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 11:28 pm

I’ll echo after Stan leaving;

Started watching the Clarets in the mid 90s, thought we had missed our chance to go up in the Premier League - that it would never be done and that we were again going to be struggling to stay up in the Champ… the dream was over.

Also after the Newcastle game yeah when we were relegated in 21-22, purely for financial reasons.

Thought we had a chance that we’d be finished for a while.

Wile E Coyote · Post by **Wile E Coyote** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 11:30 pm

Might be wrong with this one, but I think we played colchester on a tuesday night , mid to late 80's.
seem to recall a delayed kick off, or problems getting into the ground. it was pouring down , and we were eventually allowed in soaked and freezing. very tough 90 minutes indeed.

Carwin261 · Post by **Carwin261** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 11:34 pm

Coming home from the semi final at Hillsboro,one of my mates in the car was a Newcastle supporting Geordie ,and all the way back he kemp singing ‘Remember your a Geordie ‘ to the Wombles song .

mybloodisclaret · Post by **mybloodisclaret** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 1:19 am

My father in law who is one of my best mates talks about the bad and good times between 80s and 90s, he went everywhere like hundreds if not thousands of others. Barnet away is one of his favourite chats.
Always be a Claret Big Dave.

My worst time was easy, I was at a devout rovers supporting school in 1995 when they won the league and we were relegated. Horrible times. I was heavily bullied but never did I not stand my ground as a Claret.

dsr · Post by **dsr** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 1:42 am

Carwin261 wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 27, 2023 11:34 pm
Coming home from the semi final at Hillsboro,one of my mates in the car was a Newcastle supporting Geordie ,and all the way back he kemp singing ‘Remember your a Geordie ‘ to the Wombles song .

And who did we lose to in our next FA Cup tie?

TsarBomba · Post by **TsarBomba** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 2:07 am

Oldham 3-3 Burnley, having been 1-3 up.

Could hear a pin drop on the way home.

hoskinsgoalatswansea · Post by **hoskinsgoalatswansea** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 2:18 am

Telford away

NottsClaret · Post by **NottsClaret** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 6:47 am

George Oghani’s goal being disallowed v Luton in the League Cup.

hoskinsgoalatswansea · Post by **hoskinsgoalatswansea** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 7:07 am

NottsClaret wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 28, 2023 6:47 am
George Oghani’s goal being disallowed v Luton in the League Cup.

A damn good goal too, if I remember correctly.

hoskinsgoalatswansea · Post by **hoskinsgoalatswansea** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 7:12 am

NottsClaret wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 28, 2023 6:47 am
George Oghani’s goal being disallowed v Luton in the League Cup.

Found it

https://youtu.be/T_JWDsZ3mxo?si=r48BREg7lb6Bagwj

Bowclaret · Post by **Bowclaret** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 7:48 am

6 nil Hereford at home. But, I stayed till the end. I left early for the Chelsea game the other week and got dogs abuse - they will never know !

yorkshireclaret · Post by **yorkshireclaret** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 8:19 am

I think it was the Orient season but losing 6 nil at home to Hereford Utd sticks in my mind!

Clive 1960 · Post by **Clive 1960** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 8:21 am

It has to be Newcastle semi final at Hillsborough for me because on paper we should have beaten them easily and if we had we would have given Liverpool a game .

Herts Clarets · Post by **Herts Clarets** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:04 am

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 27, 2023 8:00 pm
Monday 4th May 1987 after losing 1-0 at Crewe. I had never before nor will ever feel as low as that.

Same for me. Nothing else comes remotely close to the drive home from Gresty Rd. Very few words were said in the car as the reality sank in that we were on the edge of the precipice and the ground beneath our feet was crumbling.

PremierLeagueClass · Post by **PremierLeagueClass** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:22 am

Not low necessarily because we were still having an unbelievable season, but the feeling of sheer desolation when that Roman Pavlyuchenko goal went in will take some beating.

trawdenclaret · Post by **trawdenclaret** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:50 am

4-0 defeat at Scunthorpe was pretty grim think it was 1984.

colner · Post by **colner** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:57 am

My lowest point game wise was the FA Cup semi v Newcastle,heartbroken as a kid,didnt think i would feel that bad ever again,how wrong was i? Getting beat at home v a 9 man Rochdale team who had one of our goalies on loan was the pits. Once Stan came in,things looked great for a while until the Bburn away 5 niller sullied that one. Cotterills 19 game period was unbelievably bad but enter the new hero Coyle,magnificent stuff until he buggered off. That didnt bother me too much untill i saw the replacement,i can still remember Barry Kilby looking like he hadnt slept for 3 days thinking how am i gonne sell this fella to our lot,i still shudder at that appointment

StayingDown4Ever · Post by **StayingDown4Ever** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 11:00 am

I’ve seen a lot of bad sides and players over the years but I’m still not quite over Dyche’s final season. That’s the only ever time I can recall when I started to loathe going to games.

Swizzlestick · Post by **Swizzlestick** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 11:03 am

There’s been worse times, but that Dyche run was really bad. It seemed to absolutely p iss it down every game too. A real slog.

Quicknick · Post by **Quicknick** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 11:06 am

24 Jan 1987: Burnley 0 Hereford 6

dougcollins · Post by **dougcollins** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 11:12 am

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 27, 2023 8:00 pm
Monday 4th May 1987 after losing 1-0 at Crewe. I had never before nor will ever feel as low as that.

So low that I didn't go on the Orient game. Sat in the Red Lion (with a fair few other Clarets regulars, it has to be said). Just couldn't cope with the vultures on the day.

StayingDown4Ever · Post by **StayingDown4Ever** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 11:21 am

dougcollins wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 28, 2023 11:12 am
So low that I didn't go on the Orient game. Sat in the Red Lion (with a fair few other Clarets regulars, it has to be said). Just couldn't cope with the vultures on the day.

I’m surprised people would choose to abandon the club in its darkest hour.

Clovius Boofus · Post by **Clovius Boofus** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 11:21 am

Lowest point as a Burnley fan?

One of my lowest points is when people were seriously arguing that selling the club to 'Chalky' White, a de facto takeover by Colne Dynamos, was such a good idea.

dougcollins · Post by **dougcollins** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 11:27 am

StayingDown4Ever wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 28, 2023 11:21 am
I’m surprised people would choose to abandon the club in its darkest hour.

You can call it that if you wish.

There were plenty that didn't go on. The day was a media circus of vultures.

Clovius Boofus · Post by **Clovius Boofus** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 11:28 am

dougcollins wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 28, 2023 11:12 am
Just couldn't cope with the vultures on the day.

So you chose to stay in the pub, instead of cheering the lads on while where was still hope? Seems utterly bonkers, especially if you were one of the 'few' who had actually gone through a turnstile at some point during that horrendous season.

Silkyskills1 · Post by **Silkyskills1** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 11:28 am

Herts Clarets wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:04 am
Same for me. Nothing else comes remotely close to the drive home from Gresty Rd. Very few words were said in the car as the reality sank in that we were on the edge of the precipice and the ground beneath our feet was crumbling.

Agree. That drive home was horrendous( and I wasn't driving). I've mentioned this before but on the way home we were passed by a coach full of Everton fans on their way home from Norwich. They had played earlier in the day and won 0-1, courtesy of a Pat van den Hauwe goal which won them the First division title. It was only a dozen years previous that we were competing and beating Everton on an equal footing in the first division. There it was right in front of us; the very top and very bottom of the football leagues. How the hell had it come to this?

dougcollins · Post by **dougcollins** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 11:31 am

Clovius Boofus wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 28, 2023 11:28 am
So you chose to stay in the pub, instead of cheering the lads on while where was still hope? Seems utterly bonkers, especially if you were one of the 'few' who had actually gone through a turnstile at some point during that horrendous season.

Only game I missed home and away. It is what it is, you would have to be there to understand.

StayingDown4Ever · Post by **StayingDown4Ever** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 11:34 am

dougcollins wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 28, 2023 11:27 am
You can call it that if you wish.

Well yes, because abandoning the club in its darkest hour is exactly what they did.

Clovius Boofus · Post by **Clovius Boofus** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 11:37 am

dougcollins wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 28, 2023 11:31 am
Only game I missed home and away. It is what it is, you would have to be there to understand.

Well I was there, I was sat in the Cricket Field stand.

KlyBfc · Post by **KlyBfc** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 12:09 pm

I started watching the clarets the season after the Orient game so that’s out for me. It was actually after we lost at the Reebok when Coyle and Davis (my hero as a kid) had defected. It may seem weird as I know we have had much harder times but it was the lowest I have ever felt. I was so worked up about that game after Coyle and Davis ditched us and I just felt the players should have matched my passion on the pitch and they didn’t. With hindsight I know it’s silly now, but the rest of that season and then Englands horrendous World Cup in South Africa left me well out of love with proffesional football for a decent period of time.

Woodleyclaret · Post by **Woodleyclaret** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 12:31 pm

Watching us drop out of Div1
I always thought we'd be there forever and improve the following year.
This impacted far more than tumbling down the league under the inept stewardship we had at board level.

Stockbrokerbelt · Post by **Stockbrokerbelt** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 1:03 pm

Reading many of the posts from lots of the professional pundits on here.

Cirrus_Minor · Post by **Cirrus_Minor** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 1:20 pm

There's been a few, certainly during the div 4 era, but I think the trip back from Hillsborough after the Newcastle defeat was as the lowest.

gawthorpe_view · Post by **gawthorpe_view** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 1:52 pm

Dropping into the Fourth Division.
Thought we'd hit rock bottom just 10 years after being in the top flight.

ClaretPete001 · Post by **ClaretPete001** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 2:32 pm

I think there were three.

Around the late 70s/early 80s after the optimism of the Adamson era had ebbed away and it just felt like the world had moved on but the club hadn't.

Games during the 80s/early 90s before and perhaps more so after the euphoria of the Orient game had faded away during our interminable period in the lower divisions when it was just game after game of mediocre players trying hard but generally just not being good enough.

And upon hearing about ALK takeover and then reading about who had bought it and the terms of the deal.

Quite long periods of misery when you see it in black and white but still we always had bright spots like Ray Deakin or George Oghani or even Chris Pearce and his wiggle - all of whose play was entertaining if not necessarily likely to lead to 3 points.

And I'll warrant that we are the only club to have had a song, which featured an ironing board. It's things like that that made you proud to be Claret even in the dark days....

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 2:36 pm

Not even close. The Defeat at Crewe the game before Orient.

CoolClaret · Post by **CoolClaret** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 2:38 pm

Seeing the teamsheet drop in the PL season 2023/24

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 3:55 pm

That first half was pretty low.

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 5:06 pm

Ditto second half.

Nori1958 · Post by **Nori1958** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 5:22 pm

bfcjg wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 28, 2023 5:06 pm
Ditto second half.

You must be very young

Hurstwood_Claret · Post by **Hurstwood_Claret** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 6:38 pm

28 October 2023

Colburn_Claret · Post by **Colburn_Claret** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 6:39 pm

Today is getting up there.

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 6:47 pm

Nori1958 wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 28, 2023 5:22 pm
You must be very young

Sadly only mentally.

littlemissclaret · Post by **littlemissclaret** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 8:03 pm

1991 Maidstone 1 Burnley 0. Played at Dartford - the ground where a shot off target went into someone's back garden. Maidstone went bust a few weeks later (probably a big longer, but that's my recollection).