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by StuffyClaret
Fri Dec 17, 2021 12:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 4 Christmas Teasers...
Replies: 48
Views: 2217

Re: 4 Christmas Teasers...

Q2. What about H (aitch)
by StuffyClaret
Wed Dec 15, 2021 11:41 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Will name on Covid pass have to match season ticket name?
Replies: 53
Views: 3308

Re: Will name on Covid pass have to match season ticket name?

If you are going to be critical of another posters intelligence at least check your spelling whilst calling others thick as lard. Apologies for the heinous spelling mistake. I was posting at a time following a close family bereavement and I guess my attention wasn't as sharp as usual. However, my '...
by StuffyClaret
Wed Dec 15, 2021 11:36 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Latest match preview email....
Replies: 0
Views: 518

Latest match preview email....

....Comes with the email header - 'E-news: Burnley v West Ham United'

At least the main body of the email refers to the correct opposition :roll:
by StuffyClaret
Mon Dec 13, 2021 10:43 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Will name on Covid pass have to match season ticket name?
Replies: 53
Views: 3308

Re: Will name on Covid pass have to match season ticket name?

The answer must surely be yes but I would imagine that if your mum screenshotted her Covid pass and sent it to the other person then I imagine they would pass the level of checking that will be going on (assuming they are female anyway !) Please tell me that this is an attempt at humour. I have to ...
by StuffyClaret
Sun Dec 12, 2021 11:29 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Any news on Max Cornet?
Replies: 34
Views: 3887

Re: Any news on Max Cornet?

Granny WeatherWax wrote:
Sun Dec 12, 2021 10:33 am
He’s out, that’s from the horses mouth.

Out out?
by StuffyClaret
Sat Dec 11, 2021 10:56 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Your team vs West Ham
Replies: 56
Views: 3812

Re: Your team vs West Ham

Why is there such demand for Lowton to be dropped? He has been arguably our most consistent player over the last half dozen or so games
by StuffyClaret
Wed Dec 08, 2021 3:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Vaccine passports at Premierleague grounds from this weekend
Replies: 180
Views: 8729

Re: Vaccine passports at Premierleague grounds from this weekend

berbs78 wrote:
Wed Dec 08, 2021 2:22 pm
You think that segregating people within society because of their different beliefs is the right thing to do? History suggests otherwise
Football is about as segregated as you can get....home fans vs away fans :?
by StuffyClaret
Wed Dec 08, 2021 2:20 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: How many times have we been bottom 3 at Xmas?
Replies: 15
Views: 2099

Re: How many times have we been bottom 3 at Xmas?

Don't worry...we wont be this year :geek:
by StuffyClaret
Wed Dec 08, 2021 2:19 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Vaccine passports at Premierleague grounds from this weekend
Replies: 180
Views: 8729

Re: Vaccine passports at Premierleague grounds from this weekend

jedi_master wrote:
Wed Dec 08, 2021 2:15 pm
I’m actually a pretty docile, placid person Lancaster in general - this is the one thing i will be entirely outspoken on to anyone at anytime. I have good reason to on a personal level, that I won’t share here.
Spoken like a true Jedi
by StuffyClaret
Tue Nov 30, 2021 1:16 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Interesting Burnley stat
Replies: 50
Views: 3837

Re: Interesting Burnley stat

Perhaps if we were known more as a hoofball team, then the ball wouldn't be in our area as much :roll:
by StuffyClaret
Mon Nov 29, 2021 3:14 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: What's your middle name?
Replies: 49
Views: 3763

Re: What's your middle name?

My dogs middle name is Tarquin :)
by StuffyClaret
Sat Nov 27, 2021 1:41 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Napolina Peeled Plum Tomatoes (In a rich tomato juice!) - 400g
Replies: 69
Views: 4217

Re: Napolina Peeled Plum Tomatoes (In a rich tomato juice!) - 400g

Stewards inquiry please.....the joooose in this tin is technically part of the tomato compared to the salted water in say, a tin of broad beans


7 and 25ml
by StuffyClaret
Mon Nov 22, 2021 8:28 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Minutes applause
Replies: 92
Views: 7176

Re: Minutes applause

Read this thread through for the blowing kisses, etc story.

I know it was about 40 seconds in because I looked up at the screen to see how long was left..... Before I discovered there was another minute to go!
by StuffyClaret
Mon Nov 22, 2021 8:21 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Minutes applause
Replies: 92
Views: 7176

Re: Minutes applause

Leisure wrote:
Mon Nov 22, 2021 7:40 pm
So you think that clapping could distract the players! 😂😂😂😂
You clearly weren't watching the game 40 seconds into the first round of applause. Too busy blowing kisses at the big screen and videoing the scene? 🤔
by StuffyClaret
Mon Nov 22, 2021 7:08 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Minutes applause
Replies: 92
Views: 7176

Re: Minutes applause

Whether it happens multiple times per match isn't really relevant. It happens multiple times per season which is still too much (IMHO). I don't clap to any of them these days. They have no relevance to the match experience. It's a distraction to those that aren't interested and, as evidenced at the ...
by StuffyClaret
Sun Nov 21, 2021 10:28 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Minutes applause
Replies: 92
Views: 7176

Re: Minutes applause

Why would any true fan of the club want to potentially affect their teams performance?

Much is said of the fans being the twelfth man but that is totally lost during those minutes applause
by StuffyClaret
Sun Nov 21, 2021 8:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Pre-match queues
Replies: 58
Views: 4939

Re: Pre-match queues

I was running late yesterday due to a prior engagement. Driving down Yorkshire Street at turned 14:50, I was shocked to see how many folk were still making their way to the ground. Evenso, I was dropped off just up from the cricket field entrance and managed to walk down to the JMU entrance at the c...
by StuffyClaret
Sun Nov 21, 2021 5:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Minutes applause
Replies: 92
Views: 7176

Re: Minutes applause

pushpinpussy wrote:
Sun Nov 21, 2021 5:20 pm
please show some respect. I'm sure if it was your family up there you would be disgusted with someone staring this topic.
Actually I wouldn't :roll:
by StuffyClaret
Sun Nov 21, 2021 4:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Minutes applause
Replies: 92
Views: 7176

Re: Minutes applause

Some really thoughtless posts on this subject I would agree but also, if I pop my clogs and my family insist on putting my pic up for a round of applause on matchday, I promise I will come back and haunt them! I can't think of anything I would like less as an act of memoriam for myself. Maybe we sh...
by StuffyClaret
Sun Nov 21, 2021 9:49 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Minutes applause
Replies: 92
Views: 7176

Minutes applause

Apologies if this going to sound controversial but this is getting ridiculous now! While the families of the bereaved have my every sympathy for their losses, this 'process' is becoming a joke now. Yesterday we had back to back minutes applause and another one about 10 minutes later. Its not inconce...
by StuffyClaret
Thu Nov 04, 2021 10:37 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Autumn Photo's
Replies: 103
Views: 13405

Re: Autumn Photo's

Second time lucky....
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by StuffyClaret
Thu Nov 04, 2021 10:19 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Autumn Photo's
Replies: 103
Views: 13405

Re: Autumn Photo's

Bugger!
by StuffyClaret
Thu Nov 04, 2021 10:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Autumn Photo's
Replies: 103
Views: 13405

Re: Autumn Photo's

Little snap I took yesterday morning from Blacko...

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by StuffyClaret
Wed Nov 03, 2021 10:39 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Songs with seven in the title.
Replies: 62
Views: 5518

Re: Songs with seven in the title.

What's that theme tune to that film, The Magnificent Seven?
by StuffyClaret
Wed Nov 03, 2021 12:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Channel 4 tonight (Monday) 7.30 - football's gambling addiction
Replies: 62
Views: 9524

Re: Channel 4 tonight (Monday) 7.30 - football's gambling addiction

It's exactly the point, if you look the big clubs don't have much gambling advertising, and definitely not on the shirts. I see what you are saying. However, I bet (pardon the pun) Man Utd still take more than us in gambling endorsements. A quick Google search shows this: Premier League giant Manch...
by StuffyClaret
Wed Nov 03, 2021 9:10 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Channel 4 tonight (Monday) 7.30 - football's gambling addiction
Replies: 62
Views: 9524

Re: Channel 4 tonight (Monday) 7.30 - football's gambling addiction

ClaretTony wrote:
Tue Nov 02, 2021 2:58 pm
How much do clubs like Man Utd benefit from betting?
That's not the point. Clarets comment was in reply to every team losing £x million income, which implies that they would all lose the same amount.

Basic algebra :)
by StuffyClaret
Tue Nov 02, 2021 2:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Channel 4 tonight (Monday) 7.30 - football's gambling addiction
Replies: 62
Views: 9524

Re: Channel 4 tonight (Monday) 7.30 - football's gambling addiction

There are plenty of other sponsors. Even if other sponsors paid less it would be the same across all clubs so no one would get a financial advantage. It’s a sad state of affairs when even fans are happy for their clubs to be funded by money from betting firm sponsorship, dodgy new owners and other ...
by StuffyClaret
Fri Oct 08, 2021 1:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: First time mortgage
Replies: 28
Views: 3554

Re: First time mortgage

If you get advice from a bank, you will only get access to the best deal that the bank offers. If you use an adviser then you should get recommended the best deal available to you from the whole of the market. Speak to Adam at Pacific Financial on the roundabout at Briercliffe Road and Casterton Ave...
by StuffyClaret
Tue Oct 05, 2021 8:06 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Time to experiment with our lineup/formation against Man City?
Replies: 58
Views: 6193

Re: Time to experiment with our lineup/formation against Man City?

Roosterbooster wrote:
Mon Oct 04, 2021 9:17 pm
......................Hennessey Pope Norris
Bardsley Lowton Collins Tarks Mee Taylor Pieters
.........................................Dyche

Well its the best three at the back formation I've seen so far!
by StuffyClaret
Sat Sep 25, 2021 3:24 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: WORKING LINKS
Replies: 15
Views: 2788

Re: WORKING LINKS

Hesgoal.com working fine for me without a vpn
by StuffyClaret
Sat Sep 25, 2021 11:55 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Who are we playing today?....
Replies: 17
Views: 2369

Re: Who are we playing today?....

I really daren't 'click here to read more'
by StuffyClaret
Sat Sep 25, 2021 11:42 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Who are we playing today?....
Replies: 17
Views: 2369

Who are we playing today?....

Bloody amateurish.....
by StuffyClaret
Sun Sep 19, 2021 4:39 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Yesterday's attendance
Replies: 85
Views: 8660

Re: Yesterday's attendance

There would have been a few hundred less on the game yesterday (myself included) due to the Pendle Pub Walk. I reckon there will have been about 3000 folk on the walk all raising money for a very worthy cause :-)
by StuffyClaret
Sun Aug 29, 2021 12:21 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Song for Maxwell....
Replies: 96
Views: 10705

Song for Maxwell....

To the tune of Just one Cornetto but pronounce his name as it should be:

Oh Maxwell Cornet, You wasn't free,
You came from Lyon, to Burn-er-ley.

Run down the left wing, run down the right,
You make the oppos, look like 5h1te.

Oh Maxwell, Oh Maxwell Cornet
I love you more than a Walls ice cream!
by StuffyClaret
Fri Aug 06, 2021 3:28 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Free £5 bet
Replies: 3
Views: 1001

Re: Free £5 bet

P.S. you need to click the opt-in link
by StuffyClaret
Fri Aug 06, 2021 3:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Free £5 bet
Replies: 3
Views: 1001

Free £5 bet

If you have a Skybet account and you put a bet of any amount (£0.05 minimum) on the Bournemouth game tonight, they will give you a free £5 bet to use on anything.

I'll be using mine on a cheeky result and BTTS treble tomorrow :)
by StuffyClaret
Sat Jul 31, 2021 3:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sir Bobby Robson
Replies: 20
Views: 2429

Re: Sir Bobby Robson

You lucky man - Sir Bobby is someone I would have really liked to have met He said the same to me about you Tony :lol: Funnily enough, I think I won a place in the box due to my association with this sites predecessor. I think I had joined up to an online betting site (Bet365 maybe) via links on CM...
by StuffyClaret
Sat Jul 31, 2021 2:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sir Bobby Robson
Replies: 20
Views: 2429

Re: Sir Bobby Robson

I had the pleasure of his and his wife's company in a private box at York Races circa 2004. A true gentleman who took as much interest in the people he was entertaining as they clearly were in him.
by StuffyClaret
Sat Jul 31, 2021 10:35 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Ben Stokes to take a break from all cricket
Replies: 23
Views: 2371

Re: Ben Stokes to take a break from all cricket

If only all careers allowed folk the ability to take indefinite leave due to their health problems :x

*This is in no way a 'dig' at the celebrities that have recently announced their breaks from their relevant careers.
by StuffyClaret
Sun Jul 18, 2021 11:05 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: FIFA’s latest idea
Replies: 46
Views: 3087

Re: FIFA’s latest idea

The problem being the number of throw ins which will be treated as an attacking free kick or corner and the time this will take as teams send their centre backs up into the box. Fair point Rileybobs...Maybe defensive (in own half) throw-ins can be treated as kick-ins. Maybe that is overcomplicating...
by StuffyClaret
Sun Jul 18, 2021 10:58 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: FIFA’s latest idea
Replies: 46
Views: 3087

Re: FIFA’s latest idea

I like the idea of kick-ins. I have often thought that the throw-in, which is meant to offer the team throwing in an advantage has actually in many cases offered the opposite. I remember that for many years, the quality of our own throw-ins were awful and more often than not resulted in the opposing...
by StuffyClaret
Thu Jul 08, 2021 2:39 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Congrats Matej.
Replies: 13
Views: 3279

Re: Congrats Matej.

Definitely not a Burnley bird :lol:
by StuffyClaret
Mon Jun 28, 2021 3:02 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Pre-Holiday nerves
Replies: 25
Views: 3273

Re: Pre-Holiday nerves

ŽižkovClaret wrote:
Mon Jun 28, 2021 11:38 am
Scheduled to be off to Torremolinos on Thursday, im fully vaxed (last dose early May so well clear) and PCR test booked Wednesday morning (although seems like i wouldn't actually need to present this due to current rules around vaxed persons)

Did anyone else read 'fully WAXED'?
by StuffyClaret
Wed Jun 23, 2021 6:16 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Make a band name edible
Replies: 209
Views: 17155

Re: Make a band name edible

Foo Yung Cannibals
by StuffyClaret
Sat May 22, 2021 11:24 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Cryptocurrency
Replies: 697
Views: 75994

Re: Cryptocurrency

Slightly off topic this but has anybody looked at Cash FX? I was quite sceptical of what it proposed when I was first introduced to it but I decided to take a punt with a small (relative to me) one-off outlay that I was prepared to lose. The scheme aims to provide a passive income through Forex Trad...
by StuffyClaret
Fri May 07, 2021 8:04 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Pub recommendations
Replies: 33
Views: 4123

Re: Pub recommendations

One of Pendles best kept secrets is The Bridge in Barrowford. No bookings required. Fantastic real ale and a menu to die for. They also offer takeaway. I can highly recommend the Surf 'n' Turf with three times cooked chips and also the Lamb Balti that was last weekends special. Its a shame that they...
by StuffyClaret
Mon Apr 19, 2021 10:42 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: the special one
Replies: 63
Views: 4487

Re: Mourinho Sacked Breaking News

5 minutes too late :D
by StuffyClaret
Mon Apr 19, 2021 10:40 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: the special one
Replies: 63
Views: 4487

Re: the special one

Jose to Burnley? :o