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Heaton 7: Sorry Tom but you kicking was poor today. Ward 8: Awesome Keane 8: Awesome. Mee 8: Awesome. Lawton 8: Awesome. Barton 8: Awesome. Westwood 7: Not bad for a home debut. Brady 5 +1 for brilliant free kick. (I was howling for him to be hooked before the free-kick. Way off what is required but...

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Sounds about right but they may bore themselves into another year in the Prem methinks.

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A quick question. When do you actually become a senior for season ticket renewal? I'm assuming 65 years pf age??

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A new chest is a lot more expensive than a chest of drawers so count yourself lucky

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Jimmy Greaves
Bobby Charlton
Ian Helliwell (Yes him!!)

Kurt Nogan
Ian Huckerby
Peter Thompson
Eddie Gray
Joe Baker

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I remember the replay well. The Turf was packed with thousands locked outside. Coates opener was superb but Chelsea kicked seven bells of sh*t out of the Clarets that night and eventually they got the equaliser and finally ground the team down. Nowadays half the Chelsea team would have seen red for ...

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Just looking at the Barnfield cam and it's lovely and sunny. It's "white van" day over there so I guess the internals are starting to take shape. It looks a very impressive facility. Does anyone know how much it has cost approximately?

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I'm surprised that no one has gone back a bit further for some real value. Frank Casper 30k from Rotherham. Possibly the most skillful player I've ever seen in a Claret shirt. Peter Noble similar amount from Swindon. Colin Waldron another similar amount from Chelsea. Jim Thomson again around the 30k...

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The penultimate fixture away to Bournemouth is starting to gain in significance. Could become a "dog eat dog" scenario methinks.

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You got Gray wrong for sure. I had a sneaky feeling that the guy would learn fast and the power he showed the other night surprised me. He could be some player. I don't mind inverted wingers as long as they have a decent cross with the "wrong foot" and use it occasionally to surprise the full back. ...

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IanMcL wrote:Great for Burnley but it wasn't that long ago that we had a £6m budget for the Championship. Where would we be without those promotions? I dread to think.

Stuff of nightmares

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Lovely article.
I was LOL about the comments from the Lincoln lot about the draw. In fact I'm still grinning

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Seen a few good ones over the years. Fabregas was awesome for Chelski. Bobby Charlton was pretty good. Colin Bell was too. For me though one of the finest display by an opposition player was by Peter Thompson of Liverpool in a 0-4 pasting at Turf Moor. He ripped us a new one. I think if my memory se...

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I wonder what odds you would have got on the Champions being relegated at the start of the season?? I can't see it happening TBH but you never know.

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ClaretTony wrote:I think it will be the team that played the most part of Tuesday with both Brady & Westwood on the bench

I agree. Can't drop anybody after that 2nd half display.

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We are still in a relegation scrap IMHO. We're doing OK but it ain't over till the fat lady sings

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With a 1230 KO they'll need to be leaving Lincoln at around 0600hrs in the morning. No big deal travel wise so they'll probably be able to bring in the region of 4,000-5,000 fans. The chances are money will talk and they'll get the whole of CFS and a massive advantage support wise due to the acousti...

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As someone who has sang the Willie Morgan song on many occasions (When he was playing for us) I need to clarify how it should sound:

"We've got Robbie, Robbie, Robbie Brady on the wing, on the wing!"
"Robbie, Robbie, Brady, Robbie Brady on the wing!"

Repeat

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Hope it's Saturday at 1500hrs.

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Perhaps I have my Claret tinted specs on regarding Mike Dean after the Sheff Utd play-off final where he could easily have given a penalty against Kalvanes late on. I did think he was one of the better refs but his crown is slipping. A. 15 B. 15 C. 20 D. 18 I thought he controlled the game well enou...

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A well written piece which echoes my sentiments entirely. It's always sad when a great servant leaves a club but I think the move is in his best interests.
Good luck to him. I think he may have just achieved legend status with the goals at Bloomfield Road and the 2nd against Wigan

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Obviously purchased due to the great LOB from Defour at the weekend.

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I noticed that last night. I think there is a casino in Hull so he'll be OK.

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Wow! Awesome! Possibly one of the best displays for a very long time. We were just relentless, skillful, determined and virtually unstoppable. When I first saw the lineups I worried that with the Foxes having a 5 man midfield we might get overrun. How wrong I was. With Hendrick and Barton playing in...

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Great news

Lads playing well tonight.

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Ruston turbines are made in Lincoln and very good they are too.

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I for one was very sad when he left as I thought he was an integral part of our success. My son knew him and said he was a really nice guy.

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If you read some of the comments from Villa fans (Mostly sour grapes TBH) I cannot understand how this player has played so many games for them, as he sounds absolutely hopeless

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It's on these channels:-

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I was jumping for joy when we were first out of the bag (Home tie) and even more so when we drew them. Great chance to progress IMHO but we must treat them with every respect, as they will be dangerous and will no doubt bring thousands with them. I wonder what the ticket pricing policy will be? I th...

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We played them away in the mid 70's , might have been a cup game. One of their guys fought one of our top guys and wiped the floor with him on a village green outside a pub. Afterwards, he thanked our prostrate hero, as he told us that no one else down there would fight him! Another of our supporte...

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I was at both games. I always felt that if we hadn't shown them so much respect, we would have got to the final. Scotty should have put us ahead at Anfield. Dreadful miss.

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I've been thinking along these lines as well. He's certainly got the physical attributes to be a top keeper and just needs a touch more experience that he will only get from being involved in the 1st team squad as sub in Prem league games. Obviously SD and his team think he isn't quite ready to be o...

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Lincoln at home for me.
Definitely not away. Last time I was there (Some weird pre-season trophy back in the late 60s early 70s) there was a lot of scrapping before the game.
Not any of the top clubs and certainly not them lot from up the road. Too much hassle.

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My lunch is pie and baked beans. The pie can sometimes be a Cornish pasty and so far I haven't seen any negative effects on results if I do the switch. I did have a Birds Eye chicken pie once which resulted in a loss so that's banned. Beans have to be Heinz and I haven't noted any negative results f...

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Rejected, I have a personal question for you. Apparently, the greatest concentration of people with my surname (Vipond), live in Sunderland. Do you know anybody with this strange name? Just wondering. I knew a Davey Vipond who was from up that neck of the woods. He was an electrician who worked in ...

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I think Southampton would be a good choice. It ticks most of the boxes regarding location and also they don't seem to stand in a players way if a good offer comes in.
Saints for me and they play good football.

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Even watching on the box it looked serious. Good luck young man, I hope you get well soon.

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He didn't get much wrong. Let down by line judge at the end.

A. 23
B. 23
C. 20
D. 22

A decent performance IMHO.

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Because it was the Emirates and would have meant that the Gooners didn't get a chance to win the game over us Northern upstarts.

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The Gooners must be using some form of stealth technology for Laurent Dingbat. Both home and away he's been involved in injury time winners and both times offside. Seriously gutted as we did enough for a point 2nd half.
One seriously upset Claret

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Willie Irvine

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Willie Morgan

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Gorgeous female

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One chant that really got up an opposition players nose (The player will date how far back) A chant from the Longside when Alan Ball was playing for Arsenal. "Alan Ball, Alan Ball," "Is it true what Shankly says you're worth fu*k all?" "Oh Alan Ball." Ball lost the plot completely and at one stage w...

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Me too, TurfyMoore. Burnley v Fulham, if my memory is still good, was my first game, 30-Sept. I stood near the corner flag at the front of the Cricket Field stand. Later moved up the terraces to the back - and then the CFS was demolished. :( A young Alan Clarke missed a pen for Fulham. Clarets won ...

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Time flies when you're having fun. Happy birthday to the Bee Hole

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Many thanks. Always enjoy your passionate writing.

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Like Woodley I live miles away from Turf Moor but have 3 STs and make the journey to the Turf on a regular basis. I don't particularly like Burnley as a town but there is something special about Turf Moor and that little buzz that I get when I walk up those steps in JHU and look out onto the pitch.

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Great to see them both looking so well. I always enjoyed a bit of banter with them when they were involved with the corporate and the match day tours.

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