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- Fri Feb 02, 2024 7:33 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: I could just about manage Zaroury..........but
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1120
I could just about manage Zaroury..........but
I've realised that I've lost track of the names of our players. In days gone by we had Sammy Todd, Fred Smith, Willie Morgan, Colin Blant, Jim Thompson, Brian Miller and Harry Potts. Nowadays we've got Jordan Beyer, Anass Zaroury, Wilson Odobert, Hjalmar Ekdal, Zeki Amdouni and for the life of me I'...
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 10:41 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Dundee trip ???
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1933
Re: Dundee trip ???
I go up to St Andrews every year on a golfing trip. Last year I had a purple patch and won on the Thursday on the Burneside at Carnoustie and then again on the Eden at St Andrews on the Friday. I love golf up there and have been going since 1999. We normally stay in the Halls of residence at St Andr...
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 8:58 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Dundee trip ???
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1933
Re: Dundee trip ???
Take your golf bats along. Carnoustie is just round the corner.
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 1:18 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: A class above the rest
- Replies: 58
- Views: 3043
Re: A class above the rest
Now someone has mentioned Dobbo which I would disagree with. Yes he became a wonderful player and certainly was class but anyone remembering his debut will think differently about first impressions. He arrived on a free from Bolton I believe and was seen as a CF. He played in a home match against Le...
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 6:37 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Eight Years Ago Today
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2280
Re: Eight Years Ago Today
Well done Tony.
Keep up the good work.
Keep up the good work.
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 10:04 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Hotels in the UK (A Thread for advice and help to others)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 904
Re: Hotels in the UK (A Thread for advice and help to others)
I agree that the "Titanic" is a great hotel in Liverpool but the only drawback is the distance from the shopping, restaurant area. I recently stayed at the Hilton in Liverpool which is literally part of Liverpool One. Lovely hotel with a great breakfast and right in the centre of the city. Worsley M...
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 8:49 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Mumbai advice
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1196
Re: Mumbai advice
Bombay is a great city. Smelly, noisy, colourful and absolutely chaotic. Well worth a two day stay. Long time since I've been, hence the name, but I used to love it.
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 8:44 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Hobbies outside of Football and Burnley FC
- Replies: 70
- Views: 3562
Re: Hobbies outside of Football and Burnley FC
Golf and fitness training for me.
Play golf three times a week when weather allows and go to fitness classes (Pilates, HIIT, yoga) four times a week.
I love travelling but the location has to have a golf theme.
I do like the occasional trip to watch Chester RUFC on a Saturday as well.
Play golf three times a week when weather allows and go to fitness classes (Pilates, HIIT, yoga) four times a week.
I love travelling but the location has to have a golf theme.
I do like the occasional trip to watch Chester RUFC on a Saturday as well.
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 4:08 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Fully Electric Cars
- Replies: 812
- Views: 42204
Re: Fully Electric Cars
My wife and I have a car each and at the moment I have a diesel and she has a petrol. We've had a chat and most likely when we come to replace the cars, she'll have an electric one. She mostly does short trips around town so it will be ideal. However I'm going to stick with an oil powered vehicle du...
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 7:06 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: City finally being tried ?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2581
Re: City finally being tried ?
I seem to recall seeing an article years ago when this issue raised its head, saying that if City were ever charged they would deploy a legal challenge on a scale that would tie the authorities up in paperwork for decades. This is possibly the reason the PL have held back from making any charges. Be...
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 8:45 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Football games growing up
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2055
Re: Football games growing up
Gridsy: Played with a tennis ball. The grids were the ones built into the kerb stones and weren't exactly opposite one another on the road. They were the goals and it was damned difficult to score as you had to keep the ball low. Spent hours playing that. I doubt you'd be able to play it now with al...
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 8:40 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: More FFP breaches…
- Replies: 137
- Views: 10043
Re: More FFP breaches…
As the appeals are due to be heard during this season we could have a situation where relegation is decided in a courtroom and not the playing field. Another reason I'm becoming disillusioned with the game.
- Sun Jan 14, 2024 9:52 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Taking football too seriously…
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2448
Re: Taking football too seriously…
There's some players who don't give a toss about their performance on the pitch. Turn up, train, play if picked, trouser a large paycheck and enjoy life. Supporters? Who cares. We do of course but too many of the modern day players don't and need to be reminded by the manager. If Tresor had played, ...
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 9:22 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Corruption? Ineptitude? Or anti-Burnley?
- Replies: 59
- Views: 3777
Re: Corruption? Ineptitude? Or anti-Burnley?
From my perspective I ask if that goal would have stood at Anfield, Old Trafford, The Emirates etc?? Injury time equaliser when a forward has deliberately blocked off the keeper. The ref would have blown for a foul on the keeper immediately and got on with the game. That's what we're up against. No ...
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 6:57 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Supervised teeth cleaning.
- Replies: 69
- Views: 3230
Re: Supervised teeth cleaning.
I saw that as well and couldn't believe it. Some politicians are losing the plot. 20 years from now there will young adults suing the state because they didn't receive proper training in childhood to brush their teeth correctly. The mind boggles.
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 4:58 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Park Park wherever you may be !
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1025
Re: Park Park wherever you may be !
I recall walking down a road in Korea with my wife and she commented on the number of pet shops with dogs in them. I politely pointed out that they weren't pet shops. Cue silence. I saw a bumper sticker over in the US. It read, "A dogs' not just for Christmas, if there's any left over you can have s...
- Sun Jan 07, 2024 11:20 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: JJ WATTS
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3702
Re: JJ WATTS
One of the biggest relocations in recent history was the "Oakland Raiders" to Las Vegas. I can recall it was not well received in California but I'm sure Vegas was delighted and I'm sure lots of Oakland fans still travel to home games, just for a pi** up on the Strip.
- Sat Jan 06, 2024 11:57 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Arijanet Muric
- Replies: 284
- Views: 35617
Re: Arijanet Muric
Having watched Muric last night I feel he is the better option at present. He looked fit, sharp and physically able to deal with high balls. More importantly he seems to exude confidence, something lacking in Trafford at the moment which not only encourages the opposition but terrifies our defence.
- Sat Jan 06, 2024 11:50 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: How things have changed
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2446
Re: How things have changed
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Excellent quality and reasonably priced.
I love Jasmine tea. I get mine from "Carslake tea co."
Excellent quality and reasonably priced.
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 12:56 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Buying a house isn't difficult.
- Replies: 91
- Views: 8348
Re: Buying a house isn't difficult.
But those low interest rates were matched by low inflation. The big difference now is the ever increasing multiple between salaries and house prices which obviously make the deposit required ever bigger. Not all of the time. I can recall crazy, double digit inflation as well. The multiples are worr...
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 12:47 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Buying a house isn't difficult.
- Replies: 91
- Views: 8348
Re: Buying a house isn't difficult.
It’s a strange time, but I would also argue that there’s never been a better time to make money. Theres loads of avenues now. I agree but watch out for the evil CGT. The allowance is 6K this tax year but reduces to 3k on the 6th April 24. If ever there was a tax designed to stop taking risks with i...
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 12:39 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Buying a house isn't difficult.
- Replies: 91
- Views: 8348
Re: Buying a house isn't difficult.
Easy to criticise by those who most likely bought a house for pittance decades ago and now sit on a nice golden nest egg. The very same people who lived through double digit interest rates and managed to thrive. I do have sympathy for young buyers as prices have gone up considerably but I also have...
- Wed Jan 03, 2024 7:48 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Hurghada
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1530
Re: Hurghada
Not sure I'd be going anywhere near that part of the world, given the geopolitical tensions in the region. I certainly would need a massive discount to do so, which doesn't seem the case at the moment.
- Sun Dec 31, 2023 9:53 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Kompany needs to stay
- Replies: 103
- Views: 6282
Re: Kompany needs to stay
Kompany is undoubtedly part of the long term plan at Burnley. Getting promoted last season was an unexpected bonus IMHO and gave us an added cash influx to carry out the strategy to identify young talent and mould them into a team capable of playing the Kompany way. Results this season were never re...
- Sat Dec 30, 2023 8:54 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Puns: What's the UK's funniest business name?
- Replies: 74
- Views: 4630
Re: Puns: What's the UK's funniest business name?
I recall a firm of solicitors called "Wright, Hassle & Co."
- Sat Dec 23, 2023 11:19 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: ARTICLE: Rebecca Welch to make history at Craven Cottage
- Replies: 85
- Views: 5086
Re: ARTICLE: Rebecca Welch to make history at Craven Cottage
Good luck to the lass, I hope she has a good game.
- Sat Dec 23, 2023 11:17 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: FA & League Cup replays to be scrapped.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1083
Re: FA & League Cup replays to be scrapped.
more and more people are watching non-league football, I can definitely see the attraction I don't watch live games on TV anymore, just the goals via Skysports. I go and watch Chester RUFC on Saturday afternoons when they are at home. Ten quid to get in, no problem taking your beer onto the touchli...
- Thu Dec 21, 2023 3:05 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Pot holes
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1614
Re: Pot holes
I do try to use public transport here in Chester. I live close to the city centre so the services are not too bad and my bus pass comes in handy. However when using Merseyrail to Liverpool I'm expected to stump up the fare, unlike the Scousers on the Wirral and north of the Mersey who get free rail ...
- Thu Dec 21, 2023 12:58 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Pot holes
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1614
Pot holes
Anyone else concerned that an invasion by the Russians might be on the cards, because some of the potholes on the roads are more akin to tank traps designed to stop a T-34 or whatever the latest Russian tank is?
- Sun Dec 17, 2023 10:28 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: The most annoying thing for me is….
- Replies: 87
- Views: 16563
Re: The most annoying thing for me is….
For me it's the inability to defend set pieces. We have a manager who was a dominant CB and we concede easy goals from set pieces due to the lack of an aerial challenge.
- Sun Dec 17, 2023 10:23 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Question of Sport finally killed off
- Replies: 53
- Views: 9774
Re: Question of Sport finally killed off
The release of Sue Barker was the beginning of the end. Now let's get rid of that MOTD and finally end that historic relic called the "Licence fee."
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 9:01 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Poor Luton.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3666
Re: Poor Luton.
Luton are giving it a go in time honored fashion of promoted teams. Plenty of endeavour, fight and set piece scrambles to try and stay in the league. We on the other hand are running before we can walk. Taking the game to everyone and doing alright until we get near the box and then don't have a tar...
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:55 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Euromillions
- Replies: 44
- Views: 7180
Re: Euromillions
Was golfing at Conway a few weeks back and as we walked to the tee we noticed a table with a couple of bottles of champagne in an ice bucket. A few moments later a family came out all dolled up, plus photographer and a lady with a large, golden envelope. We hung around to watch and it turned out to ...
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 6:49 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Match Thread - Wolves v Burnley
- Replies: 605
- Views: 59847
Re: Match Thread - Wolves v Burnley
Have to watch Dawson at set pieces
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 7:51 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Tonight’s football
- Replies: 59
- Views: 3526
Re: Newcastle Utd....robbed
Completely predictable. You have on the one side a team of upstarts from some northern part of the UK and on the other PSG, the darlings of UEFA who needed a little help to ensure they have qualification in their own hands. The game is no longer fair.
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 8:40 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Three pens
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2775
Re: Three pens
Total fiasco. I never thought that VAR would impact the game this way. Fans can't enjoy celebrating the wonderful feeling of scoring a goal anymore as some twerp in a room miles away can say no. I'd love to give it the boot but fear that it is already providing a nice "little earner" to the authorit...
- Mon Nov 27, 2023 7:21 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Trafford already lined up to replace Pope
- Replies: 189
- Views: 14475
Re: Trafford already lined up to replace Pope
Enjoy your teaboatshed bill wrote: ↑Mon Nov 27, 2023 7:18 pmI can't be bothered as I'm having my dinner. But just look at DD's list for starters.
- Mon Nov 27, 2023 7:19 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Trafford already lined up to replace Pope
- Replies: 189
- Views: 14475
Re: Trafford already lined up to replace Pope
I think that's a safe bet, they've gone out of business.
- Mon Nov 27, 2023 7:16 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Trafford already lined up to replace Pope
- Replies: 189
- Views: 14475
Re: Trafford already lined up to replace Pope
Since around 1964, brought up on Blacklaw and Thomson. I had a chuckle to myself when I saw the Gooners score that header from about 2 yds out. Blacklaw would have taken his head off.
Go on the tick is clocking!
Go on the tick is clocking!
- Mon Nov 27, 2023 7:12 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Trafford already lined up to replace Pope
- Replies: 189
- Views: 14475
Re: Trafford already lined up to replace Pope
Beast?? You're havin a giraffe!
- Mon Nov 27, 2023 7:06 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Trafford already lined up to replace Pope
- Replies: 189
- Views: 14475
Re: Trafford already lined up to replace Pope
Go on Boatshed. You've got 10 minutes.
I can think of a a few but 20??
I can think of a a few but 20??
- Fri Nov 24, 2023 7:27 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Vince would have a field day
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2095
Re: Vince would have a field day
Some hard men in that team and most were wonderful players. I was fortunate to see them all in action. Morgan must have been sold fairly soon after that photo was taken though, as I don't recall him playing in a side with Casper too many times.
- Thu Nov 23, 2023 12:55 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Black Friday
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3239
Re: Black Friday
Agree with most sentiments that it's a big rip off but occasionally you can get a bargain. I'm 70 this christmas and my wife has promised to buy me a new set of golf irons. I've been to my local American golf to test drive a few and finally decided on a set which are certainly not cheap. She was all...
- Wed Nov 15, 2023 12:48 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Price if a pint where you live
- Replies: 144
- Views: 12717
Re: Price if a pint where you live
A pint of Guinness here will easily set you back a tenner ... Something like this from my local is around £4.50 https://teak.wihardja.com.sg/20191129020746/tiger-beer-singapore-hawker-centre.jpg You've brought back some fond memories of my sailing days. Tiger and Anchor were the go to beers when we...
- Wed Nov 15, 2023 9:41 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: What can I do with a BFC single share?
- Replies: 69
- Views: 5046
Re: What can I do with a BFC single share?
Thanks for starting this thread cricketfield. I've got some shares that I may sell and am interested in any avenues to enable this. I didn't go down the route of selling for the 50/50 deal because it didn't suit me at the time.
- Wed Nov 15, 2023 8:17 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Price if a pint where you live
- Replies: 144
- Views: 12717
Re: Price if a pint where you live
I drink most of my beer at the local golf club here in Chester and it's 3.24 a pint for "Cheshire Cat," which is a locally brewed ale (Weetwood Brewery) and very good. If I go into the city I'm paying nearer 5.00 a pint for a similar drink. No wonder a lot of pubs are closing because they are effect...
- Sat Nov 11, 2023 7:06 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Tom Heaton a play coach role?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2132
Re: Tom Heaton a play coach role?
Had a beer with Billy two weeks ago and he's definitely with SD at Goodison.
- Fri Nov 10, 2023 9:01 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: HMRC scam phone call
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2656
Re: HMRC scam phone call
If I get a call from an unknown number I'll usually note the number, cut them off before they have chance to waffle on and then check the number on who-called.co.uk It gives you a pretty good idea if they are scammers or engaged in fraud. The scammers are certainly upping their game at the moment an...
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 3:41 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Lyle Foster illness
- Replies: 115
- Views: 13954
Re: Lyle Foster illness
It must be difficult for the lad. Settling into a new team, new country, new climate, new culture and fans with high expectations. No wonder he's having one or two issues mentally. Good luck to him.
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 3:35 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Winter Soup
- Replies: 64
- Views: 4165
Re: Winter Soup
Just turned the pumpkin from Halloween into soup. Couldn't be simpler. Peel and de-seed the pumpkin and cut into small chunks. You need about 1 kilo. Chop one large onion finely. Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil to pan along with onions. Fry gently for about 10 minutes until soft. Add pumpkin and fry ...