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Best of luck to Pete Oliver

Post by ClaretTony » Mon Sep 20, 2021 11:32 am

I'd just like to send Pete my best wishes in his new role. He left his role at Burnley this weekend and has become the Senior Communications Manager at Bolton Wanderers.
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Re: Best of luck to Pete Oliver

Post by jdrobbo » Mon Sep 20, 2021 11:33 am

He’s always seemed highly professional in his role and despite not being a Burnley fan, always represented our club brilliantly. Best wishes to him.
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Re: Best of luck to Pete Oliver

Post by Bosscat » Mon Sep 20, 2021 11:36 am

ClaretTony wrote:
Mon Sep 20, 2021 11:32 am
I'd just like to send Pete my best wishes in his new role. He left his role at Burnley this weekend and has become the Senior Communications Manager at Bolton Wanderers.
I hope he didn't use the "10 years ahead" cliche to explain his move......

Only Joking 😉 all the best to Pete at BWFC 👍

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Re: Best of luck to Pete Oliver

Post by ClaretTony » Mon Sep 20, 2021 11:36 am

jdrobbo wrote:
Mon Sep 20, 2021 11:33 am
despite not being a Burnley fan
I was at Curzon Ashton for the u23s when he went past and someone said he was a Sunderland fan. I told Pete about it, I think it was the only time I ever saw him when he wasn't calm and collected. :D

Big changes in the media department with Pete joining Daz Bentley and Adam Riding through the exit door.

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Re: Best of luck to Pete Oliver

Post by KRBFC » Mon Sep 20, 2021 11:42 am

Is Pete the guy who did the interviews?

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Re: Best of luck to Pete Oliver

Post by claretandy » Mon Sep 20, 2021 11:47 am

KRBFC wrote:
Mon Sep 20, 2021 11:42 am
Is Pete the guy who did the interviews?
The one with the Geordie accent.

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Re: Best of luck to Pete Oliver

Post by mill hill claret » Mon Sep 20, 2021 12:06 pm

Was that Peter Stevenson who did the interview with dyche last week ?

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Re: Best of luck to Pete Oliver

Post by wilks_bfc » Mon Sep 20, 2021 12:16 pm

KRBFC wrote:
Mon Sep 20, 2021 11:42 am
Is Pete the guy who did the interviews?
Yes. He also did Septembers episode of “Turf More” that came out last week

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Re: Best of luck to Pete Oliver

Post by randomclaret2 » Mon Sep 20, 2021 12:18 pm

Crikey...who's left ?

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Re: Best of luck to Pete Oliver

Post by summitclaret » Mon Sep 20, 2021 1:26 pm

We now have a new comms approach. The Board have recruited hundreds of volunteers to go round and knock on doors all over Lancs to convert people to be Clarets.

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Re: Best of luck to Pete Oliver

Post by longsidetrumpet » Mon Sep 20, 2021 2:20 pm

Good luck indeed, what a lovely guy and enjoyed his interviews and features. Had the pleasure of working with Pete at the Lancashire Telegraph back in the 80s

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Re: Best of luck to Pete Oliver

Post by ClaretTony » Mon Sep 20, 2021 2:24 pm

mill hill claret wrote:
Mon Sep 20, 2021 12:06 pm
Was that Peter Stevenson who did the interview with dyche last week ?
It was - and he's a Claret
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Re: Best of luck to Pete Oliver

Post by claptrappers_union » Mon Sep 20, 2021 2:41 pm

Some good people with great knowledge of the club have now left, I dont know how you replace that…

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Re: Best of luck to Pete Oliver

Post by ClaretTony » Mon Sep 20, 2021 2:49 pm

claptrappers_union wrote:
Mon Sep 20, 2021 2:41 pm
Some good people with great knowledge of the club have now left, I dont know how you replace that…
You can't

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Re: Best of luck to Pete Oliver

Post by bf2k » Mon Sep 20, 2021 3:07 pm

claptrappers_union wrote:
Mon Sep 20, 2021 2:41 pm
Some good people with great knowledge of the club have now left, I dont know how you replace that…
From the list ClaretTony posted above I think Adam Riding is a considerable loss along with Anthony Fairclough.

I have it from very good sources that the work Adam put out was second to none. Anthony also built up a lot of good relationships with local and national businesses which have either been damaged or lost with the new approach. I suppose you only have to look at the lack of advertising around the ground to see that.

I just hope the new board know what they are doing.

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Re: Best of luck to Pete Oliver

Post by claptrappers_union » Mon Sep 20, 2021 4:21 pm

I worked with the club since 2007 and everyone was top. Especially the media team, they went the extra mile with limited resources and from the outside looking in, I think they needed backing, rather than replacing. I still work with the club but in a different, more limited way and I don't know who most of people are now. Not that I have anything negative to say about them, there's just lots of new faces. as a workplace, it also looks very corporate with everyone wearing uniformed suits.
"I suppose you only have to look at the lack of advertising around the ground to see that."
Thats because of the delayed delivery of the digital signage, static advertising was brought down to be replaced by it, but the LED hardware hasn't arrived yet. That said, a lot of the static signage in and around the stadium advertised businesses that were not even paying, either the agreement had expired and the signage remained or there was an agreement to have sponsorship in return for work in the stadium, the club used to be very stingy when it came to giving money.

The new owners pulled a lot of them down immediately last season and replaced them in with boards simply saying 'Burnley Football Club' on them, the most noticeable one was all the LoveBet advertising in the stadium. I think their logo only remained on the shirt because the it was cheaper than ordering a load of new blank shirts from Umbro or finding a replacement sponsor before the end of that season.

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Re: Best of luck to Pete Oliver

Post by ClaretTony » Mon Sep 20, 2021 4:35 pm

bf2k wrote:
Mon Sep 20, 2021 3:07 pm
From the list ClaretTony posted above I think Adam Riding is a considerable loss along with Anthony Fairclough.

I have it from very good sources that the work Adam put out was second to none. Anthony also built up a lot of good relationships with local and national businesses which have either been damaged or lost with the new approach. I suppose you only have to look at the lack of advertising around the ground to see that.

I just hope the new board know what they are doing.
I spoke to Anthony before the Brighton game. He's still a claret and still going to the games. Over the years I didn't have much dealing with him but have to say I never, ever had a problem with him. Same with Adam and he did the all the player pics for us back in 2017.

Another long serving member of staff goes in a couple of weeks - and he's someone I have had a lot of dealings with and someone I think will be a loss.

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Re: Best of luck to Pete Oliver

Post by KRBFC » Mon Sep 20, 2021 4:59 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Mon Sep 20, 2021 4:35 pm
I spoke to Anthony before the Brighton game. He's still a claret and still going to the games. Over the years I didn't have much dealing with him but have to say I never, ever had a problem with him. Same with Adam and he did the all the player pics for us back in 2017.

Another long serving member of staff goes in a couple of weeks - and he's someone I have had a lot of dealings with and someone I think will be a loss.
Any idea why Tony Loughlan was replaced permanently instead of temporarily while he had his operation and recovered? was that Tony's decision?

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Re: Best of luck to Pete Oliver

Post by KRBFC » Mon Sep 20, 2021 5:00 pm

I enjoyed Pete's content/interviews, seemed a nice bloke, no idea why he'd have been replaced unless he chose to leave.

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Re: Best of luck to Pete Oliver

Post by ClaretTony » Mon Sep 20, 2021 5:29 pm

KRBFC wrote:
Mon Sep 20, 2021 4:59 pm
Any idea why Tony Loughlan was replaced permanently instead of temporarily while he had his operation and recovered? was that Tony's decision?
I believe Tony made the decision. Really nice bloke too.
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Re: Best of luck to Pete Oliver

Post by KRBFC » Mon Sep 20, 2021 5:39 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Mon Sep 20, 2021 5:29 pm
I believe Tony made the decision. Really nice bloke too.
An awful lot of changes all at once can quickly change the mood around the workplace. I'm sure we'll see how it all plays out, it looks like budget cuts from the outside imo.

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Re: Best of luck to Pete Oliver

Post by BurnleyFC » Mon Sep 20, 2021 6:01 pm

Good bloke is Pete.

I wish him the best of luck in his new role.

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Re: Best of luck to Pete Oliver

Post by jtv » Mon Sep 20, 2021 6:12 pm

I have lost two very good friends in Pete and Daz. Two top top guys - they used to make my annual visit to Turf Moor easier and much more enjoyable. Good luck to both of them.

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Re: Best of luck to Pete Oliver

Post by clansman » Mon Sep 20, 2021 6:35 pm

The club has taken the decision to outsource media and communications. Hence the departures.

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Re: Best of luck to Pete Oliver

Post by NRC » Mon Sep 20, 2021 6:42 pm

But in order for outsourcing to work, there's needs to be an internal liaison. Said person would be the source of news, media planning, and in particular corporate communications. Then there needs to be a content approver......

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Re: Best of luck to Pete Oliver

Post by BuryClaret » Mon Sep 20, 2021 7:24 pm

Not quite sure how well the outsourcing is going to work but will reserve judgement.

Can you imagine the uproar if Phil Bird was shown the door… at least he remains constant.

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Re: Best of luck to Pete Oliver

Post by ClaretTony » Mon Sep 20, 2021 7:51 pm

clansman wrote:
Mon Sep 20, 2021 6:35 pm
The club has taken the decision to outsource media and communications. Hence the departures.
Don't think that's the case for the departures

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Re: Best of luck to Pete Oliver

Post by bfcjg » Mon Sep 20, 2021 10:16 pm

The board need to be very careful, fair enough tweak, make your mark etc but you cannot buy such knowledge as the people leavingbhave, and longstanding employees do tend to go that extra mile.

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Re: Best of luck to Pete Oliver

Post by depechedingle » Tue Sep 21, 2021 7:54 am

It probably unnecessarily concerns me the number of departures at the club for whatever reasoning there might be.

Sad to see Daz Bentley and Pete Oliver go as they were always good for the fans as well. Not sure, whether Pete's departure was of his own ambition, as he is now heading up all things media at the BWFC so as an higher level of responsibility probably. Or did he jump before he was pushed, anyway I often found Pete to be more than an excellent and very personable in his interview style at Turf Moor.

Good luck Pete.

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Re: Best of luck to Pete Oliver

Post by Yorkshirelad » Tue Sep 21, 2021 8:06 am

ClaretTony wrote:
Mon Sep 20, 2021 11:32 am
I'd just like to send Pete my best wishes in his new role. He left his role at Burnley this weekend and has become the Senior Communications Manager at Bolton Wanderers.
Thank you for posting this I had noticed over the weekend Pete didn't seem to be around the media.

All the best to another really nice bloke.

I sometimes saw him around Clitheroe market on a Saturday morning when we had a late weekend game.

Good Luck

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Re: Best of luck to Pete Oliver

Post by diamondpocket » Tue Sep 21, 2021 8:11 am

On his Twitter profile it says he is a director at Clitheroe. Seems a great guy, Good luck in the new job.

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Re: Best of luck to Pete Oliver

Post by ClaretTony » Tue Sep 21, 2021 10:26 am

diamondpocket wrote:
Tue Sep 21, 2021 8:11 am
On his Twitter profile it says he is a director at Clitheroe. Seems a great guy, Good luck in the new job.
Two or three years now since he became a director there.

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