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ARTICLE: Clarets suffer opening day defeat at Watford

Post by ClaretTony » Tue Aug 09, 2022 12:11 pm

Back to 1997 and the new season was underway

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Re: ARTICLE: Clarets suffer opening day defeat at Watford

Post by gawthorpe_view » Tue Aug 09, 2022 9:10 pm

No worries, I'm sure we'll win our first home game, I mean, Waddle stop us?

Exciting Times.
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Re: ARTICLE: Clarets suffer opening day defeat at Watford

Post by ClaretTony » Tue Aug 09, 2022 9:18 pm

gawthorpe_view wrote:
Tue Aug 09, 2022 9:10 pm
No worries, I'm sure we'll win our first home game, I mean, Waddle stop us?

Exciting Times.
My one lasting memory of that day is having to change the wheel in that ridiculous heat

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Re: ARTICLE: Clarets suffer opening day defeat at Watford

Post by NL Claret » Tue Aug 09, 2022 11:05 pm

Remember the day well but not much of the game, my old stand out moment was Waddle pinging a long pass which looked to be going out for a throw in however he had put so much back spin on the ball it just stood up after bouncing, perfection, . was a wow moment, never seen such quality in the flesh (brought on div 4 football). Still think Waddle should have played more.

Didn't Huxford make his debut that red hot day?

Such was the excitement over Waddle's appointment we actually hired a car to get to the game. Same day of the Beckham goal at Selhurst.

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Re: ARTICLE: Clarets suffer opening day defeat at Watford

Post by ClaretTony » Tue Aug 09, 2022 11:07 pm

NL Claret wrote:
Tue Aug 09, 2022 11:05 pm

Didn't Huxford make his debut that red hot day?

He'd made his debut in January that year

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Re: ARTICLE: Clarets suffer opening day defeat at Watford

Post by NL Claret » Tue Aug 09, 2022 11:17 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Tue Aug 09, 2022 11:07 pm
He'd made his debut in January that year
Didn't realise that, can't remember him playing before the Watford game. Must have been one of those signings that went under the radar.

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Re: ARTICLE: Clarets suffer opening day defeat at Watford

Post by JohnDearyMe » Wed Aug 10, 2022 6:58 am

ClaretTony wrote:
Tue Aug 09, 2022 9:18 pm
My one lasting memory of that day is having to change the wheel in that ridiculous heat
Did you sense at the time that it was a bad omen for the season?!

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Re: ARTICLE: Clarets suffer opening day defeat at Watford

Post by gawthorpe_view » Wed Aug 10, 2022 8:32 am

JohnDearyMe wrote:
Wed Aug 10, 2022 6:58 am
Did you sense at the time that it was a bad omen for the season?!
No spoilers !
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Re: ARTICLE: Clarets suffer opening day defeat at Watford

Post by Herts Clarets » Wed Aug 10, 2022 8:32 am

ClaretTony wrote:
Tue Aug 09, 2022 9:18 pm
My one lasting memory of that day is having to change the wheel in that ridiculous heat
I had recently moved to West London so it was a relatively short journey to Watford. I parked on the car park of an Irish club that was packed with Clarets and was met with the dulcet tones belting out "Who are ya". Yes, Rocky was there! I remember a massive following, absolutely boiling hot day and after the game a couple of Watford fans gesturing from the window of the pub that is behind what is now the away end. A Burnley fan walked forward and put his fist through the window, cue a load of police leaping on him. Not the smartest tool.

I was hoping the 1-0 defeat was a temporary set back and looking forward to Southend and Brentford away that were London friendly fixtures to look forward to....

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Re: ARTICLE: Clarets suffer opening day defeat at Watford

Post by Fretters » Wed Aug 10, 2022 8:41 am

NL Claret wrote:
Tue Aug 09, 2022 11:05 pm
Such was the excitement over Waddle's appointment we actually hired a car to get to the game. Same day of the Beckham goal at Selhurst.
You set off early, Beckham's goal was 12 months earlier :D

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Re: ARTICLE: Clarets suffer opening day defeat at Watford

Post by ClaretTony » Wed Aug 10, 2022 8:56 am

JohnDearyMe wrote:
Wed Aug 10, 2022 6:58 am
Did you sense at the time that it was a bad omen for the season?!
I should have done. Stopped at the first services to wash my hands (and face, because I'd been wiping the sweat). Big sign apologising for there being no cold water in the loos, no warning that the hot water was scolding hot and you couldn't use it. Looks like it's going to be another warm one this week at Vicarage Road although at least it will be an evening kick off.
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Re: ARTICLE: Clarets suffer opening day defeat at Watford

Post by Rowls » Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:29 pm

Not worried about the defeat.

We've probably watched the teams that will finish first and second.

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Re: ARTICLE: Clarets suffer opening day defeat at Watford

Post by NL Claret » Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:38 pm

Fretters wrote:
Wed Aug 10, 2022 8:41 am
You set off early, Beckham's goal was 12 months earlier :D
Well that's 2 things I've now found out! It wasn't Huxford debut and Beckham didn't score against Wimbledon! How the mind plays tricks! It was very hot though and it was a red corsa.
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Re: ARTICLE: Clarets suffer opening day defeat at Watford

Post by claretbob » Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:49 pm

The sense of anticipation before that game was very different to this season. We had just missed out on the play offs the year before, had not lost any major players and looked to have significantly strengthened. What could go wrong?

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Re: ARTICLE: Clarets suffer opening day defeat at Watford

Post by Rowls » Wed Aug 10, 2022 1:02 pm

claretbob wrote:
Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:49 pm
The sense of anticipation before that game was very different to this season. We had just missed out on the play offs the year before, had not lost any major players and looked to have significantly strengthened. What could go wrong?
Let's hope it ends up very differently!!!

Took us two years, Stan arriving and Kilby's money to get over the damage done in the Waddle season. Even that nearly wasn't enough to save us in the first season.

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Re: ARTICLE: Clarets suffer opening day defeat at Watford

Post by quoonbeatz » Wed Aug 10, 2022 1:17 pm

NL Claret wrote:
Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:38 pm
Well that's 2 things I've now found out! It wasn't Huxford debut and Beckham didn't score against Wimbledon! How the mind plays tricks! It was very hot though and it was a red corsa.
There were no red corsas until the following year.
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Re: ARTICLE: Clarets suffer opening day defeat at Watford

Post by Fretters » Wed Aug 10, 2022 2:11 pm

NL Claret wrote:
Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:38 pm
Well that's 2 things I've now found out! It wasn't Huxford debut and Beckham didn't score against Wimbledon! How the mind plays tricks! It was very hot though and it was a red corsa.
No, you have the team right, it was WImbledon. But it was on the opening day of 1996/97, not the Waddle season.

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Re: ARTICLE: Clarets suffer opening day defeat at Watford

Post by Stalbansclaret » Wed Aug 10, 2022 2:20 pm

I remember :
1. How hot it was
2. Walking through allotments to get to the away end , at the opposite end of the ground to where we are put nowadays
4. A very big following of Clarets
5. The sheer weirdness of seeing Waddle in a Burney shirt for the first time
6. A massively disappointing performance
7. Watching Phil Eastwood and thinking "He's not good enough" !

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Re: ARTICLE: Clarets suffer opening day defeat at Watford

Post by Fretters » Wed Aug 10, 2022 3:12 pm

quoonbeatz wrote:
Wed Aug 10, 2022 1:17 pm
There were no red corsas until the following year.
:lol: :lol:

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