Kevin Lynch… Undr the cosh.

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Kevin Lynch… Undr the cosh.

Post by dandeclaret » Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:18 pm

Claims bananas were thrown in the Waddle season…. Nonsense.

Does admit that he hated Burnley and never referred well. And that Burnley fans hated him.

Still the worst referee ever seen on Turf Moor.
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Re: Kevin Lynch… Undr the cosh.

Post by jdrobbo » Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:19 pm

Barnsley 🤮 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

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Re: Kevin Lynch… Undr the cosh.

Post by claretburns » Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:21 pm

Was just about to post the link on here for it, currently listening to it now, ignoring the Burnley nonsense it is a very funny episode, the story of Willie Donachie getting sent off for Oldham at Sheff Utd :lol:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HVYcY7t0Eg

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Re: Kevin Lynch… Undr the cosh.

Post by ClaretTony » Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:22 pm

We were talking about the worst referee ever on the Turf going to Watford. As bad as Lynch was, as bad as McNally was, I give you George Hartley from Wakefield, Burnley v Wolves 1970.

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Re: Kevin Lynch… Undr the cosh.

Post by Vegas Claret » Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:23 pm

jdrobbo wrote:
Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:19 pm
Barnsley 🤮 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
horrific doesn't do his display that night justice

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Re: Kevin Lynch… Undr the cosh.

Post by elwaclaret » Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:25 pm

Kenny Lynch would have made a better ref, from memory.

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Post by arise_sir_charge » Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:28 pm

Bett Lynch would as well.

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Post by Bosscat » Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:31 pm

arise_sir_charge wrote:
Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:28 pm
Bett Lynch would as well.
Bert Lynch too

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Post by claretburns » Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:33 pm

States with the Burnley racist incidents that we were playing Blackpool in an evening game in the late nineties and he thinks Waddle was manager at the time.

Allegedly Burnley fans were making racist chants to Blackpool players and chucking bananas onto the pitch. He claims Burnley were the only club he reported in his career for racist incidents.

I have found two Tuesday night games against Blackpool in the late 90s, one in the Waddle season, both below:

Burnley 2-0 Blackpool 10th September 1996
Burnley 1-2 Blackpool 7th April 1998

Anyone know if Lynch reffed either game above? Cannot find information online on who the refs were for each game.

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Re: Kevin Lynch… Undr the cosh.

Post by redwasp » Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:41 pm

We've had some bad ones down the years but I agree with Tony. George Hartleys performance v Wolves was the worst in my time watching Burnley.

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Post by Bordeauxclaret » Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:43 pm

We got beat 1-0 in a night match v Blackpool I think, Mullin got sent off for putting his hands on the ref.
Was that Kevin Lynch?

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Post by TheFamilyCat » Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:44 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:22 pm
We were talking about the worst referee ever on the Turf going to Watford. As bad as Lynch was, as bad as McNally was, I give you George Hartley from Wakefield, Burnley v Wolves 1970.
They've never seen a round ball in Wakefield. What hope would he have of knowing the rules?

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Re: Kevin Lynch… Undr the cosh.

Post by Bordeauxclaret » Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:47 pm

Bordeauxclaret wrote:
Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:43 pm
We got beat 1-0 in a night match v Blackpool I think, Mullin got sent off for putting his hands on the ref.
Was that Kevin Lynch?
Actually could have been 2-1 thinking about it. Was definitely Lynch, sure he gave a free kick when it was a foul in the box that got the reaction from Mullin.

As for bananas, bullshit.

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Post by dougcollins » Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:59 pm

Sh!t ref - correct
Bananas - incorrect

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Post by ArthurShelby » Mon Aug 15, 2022 9:01 pm

Karl Henry ex Wolves player says he was racially abused at Turf Moor as well.

https://mobile.twitter.com/5liveSport/s ... 79168?s=09

We probably do have one of if not the most racist fan bases in the country, the nazi salute at Spurs, the Man City plane etc

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Re: Kevin Lynch… Undr the cosh.

Post by dougcollins » Mon Aug 15, 2022 9:03 pm

ArthurShelby wrote:
Mon Aug 15, 2022 9:01 pm

We probably do have one of if not the most racist fan bases in the country, the nazi salute at Spurs, the Man City plane etc
You should have tried visiting Prenton Park around that time.
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Re: Kevin Lynch… Undr the cosh.

Post by ClaretTony » Mon Aug 15, 2022 9:04 pm

Bordeauxclaret wrote:
Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:43 pm
We got beat 1-0 in a night match v Blackpool I think, Mullin got sent off for putting his hands on the ref.
Was that Kevin Lynch?
Definitely Lynch

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Post by Jellybean » Mon Aug 15, 2022 9:07 pm

Or visit camp nou to hear the majority of fans sat near is doing monkey chants at Marcelo. All fans have racists, sadly, it's wrong that they make out Burnley is worse than other clubs.

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Post by elwaclaret » Mon Aug 15, 2022 9:11 pm

Every club was the same, I don’t know why people are pointing the finger at Burnley, it was a reflection of society not Burnley especially.
I was truly shocked in the mid 90’s when a Huddersfield supporter thought he could enjoy some banter with the locals in the Bob Lord Stand, “Crikey your ____ is even worse than our _______.” I remember being very proud that those in earshot told him to “fec off’

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Post by elwaclaret » Mon Aug 15, 2022 9:23 pm

The worst biggotts I’ve ever spoken to were Everton Fans, at the time they thought Burnley was a disgrace, “a northern working class club with ______?” At the time they swore blind they’d stop going to Goddison if the ever signed a black player… funny I was only thinking about how utterly angry they were last week… and did they keep to their words? That’s early 1990’s. Vile, but one of my closest friends is the nicest bloke you can meet and a Toffee.

You should never clump groups of people in generalisations. I try to treat people like days each is different and best one at a time.

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Post by bfcjg » Mon Aug 15, 2022 9:51 pm

Lynch just made that up, I don't recall such incidents.

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Post by Mattster » Mon Aug 15, 2022 10:00 pm

claretburns wrote:
Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:33 pm
States with the Burnley racist incidents that we were playing Blackpool in an evening game in the late nineties and he thinks Waddle was manager at the time.

Allegedly Burnley fans were making racist chants to Blackpool players and chucking bananas onto the pitch. He claims Burnley were the only club he reported in his career for racist incidents.

I have found two Tuesday night games against Blackpool in the late 90s, one in the Waddle season, both below:

Burnley 2-0 Blackpool 10th September 1996
Burnley 1-2 Blackpool 7th April 1998

Anyone know if Lynch reffed either game above? Cannot find information online on who the refs were for each game.
1998 game Lynch was the ref.

Highlights here https://youtu.be/ZyFmZ_Hi22M

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Post by Ric_C » Mon Aug 15, 2022 10:04 pm

You could tell Lynch absolutely hated us. What an arrogant prick he was
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Post by Clowbridge89 » Mon Aug 15, 2022 10:11 pm

I remember this game so clearly for some reason. I had my swimming lesson at the Thompson Centre after school, then onto Planet Pizza for tea then the Turf. I’m pretty sure my 8 year old enquiring mind would have notice bananas being thrown. What a load of rubbish!

By the way, how bad is the pitch?

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Post by martin_p » Mon Aug 15, 2022 10:16 pm

Can’t say I remember bananas being thrown at this match or to be honest any other at the Turf. Certainly heard racist chanting both home or away ( there’s less than there was) but bananas?

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Post by welsbyswife » Mon Aug 15, 2022 10:29 pm

I do recall monkey chants on the Turf. Fairly sure Adrian Littlejohn got some in 93/94. Don't ever remember bananas being thrown and I think that type of chanting had died out by the Waddle era.

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Post by dandeclaret » Mon Aug 15, 2022 10:31 pm

Looking at the highlights, it was a penalty, and a straight red for that.... proper lynched.

He was the 90's Lee Mason.

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Post by rincon » Mon Aug 15, 2022 10:37 pm

any suggestion that Burnley fans are more racist than anyone else is nonsense. we've made black players very welcome, from Roger Eli, Johny Francis, Winston White etc and despite some of them not being very good players they never got abused, also Kevin Francis from Stockport got some stick in a nice way, but for being tall not black and he applauded the Burnley fans at Wembley
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Post by Clarets4me » Mon Aug 29, 2022 2:38 am

Anyone who thinks that Burnley doesn't have a small number of complete bell-ends who follow the Club is deluded .....
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Post by Pearcey » Mon Aug 29, 2022 6:41 am

The Rochdale Pieman story was brilliant to be fair.

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Post by Clarets4me » Mon Aug 29, 2022 12:29 pm

Very entertaining ... the story of the dust-up at Carrow Road made me laugh out loud !

" 21 players all at it, punches thrown players diving in pulling people off etc ..... all except Bryan Gunn the Norwich 'keeper, looking back, I should have yellow carded 'im for Cowardice " .... Brilliant ! :D

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Post by Clarets4me » Mon Aug 29, 2022 1:00 pm

dandeclaret wrote:
Mon Aug 15, 2022 10:31 pm
Looking at the highlights, it was a penalty, and a straight red for that.... proper lynched.
He was the 90's Lee Mason.
You could argue either way if it was a penalty or free kick, but then John Mullin goes up to Lynch and pushes him in the chest ...
That's a Red card now, and was then .. :?

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Post by ElectroClaret » Mon Aug 29, 2022 1:23 pm

Pearcey wrote:
Mon Aug 29, 2022 6:41 am
The Rochdale Pieman story was brilliant to be fair.
Thats really funny.

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Post by Stan Tastic » Mon Aug 29, 2022 1:27 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:22 pm
We were talking about the worst referee ever on the Turf going to Watford. As bad as Lynch was, as bad as McNally was, I give you George Hartley from Wakefield, Burnley v Wolves 1970.
At the end of the game a Burnley fan ran on the pitch and headed straight for the ref but was stopped by Derek Dougan if I remember correctly. I'd never seen anything like it on the Turf but it was the first time I'd noticed a truly awful refereeing performance.

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Post by wilks_bfc » Mon Aug 29, 2022 1:35 pm

Clarets4me wrote:
Mon Aug 29, 2022 2:38 am
Anyone who thinks that Burnley doesn't have a small number of complete bell-ends who follow the Club is deluded .....
Think you mean anyone who thinks that their Club doesn't have a small number of complete bell-ends who follow their Club is deluded

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Post by Clarets4me » Mon Aug 29, 2022 2:47 pm

wilks_bfc wrote:
Mon Aug 29, 2022 1:35 pm
Think you mean anyone who thinks that their Club doesn't have a small number of complete bell-ends who follow their Club is deluded
Quite so !

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Post by BobLordsPencil » Mon Aug 29, 2022 4:48 pm

ArthurShelby wrote:
Mon Aug 15, 2022 9:01 pm
Karl Henry ex Wolves player says he was racially abused at Turf Moor as well.

https://mobile.twitter.com/5liveSport/s ... 79168?s=09

We probably do have one of if not the most racist fan bases in the country, the nazi salute at Spurs, the Man City plane etc
Absolute nonsense! We have a racist minority like 99% of British and European clubs! To say we have the most racist fan base is insulting!
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Post by gandhisflipflop » Mon Aug 29, 2022 5:15 pm

ArthurShelby wrote:
Mon Aug 15, 2022 9:01 pm
Karl Henry ex Wolves player says he was racially abused at Turf Moor as well.

https://mobile.twitter.com/5liveSport/s ... 79168?s=09

We probably do have one of if not the most racist fan bases in the country, the nazi salute at Spurs, the Man City plane etc
Does anyone actually know the bloke who did that at spurs? I’m yet to meet a fan who did

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Post by KRBFC » Mon Aug 29, 2022 5:41 pm

gandhisflipflop wrote:
Mon Aug 29, 2022 5:15 pm
Does anyone actually know the bloke who did that at spurs? I’m yet to meet a fan who did
He was probably a paid actor, to make BFC look bad.

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Post by Caballo » Mon Aug 29, 2022 7:05 pm

gandhisflipflop wrote:
Mon Aug 29, 2022 5:15 pm
Does anyone actually know the bloke who did that at spurs? I’m yet to meet a fan who did
I 'know' the one that was doing the 'crying' gesture, that was with the saluting guy. He was in corporate for the Blackpool game.

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Post by Taffy on the wing » Mon Aug 29, 2022 7:14 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:22 pm
We were talking about the worst referee ever on the Turf going to Watford. As bad as Lynch was, as bad as McNally was, I give you George Hartley from Wakefield, Burnley v Wolves 1970.
Blimey........You can really hold a grudge Tony! :lol:

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Post by ClaretTony » Mon Aug 29, 2022 8:03 pm

Taffy on the wing wrote:
Mon Aug 29, 2022 7:14 pm
Blimey........You can really hold a grudge Tony! :lol:
No grudge - just know how bad he was

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Re: Kevin Lynch… Undr the cosh.

Post by dougcollins » Mon Aug 29, 2022 8:32 pm

Considering how miserable Lynch made us on so many occasions I won't be reading anything of this anytime soon, no matter how 'funny' it is.

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