NO PIE SHOPS IN SEATTLE
BURNLEY 0 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2 It was an astonishing seven weeks since the last home league game. There was a decided absence of Burnley April Fool’s day jokes. Perhaps it was because the day was too...
View ArticleYOU’LL NEVER TAKE THE SUNBEDS
BURNLEY 1 STOKE CITY 0 MIDDLESBROUGH 0 BURNLEY 0 EVERTON 3 BURNLEY 1 We were in Tenerife. Trump was squaring up to Assad. Trump was squaring up to Putin. Trump was squaring up to North Korea. He...
View ArticleTHE CIRCUS COMES TO TURF MOOR
BURNLEY 0 MANCHESTER UNITED 2 Manchester United hadn’t lost for months in a run of more than 20 unbeaten games. Mourhino’s tactics had stifled Chelsea and seen them off 2-0 so that Chelsea were no...
View ArticleOH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING
BURNLEY 2 WEST BROM 2 Oh what a beautiful feeling, oh what a beautiful day, I’ve got a wonderful feeling, everything’s going my way. And who could blame us for feeling so good the day after the Palace...
View ArticleJELLY and ICE CREAM
BOURNEMOUTH 2 BURNLEY 1 It was the twilight zone for neighbours Blackburn Rovers after the last day drama in the Championship that saw them relegated despite a 3-1 win at Brentford. Meanwhile for...
View ArticleGALA DINNERS and END OF TERM
BURNLEY 1 WEST HAM 2 ‘Don’t remember this fuss when we knocked down the old Brunshaw Road Stand,’ tweeted Phil Bird after watching the scenes at Tottenham when they played their last ever game at White...
View Article2002 IN PRAISE OF OLD MAGAZINES
2002, In Praise of old Magazines Thank goodness for old Claret magazines you can leaf through and see how things were way back in the yesteryear. Someone posted somewhere that anyone under 17 will have...
View Article2004: Buckets, verbals and Mo
2004: buckets, verbals and Mo I was rummaging again in the old mags and trying to erase the images of losing to Leeds on penalties. Had this been a league game and ended at 2-2 we’d have gone home...
View ArticleCARRY ON UP THE DOURO
August 2017, and it was a one-off, a very expensive luxury trip to celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary. It took a determined saving-up campaign, a big dip into some ISAs and there wasn’t much change...
View Article1962 THE LAST CAREFREE YEAR and A CUP FINAL
1962: The Last Carefree Year and a Cup Final. It doesn’t take much for the mind to start wandering during a dull game. And it’s funny how the most trivial thing can set a train of thought in motion. It...
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