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The Perfect Sunday
The first time she told me I was sad was when I revealed plans to hang some new pictures in the bedroom. I couldn't see ...
End of term and summer holidays
The last game on the 28th. It had that feel about it. End of term and time to get away for the summer - except it was more ...
Goodbye 2011/2012
How do we all feel about this season just gone by? Relieved still to be in the Championship, satisfied with a mid-table ...
To Tweet or not to Tweet
It was the word of the week. It was the topic of the week. Should Brendan Flood have tweeted the details of the shortlist for ...
A Mini Revival
The snow held off on the night of the Birmingham game until the journey home. Fortunately it was nothing like the conditions ...
Proud to be a Young Claret
It was at the Youth Cup Semi Final at Turf Moor when I was sitting in the Bob Lord Stand after a hearty plate of the club ...
Thanks Barry
Southampton 2 Burnley 0, Burnley 2 Barnsley 0 and Reading 1 Burnley 0; That's how long we were without a computer.
Report from the Arctic
Oh what fun we've had battling with computer technology.
Great Expectations
We watched Great Expectations on the telly over the holiday, Pip, Miss Havesham, Magwich, Jaggers et al. It's been excellent. ...
The joy of Christmas
"I'm going to sleep now and dream of Christmas, night night," said little Joe. He's only 5 and hasn't been to a Burnley game ...
What a difference a year makes
Or does it? It seems to me that we're pretty much as we were a year ago in the table except…
Who's Hoos
We welcomed a new Chief Exec to Turf Moor, Lee Hoos. The best post on a website was surely from Rileybobs: "Why are we ...
Close Encounters of the West Ham Kind
It was that time of year again; time to make a trip to the capital. If this journey ...
Perceptions and the State of Play
The dust from the end of year accounts settled and the near £4million deficit was no surprise. That it would be thus had been ...
Goodbye Jimmy
The roll call of footballers and legends at Jimmy Adamson's funeral was fitting.
Underdog - A review of the new Tim Quelch book
I had a problem with this review. It is such a marvellous book I couldn't think how ...
The natives are getting restless
Seeing how generally undemonstrative Eddie Howe is on the touchline made me ponder on the managers at Burnley who have been ...
IF - the biggest word in football
On the way home from the Blackpool game, absolutely delighted with the win of course, plus the manner of the performance, it ...
Rebirth at the Ricoh
The new Tim Quelch book is now available. There will be a proper review eventually but in the meantime there is enough ...
On the Road
In a fit of madness I'd got tickets for the next two away games at Barnsley and Coventry. I was hoping we'd get Russell Grant ...

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