[Football] Some of those Burnley fans - don’t like us. Oh well !!!

[brighton_tom]

Its just fueled by the whole Bong/Rodriguez thing. Most decent fans will probably look at that whole episode & say 'unfortunately i guess we'll never know what was said' and move on. But the knuckle dragging element of their fan base have turned the 'unproven' verdict into 'proven not to be a racist' (which is not the same thing), and now to decide to call us racists for it... bizarre. Generally the largest percentage of their fanbase will be decent people, much like ours and anyone else's, but its the dickheads that stick in your mind.

 

[The Clamp]

I enjoyed growing up in Seaford / Lewes but have equally enjoyed living in Liverpool. It’s not quite as grim up north as some would have us believe.

Most of the bigger places are fine. As are a lot of the chocolate box villages. It’s the clapped out ex-industrial towns that have no culture or alternative industry to replace what Thatcher destroyed.
Shame, some of them used to be absolute treasures.

 

[vagabond]

Why are the Clarets getting so wound up by a load of Internet saddos on BHA Mumsnet?

[emoji38]

 

[Icy Gull]

Good to see an Albion fan (who doesn’t rate NSC) has calmed them down a bit but I had to laugh at this insult, a new one on me

“And I see that Sheebo is still a monumental melon head”

Have you got history on their site [MENTION=457]sheebo[/MENTION]?

 

[SeagullinExile]

19 pages? Really.

 

[Bodian]

Last time I went to Burnley for a game I had some excellent cheap beer in a friendly pub, and a very smart haircut in the local barbers. I actually find the place quite interesting. Yes, a run down ex-industrial town - but plenty of history.

 

[A mex eyecan]

Burnley fans calling us racist

perhaps in their eyes we are, after all if we have a lot of non white players we must be ‘anti white’ see we are racist

 

[TugWilson]

A Burnley guide :

Anyone with a descent ground = Plastic
Anyone who disagrees with them = Bellend
Anyone who bathes = La di da
Anyone with their own teeth = Posh
Anyone who criticizes them = Don`t know what their talking about

Never known a more intellectually challenged argumentative and confrontational bunch of knuckle dragging inbred`s in my life !

 

[The Clamp]

Quite amusing reading the posts from middle class Southerners who have moved to Northern towns saying they’re great.
Different story if you’re born and bred there I would imagine.
Touch of the “Common People” about it .

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I enjoyed growing up in Seaford / Lewes but have equally enjoyed living in Liverpool. It’s not quite as grim up north as some would have us believe.

Liverpool is a very friendly place though. I have been a number of times from the mid-80s when I was a young boy to a few seasons ago for Everton away. I have found it a consistently friendly and welcoming city. Others are Bristol, Manchester and Birmingham aside from one weird experience in a historic old pub I visited in the burbs when a sketchy couple were eyeing up my man bag and seem to take offense when I moved it away from them. I ordered a taxi to take me to my next stop and the male followed me out of the pub, stood behind the taxi and in a dramatic and ostentatious way flipped me the bird as I got in car. He held that pose all the while I spoke to the driver and pulled away and until I couldn’t see him anymore. Odd.

 

[HantsSeagull]

let's be honest, if Burnley disappeared off the face of the earth tomorrow, it would be Wednesday
before anyone realised.

and the other side of never before anyone cared.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Liverpool is a very friendly place though. I have been a number of times from the mid-80s when I was a young boy to a few seasons ago for Everton away. I have found it a consistently friendly and welcoming city. Others are Bristol, Manchester and Birmingham aside from one weird experience in a historic old pub I visited in the burbs when a sketchy couple were eyeing up my man bag and seem to take offense when I moved it away from them. I ordered a taxi to take me to my next stop and the male followed me out of the pub, stood behind the taxi and in a dramatic and ostentatious way flipped me the bird as I got in car. He held that pose all the while I spoke to the driver and pulled away and until I couldn’t see him anymore. Odd.

Talking of pub/taxi experiences up north we had a weekend away in Manchester for the United game up there in November in the first PL season. Me and a mate stayed in this cheap pub in Salford that had a B&B above.

They were very accommodating and let us put our stuff in our room early on and we had a pint downstairs and a chat with the landlady. Then our mates phoned and asked us to meet them at a pub nearer OT. So we ordered a cab. We get in when it arrives and the conversation goes:

"Are you staying there lads?"
"Yep"
"Did you notice the hole in the ceiling?"
"Er, no......"
"Oh, cause a couple of days ago someone went in there with a gun and shot it up a bit".

Still no idea if he was telling the truth as we got back there way after closing time and had to use the tradesmans.

Nice place, Salford.

*ducks*

 

[Mackenzie]

Why are the Clarets getting so wound up by a load of Internet saddos on BHA Mumsnet? And conversely, why are people on here getting wound up?

NSC, the biggest stain on the reputation of our football club since either Leon Best’s loan spell or Kingstonian 2 BHA 1.

Bollocks. Utter bollocks.

Yes there is some stupidity but on the whole its a great community. From raising money for good causes to help, support and assistance for folk who need it and everything else.

 

[osgood]

Tony Livesey, Alaistair Campbell and John Ketley are all decent people. Most people in Burnley are no doubt too.

Just a minority of racists/homophobes tainting the town.

Really

The Thick of it !!!

 

[Weststander]

Really

The Thick of it !!!

Malcome Tucker's a supporter too!

 

[theboybilly]

Their most famous fan is a Yorkshireman.

To be fair Burnley is not that far from Keighley where Alistair Campbell was born. He could just as easily have followed one of the (at the time) Bradford clubs or worse, Leeds. But more likely his father took him to a Burnley match and a love was born. Much like many on here with the Albion

 

[Bombadier Botty]

Bollocks. Utter bollocks.

Yes there is some stupidity but on the whole its a great community. From raising money for good causes to help, support and assistance for folk who need it and everything else.

How could you possibly have read that as a serious post!!!

 

[BN9 BHA]

Last time I went to Burnley for a game I had some excellent cheap beer in a friendly pub, and a very smart haircut in the local barbers. I actually find the place quite interesting. Yes, a run down ex-industrial town - but plenty of history.

I wonder if you’re the first away fan to have a haircut before a match in a barbers in Burnley.

 

[Sheebo]

Good to see an Albion fan (who doesn’t rate NSC) has calmed them down a bit but I had to laugh at this insult, a new one on me

“And I see that Sheebo is still a monumental melon head”

Have you got history on their site [MENTION=457]sheebo[/MENTION]?

Ha no - I don’t post on any forums - prob one of the bellends that came on here before

They do love a bite ooop there eh

Bin Ont Turf Melon head I’ll send you a fiver if it helps you smile pal

 

[osgood]

Malcome Tucker's a supporter too!

Yes , that was my point !
Not all would describe those you mentioned as "Decent " !