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What’s your favourite Clarets moment?

4:25pm Tuesday 15th May 2007

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By Suzanne Geldard »

BURNLEY Football Club celebrates its 125th anniversary on Friday.

Ian Wright is the special guest at the celebration dinner at Turf Moor, the home of the Clarets, that evening.

Was the former Arsenal and England ace signing in Valentine's Day, February 2000, and guiding Burnley to promotion that season, a highlight in your time as a Burnley supporter?

Perhaps it was 'the Orient game' that reached a 20-year milestone last week?

Or was it the European adventures of the 1960s?

Any fan who has followed the club at any stage in their history must have a tale to tell.

Whatever your recollections are - good, bad, amusing or just personal to you - we'd love to hear from you then can share your memories in our sports pages as we the Clarets' milestone.

Just post your memories below - including your name and how long you've been a supporter.

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Youth, Mill Hill says...
4:15pm Mon 4 Feb 08

Mine was kicking the living s hite out of several cocky fake burberry wearing Burnleh suicide wannabies in Accy town centre in 2003.
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RK, says...
8:42pm Thu 25 Oct 07

My favourite moment was marvelling at that plane flying over saying 'Burnley down 4 ever ha ha ha'. Well, that and keeping Rovers down to a mere 5 when we got humiliated at Ewood.
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Mr Mrs hughes., PARIS(shopping trip)nite life says...
11:28am Mon 15 Oct 07

Meeting one of Marks young player`s and his girl freind,Mark told me later that the young man should have been with the England squad but needed a break.
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sara hesketh, says...
9:45am Mon 3 Sep 07

wish i was a burnley fan instead of listening to my dad waffle on about blackburn rovers all the time wouldnt even know what colours blackburn played in
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john, says...
5:47pm Sun 22 Jul 07

little boys must have a sad life going on a burnley site bit of jealousy seem to remember a certain ground almost falling into the river
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john bond, blackburn says...
8:24pm Mon 16 Jul 07

my time at the turd. but does anybody really care about bumley?
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hindle, beverley hills says...
8:24pm Sat 14 Jul 07

leyland lil,i was there, is that og the highlight of your 125 year history?
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.... Dingle All The Way, Finland says...
10:40am Sat 14 Jul 07

bill fox wrote:
Scum U R wrote: Its a FACT ! Steve Cottrill is distantly related to John Bond. Now that is funny!
grow up scumbag
Bill! All these years we thought you were gone for good. Where have you been?

Here, did you come across Richey James from the Manic Street Preachers on your travels?
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bill fox, says...
9:59am Sat 14 Jul 07

Scum U R wrote:
Its a FACT ! Steve Cottrill is distantly related to John Bond. Now that is funny!
grow up scumbag
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Scum U R, Cleavager says...
6:06pm Fri 13 Jul 07

Its a FACT ! Steve Cottrill is distantly related to John Bond. Now that is funny!
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john, leyland says...
8:39pm Tue 26 Jun 07

you can tell that the above must have read the papers afterwards wasnt the bastards second goal a steve davis og
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hindle the hun, humberside says...
10:23am Tue 26 Jun 07

craig short skinning the dingle defence - twice to put the mighty blues 2 nil up before we'd started playing, leading to a SIX point SEven goal tubbing. Oh yes
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john, leyland says...
5:03pm Mon 18 Jun 07

a certain stockport county beating the joke of ewood park 1 nil after burnley beat them 5 2
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john whittaker, leyland says...
7:49pm Thu 7 Jun 07

would be a tough 1 to call but it goes down to any 1 of these 3
paul comstive popping up with the winner at the turf clarets 2 bxxxxrds 1
the mighty scum losing to the part time trelliborgs
just knowing that 50 victories is better than 49
also when burnley offer someone the managers jobs HE DOES ACCEPT IT
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Robdeclaret, Surrey says...
1:39pm Sun 27 May 07

As a 9 year old kid - seeing Ray Pointer put us 2 up in the first 20 mins at White Hart Lane in 1961. Sadly the late great John White and Cliff Jones then helped Spurs take control with 4 real bodyblows - great game though. Then in the mid -60's watching Andy Lochead and Ralph Coates terrorising the Chelsea defence as we smashed 3 in the onion bag at Stamford Bridge. Oh....and Willie Irvine running Brentford ragged in an FA Cup replay at Griffin Park - with 30,000 or more in the ground. Over 40 yrs ago but still vivid memories today. Loads of other great memories about a fantastic football club - best wishes for the 125th celebrations.
Robdeclaret
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andy, Spain says...
10:08am Wed 23 May 07

Seeing Peter Noble Score 4 against Norwhich City in the old 1st Division. I cant remember the year was prob about 77. If any one can remember the year I would appreciate it. And the game ended 4-4 with what I recall.
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Press Watch, says...
4:29pm Fri 18 May 07

Sacking of chief exec hidden under PR melodrama that has Bentley written all over it?
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pintofmildandawoodbi ne, preston says...
11:07am Fri 18 May 07

perhaps fav moment is burnley fans smashing up their own town after yet another defeat or maybe throwing roof of darwen end down on their own fans they do so many things that make me larf and larf, what happened in 2001? fairly level playing feild, did i miss the mighty burnley with their (in their own minds) superior moral approach to the game, when ya gonna get your act together and give rovers fans a good laugh in the proper league
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Rowley Birkin QC, says...
10:25am Thu 17 May 07

Collection buckets...Micky
Wardrobe...the plane....small
men in flat caps paying
homage
to Summerbee, Hall,
Morgan...Chrissy Waddle on
the
dancefloor at Angels...Colne
Dynamoes?
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bill, says...
9:38am Thu 17 May 07

Rowley Birkin QC wrote:
Pounds shillings pence, black & white TV, ah the war......sorry I appear to have been asleep for the last 50 years
yes and better football no silly acting or diving and working men not paying to see millionaires and more loyalty. hughes will go rof more money mark my words
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jimbo, says...
5:01pm Wed 16 May 07

Watching super Glen take on the entire Bristol Rovers team 5 times over then unleashing a 40 yard volley in the top corner. That's how i remember it anyway.
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George Oghani, B&Q says...
3:59pm Wed 16 May 07

I never nicked that ironing board, I forgot I was holding it in my hand, that's all.
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Phil Howarth, Burnley says...
2:36pm Wed 16 May 07

Playing Liverpool in the Milk (League) Cup semi-final in 1983. We were already 1-0 up as Steve Taylor side stepped Bruce Grobelaar & rolled the ball towards an empty net. For a split second I imagined us overturning the 3-0 deficit from the first leg & the gates of Wembley opening. I think it was Hansen who appeared out of nowhere to get back & clear the ball off the line & the Wembley gates slammed shut again. The score remained at 1-0 & a whole season of promise seemed to evaporate at once as we crashed out of the FA Cup in the quarter finals at Hillsborough & were relegated. John Bond came in, cleared the decks & the rest is history.
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Rowley Birkin QC, Another Century says...
2:01pm Wed 16 May 07

Pounds shillings pence, black & white TV, ah the war......sorry I appear to have been asleep for the last 50 years
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bill, 269-671 says...
12:57pm Wed 16 May 07

whatching before the young rovers fans were born andy lochead giving the run around to mike england and smashing 3 goals past him
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john bond, blackburn says...
12:48pm Wed 16 May 07

laughing at andy payton after rovers beat them 2 nil at turd moor
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ossy lad, says...
12:19pm Wed 16 May 07

burnley winning the ist div with no millions given from jack walker all home made talent . the smallest town in england ever to win it and not feilding loads of foreign players
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ossy, says...
11:41am Wed 16 May 07

every time they get relegated is my favourite moment
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Tommy, Accrington says...
10:02am Wed 16 May 07

George Oghani being arrested in Asda for pinching an ironing board was my highlight..oh how we laughed!
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The_Pom_From_Aus, says...
4:21am Wed 16 May 07

What about the time you lot nearly went out of the league, that would have been a great day for football.
Mind you for many years now there has been nothing to shout about at Burnley, long gone are the days of good players playing there.???
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Allan Entwistle, Southern Ireland says...
12:39am Wed 16 May 07

Being given complimentary tickets by Mick Conroy who was then at Blackpool
Andy Payton scored a belter of a free kick and as we celebrated we discovered we were in the Blackpool end!!!!!!!!!

Oh well never mind - always a Claret!
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George Oghani, says...
5:18pm Tue 15 May 07

My favourite moment was the 3-0 demolition of Fulham in the FA Cup in February 2003. Gareth Taylor opened the scoring, Ian Moore got a rare second and Drissa Diallo sealed the win with a majestic second-half header. The Frenchman leapt like a salmon - like a tin of salmon - to nod in his first for the club.
Then he left for Ipswich because we were skint and the season degenerated into the usual mid-table malaise. Ho hum.
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