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    Quote Originally Posted by alfinyalcabo View Post
    I'm one of the few that posts sensibly on here OC.the others spoil evey thread by injecting politics into them .
    Keep up the good work Alf but be careful to avoid injecting - it starts a few antivax folk off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Bedlington Terrier View Post
    I only try to constantly remind everyone on the true values of socialism Supersub6.

    To show fairness, to encourage class solidarity, foster socialism (obviously), and always demonstrate compassion, tolerance, and respect for everyone on this planet of ours.

    Organize and shout from the rooftops for fundamental and real equality across all gender, religious and cultural differences, and create a bridge within all racial divides.

    Corbyn’s old, but constant mantra beats Johnson’s notion of “levelling up” for sure. Anti-Semitic Labour Party my arse.
    By all means do that elsewhere BT, shout it from the rooftops go thundering in your Do one Taxis but limit yourself to Do one just once a week on here.

    Good to hear briefly about Charlie. More of that pleeese

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    Quote Originally Posted by 1959_60 View Post
    It was always the case super. When Burnley were competing for trophies in the 60's many teams used to set their stall out to defend and frustrate.

    I think the real measure of how exciting games are is the average number of goals per match.

    here is a list of the average number of goals in each of the Prem League seasons. The lowest was in 2006-07 at 2.45 per game. The average per season seems to be around 2.60.
    https://www.myfootballfacts.com/prem...al_statistics/

    I couldn't find info for seasons before this, so I worked out the average goals per game in the 1969-70 season ( 50 years ago).
    The average was 2.38 - lower that in any Prem season.

    We certainly look back on the good old days with rose tinted specs, there were plenty of dire games then. But we remember these days fondly because the Clarets were a major force.

    Going back further, during our "iron curtain" years, we were promoted in 46-47 with an average number of goals per game of 2.29.
    The following season (47-48) we finished third in Division One with an average of 2.36 goals per game.

    All these seasons produced less goals per game than the lowest ever in any Premier League season.
    Sorry 59_60 but I have to take you to task about these figures!
    I started watching the Clarets in the 1952/3 season ---our first home game was v Middlesbrough and we lost 0-1.
    That season the First Division averaged 3.21 goals per game. The following seasons the averages were: 3.51: 3.40: 3.31: 3.47: 3.72: 3.64: and then 1959/60 was 3.49 followed by 3.73 and 3.42: --all consistently much higher than the average number of goals in any Premier League seasons.

    I also note you figures for our promotion season 1946/7, however, the average was 3.35 goals per game that season and the following season when we finished 3rd in Division One there was an average of 2.90 goals per game.
    All these figure compare more than favourably with the Premier League in any season and without Claret tinted specs.
    Football was far better to watch in those days with lots of goals, plenty of tackles and played by players who wanted to play and compete with each other because they really enjoyed the game and didn't need a wheelbarrow to take their wages home!

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Bedlington Terrier View Post
    I only try to constantly remind everyone on the true values of socialism Supersub6.
    But which values of socialism are the true values BT, those of Corbyn or Starmer, or Blair perhaps ? Maybe the 20 million ghosts of those who died in Stalin's gulags would have an altogether different view of socialist values ? Maybe the 20 million who died in Mao's cultural revolution would have another view again about socialist values. ? But we'll never know will we, and I don't want to find out the hard way, I think Sir Nigel will get my little X on the ballot paper next time. Safest bet imo.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sinkov View Post
    But which values of socialism are the true values BT, those of Corbyn or Starmer, or Blair perhaps ? Maybe the 20 million ghosts of those who died in Stalin's gulags would have an altogether different view of socialist values ? Maybe the 20 million who died in Mao's cultural revolution would have another view again about socialist values. ? But we'll never know will we, and I don't want to find out the hard way, I think Sir Nigel will get my little X on the ballot paper next time. Safest bet imo.
    Rabid Communism and/or Rabid Capitalism is a "No-No-" sinkov.

    I quite like the centre left politics demonstrated daily by the New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern.

    Just what we need here, but she does not face the same sort of $hit Corbyn had to put up with...

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Bedlington Terrier View Post
    Alto once every blue moon gets his knickers in a twist about something

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    Spurs (31%) 2 Arsenal (69%) 0.

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    Quote Originally Posted by warminsterclaret View Post
    Spurs (31%) 2 Arsenal (69%) 0.
    I watched that game yesterday warminsterclaret and if the game was still in motion, Arsenal would not have scored yet.

    I hope we are not on the receiving end of a backlash this coming weekend.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 1959_60 View Post

    We certainly look back on the good old days with rose tinted specs, there were plenty of dire games then. But we remember these days fondly because the Clarets were a major force.
    I do remember those days fondly 59, and I thought the football was far more exciting and entertaining back then, but maybe it was my rose tinted specs, so I've just had a look at the scores in my first two full seasons watching Burnley, 1959/60 and 60/61. In 84 D1 games over the two seasons there were just three goalless draws, amongst the scores were.

    Leeds 2 Burnley 3
    Burnley 5 Everton 2
    Rovers 3 Burnley 2
    Burnley 4 City 3
    Burnley 8 Forest 0
    Arsenal 2 Burnley 4
    WHU 2 Burnley 5
    Burnley 3 Arsenal 2
    Wolves 6 Burnley 1
    Burnley 3 Sheffield Wed 3
    Burnley 3 Arsenal 2
    Burnley 5 PNE 0
    PNE 2 Burnley 3
    Burnley 5 Fulham 0
    Rovers 1 Burnley 4
    Burnley 5 United 3
    Chelsea 2 Burnley 6
    (The 4 games above were consecutive, 20 league goals in 4 games, two days after the Chelsea game we won 4-0 at Cardiff in the League Cup, 24 goals in 5 games in 23 days in October 1960)
    Burnley 5 Wolves 3
    Bolton 3 Burnley 5
    Spurs 4 Burnley 4
    Burnley 3 Leicester 2
    Arsenal 2 Burnley 5
    Burnley 5 Newcastle 3
    Burnley 3 Sheffield Wednesday 4
    Burnley 4 Chelsea 4
    Burnley 4 Forest 1
    United 6 Burnley 0
    Burnley 4 Spurs 2

    Don't know about rose tinted specs, looking back at that lot, it seems even better than I was remembering it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sinkov View Post
    I do remember those days fondly 59, and I thought the football was far more exciting and entertaining back then, but maybe it was my rose tinted specs, so I've just had a look at the scores in my first two full seasons watching Burnley, 1959/60 and 60/61. In 84 D1 games over the two seasons there were just three goalless draws, amongst the scores were.

    Leeds 2 Burnley 3
    Burnley 5 Everton 2
    Rovers 3 Burnley 2
    Burnley 4 City 3
    Burnley 8 Forest 0
    Arsenal 2 Burnley 4
    WHU 2 Burnley 5
    Burnley 3 Arsenal 2
    Wolves 6 Burnley 1
    Burnley 3 Sheffield Wed 3
    Burnley 3 Arsenal 2
    Burnley 5 PNE 0
    PNE 2 Burnley 3
    Burnley 5 Fulham 0
    Rovers 1 Burnley 4
    Burnley 5 United 3
    Chelsea 2 Burnley 6
    (The 4 games above were consecutive, 20 league goals in 4 games, two days after the Chelsea game we won 4-0 at Cardiff in the League Cup, 24 goals in 5 games in 23 days in October 1960)
    Burnley 5 Wolves 3
    Bolton 3 Burnley 5
    Spurs 4 Burnley 4
    Burnley 3 Leicester 2
    Arsenal 2 Burnley 5
    Burnley 5 Newcastle 3
    Burnley 3 Sheffield Wednesday 4
    Burnley 4 Chelsea 4
    Burnley 4 Forest 1
    United 6 Burnley 0
    Burnley 4 Spurs 2

    Don't know about rose tinted specs, looking back at that lot, it seems even better than I was remembering it.
    I had the full collection of programmes from that season sinkov, home and away and a lot of them had autographs on them.

    The sorry tale is ex-wife number two was a proper vindictive bitch and when I left her for wife number three she threw the lot on the back of the fire. Snake with tits springs to mind!

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