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For the love of the club: Kilby to bow out

February 7, 2012

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After thirteen years at the helm of what has in that time been one of the country’s most stable football clubs, Barry Kilby has announced that he is to stand down as chairman of Burnley FC at the end of the season. This is sad news indeed, particularly as Kilby has cited health reasons for […]

“Where has the money gone?”

October 20, 2011

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“There are extreme reactions and that’s football! People do have extremes as supporters and I can understand that. It’s my job to try and stay on a level footing, aware of the results and the need to improve them. “I would only ask the fans to stick with me and my players and see if […]

Questionable ambition from BFC

September 8, 2011

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*To appear in next month’s edition of When The Ball Moves It must have been Friday 11th August when Eddie Howe realised that his mobile phone ringing was something he, and any other Burnley manager, should dread rather than welcome. That was the day he discovered that the board had sold left-back Danny Fox to […]

Enough is enough

December 29, 2010

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As Brian Laws trudged down the Turf Moor tunnel after Burnley’s humiliating 0-2 defeat to Championship strugglers Scunthorpe, he had the look of a broken man. Failing to acknowledge the snarling supporters who jeered him and his team off the pitch, and with rumours already circulating that a board meeting had been called for that […]

Who will stay and who will go?

April 5, 2010

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*Article originally appeared in When The Ball Moves We’ve reached a point where most people are resigned to the inevitable. We may be only four points from safety with five matches to go, but Burnley just don’t look like picking up any points and a return to the Championship after one season away looks closer […]

Born Burnley: Boff Whalley speaks

April 5, 2010

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Chumbawamba frontman Boff Whalley, whose band formed in Burnley in 1982, is still enjoying life in the Premier League even as the side tumble towards the Premier League trapdoor at an alarming speed. “Even though the last game (the 2-1 home defeat by Wolves) was absolutely awful, I’m still really enjoying it, because we never […]

Premier League focus: The BFC view (4)

February 28, 2010

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*Article originally appeared in When the Ball Moves What a scumbag John Terry is. In my eyes, there’s no defending the man. He’s had a chequered history in any case, but this latest episode is the worst yet. Having an affair is bad enough, but with a teammate and friend’s ex-girlfriend, the mother of his […]

Brian, sort it out!

February 27, 2010

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*Article originally appeared in When The Ball Moves I write this in the bleak aftermath of the humiliating defeat by Portsmouth at Turf Moor. Often during the season fans, players and managers talk about “pivotal” moments and “turning points”. Mostly phrases like this are used in a positive sense. Yet it strikes me that this […]

Owen Coyle: Hypocrite

January 8, 2010

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Before I start getting angry and ranting, I must just say one thing. What Owen Coyle achieved in little over two years in charge of Burnley Football Club was nothing short of remarkable. When he took over in November 2007, Burnley were languishing mid-table in the second tier of English football and had been doing […]

Premier League focus: The BFC view (3)

December 12, 2009

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*Article originally appeared in When the Ball Moves Spats between players and managers have been all the rage recently. Even discounting Jim Magilton’s bust-up with Akos Buzsaky, which we no longer have to pay any attention to, what with it being in the Championship and all, there’s been enough to go round. Gary Megson, it […]

Plenty to ponder

December 6, 2009

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*Article originally appeared in When the Ball Moves January. Thinking about January is kind of like wishing your life away. We all do it: fans, managers, players, pundits. As soon as we get round to mid-November all people can talk about is the month-after-next when this mystical window opens up and everybody gets the opportunity […]