Clarets Are You A-E

This feature provides details of our posters based on their user names. We start with those names beginning A-E

We have been running a thread now for sometime in our ‘Our New Posters Say Hi’ forum asking our posters to complete a list of questions about themselves.

The list has built steadily and we would now like to capture this information more formally in one place in alphabetical order. We start with those folk that post under names beginning with A-E.

If you would like to be added then simply type your information on the question template provided in the forum.

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We will also in time be providing mug shots to accompamy the information if folk want their photo to be displayed. That way we can build up a Clarets Rogues Gallery and help folk recognise others at games and at our events. Please send photographs to the site by emailing:

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barrowfordclaret

Real Name: mark

Sex: male

Age: 48(2009)

Where do you live?: barrowford

How long have you been a Claret?: 47 years

Season Ticket Holder, walk on or dont get to matches?: season ticket but not sure about next season

Favourite Player Today/Of all time: billy hamilton

What was your first match you saw at Turf Moor and when?: cant remember but it was black and white lol

Most memorable Clarets match & why: play off final because we won

How did you hear about Vital Burnley?: google

Favourite Pubs: white bear lamb

Favourite Booze: bitter

Favourite Food: steak and chips

Hobbies & Interests:football poker

Owt else you want us to know?:
no

Bermudaclaret

Real Name: Joel

Sex: male

Age: 27 (2009)

Where do you live?: Bermuda (my mom grew up in Brierfield and my granny still lives in the same terrace house – have visited Burnley pretty much every year of my life, and when possible attend Burnley games…)

How long have you been a Claret?: since 81

Season Ticket Holder, walk on or dont get to matches?: see games when im in england, or if Burnley is on tv (normally about twice a yr in bermuda – although got 4 in a row coming up – COME ON!!)

Favourite Player Today/Of all time: favorite player – Totti; all-time = Zidane

What was your first match you saw at Turf Moor and when?: can’t remeber

Most memorable Clarets match & why: Watching Burnley play keep ball vs Arsenal in Carling Cup semi’s (saw in a pub – i haven’t been able to attend any really meaningful matches living in a diff country)

How did you hear about Vital Burnley?: through newsnow.com

Favourite Pubs: Robinhood (Bermuda)

Favourite Booze: rum

Favourite Food: Indian or Mexican

Hobbies & Interests: burnley fc and playing football… and talking about Burnley

Owt else you want us to know?: not really, but feel free to ask!

bes-tfootforward

Real Name: hannah

Sex: f

Age: 23 (2009)

Where do you live?: hapton (millers birthplace)

How long have you been a Claret?: since 88

Season Ticket Holder, walk on or dont get to matches?: see the games through my job

Favourite Player Today/Of all time: today duff all time parkinson

What was your first match you saw at Turf Moor and when?: not sure 5-0 northampton as a kid i think

Most memorable Clarets match & why: wembley play-off

How did you hear about Vital Burnley?: wtbm

Favourite Pubs: winchester (hapton) walkabout

Favourite Booze: vodka

Favourite Food: chinese

Hobbies & Interests: burnley -what else is there

Owt else you want us to know?: erm dont think so

Brompton Claret

Real Name: Roy

Sex: VERY occasionally!

Age: 51

Where do you live?: Chatham, Kent

How long have you been a Claret?: Since being a kid back in the mid-sixties.

Season Ticket Holder, walk on or dont get to matches?: Unfortunately don’t get to matches 🙁

Favourite Player Today/Of all time: This is tough but right at the moment I think Tyrone Mears is the man – he’s playing a blinder. Martin Paterson, injured at the moment, has a great workrate and can create goal-scoring opportunities. We’re missing him IMHO. I reckon Robbie Blake is our most intelligent player – a great footballing brain.

What was your first match you saw at Turf Moor and when?: Can’t recall exactly but was probably around 1966ish.

Most memorable Clarets match & why: I can remember Man Utd coming to the Turf one Saturday afternoon – I’d guess 1967 or 68? – and being amazed (I was 8 or 9) at watching the likes of Bobby Charlton and George Best playing for them. They were such big stars at the time.
The thing I remember about that match was Nobby Stiles getting knocked out and stretchered off right in front of where I was in the stands.

How did you hear about Vital Burnley?: Must’ve been some link on the internet somewhere.

Favourite Pubs: My local the King George Vth in Brompton (an area of Chatham where I live hence my poster name)

Favourite Booze: Real ale, dark mild, the odd scotch.

Favourite Food: Proper grub not ‘fast food’.

Hobbies & Interests: Playing music – various styles. I’m a trombone player. Joined an army band when I finished school in Nelson in 1974 and was stationed down here. Been here ever since. Still playing a lot as a ‘civvy’ around the south east.

Owt else you want us to know?: Converted my Man Utd fan wife into a Burnley fan.

CanadaClaret

Real Name: Peter Dawson

Sex: Male

Age: 56 (2010)

Where do you live?: Now Nova Scotia, Canada. Before that in St Ives Cambs

How long have you been a Claret?: Since I can remember

Season Ticket Holder, walk on or dont get to matches?: Bit far to come from Canada I’m afraid!!!! Promised myself, the next visit to UK will be in line with a home match.

Favourite Player Today/Of all time: Player today would have to be the Beast, I think. Difficult to choose one from yester year. There have been so many. The likes of Jimmy Mac, Leighton James, Harry Thompson, Martin Dobson. The list goes on and on.

What was your first match you saw at Turf Moor and when?: Can’t remember that far back but my dad would have let me in under the turnstyle he was working on though.

Most memorable Clarets match & why: Again so many. The ones from our European campaigns always stay in the memory. Especailly the one against dirty Napoli.

How did you hear about Vital Burnley?: A link from the Mail online.

Favourite Pubs: Park View. Used to go there with my dad when I was on leave from the Air Force

Favourite Booze: Nice British pint of bitter. Dream about sinking one!!!!

Favourite Food: Since I’ve been in Canada, British, unsmoked bacon. Canadian bacon is rubbish

Hobbies & Interests: Golf and BFC

Owt else you want us to know?: The amount of times dad and his mates let me on the matches for nothing, I think I must owe the club a free player!!!!!! Not that they’re going to get one, of course.

Carrickclaret

Real Name: nathan

Sex: every weekend hahaha

Age: 19 (2009)

Where do you live?: northern ireland

How long have you been a Claret?: since birth

Season Ticket Holder, walk on or dont get to matches?: walk wen i can

Favourite Player Today/Of all time: elliot/lafferty

What was your first match you saw at Turf Moor and when?: preston wen i was 9 at home won 1-0

Most memorable Clarets match & why: 3-2 win against preston super night

How did you hear about Vital Burnley?: through Clarets shrine (UptheClarets site)

Favourite Pubs: windrose

Favourite Booze: carling

Favourite Food:chinese

Hobbies & Interests: cookin/football

Owt else you want us to know?: im a chef

Claptrappers Union

Real Name: Paul

Sex: Male

Age: 26(2009)

Where do you live?: Rossendale

How long have you been a Claret?: 1992

Season Ticket Holder, walk on or dont get to matches?: I work there now

Favourite Player Today/Of all time: Any of them / David Eyres & Graham Branch

What was your first match you saw at Turf Moor and when?: Hmmm I was in the Bee Hole End thats all I remember, about 1991

Most memorable Clarets match & why: Wembley 1994

How did you hear about Vital Burnley?: TMP

Favourite Pubs: Any with Alcohol in

Favourite Booze: Guiness & Black

Favourite Food: Seafood

Hobbies & Interests: Film-making

Owt else you want us to know?: Not really

ClaretClaude

Real Name: Surprisingly Claude

Sex: Who’s offering?

Age: Born in 88

Where do you live?: Burnley and Lancaster and Preston a little bit.

How long have you been a Claret?: Since I was about 8. Should have been longer.

Season Ticket Holder, walk on or dont get to matches?: Season Ticket

Favourite Player Today/Of all time: Not saying he is the best but I like Clarke Carlisle.

What was your first match you saw at Turf Moor and when?: Can’t remember when exactly but we were in the 3rd tier. Home to Macclesfield. We came from 3-1 down to win 4-3. Unbelievable.

Most memorable Clarets match & why: Above mentioned.

How did you hear about Vital Burnley?: Stumbled across it.

Favourite Pubs: Ministry of Ale.

Favourite Booze: Ale.

Favourite Food: Like too much to choose one.

Hobbies & Interests: Burnley, Football, Burnley, Badminton, Burnley, Snooker, Burnley.

Owt else you want us to know?: Suppose I should say I’m a Youth Scout for the club.

Claret_Matelot

Real Name: Dave Goldie

Sex: Male

Age: 49

Where do you live?: Portchester, just outside Portsmouth

How long have you been a Claret?: 40 years

Season Ticket Holder, walk on or dont get to matches?: As I live on the South coast I normally get to away matches.

Favourite Player Today/Of all time: Adie Randall

What was your first match you saw at Turf Moor and when?: Against Leeds at the Turf in the 70’s

Most memorable Clarets match & why: Stockport and Wolves at Wembley – The atmosphere

How did you hear about Vital Burnley?: Google

Favourite Pubs: The Wicor Mill in Portchester – As close to a Northern ‘Bass House’ as you could get

Favourite Booze: Fosters Cold

Favourite Food: Full English

Hobbies & Interests: Scuba Diving and Skiing. My Jaguar XKR

Owt else you want us to know?: Brought up in Todmorden. Joined the Royal Navy in Sept 75 and still serving.

Claretacchio

Sex: Not just now I’ve got a migraine

Age: 55 (2009)

Where do you live?: In deepest, darkest Essex.

How long have you been a Claret?: Since aged 7

Season Ticket Holder, walk on or dont get to matches?: I do go but from Essex not very often. See them away from home when they are playing down South.

Favourite Player Today/Of all time: Today Robbie Blake. Of all time Martin Dobson or Peter Noble.

What was your first match you saw at Turf Moor and when?: In the early seventies against Chelsea.

Most memorable Clarets match & why: Burnley 7 Spurs 2. Jimmy Greaves played but they were totally outclassed.

How did you hear about Vital Burnley?: Trawling the net.

Favourite Pubs: Any with booze.

Favourite Booze: Fullers ESB

Favourite Food: Curries / Indian

Hobbies & Interests: Led Zeppelin, Uriah Heep, Rory Gallagher. Food, travel, X-files, theatre, computing

ClaretYank

Real Name:Judy

Sex:Female

Age:49 (2009)

Where do you live?:Tampa FL, USA

How long have you been a Claret?:goin on 4 yrs? *I think =.=

Season Ticket Holder, walk on or dont get to matches?:Never been to a match, almost did the last time I was in Burnley, jst didn’t have the funds to do so =(

What was your first match you saw at Turf Moor and when?:Well let you know when it happens

Most memorable Clarets match & why: Can’t remember the match….the person I was dating at the time, linked me the match to watch, it was love at first sight. Listen’n to the comms and watch’n the lads play sooo hard, I was hooked! Tho I’m no longer with that person, I am always with the Clarets!!

How did you hear about Vital Burnley?: It was posted on the Longside.

Favourite Pubs: None that you would know, but we have a lil one just down the road a bit. 4 tables, 6 bar stools, juke box and one pool table =)

Favourite Booze: Gray Goose

Favourite Food: Pizza and my own homemade southern fried chicken

Hobbies & Interests: Poker (online and off), World of Warcraft and music

Clarets4Eva

Real Name: David Crabtree

Sex: Male

Age: 17 (2009)

Where do you live?: Near Colchester, Essex

How long have you been a Claret?: All my life

Season Ticket Holder, walk on or dont get to matches?: Don’t get to the turf much but i go to quite a few away matches. I’ve done 6 so far this season

Favourite Player Today/Of all time: Andy Cooke

What was your first match you saw at Turf Moor and when?: Burnley vs Bristol City in 1998

Most memorable Clarets match & why: Burnley 3 v 5 Norwich in 2004. We may have lost but was end to end football and full of goals

How did you hear about Vital Burnley?: On the burnley messageboard on bbc 606

Favourite Pubs: Bit young

Favourite Booze: Lager

Favourite Food: Meat and Potato Pie and peas

Hobbies & Interests: sport mainly football

Owt else you want us to know?: Just finished my referee course to become a junior referee

clemo

Real Name: Alison Clement (soon to be Smith)

Sex: Female

Age: 31 (2009)

Where do you live?: Swansea

How long have you been a Claret?: 3 years (since 2005)

Season Ticket Holder, walk on or dont get to matches?: Don’t get to many.

Favourite Player Today/Of all time: Ade Akinbiyi.

What was your first match you saw at Turf Moor and when?: Cardiff 05/06.

Most memorable Clarets match & why: Watford at home 2008. Great atmosphere and tense game.

How did you hear about Vital Burnley?: Smitrit.

Favourite Pubs: All of the ones on Wind Street, Swansea.

Favourite Booze: Cider and black.

Favourite Food: Chinese.

Hobbies & Interests: Music, Rugby, Football, Facebook.

Owt else you want us to know?: Hmmm…. I’m Welsh and getting married to smitrit in Sept 2008.

colinwaldron

Real Name: Stephen

Sex: whenever I can manage it

Age: 56(2009)

Where do you live?: St.Helens

How long have you been a Claret?: since I was 7

Season Ticket Holder, walk on or dont get to matches?: walk on

Favourite Player Today/Of all time: Andy Cole / Colin Waldron

What was your first match you saw at Turf Moor and when?: 11th January 1964 v Everton we lost 3-2, been heartbreak ever since

Most memorable Clarets match & why: Charity Shield v Man City 1973, we won, Waldron scored a wonder goal, went with my mate who was a City fan and who a month later was best man at my wedding and we beat City in the league 3-0 on that day too!

How did you hear about Vital Burnley?: Through The Longside site

Favourite Pubs: Hope & Anchor

Favourite Booze: Real Ale and whisky chasers

Favourite Food: Chinese

Hobbies & Interests: Horse racing, rugby league, gym and holidays abroad

Owt else you want us to know?: Once appeared on TV in BBC bowls competition.

cornishcarrot

Real Name: Alan Smith

Sex: Male

Age: 48 (2010)

Where do you live?: Cornwall

How long have you been a Claret?: Since 1977

Season Ticket Holder, walk on or dont get to matches?: Used to be season ticket holder untill moved to Cornwall. Now walk on. Average home game costs me £220.00 + beer!

Favourite Player Today/Of all time: Robbie Blake / Brian Flynn

What was your first match you saw at Turf Moor and when?: 1977

Most memorable Clarets match & why: Wembley 2009, never thought I would live to see the day Burnley return to the top flight.

How did you hear about Vital Burnley?: News Now web site

Favourite Pubs: Open ones

Favourite Booze: Real Ale

Favourite Food: Anything hot and spicy

Hobbies & Interests: Burnley FC, Burnley FC etc

Owt else you want us to know?: Burnley till I die.

Couch Potato

Real Name: Geoffrey Mann

Sex: Not much these days, but anyone’s luck can change!

Age: 55 on 7 December 2009. Am hoping to get to Portsmouth a few days earlier, so don’t forget, eh?

Where do you live?: Lyme Regis on Devon/Dorset coast.

How long have you been a Claret?: Oldest memory is watching one of our European Cup games – Hamburg 1961? – on telly, but not 100% sure my memory is reliable, as I would only have been 6.

Season Ticket Holder, walk on or dont get to matches?: Walk on when I can, which isn’t enough, but luck can change on this too!!

Favourite Player Today/Of all time: TODAY: 1. Wado 2. Duffman 3. Beast. BEFORE: 1. Irvine 2. Miller 3. Coates 4. McIlroy.

What was your first match you saw at Turf Moor and when?: Bit embarrassing this: Coventry 9 Nov 2002. Shan’t bore you with why life was unfair in not letting me got on sooner. First game was Stoke away with Jimmy Mac and Matthews playing for them. By process of elimination, I think it has to have been the famous 4-4 on 2 Nov 1963. But my Mum (who took me) and I can’t agree on that. First game her Dad saw was probably 28 Aug 1920.

Most memorable Clarets match & why: I do have a powerful memory of Matthews hugging the touch line a few rows in front of me and skipping at least once or twice past Clarets half his age, and I remember who was sitting behind me. But I can’t remember the goals! So I can’t say that 4-4 at Stoke was truly ‘memorable’; and if I can’t say my first, I’ll say what, as of today, is my last: Wembley 25 May 2009.

How did you hear about Vital Burnley?: When the Ball Moves

Favourite Pubs: My living room with a few friends round watching Bfc on telly. Failing that just about anywhere will do.

Favourite Booze: A good ale is my favourite, but when watching Clarets on the couch it’s been Red Stripe of late.

Favourite Food: I’ll eat anything. Well almost. I had heard the pies at the Emirates were good, but they had run out 45 mins before KO, and I couldn’t face the veggie ones.

Hobbies & Interests: walking the dog; walking the moors, dales and mountains; youthwork; history; sport; music; life. I also share PalsDad’s major interest (see above)!!!

Owt else you want us to know?: Am thinking about retiring north when the time comes, if I get that far.

davemanu2000

Real Name : Bhurdwaz Mungur

Sex : Male

Age : 70 (2009)

Where do you live : Central Flacq ,Mauritius

How long have you been a Claret :Since 1954 i.e 55 years and till I am no more .

Season ticket holder : No. You know the reason .

Favourite player today/all the time : Mears /Leighton James

What was the first match you saw at Turf Moor and when :Walsall in 2005.

Most memorable match against whom and why: Manchester City .The fighting spirit of players on the field . They gave a memorable performance to win our first away point .

How did you hear about Vital Burnley: While surfing .

Favourite food : Indian curries.

Favourite pub: None .I am a teetotaller .

Hobbies and Interest: Walking along the beach .Writing and reading about the Clarets .

What else you would want to know : The fans ,their whereabouts and creation of an association of all overseas fans .Visited Burnley twice in 1995 and 2004.Motto in life : Live and let live : Be good ,Do Good and hear good .

doggert

Real Name: Simon Rønneberg

Sex: I wish… Male

Age: 27 (2009)

Where do you live?: Oslo, Norway

How long have you been a Claret?: 4 years at the beginning of next season

Season Ticket Holder, walk on or dont get to matches?: Haven`t gotten the opportunity to watch Burnley live, yet – but working on it, working on it..

Favourite Player Today/Of all time: Johan Cruyff, Zenedine Zidane, Alessandro del Piero, Thierry Henry, Sergio Agüero and Henri Saivet

What was your first match you saw at Turf Moor and when?:
Most memorable Clarets match & why: QPR 2 – 4 Burnley (12.feb), A. Cole’s Hat-trick

How did you hear about Vital Burnley?: newsnow.co.uk

Favourite Pubs: Cafe Hyggelig (trans. Cafe Nice) and Shamrock pub.

Favourite Booze: Vodka (Wyborowa, PL ), Whiskey (Cardhu, SCO) and naturally Beer (can’t pick put just one favourite)

Favourite Food: Own improvised kitchen, Turkish, Spanish, Indian and fish

Hobbies & Interests: Fishing,
football, curling, snooker, music (listening part), and football

Owt else you want us to know?: Besides living in a country full of fjords, polarbears and wicked people, not much really.. Well, there is one thing – I’m going to Turf next season

8clarets8

Real Name:Paul

Sex:male

Age:39(2009)

Where do you live?:Burnley

How long have you been a Claret?:Born and Bred

Season Ticket Holder, walk on or dont get to matches?:Used to be a season ticket holder and went to every away game,But work and finance dictate which matches i get too,been to about twelve this season

Favourite Player Today/Of all time:Blake/Gazza

What was your first match you saw at Turf Moor and when?:Early seventys,I must have been about 6 it was against Blackpool my cousin was playing for Blackpool.

Most memorable Clarets match & why:The Leyton Orient game speaks for itself

How did you hear about Vital Burnley?:Just came across it

Favourite Pubs:The cheapest 😉

Favourite Booze:Lager

Favourite Food:Chicken madras clean the old system out

Hobbies & Interests:Pool,computers

Owt else you want us to know?:What a good job Vital Burnley are doing

emhardy1974

Real Name: Erm….em hardy!

Sex: Female

Age: 35 (2010)

Where do you live?: Burnley

How long have you been a Claret?: Forever

Season Ticket Holder, walk on or dont get to matches?: Season ticket holder until I had my baby two years ago. walk on now but when little ones older, season tickets for us both

Favourite Player Today/Of all time: All time Blake / now Blake and Duff

What was your first match you saw at Turf Moor and when?: Cant remember when and who but it was with my dad in the Beehole End many years ago

Most memorable Clarets match & why: Sunderland last game of the season when Ternant and Little left, it was heart wrenching and a fantastic atmosphere. Lots more and to many to mention

How did you hear about Vital Burnley?: Newsnow

Favourite Pubs: Hare and hounds, Syke and George and Dragon, Barrowford

Favourite Booze: Lager and wine

Favourite Food: Prob pasta

Hobbies & Interests: Football of course, spend most of the time with my boy when not at work

Owt else you want us to know?: I’m a mental health nurse in the community in case your interested

Essex Claret

Real Name: Steve H

Sex: M

Age: 46

Where do you live?: No prizes for guessing – Essex! Born in Nelson however and despite my Estuary accent I am proud to be a Lancastrian.

How long have you been a Claret?: On and off for 38 years, but avid from the Ternent era, which I suppose makes me a glory hunter!

Season Ticket Holder, walk on or dont get to matches?: Attend most away games in the South East and also try to coincide any trips North to see family (Harle Syke) with a home game – Ipswich & Swansea this season – I might be a curse….:o(

Favourite Player Today/Of all time: We have a few decent players in the current squad but this season it is difficult to see past The Beast in terms of overall contribution. Favourite all-time would be Steve Kindon, who I had the pleasure of meeting recently at a sporting dinner – a true gent.

What was your first match you saw at Turf Moor and when?: Can’t recall much as I was about 8 at the time – went with my Grandad to Turf Moor and stand on the Bee Hole terrace. Couldn’t see ‘owt but the atmosphere was great – not always the case today.

Most memorable Clarets match & why: Has to be Chelsea in the Carling Cup. Even if the result had gone against us the atmosphere in our end was electric – have never felt more Claret than during that game.

How did you hear about Vital Burnley?: I saw somewhere that WTBM was online via this site so signed up asap.

Favourite Pubs: The White Horse – local for me but 280mls for most Clarets!

Favourite Booze: Decent bitter/Heavy reds/Chilled quality lager

Favourite Food: Meat ‘n’ Potato pie & all the trimmings

Hobbies & Interests: Other than BFC – golf, music (play guitar, badly) & live gigs, trips to the Gee-Gees, travel.

Owt else you want us to know?: Getting married this year (2nd time around) and proud to be tie-ing the knot at Turf Moor – can’t wait!

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