The Dingles

[R0verb0y]

Thank you, @smiller14.

Mind you, she wasn't that pleased when I announced that I was going on my own for a couple of days' holiday in southern Sweden in late September, 1994! 😦😪

[Mike E]

4 hours ago, sympatheticclaret said:

I mentioned this on another thread some time ago, but it's worth a repeat .....

We have a Rovers supporting friend , rather younger than us, who got married in 2021 to a Burnley girl. For the last 10 years, my wife and I have shared our home and provided support with two Adult brothers who live with learning disabilities, under LCC's " Shared Lives " scheme. When Chris invited one of our gents, Keith, to be an usher, Keith started crying and explained " I never thought anyone would ever ask me to do something like that, because of how I am " ! They also asked him & his brother to compere a version of " Mr & Mrs ", at the Reception, which brought the House down ...

It was the week after Rovers had conceded 7 at home to Fulham, a result to which his Burnley inclined friends had made reference, as you'd expect. Of course, this group of us Burnley fans were put on table 7 at the reception but he had the last laugh. When the waiter came round and filled our Champagne flutes for the toast, he poured our entire table " 7up " from a litre bottle, with a message from the Groom .... " Seeing as you lot are that bloody keen on the number 7  " 😎

Billy Connolly on football rivalry ... " We've all got the football virus, some just have a different strain of it than others ! "

I'm married to a Burnley fan (and her inbred family) and the banter is amazing. I've never understood anyone 'hating' another club.

Rivalry is fine. Hatred is for the braindead.

[Atko's Engine]

3 hours ago, Mike E said:

I'm married to a Burnley fan (and her inbred family) and the banter is amazing. I've never understood anyone 'hating' another club.

Rivalry is fine. Hatred is for the braindead.

You're married to her AND her inbred family?!

Won't that make your offspring, err, inbred too??

 

[Mike E]

1 hour ago, Atko's Engine said:

You're married to her AND her inbred family?!

Won't that make your offspring, err, inbred too??

 

It's the price you pay 😂

[Blow-in]

9 hours ago, smiller14 said:

My Dad used to always comment on how my sister being born made him miss a Shearer hat trick at home to Bolton.

Us football fans aren't wired up right are we? 😅

Brilliant 🤣 had a great chuckle at this 

Could have had more daughters if he put his mind to it. Shearer hatricks were in relitivly short suppply.

[Tricky]

Kompany beats JDT to Febs MoM award... 

https://www.efl.com/news/2023/march/sky-bet-efl-february-manager-and-player-of-the-month-winners/

Phew 

Edited March 10, 2023 by Tricky

[sympatheticclaret]

57 minutes ago, Tricky said:

Kompany beats JDT to Febs MoM award... 

https://www.efl.com/news/2023/march/sky-bet-efl-february-manager-and-player-of-the-month-winners/

Phew 

Third month running for Vincent Kompany, the " Manager of the Month " curse hasn't struck just yet .... ( touch wood )

[Sweaty Gussets]

It's good to see Vincent receiving his award alongside all the new signings he made in the summer. 

Edited March 10, 2023 by Sweaty Gussets

[Upside Down]

We should retitle this thread The Dingle$

[longsiders1882]

1 hour ago, Tricky said:

Kompany beats JDT to Febs MoM award... 

https://www.efl.com/news/2023/march/sky-bet-efl-february-manager-and-player-of-the-month-winners/

Phew 

 

52 minutes ago, sympatheticclaret said:

Third month running for Vincent Kompany, the " Manager of the Month " curse hasn't struck just yet .... ( touch wood )

He probably deserved October to January however I thought last month would be Carrick or JDT.  

[JohnD]

Good to see this thread returning to football. For a minute tonight I thought we were going to get three late goals but it wasn't to be and we certainly didn't deserve to.

What are the chances of a guard of honour being requested at Ewood?

[sympatheticclaret]

12 hours ago, JohnD said:

Good to see this thread returning to football. For a minute tonight I thought we were going to get three late goals but it wasn't to be and we certainly didn't deserve to.

What are the chances of a guard of honour being requested at Ewood?

The " Derby " will be game 44 of a 46 game Championship season .... if we haven't wrapped up the title or at the very least promotion by then, the wheels will have come off big style !!

The " Guard of Honour " nonsense was a story floated by Alan Nixon apparently ... Kompany doesn't seem the sort of Manager who'd request such a thing, nor does our Chairman. Add to that, probable objections from the Constabulary, who'd regard it as an " unnecessary provocation " for a high profile game with an Evening kick-off, especially following the sad events in Blackpool recently.

[longsiders1882]

46 minutes ago, sympatheticclaret said:

The " Derby " will be game 44 of a 46 game Championship season .... if we haven't wrapped up the title or at the very least promotion by then, the wheels will have come off big style !!

The " Guard of Honour " nonsense was a story floated by Alan Nixon apparently ... Kompany doesn't seem the sort of Manager who'd request such a thing, nor does our Chairman. Add to that, probable objections from the Constabulary, who'd regard it as an " unnecessary provocation " for a high profile game with an Evening kick-off, especially following the sad events in Blackpool recently.

Feck me last time we won it the EFL sent the trophy to Middlesbrough assuming they’d be champions. No guard of honour needed - and I doubt it would be requested 

[sympatheticclaret]

7 hours ago, longsiders1882 said:

Feck me last time we won it the EFL sent the trophy to Middlesbrough assuming they’d be champions. No guard of honour needed - and I doubt it would be requested 

Very true, here's Andre Gray & Michael Keane celebrating at Charlton at the end of the 2015-16 season, whilst the real EFL trophy was gathering dust at the Riverside Stadium ...

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[JohnD]

I've received this from a Dingle "friend", not used to anything original coming from that direction

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10160529214510682&id=795845681

[sympatheticclaret]

21 hours ago, sympatheticclaret said:

Very true, here's Andre Gray & Michael Keane celebrating at Charlton at the end of the 2015-16 season, whilst the real EFL trophy was gathering dust at the Riverside Stadium ...

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The " Dictators " appear to have been at work, I see !! 🙄

[longsiders1882]

1 hour ago, sympatheticclaret said:

The " Dictators " appear to have been at work, I see !! 🙄

Be reight- Burnley are massive and so are some of our fans https://twitter.com/JJWatt/status/1634285614718767113?s=20

[tomphil]

So now they are under embargo which would be funny until you consider we are in between windows which is a bit pointless.

20 point deduction anyone ?

Edited March 12, 2023 by tomphil

[longsiders1882]

4 minutes ago, tomphil said:

So now they are under embargo which would be funny until you consider we are in between windows which is a bit pointless.

20 point deduction anyone

Lord knows how we will survive until May without signing anyone.

[tomphil]

29 minutes ago, longsiders1882 said:

Lord knows how we will survive until May without signing anyone.

Not sure why the EFL have to go trumpeting it everywhere right now unless it's a long term thing but surely promotion will square off the finances anyway.

If there are some previous irregularities under investigation though it could get interesting. 

[lraC]

Relegation looms 

[longsiders1882]

12 minutes ago, tomphil said:

Not sure why the EFL have to go trumpeting it everywhere right now unless it's a long term thing but surely promotion will square off the finances anyway.

If there are some previous irregularities under investigation though it could get interesting. 

It is the club who have announced it. looks like it’s about submitting accounts. This is one of the things when you start having complicated ownership structures. By design they are at best opaque IMO but here we are. I’m sure the paperwork will be resolved before the end of the season.

[Darrenbot]

I have no idea what they've done but they're obviously cheating bastards,after consulting the league table a 40 point deduction is the least they should get

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

5 minutes ago, Darrenbot said:

I have no idea what they've done but they're obviously cheating bastards,after consulting the league table a 40 point deduction is the least they should get

Really, I’d have thought demotion to the next division down would be more appropriate.

[Darrenbot]

1 minute ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Really, I’d have thought demotion to the next division down would be more appropriate.

If Kompany had any decency he'd be disgusted at what's gone on and would resign immediately