by johntheclaret » Sat May 02, 2009 9:28 pm
No matter what happens tomorrow, this season has been one of the best I can remember in all my time of following Burnley. so I thought I would list a few of my personal highlights.
Being so proud to entertain DA and his good lady at the Burnley v Preston game. Warm sunny day, the pitch in perfect condition, a full and passionate house with heaps of noise, and a Burnley win. Perfect day.
Jay Rodrigues: Another superstar in the making, scoring in the last minute against Fulham in the Capital Punishment run, and scoring in the last minute of extra time against QPR in the FA Cup reply.
Chelski..............what can i say about this one. Ecstasy, pure ecstasy. Ade scoring, Elliot missing his penalty and then the Beast. Six and a half thousand fans in the shed end going bananas, six and a half thousand fans taking the piss out of Frank. "big fat, big fat Frank, big fat, big fat Frank, big fat big fat Frank, big fat Franky Lampard"..........classic.
Wade Elliots ripper of a volley putting WBA to the sword at Turf Moor in the FA Cup in a memorable 3 - 1. Too good, to much desire to win. WBA, you are a rabble. And Burnley set up another battle with the mighty gunners.
Doing the double over those rancid Seasiders. Pathetic staduim, pathetic fan base. It's always nice to put them in their place and at Turf Moor we really put them in their place. 3,000 seasiders filed into the Cricket Field stand and by the end of the game, only a few hundred were left. "Bye bye bye bye, bye bye bye bye."
Taking our chances and our luck against Arsen's babies. Was away in China for this one but listened on-liine and Burnley were magnificent. Didn't expect to win to be honest, and not being there, this only just creeps in as a highlight. Just more capital punishment
White Hart Lane. Ok so we went to sleep in the 2nd half but when that goal went in to put the Clarets 1 - 0 up, what a feeling. Burnley were all over Spurs like a rash and 5,000 Claret fans out sang the Yids all night long. Even when Spurs went 4 - 1 up, the clarets just kept on singing. Still brings a tear to my eyes.
Coming back from 2 - 0 down at home to Palace to win 4 - 2. Fantastic effort topped off by watching wanker Warnock have a right dummy spit on the touch line. For me, this was the defining game that showed the rest of the league that the Clarets are serious contenders for the play off's. Burnely were back. Warnock was fuming and picking an argument with anyone who would listen, Owen Coyle, the 4th Official, the Linesman, the Ref, the Burnley fans in the stand behind the dug out and eventually his own players. Pure comedy and so so satisfyinig to watch.
A third trip to London, this time to the fantastic Emitates stadium. Another long week end, another show, another chance to see the sights, and a bit of comedy to boot as Mrs JTC decided to book return flights and hotel til Wednesday so we could stay down and catch the Palace game. Only thing was we were playing Palace on Wednesday not Tuesday, and to top if off, we were playing them at Turf Moor. Anyway, not withstanding that mighty cock up, it was a great day out at Arsenal. Fantastic stadium, and although Arsen didn't take any chances this time, bringing on Eduardo, Fabregas, Bentnar et all to win 3 - 0, it was great just to be there. Another 5,000 (that's all we could have) Claret fans having a party in the rain. But what happened to the Gooners. Quiet as mice?
Another trip to China and another important game. This time a must win game at home to Sheff Utd. Up at 3:00am to listen, flat battery on my phone meant I had to sit on the dunny in the hotel so I could plug it in. 1 - 0, get in and then the long, long wait for the final whistle as Sheffield through everything at us except the kitchen sink. 5 bloody minutes of added time, and then Yes, another 3 points and the pressure was back on Preston.
Finally, I had to save this one until last. In the pouring rain and against all the odds the clarets had to win by 3 clear goals against Arry;s army. There are so many highlights about this game it's hard to know where to start. Robbies fantastic free kick to put the clarets 1 - 0 up. The fight the Clarets showed throughout the game was incredible, and then Chris McCann made it 2 - 0 with 10 minutes left. Suddenly the spurs faithful went quiet, very, very quiet. The mighty Spurs were playing 10 at the back and running scared. Then it happened...............jesus bloody christ it happened. Jay puts it in with 4 minutes left. We were 3 - 0 up. We were going crazy jumping up and down and hugging each other. The impossible had happened and it was Burnley the had achieved it. Burnley never do this........never. Without a doubt the most emotional night of football in my life. Jumpiing up and down, hugging your mates, oblivious to the torrential rain, my head was boiling, we were downing sambuccas like they were water, incredible. And then......................blackout.
Who knows what will happen tomorrow, and even onwards from there. With a bit of luck, I can add to this list but even if our season ends tomorrow, what a great one it has been.
