The Thoughts of
Chairman Hego
(excerpts from the little claret
book)
Waddler
Anyone who watched Sky's Sunday morning football review after
the Chesterfield home defeat would have seen not only the goals from the game, but also
the Waddler as an 'expert' together with Chris Kamara. After the 2nd division review, and
in response to the traditional question from Matt Lorenzo, 'What is a big club like
Burnley doing in this division' Waddler profferred the following. Note this is a literal
translation in so far as I could understand what he was saying:
Big club, great fans, new board thank goodness, million
pounds plus, should be mid table this year and promotion push next year, Ternent knows
what he is doing in this division. Thus spake the cultured one, presently coaching at
Sheffield Wednesday.
San Siro
Whilst we were all on our way to Millwall for the party
Gazetta Football Italia unbelievably had a Claret related item on the programme. For those
of you not totally familiar with the Italian football scene, the San Siro is the home of
Milanese soccer, and has just had its pitch re-laid. Contractor for this work and indeed
for continuing maintenance had a familiar look, as he was wearing a Burnley scarf whilst
driving tractor across the hallowed turf. His name Steve Taylor from Burnley, life long
Claret. Good man!
Uncanny
It's uncanny. No sooner does Chairman Hego put pen to paper
in the previous magazine re the old boy Steve Davis then the man himself turns up at the
Turf. Certainly wasn't due to the uncanny relationship I had with Teasdale Out, but the
answer is out there.
Not only that, but the very day before reading the worthy
Cluggo's article in the latest NTWHA, I must have had a telepathic message from him. Being
an extremely sad human being I have to confess that if I have a spare half hour near a
bookshop, it is invariably spent scanning soccer books for every conceivable mention of
the Clarets. On this particular day the John Aizlewood book, to which the redoubtable
Cluggo refers was the object of my attention. Imagine visiting 92 grounds in a season,
with Burnley v Plymouth number 90. He must have been really cheesed off by then, and yet
he wrote a gem of a piece, which took me back to that happy day. Read if at all possible,
only six pages, and suggest Waterstones for the correct ambience.
Arsenal
Not often the Gooners appear in Chairman Hego's thoughts, but
fair do's, we owe them one. Why you may say, and quite rightly. Well if I said Burnley
1920/21 season, would that ring a bell?. Thirty consecutive matches undefeated, still a
record, but up until playing the North London foreign brigade a few weeks ago, Chelsea
were threatening same. Splendid!
