16-05-2025, 18:22
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Re: Bits & Bobs
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Originally Posted by MikeA
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Very good article, MikeA, well unearthed.
As a primary school child in Accy until 1963 I knew something of Bob Lord’s duplicitous behaviour but that wasn’t the only reason he was a hated figure. We also had to endure school meals for which Lord supplied the meat, actually mainly gristle. The joke was that we were (trying) to eat the Burnley players who got too old to make his team.
But, notwithstanding Lord’s part in Stanley’s downfall, the true problem was, as it is today, the total lack of response from the town to the future of the club.
P.S. all the more reason to get a season ticket while we can!
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