It's because it looked like a glass
of claret when blood from slaughtered whales filled it in the 1800s.
Not exact matches
The modest and compact motor is said to have brought hilarity to Barnes»
Clarets teammates with Steven Reid and Michael Kightly both said to have laughed at the striker
when he arrived ahead
of their match with Swansea this weekend.
But to suggest
when we walked out through those big
claret painted doors for the last time we somehow agreed to writing off the history
of our great club is simply not true.
It has been a great season from the
Clarets, who only suffered just the second defeat
of the season last weekend
when they went down at Man City but they stuck in there well and only a penalty from Sergio Aguero separated the two until the final twenty minutes.
Their differing fortunes kicked off
when the two met at Stamford Bridge in the opening game
of the campaign, with the
Clarets winning 3 - 2 in that one.
The Frenchman was also fined # 25,000 after pushing Taylor while he tried to watch the rest
of the 2 - 1 win from the tunnel after being sent off
when a penalty was awarded to the
Clarets.
Being in Liverpool yesterday it reminded me once more
of that chat I had with former
Claret Billy Rodaway in 1977
when he asked me why I kept going to away games
when we were so poor.
Clearly wary about a repeat
of last season
when the Reds were undone on the counter by the
Clarets, Klopp had both Can and Gini Wijnaldum sitting deep and providing protection for the back four.
Burnley won 3 - 2 at Turf Moor
when the sides played on Bonfire Night and we all know the strength
of the
Clarets on home soil.
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When Burnley were relegated there was a large body
of opinion that felt that this small town club was finished a football power by the
Clarets have taken them little time in proving them wrong by bring First Division football back to Turf Moor.
It was just what the
Clarets needed on a night
when I sensed a lot
of nervousness ahead
of the game from some supporters who were keeping count
of the number
of games without a win.
As a result,
Clarets fans were delighted, and more than a little relieved, to see Rodriguez remain at Turf Moor
when Big Ben's chimes marked the end
of Jim White's hyperventilation, at least until January.
I remember my first visit to Upton Park to see the Malcolm Allison testimonial game in November 1958, the delight
when opening my Christmas present
of a
claret and blue short - sleeved V - neck West Ham shirt with a hand - sewn number 10 on the back on Christmas Day 1958, the excitement
of seeing my first league game the same morning (yes Christmas Day 11 am kick off!)
The story
of a charmless man Educated the expensive way He knows his
claret from a beaujolais I think he'd like to have been Ronnie Kray But then nature didn't make him that way He thinks his educated airs those family shares Will protect him, that you will respect him He moves in circles
of friends who just pretend that they like him He does the same to them and
when you put it all together There's the model
of a charmless man
When Curro
Claret was commissioned by Camper to redo one
of their Barcelona shoe stores, he decided to let a group
of people in risk
of social exclusion have a go at it.