Recent content by dsr-burnley

It's a matter of finding bodies who want to come. The population is 35,000, which is about the same as Exmouth, and five miles in one direction is Burnley and five miles the other way is Blackburn, and most of the town grew up supporting one of the others because Accrington didn't have a club.

The reason Accrington's crowds are so low is very little to do with the standard of football. It's a lot more to do with size and location. Imagine if Exmouth Town played in the fourth division, and imagine if Exeter City were Premier League and Sidmouth Town recently dropped out of the...

I'm completely at a loss as to why you've posted a 12 year old news report. No-one's denying that the BNP used to have a significant presence on Burnley council.

Without condoning the time-wasting, which I gather was pretty bad, I would point out that Burnley's four most experienced players were away on international duty (I understand that was why Exeter were so keen to play it this week, it even went to an FA appeal to decide the date) - their...

Like quite a lot of your opinions on Burnley, it's wrong. The last BNP candidate lost her seat in 2012, so there hasn't been a single BNP representative on the council in 2 years. Just a bit of background as to why the BNP got so many seats, because there's a lot more to it than just racial...