Dave Thomas

Dave Thomas Column

Stumps, Runs and Rock & Roll

Can't grumble I suppose. The UK weather wasn't too draconian when we got back from the blue skies and sun of Kalkan.

Sojourn in Kalkan

With the nights drawing in and autumn settling over Yorkshire and Lancashire and our brains still tingling after the win

A new hero is born

We were waiting for Joey. The flurry of publicity and media focus had died down. Nor did he play in the reserve game aga

The strange case of a disappearing Jelle

All of us I guess were stunned by the news that after just 8 weeks Jelle Vossen had gone back to Belgium, this time to B

No longer the underdog

We've got to get used to it. It seems we are no longer 'Little Burnley.' People seem to think we throw our weight around

Remembering Dick Emery

We were up in the Dales for a week in a spot where phone signals are poor and messageboards were hard to find. Add to th

Echoes of '59

The opening game and away at Elland Road was not the first game of the season you would have perhaps chosen.

Back in the Groove

By this time last year I think I'd already clocked up four diary pieces with the Prem season to look forward to and the

• Finale and send-off
- Burnley Tue 26th May

• Sadness but the funeral on hold
- Burnley Mon 18th May

• Relegation, the view from Kent
- Burnley Mon 11th May

• Moments of truth
- Burnley Mon 27th April

• The view from Tenerife
- Burnley Mon 20th April

• It's the 'what if' game?
- Burnley Tue 7th April

• Fifty Shades of Frustration
- Burnley Wed 25th March

• Bovril, a pie and a 1-0 win
- Burnley Mon 16th March

• This is Anfield
- Burnley Tue 10th March

• Back to some sort of normality
- Burnley Mon 2nd March

• Pencils up his nose and a pair of pants on his head
- Burnley Wed 25th February

• Have we upset the football Gods?
- Burnley Sat 14th February

• Let's not forget where we are
- Burnley Tue 10th February

• Not the best of weekends
- Burnley Thu 5th February

• Heroes, wingers and Tom Finney
- Burnley Fri 23rd January

• How to start a Lada & lose 2 games
- Burnley Mon 19th January

• The Duracell men
- Burnley Wed 14th January

• Disappearing cup magic
- Burnley Wed 7th January

• Up on cloud nine
- Burnley Sun 4th January

• Down Buchan & Etihad Lane
- Burnley Tue 30th December

• A Birthday and 55 years a Claret
- Burnley Sat 27th December

• Down Buchan Lane - 2
- Burnley Mon 22nd December

• Down Buchan Lane
- Burnley Mon 15th December

• A Weekend Away
- Burnley Tue 9th December

• The Road to Salvation
- Burnley Mon 1st December

• In with a shout
- Burnley Sun 16th November

• Eddie Clamp would have sorted 'im
- Burnley Tue 11th November

• This time it's Sanchez
- Burnley Mon 3rd November

• A Win for Uncle Arthur
- Burnley Tue 28th October

• We only have one lightbulb for now
- Burnley Mon 20th October

• Rejoice
- Burnley Wed 8th October

• Punch-ups, jargon and West Brom
- Burnley Tue 30th September

• Turned out nice again
- Burnley Tue 23rd September

• Hello North Korea
- Burnley Thu 4th September

• Famous for 15 minutes
- Burnley Thu 28th August

• Almost dreamy eyed
- Burnley Wed 20th August

• Dead flies and pigeon feathers
- Burnley Sun 10th August

• He's ont mantelpiece with me dad
- Burnley Thu 31st July

• Dedicated to Liam Sweeney and John Alder
- Burnley Sat 19th July

• Blue seats and disappearing ginger
- Burnley Thu 10th July

• Will we see Suarez at The Turf?
- Burnley Wed 2nd July

• Looking good, all systems go
- Burnley Thu 26th June

• Retainers, Vouchers, and downright stubbornness
- Burnley Fri 16th May

• The beautiful game, the beautiful season
- Burnley Sun 11th May

• A marker in history
- Burnley Wed 23rd April

• Twang there goes another nerve
- Burnley Sun 20th April

• On the Cusp
- Burnley Mon 14th April

• Be the man that makes the difference
- Burnley Thu 10th April

• Limping to Watford, strutting home
- Burnley Mon 7th April

• A Game Too Far
- Burnley Tue 1st April

• A day in the Belgian Republic of Charlton
- Burnley Tue 25th March

• Cellino wherefore art thou
- Burnley Mon 17th March

• The morning after
- Burnley Fri 14th March

• Ewood, Dyche and Moneyball
- Burnley Tue 11th March

• Undetectable Injections?
- Burnley Mon 3rd March

• Been a traumatic week
- Burnley Mon 24th February

• Off to see the history boys
- Burnley Tue 18th February

• Peter Shackleton - the real story
- Burnley Wed 12th February

• A little boy's perfect day
- Burnley Mon 10th February

• Crunch Time
- Burnley Tue 4th February

• With Clive Again
- Burnley Mon 27th January

• How did we not win that?
- Burnley Mon 20th January

• Through the floods to Yeovil
- Burnley Mon 13th January

• Into 2014 Cups & Re-unions
- Burnley Mon 6th January

• Halfway round the bend
- Burnley Thu 2nd January

• Twas the night before Xmas
- Burnley Tue 31st December

• For God's sake lift the roof off
- Burnley Mon 16th December

• Cometh the hour, cometh the Kightly
- Burnley Tue 10th December

• Pennine Invasion
- Burnley Mon 2nd December

• Clive Holt chats - Part Two
- Burnley Wed 27th November

• The season starts again
- Burnley Tue 26th November

• Clive Holt chats - Part One
- Burnley Wed 20th November

• Filling in the time
- Burnley Fri 15th November

• The return of Eddie
- Burnley Tue 12th November

• And so to Millwall
- Burnley Tue 5th November

• Toothaches and penalties
- Burnley Fri 1st November

• Pinch me I'm Dreaming
- Burnley Mon 28th October

• Filling in the Time
- Burnley Thu 17th October

• Clarke's Book
- Burnley Thu 10th October

• A Topping Show
- Burnley Tue 8th October

• I go away for a few days and…
- Burnley Fri 4th October

• Just £3.82 on Kindle
- Burnley Sun 15th September

• A day is a long time in football
- Burnley Tue 3rd September

• Dear Keith
- Burnley Wed 21st August

• Dave Burnley's Telephone Number
- Burnley Mon 19th August

• Opening Day
- Burnley Tue 6th August

• Friendly Day
- Burnley Tue 30th July

• All aboard the pensioner special
- Burnley Sun 21st July

• Clarke Carlisle's Game to Remember - Part Two
- Burnley Wed 29th May

• Clarke Carlisle's Game to Remember - Part One
- Burnley Mon 27th May

• Brian Jensen - Part Two of his decade at Burnley
- Burnley Sat 18th May

• Brian Jensen - Part One of his decade at Burnley
- Burnley Thu 16th May