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Listed below are comments made by ClaretAndRuse between Wednesday, 13th May 2009 and Friday, 22nd May 2009.

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Who will win at Wembley? 00:35am on 22 May 2009 Quote:

"10-5 on penalties"

Brian Howard (BBC Website)

This is impossible Brian...
Who will win at Wembley? 11:02pm on 21 May 2009 #64 - no i didn't see what a small minority of burnley fans did at ewood park! I was there and saw nothing. Except them being quite well behaved. If they did do anything I'm sure it didn't involve trying to decapitate innocent small children!!
Who will win at Wembley? 00:39am on 21 May 2009 Obviously as a Burnley fan, there is no question who I want to win Monday's game.

As for the other two...

I would have liked Leeds to go up. A big club, who, despite screwing up miserably in recent years, would have made the championship a bit more interesting. As it stands.. I'm going to have to go fo Scunny. Had a great day there a few years back when we got promoted, and the fans are great, and the stadium is superb. Never liked Millwall, never will. Blame their small minority of fans: ripping out seats and throwing them at ballboys' heads isn't exactly going to make me warm to a club!!!

Gillingham or Shrewsbury? Could go either way... and I will happilly watch as a neutral. Hopefully a free-flowing, open game with goals galore and enough fans to make a decent atmosphere (I reckon at least 40,000 fans between the 2 clubs plus extras).

A quick message to all Sheffield United fans: Best of Luck. It's going to be an incredible atmosphere. Probably the best the new Wembley has ever seen. Apart from West Brom fans, I can't think of any better sets of fans. See you there!! (And I hope you're only smiling before kick off)
Burnley one step from the Promised Land 00:26am on 21 May 2009 Burnley's 98 quid seats sold out before any other category!!! Your website says you still have seats left in every price zone... It makes no difference how many we sell to people. We clearly have more fans who want to go than you do!!
Burnley one step from the Promised Land 7:32pm on 19 May 2009 I didn't massively care at first...

But SU were given 1,000 more tickets than Burnley to start with. And even though they have not sold all their tickets and Burnley have, SU have been given another 500 tickets!!! We've sold out, but they still get more tickets?!?!?!?

What the hell is going on??

All we get is a handful of pansy prawn sandwich tickets!!!

Shocking!!

Wembley should be ashamed. They screwed up our ticket allocation to start with, now they've screwed up again.

Get a grip people!!!
Burnley one step from the Promised Land 2:56pm on 13 May 2009 After 60 games in a season using only 23 players along the way, and beating the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea, Spurs, Fulham and West Brom, not to mention beating Wolves, Preston, Sheffield United twice and Reading three times, and twice drawing against Birmingham after throwing away the lead in games they should have won, Burnley should be extremely proud of what they have achieved this year.

If the Clarets had not thrown away 11 points against Doncaster and Barnsley, not to mention countless other games, they would already be celebrating...

But I don't feel agrieved. Last night was one of the greatest nights I can recall. The atmosphere was electric, and Burnley thoroughly deserved their victory. Over 180 minutes of football Reading were the better team, but Burnley worked harder, and more pleasingly defended better. Had Carlisle and Caldwell defended like they have been doing for the past 2 months all season we could well have been champions with 3 games to spare.

But it gives us a chance to go to Wembley and show the country that a small northern town can really demonstrate passion that other places only dream about. The noise after final whistle last night was probably louder than some Old Trafford goal celebrations, and it certainly meant more. Burnley fans have a passion for their club unlike any other I have encountered, and with Owen Coyle at the helm, it allows the players to use this to their advantage, without getting carried away. He is undoubtedly Championship manager of the season.

One thing does confuse me though... Why (according to the clubs' official websites) have Sheffield United been given 37,000 tickets and Burnley only 36,000? This is a final... is it not? Neutral ground... No advantages... Or have I missed something? Yes I know we only finished 5th and not 3rd... But we had to play 4th to get to the final, they only had to play 6th!! And it can't be based on expected ticket sales. Anybody remember 1994 when over half of Burnley's population was in the capital? Having said that, as good as Sheffield United's fans are (credit where it's due - unfortunately the same can't be said of their antics regarding a certain Argentinian), I don't expect the difference in numbers to affect us, "No Nay Never" will probably be heard on top of Pendle Hill come May 25th! I'm just a bit peeved!!

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