FULL-TIME: Burnley 2 Watford 2
4:59pm Saturday 6th August 2011 in Sport
TURF WARS Chris McCann looks for a pass
KEITH Treacy made a goalscoring start to life at Burnley to rescue a point on the opening day.
The Clarets were trailing to Craig Forsyth's 45th minute opener when the Republic of Ireland international came off the bench to replace Wade Elliott after the hour, and Mark Yeates doubled Watford's advantage soon after.
But Treacy and fit-again striker Charlie Austin combined to turn the jeers to cheers.
Treacy might have had a debut double after signing from Preston but saw his initial shot go in off Austin, who was making his comeback following surgery on a dislocated shoulder last season.
After making one the winger scored one, towering at the far post to head in Ross Wallace's excellent delivery.
It was a welcome fightback by the Clarets, but manager Eddie Howe will be disappointed to have been in such a predicament.
Chris Iwelumo didn't get a sniff on his return to the club he left in June, but Watford took the lead on the stroke of half-time.
Ross Jenkins' pass found Marvin Sordell, and the lively forward picked out Forsyth, who beat goalkeeper Lee Grant with a downwards header against the run of play.
Burnley looked to bite back in the second half, and brought on Austin for Martin Paterson at half-time.
It wasn't until Treacy was introduced from the bench that the Clarets came to life though.
Watford benefited from a long ball down the middle to make their task harder .
Ben Mee challenged Sordell but the ball fell kindly for Yeates, who beat Grant in a one-on-one before Burnley demonstrated their powers of recovery.
Burnley; Grant, Trippier, Amougou, Mee, Fox; Elliott (Treacy 65), McCann, Marney, Wallace; Paterson (Austin 46), Rodriguez. Not used: Jensen, Edgar and Bartley.
Watford: Loach; Doyley, Mariappa, Taylor, Dickinson; Eustace; Yeates, Jenkins, Forsyth; Iwelumo (Deeney 67), Sordell. Not used: Gilmartin, Mirfin, Mingoia and Massey.
Bookings: Amougou for a foul on Sordell (53); Doyley for a foul on Rodriguez (89).
Attendance: 14,617.
Referee: Mark Brown.
Comments(25)
gudari
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6:09pm Sat 6 Aug 11
burnleyglentoran
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6:43pm Sat 6 Aug 11
Coeur de Lion wrote:A point gained from a good comeback. More positives than negatives today.
What nothing to say "O" six fingered ones, it took a rovers reject to save you from humiliation.
35 years and counting
Lion heart eh!?
more like the Cowardly Lion!!
Pudd 'em uup. Pudd em uup!
andy1
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6:43pm Sat 6 Aug 11
Coeur de Lion wrote:Or are you really Roar The Lion the kiddie fiddler? Get back down to the Venkys Chicken shed aka Deadwood park.
What nothing to say "O" six fingered ones, it took a rovers reject to save you from humiliation.
35 years and counting
NICEONESUNSHINE
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6:55pm Sat 6 Aug 11
gudari wrote:"Greatest Club in the world"
Listen here, six brain-celled one! Who's the idiot who's on a Burnley site all the time? He was a b*****d and then a nob-ender but now he's become a player at the greatest club in the world! Get back in yer hole ya grintwum scumbag and comment on the goings-on ( or lack of them ) at the dump. Goodwillie hunting low-life!
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You silly English hating Jock moron, Its time you stopped drinking you silly whisky soake old baboon because your becoming deluded and psychotic
MARCO
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7:23pm Sat 6 Aug 11
Scamp Kingsley
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8:39pm Sat 6 Aug 11
MARCO wrote:Yer chicken curry pizza's getting cold, jog on.
Greatest club in the world! Probably not even the greatest team in Burnley!!!!!!!!
Scamp Kingsley
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8:44pm Sat 6 Aug 11
NICEONESUNSHINE wrote:Stop slagging off yer own manager, or is it yer latest stellar signing?
gudari wrote:"Greatest Club in the world"
Listen here, six brain-celled one! Who's the idiot who's on a Burnley site all the time? He was a b*****d and then a nob-ender but now he's become a player at the greatest club in the world! Get back in yer hole ya grintwum scumbag and comment on the goings-on ( or lack of them ) at the dump. Goodwillie hunting low-life!
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You silly English hating Jock moron, Its time you stopped drinking you silly whisky soake old baboon because your becoming deluded and psychotic
gudari
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8:57pm Sat 6 Aug 11
NICEONESUNSHINE wrote:Who's deluded? Why are you on here? The English are not even worth hating sunshine. However, morons like yourself only deserve my utter contempt! I'll type it nice and slowly for you "Burnley. The greatest club in the world" And don't you and your numpty grintwum bumchums ever, ever forget it! Think about why all you ever do is scour the press for news of the Clarets!!!
gudari wrote:"Greatest Club in the world"
Listen here, six brain-celled one! Who's the idiot who's on a Burnley site all the time? He was a b*****d and then a nob-ender but now he's become a player at the greatest club in the world! Get back in yer hole ya grintwum scumbag and comment on the goings-on ( or lack of them ) at the dump. Goodwillie hunting low-life!
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HHAHAHAHAEHHAHEHAHEH
HAHHHEEEHAHEHEAhAHAA
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You silly English hating Jock moron, Its time you stopped drinking you silly whisky soake old baboon because your becoming deluded and psychotic
nil by mouth
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9:09pm Sat 6 Aug 11
Forever Blue
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10:52pm Sat 6 Aug 11
gudari wrote:Came on to here to have look at the comments from the first game of the new season from proper level headed claret fans and saw this.
Listen here, six brain-celled one! Who's the idiot who's on a Burnley site all the time? He was a b*****d and then a nob-ender but now he's become a player at the greatest club in the world! Get back in yer hole ya grintwum scumbag and comment on the goings-on ( or lack of them ) at the dump. Goodwillie hunting low-life!
What a P***k !
gudari
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12:53am Sun 7 Aug 11
Forever Blue wrote:You are the p***k, as you so politely put it. The comments I made were in answer to comments made by idiots of your ilk. I am just a proper level-headed Claret who can't understand why "proper level-headed blackbum fans" feel the need to come on here and then get all upset when they get the pish ripped out of them!! Scuttle back down the hole you crawled out of and limt yourself to what you're capable of which is talking about the "mighty" blackbum.
gudari wrote:Came on to here to have look at the comments from the first game of the new season from proper level headed claret fans and saw this.
Listen here, six brain-celled one! Who's the idiot who's on a Burnley site all the time? He was a b*****d and then a nob-ender but now he's become a player at the greatest club in the world! Get back in yer hole ya grintwum scumbag and comment on the goings-on ( or lack of them ) at the dump. Goodwillie hunting low-life!
What a P***k !
hasslem hasslem
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9:12am Sun 7 Aug 11
gudari wrote:Level-headed? Your fellow Burnley supporters must be so proud that care in the community is alive and well in Kelbrook.
Forever Blue wrote:You are the p***k, as you so politely put it. The comments I made were in answer to comments made by idiots of your ilk. I am just a proper level-headed Claret who can't understand why "proper level-headed blackbum fans" feel the need to come on here and then get all upset when they get the pish ripped out of them!! Scuttle back down the hole you crawled out of and limt yourself to what you're capable of which is talking about the "mighty" blackbum.
gudari wrote:Came on to here to have look at the comments from the first game of the new season from proper level headed claret fans and saw this.
Listen here, six brain-celled one! Who's the idiot who's on a Burnley site all the time? He was a b*****d and then a nob-ender but now he's become a player at the greatest club in the world! Get back in yer hole ya grintwum scumbag and comment on the goings-on ( or lack of them ) at the dump. Goodwillie hunting low-life!
What a P***k !
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I went along yesterday as I have many Burnley friends and a pal was on a stag night and offered his season ticket. As I have no axe to grind against most Burnley fans, thought it would be interesting to see how Howe was putting out his stall.
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As an objective observer - burnley were lively for 20-25 minutes with virtually all the creativity coming down the left - however the play inside watford's 18yd box was dire. Watford were sleep walking through the first half and it shows how fragile your defence is/was that with their first showing of any positivity the Hornets stung the Bees.
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Second half Burnley ran out of idea and it was no surprise that Watford scored again with comedy defending.
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Treacy rescued you and Austin is a donkey. The people I went with were raving about the young lad from City - but i saw 'nowt to say he is anything more than OK. Treacy shines for short periods and is a good player at Championship level - the issue with Treacy is not on the pitch.
gudari
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10:09am Sun 7 Aug 11
Forever Blue
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11:07am Sun 7 Aug 11
gudari wrote:Crawl down a hole ! coming from somebody from Kelblack the a**e hole of barlick steady on there. For people that don't know this part of the world its the back of beyond its still classed as Yorkshite by the locals who refuse to come over to Lancs its been going on for years there is the route of the problem this individual doesn't know weather to watch the buuuurly or go with his mate to watch leeds.
Forever Blue wrote:You are the p***k, as you so politely put it. The comments I made were in answer to comments made by idiots of your ilk. I am just a proper level-headed Claret who can't understand why "proper level-headed blackbum fans" feel the need to come on here and then get all upset when they get the pish ripped out of them!! Scuttle back down the hole you crawled out of and limt yourself to what you're capable of which is talking about the "mighty" blackbum.gudari wrote: Listen here, six brain-celled one! Who's the idiot who's on a Burnley site all the time? He was a b*****d and then a nob-ender but now he's become a player at the greatest club in the world! Get back in yer hole ya grintwum scumbag and comment on the goings-on ( or lack of them ) at the dump. Goodwillie hunting low-life!Came on to here to have look at the comments from the first game of the new season from proper level headed claret fans and saw this. What a P***k !
See him know him now cant you chanting outside the Craven Heifer pub Kevin Hird, Kevin Hird, Buuuuurly when he mate is off to Leeds with the rest of the community.
And this p***k asks me to crawl down a hole.
eddyo
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11:46am Sun 7 Aug 11
Forever Blue wrote:Don't try and be rational with this kelblack fella - even Bonleh fans despair of this deluded, inane, xenophobic dunce.
gudari wrote:Crawl down a hole ! coming from somebody from Kelblack the a**e hole of barlick steady on there. For people that don't know this part of the world its the back of beyond its still classed as Yorkshite by the locals who refuse to come over to Lancs its been going on for years there is the route of the problem this individual doesn't know weather to watch the buuuurly or go with his mate to watch leeds.
Forever Blue wrote:You are the p***k, as you so politely put it. The comments I made were in answer to comments made by idiots of your ilk. I am just a proper level-headed Claret who can't understand why "proper level-headed blackbum fans" feel the need to come on here and then get all upset when they get the pish ripped out of them!! Scuttle back down the hole you crawled out of and limt yourself to what you're capable of which is talking about the "mighty" blackbum.gudari wrote: Listen here, six brain-celled one! Who's the idiot who's on a Burnley site all the time? He was a b*****d and then a nob-ender but now he's become a player at the greatest club in the world! Get back in yer hole ya grintwum scumbag and comment on the goings-on ( or lack of them ) at the dump. Goodwillie hunting low-life!Came on to here to have look at the comments from the first game of the new season from proper level headed claret fans and saw this. What a P***k !
See him know him now cant you chanting outside the Craven Heifer pub Kevin Hird, Kevin Hird, Buuuuurly when he mate is off to Leeds with the rest of the community.
And this p***k asks me to crawl down a hole.
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Clearly he has issues off the pitch as well.
gudari
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2:16pm Sun 7 Aug 11
Forever Blue wrote:You're still on here with your incoherent ramblings sonny! How dare you lot of all people have the cheek to come on here and show your utter ignorance of everything! Are you all tetley in disguise? Kelbrook is a brilliant little place unlke the hole you all live in. I went there with low expectations and , like everyone else, came away disappointed! I have always been a Burnley fan, unlike reddyo who, as his name suggests, is a mank. Some advice for all of you which your fathers ( toughie there! ) should have given you.; namely, if you know nothing, say nothing!
gudari wrote:Crawl down a hole ! coming from somebody from Kelblack the a**e hole of barlick steady on there. For people that don't know this part of the world its the back of beyond its still classed as Yorkshite by the locals who refuse to come over to Lancs its been going on for years there is the route of the problem this individual doesn't know weather to watch the buuuurly or go with his mate to watch leeds.
Forever Blue wrote:You are the p***k, as you so politely put it. The comments I made were in answer to comments made by idiots of your ilk. I am just a proper level-headed Claret who can't understand why "proper level-headed blackbum fans" feel the need to come on here and then get all upset when they get the pish ripped out of them!! Scuttle back down the hole you crawled out of and limt yourself to what you're capable of which is talking about the "mighty" blackbum.gudari wrote: Listen here, six brain-celled one! Who's the idiot who's on a Burnley site all the time? He was a b*****d and then a nob-ender but now he's become a player at the greatest club in the world! Get back in yer hole ya grintwum scumbag and comment on the goings-on ( or lack of them ) at the dump. Goodwillie hunting low-life!Came on to here to have look at the comments from the first game of the new season from proper level headed claret fans and saw this. What a P***k !
See him know him now cant you chanting outside the Craven Heifer pub Kevin Hird, Kevin Hird, Buuuuurly when he mate is off to Leeds with the rest of the community.
And this p***k asks me to crawl down a hole.
smalon
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4:42pm Sun 7 Aug 11
Unfortunately I see the forum has been hijacked by your noisy neighbours.
Any Burnley fans feel like expressing their hopes for their team this season?
Do you think a draw was fair and how do you reckon Watford will do?
Thanks in advance.
slongio
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5:23pm Sun 7 Aug 11
smalon wrote:Sorry pal but looks like all the 6 fingered dingles are still in bed with their sisters!!
As a Watford fan I logged on to see what the Burnley supporters made of the game. Unfortunately I see the forum has been hijacked by your noisy neighbours. Any Burnley fans feel like expressing their hopes for their team this season? Do you think a draw was fair and how do you reckon Watford will do? Thanks in advance.
claretmeandyou
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6:18pm Sun 7 Aug 11
NICEONESUNSHINE
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7:27pm Sun 7 Aug 11
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Why do you live in a country full of people you hate??????
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Because your a moron and this proves it......
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"the greatest team in the world""
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HAHAHAHEHEHEHAEHA
midas
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9:03am Mon 8 Aug 11
smalon wrote:A tentetive opening match from both teams. Your defence and goalkeeper looked a bit shaky and you may end up having the same problems with Iwelomo that we did.
As a Watford fan I logged on to see what the Burnley supporters made of the game. Unfortunately I see the forum has been hijacked by your noisy neighbours. Any Burnley fans feel like expressing their hopes for their team this season? Do you think a draw was fair and how do you reckon Watford will do? Thanks in advance.
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All our new signings looked good but would agree that McCann and Marney had quiet games. The team that finished would be my starting 11.
Midland Claret
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1:25pm Mon 8 Aug 11
midas
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4:49pm Mon 8 Aug 11
Midland Claret
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8:09pm Mon 8 Aug 11
midas wrote:Midas for me we have three players out of a fairly small squad coming back from serious injuries. I hope they all prove me wrong and stay fit but a striker who can hold up the ball, a midfield general, and possibly a centre back would be minimum requirements. Do you believe the squad is strong enough? Blackpool have strengthened after selling Adam for not much more than we sold Fletcher. Like us they have the 48 million parachute payments over 4 years. I don't care what anyone says we should have done better in the transfer market during the summer.
Where?

Coeur de Lion says...
5:57pm Sat 6 Aug 11
35 years and counting