Burnley finally claimed their first away point for the fourth time after a 1-1 draw at Reading on our first visit to the new Madesjki Stadium.
A concerned father from Burnley, Martin Fitzpatrick, had launched an appeal to try to find his daughter Sarah, 15, who had been missing for more than two weeks. She told him she was staying with a friend on August 21 but had not returned home since.
Four days later, she was seen by an aunt who took her to her mother’s house, but she fled when she saw the police there. A distraught Mr Fitzpatrick said: “I just want to know she is safe.
She only had £10 in her pocket when she left, she can’t live on that. She must be with a friend. I wish they would call me and tell me I’m crazy with worry.
When I travel, I always make sure I have the essentials with me, such as glasses, money, etc., but it never occurs to me to bring a knife or hammer.
Not so for two local men who got into trouble. Tariq Shah, a 29-year-old man from Saxon Street,pleaded guilty in court to possessing an assault weapon in a public place.
He claimed he took the 8-inch kitchen knife for his own safety. Mr Nick Dearing (defense solicitor) told the court he was in bed at home when a friend called him to say he and others had been attacked and needed his help.
If there had been trouble, the situation had calmed down by the time Mr Shah arrived and Mr Dearing told the court he had not threatened anyone with the knife and it was only for his personal safety.
The case was adjourned pending sentencing reports. From knife to hammer, this man was still wanted by the police.
Armed with a hammer, this young man robbed a security van collecting money outside Reedley Magistrates Court.
He and another man left with hundreds of pounds worth of bank notes. Fortunately, the security guards were not injured, but despite help from a police helicopter, the two men and the hammer were able to escape and no arrests were made.
Some money was spent in the city. On Manchester Road, the town hall has had a facelift.
“This is general maintenance to stop the windows rotting,” said Mr John Lord, the council’s maintenance assessor. It was only a small coat of paint but cost £12,000.
Sanderson Ford spent a little more (still Skipper for me). They underwent a multi-million dollar renovation for the millennium.
It would offer a new, much improved after-sales service, a rapid component assembly facility and a new 100-space car park.
Now back to the knives and a word of warning: if you’re going to buy a kebab, don’t share a taxi home. This is what Mr. and Mrs. Peter and Donna Whittaker did with Mr. Jason Curtis.
The problem was that Curtis, 30, was the first one home and was unwilling to pay his share of the taxi fare. He got out and went to his house, but was chased by Mrs Whittaker. Her husband followed and kicked Curtis, who grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed him in the chest.
Curtis told the court he was scared and Mr Whittaker had to move towards the knife.
His defense said: “This was not instigated by the accused,” adding that he had acted in self-defense. After hearing he had previous convictions for violent behavior, Judge David Pirie said:
“It appears to me that the man is drinking too much and this appears to have been a problem for some time. » It’s clear that you didn’t start with this, but I took a kitchen knife. » After all this, he was given a 12-month suspended prison sentence.
Before Burnley left for Reading, there were high hopes that another new signing could be added to the squad. In March, Chris Waddle attempted to sign Nigel Pepper from York, but simply made Bradford City boss Chris Kamara aware of his availability and stepped in to pay £100,000 for him.
Under new manager Paul Jewell, he was beside himself at Valley Parade and was thought to be on his way to Turf Moor. Stan Ternent remained tight-lipped but said: “Bradford are probably trying to release players but I won’t comment on rumours.”
Ternent was able to add Neil Moore to his squad for the trip to Reading after the defender missed the Luton game.
Kevin Henderson was also available again, but Paul Weller was ruled out after a recurrence of the stomach problem he suffered over the summer and returned to hospital.
Burnley fans enjoyed watching their team give it their all and it finally paid off some thirteen minutes before the end. Andy Cooke played the ball to Little, who moved inside before passing a ball to PAYTON, who took a good first touch before beating Howie with a shot.
We tried to find a winner. It didn’t come and fortunately Reading, with their only chance, saw Caskey’s shot hit the crossbar.
This was better from Burnley, this was much, much better. Le squadre erano;
Lettura: Scott Howie, Martyn Booty, Stuart Gray, Grant Brebner, Phil Parkinson, Linvoy Primus, Ray Houghton (Mark Reilly 76), Darren Caskey, Robert Fleck (Paul Brayson 63), Martin Williams, Mass Sarr. Sostituto non utilizzato: Andy Bernal.
Burnley: Gavin Ward, Mark Robertson, Chris Brass, Peter Swan, Brian Reid, Gordon Armstrong, Glen Little, Ronnie Jepson (Chris Scott 59), Carl Smith (Colin Carr-Lawton ht), Andy Cooke, Andy Payton. Sostituto non utilizzato: Matt Heywood.
Arbitro: Paul Danson (Leicester). Participation: 10,080.
Leaders Stoke eventually lost their 100 percent record and suffered a 1-0 defeat at Fulham, who, along with Preston and Luton, were now four points behind the leaders.
Fulham’s goal was scored by Rufus Brevett in midweek when an ex-Claret scored the goal. It was Kurt Nogan again for Preston, the only goal of the match against Wycombe.
