The day Billy became Ginger Pele
The 1976/77 season had been a difficult one for Burnley. Relegated from the First Division in April 1976 there had been real hopes of us bouncing straight back at the…
The 1960s completed
Last summer we introduced the results, league tables and programme covers for all of the post-war seasons up to and including 1964/65 with the plan that this would be extended…
Arthur Sutcliffe – 1893 to 1896
We are introducing a new feature within our Clarets History section, to take a look at the managers of Burnley Football Club over the years, and there's is only one…
Kevin Long helps out the League of Ireland
Four Republic of Ireland internationals, led by Stoke City's James McClean, who started their careers in the League of Ireland (SSE Airtricity League) have chipped into a fund which has…
Wood in Leeds and Arsenal links
With no football being played, the transfer speculation season is underway early and in the last 24 hours striker Chris Wood has been sort of linked with potential moves to…
The daylight is shining through the tunnel
Today, 21st March 2020, Burnley should have been playing Watford at home. The game has been postponed due to the Coronavirus crisis as has every other game in England. So,…
Burnley bounce back from cup defeat
Defeat to Blackburn Rovers in the FA Cup had left Burnley with just the league to play for and we got right back to winning ways with a vital home…
Peter Whittingham passes away aged 35
The devastating news that our former loan player Peter Whittingham has passed away, aged just 35, has been confirmed today. He'd been hospitalised for over a week having suffered a…
Premier League shutdown moves to end of April
Last week, the Premier League confirmed that there would be no games played up to 3rd April due to the Coronavirus and today, along with other leagues, that has now…
Dave Baldwin says farewell to Turf Moor
Chief Executive Dave Baldwin revealed in December that he would be leaving his role in the summer to take up the position of chief executive at the Football League, vacated…