A second successive draw to end 1998
Burnley’s 1998 ended with a home game against Lincoln City but having played well to get a Boxing Day point at York City, we were thankful for a late goal…
A Boxing Day point at York for the battling Clarets
Burnley travelled to York on Boxing Day 1998 to face a side who sat five places above us with four more points. Our recent record was poor, seven defeats in the…
Hankin goal wins big Boxing Day game for Burnley
A home game on Boxing Day and it couldn’t have been a much bigger game fifty years ago than third place Burnley hosting second place Liverpool at Turf Moor and…
Burnley go into Christmas with defeat at Maine Road
Third in the First Division as Christmas approached in 1973, Burnley fell to a 2-0 defeat against Manchester City who had started the game in fifteenth position. Burnley supporters were…
Disastrous run continues as Northampton win at Burnley
Manager Stan Ternent had been critical of his players after the 4-0 defeat at Fulham a week earlier and he was left disappointed again when we were beaten 2-0 at…
Gunners gunned down at the Turf
Back in league action having secured a place in the final of the Texaco Cup, Burnley welcomed Arsenal to Turf Moor with a 2-1 win ensuring we retained third place…
Stan boosts squad with the signing of Pickering
Stan Ternent made a move to improve his defensive options ahead of Christmas in 1998 with the signing of right-back Ally Pickering from Stoke City on a free transfer. A…
Burnley in final after a third win against Norwich
Both of our two previous games had been against Norwich City at home, one in the Texaco Cup semi-final and one in the league, with both ending in victories. Now…
Teasdale Out
The news that so many Burnley fans had been demanding arrived alongside news of the rights issue that had been proposed by the new director Barry Kilby, the imminent departure…
Pathetic Burnley hammered at Fulham
Burnley were faced with one of their toughest assignments of the season when they travelled to Fulham in December 1998 to take on a side that seemingly had more money…