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Great Cup Final with the fans back.
Well done Leicester.
The magic of the Cup lives on.

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You'd think that once the pandemics over shopping in high streets will make a comeback. People will want to get out again after being locked down for over twelve months. With some online shopping you don't always get stuff delivered to your house, you've to pick it up in store anyway (M&S), its not ...

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Used to love the telly coverage on CF Day. Now it’s a 5:15 kick off most of the days gone. Should move it back to 3:00 and have it as the final game of the season.

And good luck to Leicester. They lost in the final three times in the 60s -hope they beat Chelsea.

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Burnley 2, Leeds 1

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You’re right. Kayla the Eagle died in June 2020 age 28 after a heart attack according to reports.
Always liked watching her swooping around the pitch before kick off. RIP Kayla.

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They have a real eagle you know.

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Are they powered by the Bob Lord generator?

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Hope they add the Champions League too.

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Remember watching Alex Higgins at a packed Keighley Green club in the 80s with my dad. The club was jam packed we had to sit on the window sill. Higgins turned out in an ankle length Afghan coat, and a big floppy hat. He played against a number of Club members and one of Burnleys best at the time, D...

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Tried applying for a Liverpool ticket on my phone which came up with the message that I had +26 tickets already. Logged in on the computer and that message wasn’t repeated. Straightforward enough after logging in and adding the 0.00 ballot ticket into the basket. Purchases also show it in there with...

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Wycombe need 10 goals in 30 minutes to stay up. They've scored 3 so far.

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It's The Derby Way.

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Yes I wrote the Boyle story. Just completed the film too.

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GAME 42: Burnley v Sunderland, Turf Moor, Saturday 7th May 1921 The curtain fell on Burnley’s epic season with a home match against Sunderland at Turf Moor on Saturday the 7th of May 1921. With goalkeeper Jerry Dawson injured, Len Moorwood making his first team debut, deputised in goal. Todmorden b...

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A 17 year old Colin Waldron in his Bury Days.

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Rocketman

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There would have been 14 or more trains carrying the 14,000 down from Sunderland, arriving at Burnley Manchester Road and BUrnley Bank Top (Central), one after another. The sidings at Bank Top station Must have been quite a sight to see that day.

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It’s from the British Library newspaper collection online. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/?ds_kid=43700028819001879&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1fq--K6j8AIVhaiyCh02dQfTEAAYASAAEgJknfD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds Hundreds of newspapers inc the BUrnley Express online up to Dec 31 1954. For the newer ones you’d ...

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Burnley v Sunderland 31st January 1953. Several supporters injured when the Bee Hole End wall collapsed. Mostly children hurt.
Bob Lord was the Grounds manager then.

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If its the same incident, the man didn't sadly die at the ground, but later. Burnley were playing Huddersfield in the third round of the FA Cup in front of a record gate of 54,775, Burnley winning 1-0. Screen Shot 2021-04-29 at 08.50.00.png Screen Shot 2021-04-29 at 08.59.24.png Screen Shot 2021-04-...

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Well done Chris Wood fantastic performance today.
UTC

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Dave- can you still get signed ones?

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The team photo colorisations were done by Ryehill and they had the 1914 Cup team and 1921 League team shots on their website - the owner is a big Sunderland fan. http://ryehillfootball.co.uk Thank you for all the nice feedback today on here and also on Facebook. Much appreciated. The Boyle era at Bu...

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They even had Guess the gate in 1921

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A hundred years ago today on the 23rd of April 1921, Burnley Football Club won its first League Championship. Game 39: Everton v Burnley at Goodison Park 23 April 1921 (St. Georges Day) The Clarets travelled to Goodison Park on Saturday the 23rd of April to meet sixth placed Everton. George Halley w...

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To celebrate Burnley winning the League a hundred years ago on St George’s Day 23rd April 1921, a new film in two parts about Burnley captain Tommy Boyle has been released today. The film is in two parts and links below covers Part 1: Burnley win the FACup in 1914 Part 2: BUrnley in WW1, Winning the...

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Thanks Tony, your own views echo my own. The establishment of a closed-shop super league for the football 'elites' has been proposed several times before down the decades, our own former chairman Bob Lord talked about it in the Sixties shortly after the abolishment of the players maximum wage. Hopef...

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What the new chairman had said Makes a lot of sense. Good to hear that. Compared to the nonsense the chairman of Real Madrid came out with today saying that the only income they get is from television. Ah what a shame. So they get nothing from match attendances, ticket sales, exhorbitantly priced fo...

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What a brilliant story and documentary this was.

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Has our new chairman made a statement about the super league yet? I’ve just listened to Alan Shearer’s take on the developments on BBC Breakfast and I never thought I’d find myself agreeing with the guy about the whole shitshow. Alan Pace - where are you and what’s your opinion? Nothing on his twitt...

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The Chairman’s on it...

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Not many people would have known to scour the ticket offices latest arrangements on BUrnley FCs website Grumps to be honest. And while they might attract a younger audience they won’t get there message across to all fans.
A letter with instructions ain’t much to ask is it?

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The club needs to write to season ticket holders now - a letter, outlining the changes they’ve implemented, and not expect people to manage this on their own. The FAQ info on the club website is confusing and bewildering to some fans. A letter laying out in simple terms what they need to do, how the...

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Thanks Lakedistrict. Read that post - this is in ref to Covid Passports - and seems to be only an if necessary at this point. I also can see that smartphones QR codes and stuff will be the future at BFC and other clubs.

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Where on the Burnley FC site does it say you’ll need to use a smartphone ? It mentions your team card will be updated but can’t find the FAQ on smartphones.

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A big thanks to Leisure, Clarettony and a few others on here for raising these issues with the Club. Many thanks guys.

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Guys, it took a week to sort mine out but cracked it last night. The password reset I asked for last Wednesday arrived yesterday. I am sorted now. The ticket office must have been inundated with season ticket holders like me needing a hand. It would have helped if the club had sent all its season ti...

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A week on I've managed to sort my ticket out. Reset Email from the club arrived today. Thank you BFC

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Went to make a brew, came back and were ******* losing.

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Jack Nadin's book, Burnley Inns and Taverns (2007) names some 199 pubs in Burnley down the years. Jacks book was published in 2007 after which several more have closed. Theres only the Coach and Horses open (or was before lockdown) on Church street I think now.

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After problems on Tuesday the club replied on Wednesday and I then needed a password reset. The information on their email says “if you don’t receive it in 30 minutes contact the ticket office.” That was Wednesday. Today’s Friday and still no email confirming they’ve reset the password. Tried phonin...

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Eddie Mosscrops collection went under the hammer in 2011...

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Don't recall getting that alert at all Zlatan thanks. Ive tried again just now, it doesn't show anywhere on my profile that theres any information on any tickets I've bought in the past - season tickets or away games. Ive emailed the club and just tried phoning but the answer machines on and they'll...

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I’ve emailed the ticket office for advice. I paid for my season ticket in March 2020 before lockdown started and I assumed it would just roll over again. Without reading twitter posts from the club and this thread on here, I wouldn’t have known about the need to set up a new account with the club, t...

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Ive just tried updating my details, set up account ok, but theres no information about previous sales, ticket purchases NOTHING.
The club auto email then sent TWO new Clarets Numbers within 7 minutes of each other.
Confused of Burnley

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According to the report on the clubs first AGM in 1926, There were 6,000 shares at £1 each when the offer was made in 1924. Some 4,700 were taken up leaving them short of their target and these were offered again in 1926.

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TONY: Just done a search ad it looks like Burnley CC became a limited company in 1925 and they posted their first years figures the following year 1926. Before that in 1924 the club reported that since the war the club had lost approx £1,500 and needed to raise funds through a share offer. They firs...

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When did the football club sell the cricket ground? Not sure Tony - but it’s interesting that the football club bought both lots in 1922. At the time the club had a balance of around £24,000 in the bank but on the previous season posted a profit of only £137. Players wages were increasing and Burnl...

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Very interesting find. Enjoyed reading it. Are you researching anything in particular Mike or trawling the archive? Researching the last season of Tommy Boyle 1922-23 for a film Elwa from the British Library online newspapers this story cropped up in the BUrnley News in September 1922. Thursby owne...

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