Burnley's second best ever player?

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Burnley's second best ever player?

Post by Croydon Claret » Sat Jun 29, 2019 4:07 pm

It goes without saying that Jimmy McIroy owns the top spot in perpetuity.

But who comes in at number 2?

Brian O'Neill? Never saw him myself but heard good things
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Re: Burnley's second best ever player?

Post by ClaretTony » Sat Jun 29, 2019 4:23 pm

Older fans would say Jimmy McIlroy to that question. My granddad said that Bob Kelly was by far our best ever player.
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Re: Burnley's second best ever player?

Post by djemba-djemba » Sat Jun 29, 2019 4:49 pm

ClaretTony wrote:Older fans would say Jimmy McIlroy to that question. My granddad said that Bob Kelly was by far our best ever player.
Jimmy himself said that.
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Re: Burnley's second best ever player?

Post by ClaretTony » Sat Jun 29, 2019 4:53 pm

djemba-djemba wrote:Jimmy himself said that.
An old bloke who he used to see Jimmy Mac in Scott Park used to tell him he wasn’t as good as Kelly. I’m sure the old bloke was call Bob Lord.
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Re: Burnley's second best ever player?

Post by Croydon Claret » Sat Jun 29, 2019 5:12 pm

Well every day's a school day it seems

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Post by Bop » Sat Jun 29, 2019 8:09 pm

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Re: Burnley's second best ever player?

Post by Vino blanco » Sat Jun 29, 2019 8:14 pm

Difficult, but I would just about go for Brian O'Neil, with apologies to Connelly, Adamson, Morgan, James, Pointer and Nick Pickering.
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Re: Burnley's second best ever player?

Post by FactualFrank » Sat Jun 29, 2019 8:17 pm

Willie Irvine didn't do too badly for us.
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Re: Burnley's second best ever player?

Post by turfytopper » Sat Jun 29, 2019 8:42 pm

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Re: Burnley's second best ever player?

Post by Claret » Sat Jun 29, 2019 9:16 pm

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Re: Burnley's second best ever player?

Post by IanMcL » Sat Jun 29, 2019 9:21 pm

For contribution to Burnley FC, Jimmy Adamson.

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Post by TheFamilyCat » Sat Jun 29, 2019 9:21 pm

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Re: Burnley's second best ever player?

Post by Royboyclaret » Sat Jun 29, 2019 10:23 pm

Tough one to answer as I doubt anyone on here saw Bob Kelly play. However my Dad always said that Kelly and Jimmy Mac were our two best players so that's good enough for me.

I saw plenty of Jimmy Mac and if Kelly was anywhere near as good he must have been one hell of a player. Incredibly just a couple of weeks ago Bob Kelly was a pointless answer on the BBC programme Pointless when the presenter did not appear to know he even played and starred for Burnley.

Since Mac the best player I've seen in a Burnley shirt is Steven Defour.

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Re: Burnley's second best ever player?

Post by djemba-djemba » Sat Jun 29, 2019 10:26 pm

Royboyclaret wrote: Incredibly just a couple of weeks ago Bob Kelly was a pointless answer on the BBC programme Pointless when the presenter did not appear to know he even played and starred for Burnley.
What was the question?

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Re: Burnley's second best ever player?

Post by Royboyclaret » Sat Jun 29, 2019 10:32 pm

djemba-djemba wrote:What was the question?
It was a pictorial question with 5 players including Bob Kelly and also from memory Ian Wright. The question was to name the oldest player to have scored for England in an international match.

Wright was obviously a high scorer but our man Kelly was a pointless answer.
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Re: Burnley's second best ever player?

Post by Bordeauxclaret » Sat Jun 29, 2019 11:24 pm

Technically I’d say Defour from my time watching.

Apart from Les Thompson obviously.

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Re: Burnley's second best ever player?

Post by Joe14 » Sat Jun 29, 2019 11:34 pm

Glen Little for me ;)

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Re: Burnley's second best ever player?

Post by Steve1956 » Sat Jun 29, 2019 11:36 pm

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Re: Burnley's second best ever player?

Post by AndrewJB » Sat Jun 29, 2019 11:44 pm

ClaretTony wrote:An old bloke who he used to see Jimmy Mac in Scott Park used to tell him he wasn’t as good as Kelly. I’m sure the old bloke was call Bob Lord.
I remember this story from the old board, probably about fifteen or so years ago.

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Re: Burnley's second best ever player?

Post by FactualFrank » Sat Jun 29, 2019 11:45 pm

Bordeauxclaret wrote:Technically I’d say Defour from my time watching.

Apart from Les Thompson obviously.
I too, loved those 20 minutes.

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Re: Burnley's second best ever player?

Post by taio » Sun Jun 30, 2019 12:29 am

FactualFrank wrote:I too, loved those 20 minutes.
Only time you've actually watched?

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Re: Burnley's second best ever player?

Post by Royboyclaret » Sun Jun 30, 2019 11:54 am

djemba-djemba wrote:What was the question?
Just checked and Bob Kelly was almost 35 years old when he scored for England against Scotland at Wembley in March 1928. Of course he was no longer a Burnley player at that time.

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Post by The Enclosure » Sun Jun 30, 2019 12:50 pm

Leighton James or Dave Thomas

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Post by WM1882 » Sun Jun 30, 2019 1:01 pm

Joe Jakob ;)

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Re: Burnley's second best ever player?

Post by Erasmus » Sun Jun 30, 2019 1:16 pm

Ralph Coates for me.
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Re: Burnley's second best ever player?

Post by claretblue » Sun Jun 30, 2019 3:28 pm

Erasmus wrote:Ralph Coates for me.
midfield general (apart from when on the wing! ;))

certainly for 3 or 4 seasons Ralph was

here, there and every f***ing where!

:D

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Re: Burnley's second best ever player?

Post by kindonesque » Sun Jun 30, 2019 3:36 pm

Willie Morgan gotta be a contender

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Re: Burnley's second best ever player?

Post by Vegas Claret » Sun Jun 30, 2019 3:39 pm

all the real legends were before my time, I don't think I could decide who the best Burnley player I've seen is never mind the second. It's difficult to judge given the depths we sunk too !!

CT, it would be interesting if you did one of your polls with players of a particular decade then do an ultimate top 5 for example
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Re: Burnley's second best ever player?

Post by claret54 » Sun Jun 30, 2019 3:41 pm

Some of you have very short memories. I remember watching burnley in 1921 Best Burnley team ever.. Only Jimmy Mac would get into that team.

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Re: Burnley's second best ever player?

Post by Royboyclaret » Sun Jun 30, 2019 3:42 pm

claretblue wrote:midfield general (apart from when on the wing! ;))

certainly for 3 or 4 seasons Ralph was

here, there and every f***ing where!

:D
Even played centre-forward in both legs against Napoli and Eintracht Frankfurt in European Fairs Cup in 1966/67.

Pretty versatile was Ralph.
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Re: Burnley's second best ever player?

Post by Royboyclaret » Sun Jun 30, 2019 3:44 pm

claret54 wrote:Some of you have very short memories. I remember watching burnley in 1921 Best Burnley team ever.. Only Jimmy Mac would get into that team.
Just a mere 30 games unbeaten that season, claret54!

Tommy Boyle at his finest.

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Re: Burnley's second best ever player?

Post by AngleseyClaret » Sun Jun 30, 2019 5:11 pm

I agree with Jimmy Mac Number1 but for number 2 it's close between Willie Morgan, Trvevor Steven and Lee Dixon. Lets face it it's a matter of opinion as we have had so many great players.

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Re: Burnley's second best ever player?

Post by Better Call Saul » Sun Jun 30, 2019 7:32 pm

It's a dead heat for me.
Ralph Coates & Brian O'Neil or should I have written Brian O'Neil & Ralph Coates.
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Re: Burnley's second best ever player?

Post by Royboyclaret » Sun Jun 30, 2019 10:26 pm

No surprise to see many references to Brian O'Neil on this thread. A very popular Claret was the pocket dynamo.

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Re: Burnley's second best ever player?

Post by ClaretTony » Sun Jun 30, 2019 11:22 pm

Royboyclaret wrote:No surprise to see many references to Brian O'Neil on this thread. A very popular Claret was the pocket dynamo.
And yet when the voting was done for the photographs around the ground he wasn’t selected.
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Re: Burnley's second best ever player?

Post by Devils_Advocate » Sun Jun 30, 2019 11:26 pm

Would have been Jon Walters but for his unfortunate injury

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Re: Burnley's second best ever player?

Post by RalphCoatesComb » Mon Jul 01, 2019 11:54 am

TheFamilyCat wrote:Comb
Did someone call? ;)

To answer the question in MY time, O'Neil was Number 2 to Coates's Number 1

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