Burnley 4 Sheffield United 0 - 1966

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Burnley 4 Sheffield United 0 - 1966

Post by ClaretTony » Sat Aug 10, 2019 6:56 pm

Today was the biggest opening day win since Gordon Harris got a hat trick in 1966 and we beat Sheffield United 4-0
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Re: Burnley 4 Sheffield United 0 - 1966

Post by ElectroClaret » Sat Aug 10, 2019 7:03 pm

Gordon Harris....he had a hell of a powerful shot on him.
Exalted company indeed.
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Re: Burnley 4 Sheffield United 0 - 1966

Post by Buxtonclaret » Sat Aug 10, 2019 7:10 pm

That's some stat.
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Re: Burnley 4 Sheffield United 0 - 1966

Post by rockyman » Sat Aug 10, 2019 7:19 pm

and if my memory serves me right the Sheffield Utd game was also 0-0 at half time.

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Re: Burnley 4 Sheffield United 0 - 1966

Post by ClaretTony » Sat Aug 10, 2019 7:20 pm

rockyman wrote:and if my memory serves me right the Sheffield Utd game was also 0-0 at half time.
Good memory rockyman - it was indeed.

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Re: Burnley 4 Sheffield United 0 - 1966

Post by FCBurnley » Sat Aug 10, 2019 7:30 pm

England were the World Champions and I was only 19.

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Re: Burnley 4 Sheffield United 0 - 1966

Post by Siddo » Sat Aug 10, 2019 7:52 pm

I was only 11 but i remember Eddie Hodgkinson the Blades keeper applauding Bombers 25 yard half volley into the top corner.

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Re: Burnley 4 Sheffield United 0 - 1966

Post by CaptJohn » Sat Aug 10, 2019 7:55 pm

I was there :D
But you know what I honestly thought that Andy Lochead scored with a long range shot :(

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Re: Burnley 4 Sheffield United 0 - 1966

Post by ClaretTony » Sat Aug 10, 2019 8:27 pm

Siddo wrote:I was only 11 but i remember Eddie Hodgkinson the Blades keeper applauding Bombers 25 yard half volley into the top corner.
I think you might be mixing two keepers up. There was Eddie Hopkinson at Bolton and Alan Hodgkinson at Sheffield United.
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Re: Burnley 4 Sheffield United 0 - 1966

Post by EarbyClaret » Sat Aug 10, 2019 8:31 pm

Along similar lines a stat I saw on the BBC - first time we have won a top flight home game on the opening day since Coventry in 1967

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Post by Targetman » Sat Aug 10, 2019 10:05 pm

EarbyClaret wrote:Along similar lines a stat I saw on the BBC - first time we have won a top flight home game on the opening day since Coventry in 1967
If my memory serves my right, that Coventry game was Frank Casper's debut for us?

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Re: Burnley 4 Sheffield United 0 - 1966

Post by Longside4evr » Sat Aug 10, 2019 10:16 pm

That is some statistic over 50 odd years
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Re: Burnley 4 Sheffield United 0 - 1966

Post by Tricky Trevor » Sat Aug 10, 2019 10:18 pm

ClaretTony wrote:I think you might be mixing two keepers up. There was Eddie Hopkinson at Bolton and Alan Hodgkinson at Sheffield United.
2 midgets by modern standards and yet both won England caps, at a time when they weren’t dished out willy-nilly.

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