Penalties

[redwasp]

It's official - Burnley have been awarded the fewest penalties in Europe since 2017. An article in today's Burnley Express has all the details. We've had four in 105 games. We've scored them all, unlike Newcastle who've had five and only scored one. No-one likes us we don't care.

[tiger76]

That's hardly a surprise to anyone, on the plus side we're certainly efficient with the few spot-kicks we are awarded. But then we need to be if we're only getting roughly 1 penalty a season, unlike the bigger teams we can't afford to miss them.

[MT03ALG]

Is there a league table of penalties?

[ClaretTony]

It’s a strange one - but in the season before this we won six Premier League penalties, five of which were in away games. We scored all six.

[Sozturf7]

It's no wonder we scored them all, no one knows where we're going to put them.

[martin_p]

Without VAR we’d have had at least a couple less this season. I’d always thought VAR would increase our penalty count.

[Foulthrow]

It’s a strange one - but in the season before this we won six Premier League penalties, five of which were in away games. We scored all six.

When did we last miss one? Surely not Matt Taylor v Leicester? However, I’m struggling to remember another one.

[FactualFrank]

When did we last miss one? Surely not Matt Taylor v Leicester? However, I’m struggling to remember another one.

Think it was. 5 years ago. Then Leicester scored straight away.

[martin_p]

Think it was. 5 years ago. Then Leicester scored straight away.

Leicester would probably have never won the league had that penalty gone in. It still rankles with me that Danny Ings didn’t step forward to take it.

[ClaretTony]

When did we last miss one? Surely not Matt Taylor v Leicester? However, I’m struggling to remember another one.

Both Scott Arfield and Matt Taylor missed penalties in that 2014/15 Premier League season but Andre Gray missed one at Reading in the 0-0 draw in the Championship in 2015/16.

[Burnley1989]

Both Scott Arfield and Matt Taylor missed penalties in that 2014/15 Premier League season but Andre Gray missed one at Reading in the 0-0 draw in the Championship in 2015/16.

Remember that, one of their players scuffed up the spot. I remember I didn’t like the player before hand but can’t think who it was.

[Rowls]

Remember that, one of their players scuffed up the spot. I remember I didn’t like the player before hand but can’t think who it was.

Stephen Hunt rings a bell but I'm not sure.

I'm not entirely convinced it was actually a penalty though. My memory says it was a dive.

[ClaretTony]

Remember that, one of their players scuffed up the spot. I remember I didn’t like the player before hand but can’t remember who it was.

That’s the one. It was Hal Robson-Kanu who scuffed up the penalty spot.

[Burnley1989]

Yeah think it was a dive, I was in the players lounge that game. Wasn’t a classic but a good point looking back

[ClaretTony]

Yeah think it was a dive, I was in the players lounge that game. Wasn’t a classic but a good point looking back

Poor game but kept that unbeaten record going. Shocking decision to give us a pen.

[tiger76]

It's no wonder we scored them all, no one knows where we're going to put them.

Well we usually put them in the net