Let's see who gets closest with these two questions

[ClaretTony]

74 seasons since football resumed after World War II but

1. How many players have played league football for Burnley in those 74 seasons?
2. How many players have scored league goals for Burnley in those 74 seasons?

Question 2 excludes own goals by opposition players.

Answer away and I'll post the correct answers at 2:45 p.m.

[tiger76]

Blimey that's a couple of posers CT.

A ball park stab in the dark.

Players 1700

Scorers 450

[BFCmaj]

Players 1701

Scorers 451

[claretonthecoast1882]

Players 636

Scorers 317

[ClaretTony]

It's only sad individuals like myself who keep lists

[bfcmik]

players -1375
scorers - 244

[Gordaleman]

On the basis that most players in years gone by, stayed with their respective clubs rather longer than they do now, and of course, we now have much bigger squads, I'll hazard a guess that the average stay over that time is about 3 to 4 years. That gives most of them the chance to score at least one goal.

Pure guess that is probably miles out, 380 players with 280 scoring a goal.

You can all laugh later, cause I really haven't a clue.

[Vegas Claret]

Players 879
Scorers 1 - Harry Kane has claimed them all

[Tribesmen]

Players = 1426
Scores = 302

Wild guesses i must say .

[BigF]

Players - 725
Scorers - 310

[aclaretinstevenage]

1. 574 players in total

2, 387 scorers.

Wild guesses of course.

[Gordaleman]

C'mon Tony, it's well past 2-45 pm.

[HahaYeah]

1= 950
2= 400

[Zlatan]

1037
785

[ClaretTony]

C'mon Tony, it's well past 2-45 pm.

Ooops - got stuck on a call re the television stuff for the Premier League but answers coming up in the next few minutes with the milestone players.

[FactualFrank]

74 seasons, I doubt 10+ new players came into the team every year, to make it 740+ players and play for the first team.

I'll go with 205 players

[Pstotto]

315 players
220 goalscorers.

[RMutt]

650 players 150 scorers

[dandeclaret]

920 players

550 goalscorers

[blsclaret]

752 players

527 scorers

[ClaretTony]

Number of players to have played is 565

The following players were the milestones

50: Eric Binns (15/11/1952)
100:Len Kinsella (20/11/1965)
150: Joe Jakub (24/4/1976)
200: Kevin Glendon (07/04/1984)
250: Ian Measham (12/11/1988)
300: Nathan Peel (02/10/1993)
350: Andy Payton (17/01/1998)
400: Mo Camara (09/08/2003) - one of four to debut that day (400-403) but done alphabetically
450: Mike Pollitt (13/01/2007)
500: Danny Ings (14/02/2012)
550: Jonathan Walters (12/08/2017)
565: Max Thompson (22/06/2020)

Number of players to have scored is 332

50: Ronnie Fenton (08/04/1961)
100: Phil Cavener (29/12/1979)
150: Brendan O'Connell (03/09/1988)
200: Paul Barnes (05/10/1996)
250: Richard Duffy (03/11/2004)
300: David Edgar (26/11/2011)
332: Ashley Westwood (10/03/2019)

[BurningBeard]

454 grams of players
102 ml of joooooose

[ClaretTony]

I think claretonthecoast1882 is the closest on the number to have played and Tribesmen on the goalscorers.

[Gordaleman]

I'd say aclaretinstevenage got closest. Well done.

[FactualFrank]

Number of players to have played is 565

Clearly had to be under 740, but expected it to be less than that.

[ClaretTony]

I'd say aclaretinstevenage got closest. Well done.

Absolutely he did, missed that one.

[aggi]

I reckon an average playing squad of 22 with a 20% turnover and 70% scoring which would give:
1. 343 players in total
2. 240 scorers

EDIT, clearly I should have refreshed the page and looked at a clock.

Surprised it was so many, that's along the lines of a 25 man squad with a 30% turnover.

[claretonthecoast1882]

Do I win on the goals market then after being announced a winner then having the trophy taken away before I even lifted it

[aclaretinstevenage]

Absolutely he did, missed that one.

Well there's a thing. I'll go and do the lottery now.

[KateR]

Number of players to have played is 565


Number of players to have scored is 332

Please try to remember your overseas readers, I don't switch my computer on and have my first coffee until 1 pm your time and always do my emails first, so if at all possible for these in the future can you provide the answers a few hours later or even the next morning, Taffy is on the west coast and two hours behind me.

Just a request, that's all.

[Tribesmen]

I think claretonthecoast1882 is the closest on the number to have played and Tribesmen on the goalscorers.

Whooooooooooooo hoooooooooooooo

[Paul Waine]

I reckon an average playing squad of 22 with a 20% turnover and 70% scoring which would give:
1. 343 players in total
2. 240 scorers

EDIT, clearly I should have refreshed the page and looked at a clock.

Surprised it was so many, that's along the lines of a 25 man squad with a 30% turnover.

I was thinking of taking a "structured" approach, like you, aggi.

I wouldn't have had average squad as high as 22 from the earlier seasons. On the other hand, I'd have included a number of "handful" of games only players. For example, was there a player called John Murray who scored a few goals in the emergence of the "team of the 70s" (1968) and then moved to Blackpool a few weeks later. My average turnover figure would have been higher to take account of these "passing through" players, including those who didn't quite get established from the development squads.

UTC

[Tribesmen]

Hold my hand up as Bigf had 310 goal scores , hey it was good while it lasted .

[Wile E Coyote]

I trust Paul Stewart will be omitted from any list, what he did cannot be classified as "played football"

[ClaretTony]

I trust Paul Stewart will be omitted from any list, what he did cannot be classified as "played football"

Far, far worse than him on the list

[CaptainKirk]

That's almost as many as the number of threads started by Tiger76 in a good week!
Sorry about that, it's a slow week.