My first Burnley game ....

[Clarets4me]

I'm sure this must have been done before, but here goes ....

West Ham ( A ) 23/8/1975 - Lost 3-2 ... ( James, Noble )
First game on the Turf, Notts County 2/9/1978 - Won 2-1 ( Noble, Brennan )

[Mondsley]

Burnley 4 Chelsea 4 11th March 1961. We were fined for fielding a weakened team in a week leading up to the European Cup. A certain Jimmy Greaves scored an 87th minute equaliser for Chelsea. And what a ride it has been since. My wife always says I can't remember what happened last week but can remember Burnley's results from 40 years ago. And she's right!!

[AGENT_CLARET]

Taken on by my uncle David, my parents aren't sport fan's so I had to wait a few year's before he was allowed to take me on.

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[Clarets4me]

Burnley 4 Chelsea 4 11th March 1961. We were fined for fielding a weakened team in a week leading up to the European Cup. A certain Jimmy Greaves scored an 87th minute equaliser for Chelsea. And what a ride it has been since. My wife always says I can't remember what happened last week but can remember Burnley's results from 40 years ago. And she's right!!

Harris ( 2 ) Lochead ( 2 ) ....

Every sympathy on the memory issue, I can remember the entire British Lions team from the 1974 Tests v South Africa, but ask me what I was doing last Tuesday, then without resorting to my diary, I haven't a " Scooby " ...

[jdrobbo]

Burnley 1-1 Blackpool

February 22nd, 1992

Division 4


Eli and Bamber

https://youtu.be/50CWU01Y5Og

[Darthlaw]

The Orient game.

I don't remember much although I've been told it wasn't an ordinary game

[depechedingle]

Burnley 5 Cambridge United 3

24th November 1979

a mere 6 years old, my main memory is Alan Biley and his shocking blonde hair.

[Devils_Advocate]

Burnley v Leeds towards the end of the 82/83 season. I'd started going on games the season before but I missed the home game against Burnley earlier in the season so this ended up being my first away game and first Burnley game as well.

Can't remember the score but I'm sure we went back to Leeds with the win

[CleggHall]

West Ham at Turf Moor, August 1959 took the lead by Connelly but lost 1-3 to a Hammers side possibly including Cantwell, Woosnam and Bond. Hooked since then.
Mondsley was at 1961 Chelsea game too, probably travelled on same coach as you from Littleborough.

[gawthorpe_view]

Burnley 5 Cambridge United 3

24th November 1979

a mere 6 years old, my main memory is Alan Biley and his shocking blonde hair.

With a starring role for referee Keith McNally!

[durhamclaret]

Burnley v West Brom New Years Eve 1966 won 5-1, Lochhead 2, Irvine 2 and a recently transferred to West Brom John Talbut own goal, stood next to the tunnel in th’enclosure.

[4:20]

The Orient Game
I was 4
Sat with my dad in the Bob Lord
Fell asleep in the 2nd half holding a tube of fruit pastels
Woke up to the sight of a conga line on the pitch in front

[Claret Till I Die]

Wembley 2009

[sjb]

Burnley Reserves 0 Newcastle Reserves 1 September 15 1963

First team - Burnley 2 Blackpool 2 August 22 1964

[Quickenthetempo]

I'm sure this must have been done before, but here goes ....

West Ham ( A ) 23/8/1975 - Lost 3-2 ... ( James, Noble )
First game on the Turf, Notts County 2/9/1978 - Won 2-1 ( Noble, Brennan )

Is there any reason you went to an away game in London, before waiting 3 years to go on the Turf?

I can't imagine West Ham away in the 70s was the first choice for parents taking kids on?

[Quickenthetempo]

1983 Millwall at home Vince Overson scored (who my dad had took me on to watch) in a 1-1 draw.

At 5yrs old I was more interested in running around the empty bee hole end terrace to be honest.

[Cooclaret]

Halifax Town (H) 2-1

24th November 1990 and it snowed.

[Down_Rover]

Burnley 0 Leeds 1 last game of 1966 season. A win would have made us runners up

50 years later to the day I was at Charlton with two children watching us win the Championship

[Down_Rover]

Burnley v Leeds towards the end of the 82/83 season. I'd started going on games the season before but I missed the home game against Burnley earlier in the season so this ended up being my first away game and first Burnley game as well.

Can't remember the score but I'm sure we went back to Leeds with the win

I could be mistaken but I think that might be the match when we were beaten single handed by Eddie Gray

[jedi_master]

Burnley 1 - 0 Mansfield Town, 19th September 1992.

[Culmclaret]

Ipswich (A) 73/74. L 2-3. Great game. Taffy scored a brilliant solo goal to pull it back to 1-2 and Doug Collins got the second to set up a tense finish but we couldn’t quite make it. Took us a while after that before we won at Ipswich!

[burnmark]

Burnley v Peterborough (H) 30-4-83

Lost 2-1

[burnmark]

Burnley v Peterborough (H) 30-4-83

Lost 2-1

[kendaldave]

Burnley 0 Arsenal 3 on September 28th 1963. Would love to know what our line-up was that day as I was very young and I can only remember a few details!

[ClaretTricks]

some game on the last day in 1987

[Flying Without Ings]

My memory is very patchy. Can’t remember the year but would’ve been early 2000s. I seem to recall playing Watford at home and winning 2-0(?). I remember for the entertainment they had two inflatable wrestlers fighting on the pitch either pre-game or half time, or something like that.

[NottsClaret]

Burnley v Peterborough United. 0-0. 1st November 1986. 4th Division.

About 2,000 there.

[Neil]

Burnley 1-1 Blackpool

February 22nd, 1992

Division 4


Eli and Bamber

https://youtu.be/50CWU01Y5Og

Sure we mentioned this about a year ago, we share the same first game!

[Rammy1968]

West Ham 0 Burnley 1. I was on holiday at relatives and for my birthday my uncle bought my dad, my brother and myself a ticket in the West Ham stand. Even though I was 4 at the time we nearly got filled in when Colin Waldron scored the winner. I think it was October 1973. I was hooked ever since

[Stan Tastic]

Burnley 0 Arsenal 3 on September 28th 1963. Would love to know what our line-up was that day as I was very young and I can only remember a few details!

Blacklaw
Talbut
Angus
Miller
Adamson
Harris
Morgan
Joyce
Connelly
Lochhead
Robson

[durhamclaret]

I could be mistaken but I think that might be the match when we were beaten single handed by Eddie Gray

The Eddie Gray game v Burnley was in 1970.

[Tricky Trevor]

Burnley 0 Arsenal 3 on September 28th 1963. Would love to know what our line-up was that day as I was very young and I can only remember a few details!

For yourself and anybody wishing to do the same, go to the link, find your match and all the stats are available.
https://public.tableau.com/views/Burnle ... obile=true

This is your game.
https://public.tableau.com/views/Burnle ... obile=true

[Herts Clarets]

Burnley 0-0 Stoke City 26/04/1975 in the Bob Lord with my Dad. I was 6 years old.

[Mondsley]

West Ham at Turf Moor, August 1959 took the lead by Connelly but lost 1-3 to a Hammers side possibly including Cantwell, Woosnam and Bond. Hooked since then.
Mondsley was at 1961 Chelsea game too, probably travelled on same coach as you from Littleborough.

Afraid not Clegg Hall. As I was only 6 at the time my Dad thought the ten past one Ribble was a better option thus avoiding Ellen Smith's or the ruffians on Yelloway

[Tricky Trevor]

Burnley 0 Arsenal 3 on September 28th 1963. Would love to know what our line-up was that day as I was very young and I can only remember a few details!

That second link to your match failed when I checked it. Here you go.

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[claretinkorea]

Burnley 3 - 0 Aldershot

22 Sept 1990

Thought they were world beaters that day

[IanMcL]

Reading v Mighty Clarets FA Cup. 1965 1-1
Stood proudly, with my Burnley scarf on in amongst the Burnley fans.

[scouseclaret]

https://youtu.be/NNItsthl0WU

I’m the kid in the parka behind the Bee Hole end goal.

[kendaldave]

That second link to your match failed when I checked it. Here you go.
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Brilliant, thanks very much!

[kendaldave]

Blacklaw
Talbut
Angus
Miller
Adamson
Harris
Morgan
Joyce
Connelly
Lochhead
Robson

Thanks very much!

[TheFamilyCat]

Burnley 1 - 1 Stockport. 31/10/1987.

[Quicknick]

Burnley 4 Fulham 0 1962-63.

[Tricky Trevor]

Reading v Mighty Clarets FA Cup. 1965 1-1
Stood proudly, with my Burnley scarf on in amongst the Burnley fans.

The day of Winston Churchills state funeral.

[Suratclaret]

Burnley v Wolves November 1956. Won 3-0. It was my first game watching the first team. My dad had taken me to a few reserve games before that match to get me used to big crowds!

[IanMcL]

The day of Winston Churchills state funeral.

That passed me by. Nothing came close to my first Burnley match! My team!

[claretbob]

3-0 against QPR on the Turf in 1974. Another who was reluctantly taken on my a non football parent who hated every minute of it. I can still remember the
Longside chanting “ Davie Thomas is a homosexual” and my father’s expression when I asked him what that meant!

[Cajun]

Beat Sheffield Utd 2-0 at the Turf Oct 23 , 1965, with Bomber and big Andy netting. Had been pestering my dad to take me to matches with him for ages, and he finally took me for a birthday treat. - still have the scarf he gave me that day.

[the_magic_rat]

F.A. Cup 5th Round Manchester United 2 Burnley 1. 20.02.65 Leading with 10 minutes to go then Best intervened. I believe he laid the winner on with only one boot on to break the heart of a 6-year old me.

[gandhisflipflop]

Last home game of 1992 season. Got my photo with Jimmy Mullen

[Steeton claret]

Burnley v Walsall 1996 think it was 2-1 to us if I remember correctly