1970s Team Pic

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Mon Mar 07, 2022 11:46 am

Just seen this

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Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Mon Mar 07, 2022 11:49 am

Think you could get a decent starting 11 from those lads.

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Mon Mar 07, 2022 11:51 am

And don't those wooden seats in the CS look comfy.

beddie · Post by **beddie** » Mon Mar 07, 2022 11:54 am

Did Noble persuade Morley to go for the “more mature” haircut.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Mon Mar 07, 2022 11:58 am

beddie wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 07, 2022 11:54 am
Did Noble persuade Morley to go for the “more mature” haircut.

No, Bob Lord did.

Only problem was, it exposed his earring and Lord did not like that.

randomclaret2 · Post by **randomclaret2** » Mon Mar 07, 2022 12:09 pm

76/77 Team pic Tony ? Just been relegated from the First Division

Quicknick · Post by **Quicknick** » Mon Mar 07, 2022 12:19 pm

It's the 1975/76 season, isn't it? I thought we only wore that kit for one season. And Mike Summerbee only played for us in that season.

Hipper · Post by **Hipper** » Mon Mar 07, 2022 12:22 pm

That for me is a sad photo.

It's which players are not in the photo that is important. It shows a team no longer the force it could have been and on the road level to the very bottom.

I never liked that kit either!

Tricky Trevor · Post by **Tricky Trevor** » Mon Mar 07, 2022 12:31 pm

I also thought 75/76 with Summerbee on there but no Willie Morgan. Happy to be corrected.

beeholeclaret · Post by **beeholeclaret** » Mon Mar 07, 2022 12:43 pm

Start of 1976 - 77 season ? Summerbee signed for Blackpool on Christmas Eve 1976 after leaving Burnley. As mentioned above a number of stalwarts had left by then - Colin Waldron, Doug Collins, Mick Docherty, Frank Casper no longer in the team. Morgan had also left after just one season back at Turf. Joe Brown didnt last too long after this picture was taken.

RMutt · Post by **RMutt** » Mon Mar 07, 2022 12:46 pm

Morris and Flynn not paying attention. Five laps of the pitch for you boys!

Quicknick · Post by **Quicknick** » Mon Mar 07, 2022 1:20 pm

Is that Colin Morris, front left? He left for Southend in 1976.
Edit: just seen the last post.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Mon Mar 07, 2022 2:14 pm

Quicknick wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 07, 2022 12:19 pm
It's the 1975/76 season, isn't it? I thought we only wore that kit for one season. And Mike Summerbee only played for us in that season.

It's 76/77 - Summerbee played for us in 2nd division

OakworthClaret · Post by **OakworthClaret** » Mon Mar 07, 2022 3:27 pm

Hipper wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 07, 2022 12:22 pm
That for me is a sad photo.

It's which players are not in the photo that is important. It shows a team no longer the force it could have been and on the road level to the very bottom.

I never liked that kit either!

Love that kit
Had one back in the day and my mum had to sew the BFC badge on
Memories

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Mon Mar 07, 2022 3:37 pm

Absolutely one of the best (and most ground breaking) strips of all time that.

Beautiful.

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Mon Mar 07, 2022 3:38 pm

Quicknick wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 07, 2022 12:19 pm
It's the 1975/76 season, isn't it? I thought we only wore that kit for one season. And Mike Summerbee only played for us in that season.

Didn’t we have that from ‘74-‘77?

I have a pic of strips and it says this one was 75-79 but that seems too long to me. My memory ain’t all that tho to be fair….

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Mon Mar 07, 2022 3:43 pm

bobinho wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 07, 2022 3:37 pm
Absolutely one of the best (and most ground breaking) strips of all time that.

Beautiful.

It's definitely a marmite strip and I hated it

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Mon Mar 07, 2022 3:44 pm

bobinho wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 07, 2022 3:38 pm
Didn’t we have that from ‘74-‘77?

I have a pic of strips and it says this one was 75-79 but that seems too long to me. My memory ain’t all that tho to be fair….

It was 75 to 79

Funkydrummer · Post by **Funkydrummer** » Mon Mar 07, 2022 3:48 pm

Big question - how many of those are still with us today ?

I didn't care for the kit either - still don't.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Mon Mar 07, 2022 4:01 pm

Funkydrummer wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 07, 2022 3:48 pm
Big question - how many of those are still with us today ?

I didn't care for the kit either - still don't.

Five no longer with us - Brian Miller & Joe Brown plus players Peter Noble, Keith Newton & Billy Ingham

joey13 · Post by **joey13** » Mon Mar 07, 2022 4:07 pm

Hankin sold not long after

gtclaret · Post by **gtclaret** » Mon Mar 07, 2022 5:24 pm

Sadly as already stated, a lot of the players from the first division team that did so well under Jimmy Adamson had left. This was a team with players that had seen better days and struggled in the 2nd division, it was the beginning of the end of our youth production line that served us so well in the past. We didn't know it then, but it was the start of a slow painful slide which ended with the Orient game

boatshed bill · Post by **boatshed bill** » Mon Mar 07, 2022 5:52 pm

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 07, 2022 3:43 pm
It's definitely a marmite strip and I hated it

Same here.
I liked the (almost) all claret shirts though with just BFC on them

randomclaret2 · Post by **randomclaret2** » Mon Mar 07, 2022 5:59 pm

gtclaret wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 07, 2022 5:24 pm
Sadly as already stated, a lot of the players from the first division team that did so well under Jimmy Adamson had left. This was a team with players that had seen better days and struggled in the 2nd division, it was the beginning of the end of our youth production line that served us so well in the past. We didn't know it then, but it was the start of a slow painful slide which ended with the Orient game

And not a new signing amongst the 15 on show on that photo

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Mon Mar 07, 2022 6:16 pm

boatshed bill wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 07, 2022 5:52 pm
Same here.
I liked the (almost) all claret shirts though with just BFC on them

Me too - loved that kit and the blue with claret trim away kit at the same time.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Mon Mar 07, 2022 6:18 pm

randomclaret2 wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 07, 2022 5:59 pm
And not a new signing amongst the 15 on show on that photo

Waldron, Docherty, Collins and Morgan all moved on by Lord but not a single replacement. We did sign Malcolm Smith (initially on loan) and Terry Cochrane early in the season.

randomclaret2 · Post by **randomclaret2** » Mon Mar 07, 2022 6:46 pm

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 07, 2022 6:18 pm
Waldron, Docherty, Collins and Morgan all moved on by Lord but not a single replacement. We did sign Malcolm Smith (initially on loan) and Terry Cochrane early in the season.

This messageboard would have been lively had it existed at the time

Dark Cloud · Post by **Dark Cloud** » Mon Mar 07, 2022 7:28 pm

randomclaret2 wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 07, 2022 12:09 pm
76/77 Team pic Tony ? Just been relegated from the First Division

I actually think it's the relegation season (75/76) as Summerbee played for 1 season and it was the one we went down (I think

)

Dark Cloud · Post by **Dark Cloud** » Mon Mar 07, 2022 7:33 pm

randomclaret2 wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 07, 2022 12:09 pm
76/77 Team pic Tony ? Just been relegated from the First Division

I actually think it's the relegation season (75/76) as Summerbee played for 1 season and it was the one we went down (I think

)
Too late to edit this, but just seen CTs post stating that Summerbee played in Div 2 so I bow to his better memory (or more likely Google!)

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Mon Mar 07, 2022 7:35 pm

Just before my time, but I was lucky enough to see most of them play for Burnley, even though Billy Rodaway, Tony Morley and Brian Flynn was after they had re-signed from other clubs.

Quicknick · Post by **Quicknick** » Tue Mar 08, 2022 11:02 am

I didn't realise we had the strip for so long. I really liked it, apart from that it came to symbolise decline. A bit of rugby league about it. No Willie Morgan in the photo so, given it must be a pre-season one, taking account of the state of the pitch, it must be 1976/77 as Tony says.

HahaYeah · Post by **HahaYeah** » Tue Mar 08, 2022 11:14 am

1975/76

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Tue Mar 08, 2022 11:16 am

Quicknick wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 08, 2022 11:02 am
I didn't realise we had the strip for so long. I really liked it, apart from that it came to symbolise decline. A bit of rugby league about it. No Willie Morgan in the photo so, given it must be a pre-season one, taking account of the state of the pitch, it must be 1976/77 as Tony says.

It is 1976/77 - can't be any later with Joe Brown on the pic and can't be any earlier with Morley on without his hair.

Higham_Claret · Post by **Higham_Claret** » Tue Mar 08, 2022 11:31 am

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 07, 2022 6:16 pm
Me too - loved that kit and the blue with claret trim away kit at the same time.

It’s high-time we brought back that away shirt. It’s colour combination echoes the 1947 FA Cup Final shirt of royal blue with claret trim. Simply magnificent. I always questioned whether the light blue shorts complemented the shirt. The overall look had an appearance of a kit having rather being cobbled together.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Tue Mar 08, 2022 11:37 am

Higham_Claret wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 08, 2022 11:31 am
It’s high-time we brought back that away shirt. It’s colour combination echoes the 1947 FA Cup Final shirt of royal blue with claret trim. Simply magnificent. I always questioned whether the light blue shorts complemented the shirt. The overall look had an appearance of a kit having rather being cobbled together.

At the time I'd no idea that we'd worn the same colours in the 1947 cup final with that game having been played in black and white.

The first time we wore it was at Bramall Lane for the opening game of the 1973/74 season but we wore white shorts and claret socks that day I think. Afterwards we wore the sky blue shorts and royal blue socks for most games. It needs claret numbers on the back though.

I don't have a pic I can use but there's a Getty image at the link below, taken at Arsenal.

https://www.uptheclarets.com/uwe-played ... -fan-would

Higham_Claret · Post by **Higham_Claret** » Tue Mar 08, 2022 11:45 am

I was at that game at Bramhall Lane and was stunned when the team came out wearing a kit we’d not seen before, either in the press or worn in a previous game. No social media then, of course, to forewarn supporters. I instantly loved it, helped by the fact we won (2-0). I think it looked better with white shorts and claret socks. Classy with a nod to a memorable time in BFC’s history.

The 1947 team we’re legends to my Dad - he attended the 1947 cup final as a young lad - and he’d readily rhyme off their names until Alzheimer’s stopped his ability to do so.

Quicknick · Post by **Quicknick** » Tue Mar 08, 2022 11:50 am

I was at this game, too. No recollection of the kit or its historical significance. I have a clear recollection of Dobo's goal, though.

Higham_Claret · Post by **Higham_Claret** » Tue Mar 08, 2022 12:00 pm

I remember Burnley fans singing “Hello, hello, it’s good to be back” (as in back in the top division)

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Tue Mar 08, 2022 12:02 pm

Higham_Claret wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 08, 2022 11:45 am

The 1947 team we’re legends to my Dad - he attended the 1947 cup final as a young lad - and he’d readily rhyme off their names until Alzheimer’s stopped his ability to do so.

My dad was very fortunate to get a ticket for the final. He was only demobbed part way through that season but my auntie, I think, had a season ticket and let him go instead of her. Granddad there of course.

Like your dad, he could rhyme them off with Brown and Attwell the two he liked more than any other. Sadly, the same illness took away his ability to remember too.

martin_p · Post by **martin_p** » Tue Mar 08, 2022 12:05 pm

HahaYeah wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 08, 2022 11:14 am
1975/76

That’s the first Burnley team I ever saw play in the first Burnley shirt I ever owned (a Christmas present from my parents, either ‘76 or ‘77) so I absolutely love that shirt.

Higham_Claret · Post by **Higham_Claret** » Tue Mar 08, 2022 12:15 pm

I can understand the attraction of that V shirt to many, but I never liked it. I thought back then, and still to me now, it looks more like a rugby league shirt than a football shirt.

The ‘joke’ at the time was that the V was there to point to our slide down the leagues. That’s another reason I dislike the shirt.

Whereas the blue away shirt mentioned earlier was more simple in style, but smart.

Quicknick · Post by **Quicknick** » Tue Mar 08, 2022 1:30 pm

York City had a similar shirt in the mid-70s. But it had a big 'Y' on the front, leading them to be called 'The Y-fronts'.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Tue Mar 08, 2022 1:40 pm

Quicknick wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 08, 2022 1:30 pm
York City had a similar shirt in the mid-70s. But it had a big 'Y' on the front, leading them to be called 'The Y-fronts'.

jackmiggins · Post by **jackmiggins** » Tue Mar 08, 2022 2:07 pm

Blue with claret trim - Leeds away - 4-1 - biggest memory I have from my formative years - pure class.

TheOriginalLongsider · Post by **TheOriginalLongsider** » Tue Mar 08, 2022 5:25 pm

I remember that kit coming out. I think Christ The King primary school had it as their kit as well. At St Mary Mags we had the West Ham away kit