Burnley FC Youth Academy – Part 5
For many years Burnley’s youth system was the envy of the football world as player after player came off the conveyor belt to play first team football.
Never was it more evident than in 1960 when Burnley were crowned Football League Champions for the second time in the club’s history. The championship winning season saw only three players feature who had been signed from other clubs, and none had played for other Football League clubs.
The club continue to confirm that the emphasis is very much on youth and bringing players through the system into the first team.
Burnley Football Club officially recognises that the first players to come through the youth system to the first team were Tommy Lawton and Ken Ashbridge in the 1935/36 season.
This feature will show all those from 1936 to the current date who have graduated through the youth system at Burnley Football Club and gone on to play for the first team.
Below are numbers 101 to 125, players who debuted for the first team from 1980 to 1991.
No | Name | Debut | Last Game | League | Cups | Total | |||||
Opponents | Date | Opponents | Date | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
101 | Colin Anderson | Fulham (a) | 04/10/1980 | Chesterfield (a) | 12/04/1982 | 3+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 |
102 | Andy Wharton | Scarborough (h) | 22/11/1980 | Millwall (a) | 09/10/1983 | 63+2 | 6 | 13+3 | 3 | 76+5 | 9 |
103 | Mick Wardrobe | Port Vale (h) | 13/12/1980 | Carlisle United (h) | 21/04/1981 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
104 | Micky Phelan | Chesterfield (a) | 31/01/1981 | Walsall (a) | 11/05/1985 | 166+2 | 9 | 43 | 4 | 209+2 | 13 |
105 | Trevor Steven | Huddersfield Town (h) | 14/04/1981 | Crystal Palace (a) | 17/05/1983 | 74+2 | 11 | 23 | 5 | 97+2 | 16 |
106 | Mark Allen | Wimbledon (a) | 16/02/1982 | Exeter City (a) | 06/03/1982 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 |
107 | David Miller | Wimbledon (a) | 16/02/1982 | Scunthorpe United (h) | 11/03/1989 | 31+5 | 3 | 6+1 | 0 | 37+6 | 3 |
108 | Phil Ray | Wimbledon (a) | 16/02/1982 | Bolton Wanderers (h) | 28/08/1982 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
109 | Billy Wright | Wimbledon (a) | 16/02/1982 | Wimbledon (a) | 16/02/1982 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
110 | Lee Dixon | Queens Park Rangers (h) | 10/05/1983 | Crewe Alexandra (a) | 30/08/1983 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
111 | Steve Kennedy | Crewe Alexandra (h) | 13/09/1983 | Exeter City (a) | 25/10/1986 | 18 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 |
112 | Darren Heesom | Crewe Alexandra (a) | 19/10/8580 | Halifax Town (h) | 21/02/1987 | 36+2 | 1 | 6+1 | 0 | 42+3 | 1 |
113 | Ashley Hoskin | Southend United (h) | 02/11/1985 | Torquay United (h) | 04/02/1989 | 72+16 | 11 | 13+4 | 2 | 85+20 | 13 |
114 | Andy Kilner | Wrexham (h) | 01/01/1986 | Torquay United (a) | 04/02/1986 | 2+3 | 0 | – | – | 2+3 | 0 |
115 | Peter Leebrook | Lincoln City (h) | 22/11/1986 | Bolton Wanderers (a) | 04/04/1988 | 52 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 59 | 0 |
116 | Jason Harris | Lincoln City (h) | 22/11/1986 | Cardiff City | 19/12/1986 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
117 | Michael Southern | Bolton Wanderers (h) | 16/12/1986 | Bolton Wanderers (h) | 16/12/1986 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
118 | Tony Woodworth | Hereford United (h) | 24/01/1987 | Hereford United (h) | 24/01/1987 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 |
119 | Phil Devaney | Aldershot (h) | 21/03/1987 | Peterborough United (h) | 30/04/1988 | 8+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 8+6 | 1 |
120 | Jason Hardy | Aldershot (h) | 21/03/1987 | Scarborough (a) | 28/09/1991 | 38+6 | 1 | 5+2 | 1 | 43+8 | 2 |
121 | Mark Monington | Cambridge United (a) | 13/03/1989 | Cardiff City (a) | 14/03/1994 | 65+19 | 5 | 14+3 | 1 | 79+22 | 6 |
122 | Stewart Hooper | Rotherham United (a) | 22/04/1989 | Rotherham United (a) | 22/04/1989 | 0+1 | 0 | – | – | 0+1 | 0 |
123 | Paul McKay | Scunthorpe United (h) | 18/12/1989 | Scunthorpe United (h) | 28/04/1990 | 8+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 |
124 | Neil Howarth | Colchester United (a) | 05/05/1990 | Colchester United (a) | 05/05/1990 | 0+1 | 0 | – | – | 0+1 | 0 |
125 | Graham Lancashire | Wrexham (h) | 11/05/1991 | York City (a) | 23/08/1994 | 11+20 | 8 | 6+7 | 2 | 17+27 | 10 |
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