Programmes – Season 1953/54

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Burnley 4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1
19th August 1953
Football League Division One

Les Shannon (2), Bill Holden, Brian Pilkington
Attendance: 32,822

debut: Billy Gray

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Charlton 3 Burnley 1
22nd August 1953
Football League Division One

Jimmy McIlroy
Attendance: 24,802

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Burnley 2 Blackpool 1
25th August 1953
Football League Division One

Brian Pilkington, Eddie Shimwell (og)
Attendance: 41,574

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Burnley 4 Sheffield Wednesday 1
29th August 1953
Football League Division One

Brian Pilkington (2), Billy Gray (2 1pen)
Attendance: 25,813

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Blackpool 2 Burnley 0
31st August 1953
Football League Division One

Attendance: 18,113

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Middlesbrough 1 Burnley 3
5th September 1953
Football League Division One

Bill Holden, Roy Stephenson, Billy Gray
Attendance: 32,597

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Burnley 4 Tottenham Hotspur 2
7th September 1953
Football League Division One

Jimmy McIlroy, Billy Gray (3)
Attendance: 34,280

debut: David Cargill

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Burnley 1 West Bromwich Albion 4
12th September 1953
Football League Division One

Roy Stephenson
Attendance: 38,948

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Tottenham Hotspur 2 Burnley 3
16th September 1953
Football League Division One

Jimmy McIlroy (2), Billy Gray
Attendance: 30,472

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Liverpool 4 Burnley 0
19th September 1952
Football League Division One

Attendance: 36,643

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Burnley 1 Newcastle United 2
26th September 1953
Football League Division One

Bill Holden
Attendance: 33,688

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Manchester United 1 Burnley 2
3rd October 1953
Football League Division One

Roy Stephenson, Billy Gray
Attendance: 39,550

debut: Bobby Seith

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Burnley 1 Portsmouth 0
10th October 1953
Football League Division One

Jimmy McIlroy
Attendance: 28,142

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Grimsby Town 1 Burnley 0
13th October 1953
Friendly

Attendance: 3,510

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Arsenal 2 Burnley 5
17th October 1953
Football League Division One

Bill Holden (3), Roy Stephenson (2)
Attendance: 47,353

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Burnley 3 Cardiff City 0
24th October 1953
Football League Division One

Jimmy McIlroy, Billy Gray, Brian Pilkington
Attendance: 29,539

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Manchester City 3 Burnley 2
31st October 1953
Football League Division One

Jimmy Adamson, Billy Gray
Attendance: 32,353

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Burnley 2 Sheffield United 1
7th November 1953
Football League Division One

Jimmy McIlroy (2)
Attendance: 15,846

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Antwerpse Verstandhouding 1 Burnley 0
11th November 1953
Friendly

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Chelsea 2 Burnley 1
14th November 1953
Football League Division One

Roy Stephenson
Attendance: 39,731

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Burnley 3 Aston Villa 2
21st November 1953
Football League Division One

Roy Stephenson, Billy Gray, Jimmy McIlroy
Attendance: 26,868

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Huddersfield Town 3 Burnley 1
28th November 1953
Football League Division One

Les Shannon
Attendance: 34,666

debut: Jim Milner

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Burnley 5 Sunderland 1
5th December 1953
Football League Division One

Les Shannon, Billy Gray, Bill Holden, Jimmy Adamson, Jimmy McIlroy
Attendance: 27,839

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Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 Burnley 2
12th December 1953
Football League Division One

Bill Holden (2)
Attendance: 35,043

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Burnley 2 Charlton Athletic 0
19th December 1953
Football League Division One

Les Shannon, Jimmy McIlroy
Attendance: 25,369

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Burnley 2 Preston North End 1
25th December 1953
Football League Division One

Brian Pilkington, Les Shannon
Attendance: 33,398

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Preston North End 2 Burnley 1
26th December 1953
Football League Division One

Jimmy McIlroy
Attendance: 32,416

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Sheffield Wednesday 2 Burnley 0
2nd January 1954
Football League Division One

Attendance: 33,061

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Burnley 5 Manchester United 3
9th January 1954
FA Cup 3rd Round

Les Shannon (2), Bill Holden, Jimmy McIlroy, Billy Gray
Attendance: 52,847

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Burnley 5 Middlesbrough 0
16th January 1954
Football League Division One

Bill Holden, Billy Gray (3), Jimmy McIlroy
Attendance: 23,481

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West Bromwich Albion 0 Burnley 0
23rd January 1954
Football League Division One

Attendance: 42,644

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Burnley 1 Newcastle United 1
30th January 1954
FA Cup 4th Round

Brian Pilkington
Attendance: 52,011

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Newcastle United 1 Burnley 0
3rd February 1954
FA Cup 4th Round Replay

Attendance: 48,284

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Burnley 1 Liverpool 1
6th February 1954
Football League Division One

Brian Pilkington
Attendance: 24,025

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Newcastle United 3 Burnley 1
13th February 1954
Football League Division One

Jimmy McIlroy
Attendance: 29,114

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Burnley 2 Manchester United 0
20th February 1954
Football League Division One

Billy Gray (2)
Attendance: 31,402

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Portsmouth 3 Burnley 2
27th February 1954
Football League Division One

Jimmy McIlroy, Jimmy Adamson
Attendance: 24,115

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Burnley 2 Arsenal 1
6th March 1954
Football League Division One

Bill Holden, Les Shannon
Attendance: 22,726

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Cardiff City 1 Burnley 0
13th March 1954
Football League Division One

Attendance: 33,413

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Burnley 3 Manchester City 1
20th March 1954
Football League Division One

Bill Holden, Billy Gray, Jimmy McIlroy
Attendance: 23,061

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Sheffield United 2 Burnley 1
27th March 1954
Football League Division One

Jimmy McIlroy
Attendance: 22,784

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Burnley 1 Chelsea 2
3rd April 1954
Football League Division One

Billy Gray
Attendance: 20,312

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Aston Villa 5 Burnley 1
10th April 1954
Football League Division One

Bill Holden
Attendance: 23,043

debut: Colin McDonald

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Bolton Wanderers 0 Burnley 0
16th April 1954
Football League Division One

Attendance: 34,394

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Burnley 2 Huddersfield Town 1
17th April 1954
Football League Division One

Brian Pilkington, Jimmy Adamson
Attendance: 26,180

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Burnley 1 Bolton Wanderers 1
19th April 1954
Football League Division One

Bill Holden
Attendance: 25,857

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Sunderland 2 Burnley 1
24th April 1954
Football League Division One

Jimmy Adamson
Attendance: 28,014

Frank Hill: last game as manager

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Aldershot 1 Burnley 3
30th April 1954
Friendly

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Tananarive 1 Burnley 14
9th May 1954
Friendly

Bill Holden (6), Jimmy McIlroy (4), Les Shannon (3), Roy Stephenson
Attendance: 11,000

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Mauritius v Burnley
13th-30th May 1954
Friendly Tournament

Mauritius ‘B’ 0 Burnley 4 – 13th May
Jimmy McIlroy (3), Bill Holden

Mauritius ‘A’ 1 Burnley 7 – 15th May
Bill Holden (2), Jimmy McIlroy (2), Les Shannon (2), David Cargill

Mauritius ‘B’ 1 Burnley 8 – 20th May
Bill Holden (2), Les Shannon (2), Roy Stephenson (2), Jimmy Adamson, David Cargill

Mauritius ‘A’ 0 Burnley 3 – 23rd May
Bill Holden, Bobby Seith, Les Shannon

Mauritius ‘B’ 0 Burnley 6 – 27th May
scorers not known

Mauritius ‘A’ 0 Burnley 6 – 30th May
scorers not know

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