Burnley FC Supporters Groups thank club for NHS support
Burnley Football Club issued its annual accounts today, as is always the case on the final day of March. They showed a small profit, but the bigger news coming out…
Ernest Mangnall – 1899 to 1903
With manager Harry Bradshaw having departed for Woolwich Arsenal in 1899, Burnley turned to Bolton Wanderers director Ernest Mangnall to manage the club as we prepared to move into the…
Burnley’s title hopes take a battering at Wolves
Burnley's game at Wolves sixty years ago had been called off on the previous Saturday because of Wolves' involvement in the FA Cup semi-finals, but when we did get to…
Clarets fortunes turn for the better against the pub team
It's Saturday, a third Saturday without a game because of the current halt in the Premier League, but we wouldn't have been playing today in any case because of the…
Ten years and counting
Ten years ago today, Burnley were robbed when Mike Dean fell for the cheating Martin Olssen and gave Blackburn Rovers a penalty from which David Dunn scored the only goal…
Leagues and players’ union discuss current situation
The two main leagues in English football, the Premier League and Football League met today to discuss the current situation. They will meet again next week but following today's meeting…
Harry Bradshaw – 1896 to 1899
Harry Bradshaw joined Burnley Football Club in 1891 as secretary but became chairman after the club's first manager, Arthur Sutcliffe, had succeeded him as secretary and Bradshaw succeeded Sutcliffe again,…
Fred Smith passes away
The sad news has just reached us of the passing of former Burnley full back Fred Smith after a brave fight against illness. Smith joined the Clarets as a youngster…
The day Billy became Ginger Pele
The 1976/77 season had been a difficult one for Burnley. Relegated from the First Division in April 1976 there had been real hopes of us bouncing straight back at the…
The 1960s completed
Last summer we introduced the results, league tables and programme covers for all of the post-war seasons up to and including 1964/65 with the plan that this would be extended…