The Orient Game – Introduction
It is 33 years since the day our great club almost died - the most emotional day I can ever recall in over sixty years of watching Burnley. There have…
Jimmy Adamson – February 1970 to January 1976
It was no surprise to anyone when Jimmy Adamson became manager of Burnley. He'd been in waiting for a number of years after retiring from the playing side and becoming…
Twenty-first century goals
When Scott Arfield scored Burnley's winning goal against Watford in December 2017 I'm sure not many of us realised it was our 1,000th league goal since the turn of the…
Jim Thomson on Jimmy Adamson
The Daily Express was headlining severe arctic weather again when I went to see Jim Thomson in January, several years ago. If I could forecast football results as accurately as…
Wembley 1962 in pictures
A reminder of the day we last played in an FA Cup Final, beaten 3-1 by Spurs at Wembley on 5th May 1962 with our goal scored by Jimmy Robson.…
Wembley and my dad’s FA Cup promise
On Saturday, 5th May 1962 I left Wembley heartbroken after we'd lost in the FA Cup Final against arch rivals Tottenham Hotspur, but I have to admit I was so…
Harry Potts – February 1958 to February 1970
Chairman Bob Lord, throughout his time at Burnley, had a policy of promoting from within when the time came to appoint a new manager. Only once did he not do…
Reception shocks returning champions
"The trouble is, you just can't realise we're the Champions," said one Burnley player about two hours after the final whistle at Maine Road, Manchester had confirmed a 2-1 win…
Burnley Football Club are Champions of England
When Burnley kicked off the 1959/60 season in August I don't think too many envisaged that a 2-1 win in the last game of the season against Manchester City at…
Dyche and Wolves arrive at the Turf
Wolves should have been at the Turf tomorrow for what would have been the penultimate home game of the 2019/20 season, but with football still ruled out for the foreseeable…