Will the North Rise Again?
A review of ‘Northern Exposure’ by Tim Quelch. Tim’s diaries were a mainstay of the London Clarets’ magazine Something to Write Home About back in the pre- and early-Internet days.…
A Mexican Standoff in Burnley
A review of A Director's Tale by Dave Thomas. The years in the early 1980s that saw Burnley relegated, promoted, relegated and then relegated again is one of the more…
Never the same again
An End of Innocence is premised on the statement by Jimmy Greaves that the 1959/60 season was the last in the English game when teams generally set out to attack…
Retired, undefeated
One of the many virtues of the decision of Dave Thomas to devote his retirement to cataloguing the fortunes of Burnley Football Club is that his interest in biography has…
Dreams of Autarky
A review of Bob Lord of Burnley by Dave Thomas and Mike Smith There’s a bit in Bob Lord of Burnley where Margaret Potts, wife of the then-Burnley manager Harry,…
Strong Stout in Addis Ababa
A review of Still There! by Dave Burnley There can’t be many Burnley supporters these days who don’t know who Dave Burnley is, and that very fact is an indication…
Endurance and Triumph
A review of From Orient to the Emirates by Tim Quelch In football, as in society, mobility helps. When, on 8 September 1888, Burnley kicked off their inaugural Football League…