Clarets lose unbeaten home record on a Saturday night
Saturday night football came to Burnley fifty years ago with Sheffield United our visitors in a First Division clash. With Saturday a working day in Burnley during the three-day week,…
Spireites take the points as unbeaten run ends for Burnley
We’d gone four games without defeat, three draws and then a win last time out at Bristol Rovers. We’d signed Ally Pickering, Steve Davis, Graham Branch and Micky Mellon and…
Burnley crash to big defeat at Derby
Third in the First Division, through to the fourth round of the FA Cup, things were looking good for Burnley in 1974, that was until we travelled to the Baseball…
Goals galore at Brizzle
Stan Ternent’s ever changing Burnley arrived at the Memorial Stadium in Bristol searching for a first win in six league games since beating Blackpool at home on the last Saturday…
Mellon joins Stan’s Turf Moor revolution
When the Burnley Express went to print on Friday, 8th January 1999, they reported that Burnley manager Stan Ternent had told them that it was unlikely there would be any…
Cup run under way as Clarets win at Grimsby
It was FA Cup 3rd round day fifty years ago and that was still a huge day in the football calendar with Burnley having been given an away tie at…
Davis return inspires the Clarets against promotion chasers
Burnley had a second successive home game as 1999 got underway as 1998 had ended with a home draw but this one against Walsall was very much different than the…
The New Year kicks off in Coventry
No sooner had we reached home from a New Year’s Eve party, we were on our way out again to Coventry as Burnley kicked off 1974 with a New Year’s…
New signings and a lively AGM to end 1998
Burnley had completed their fixtures for 1998 with a home game against Walsall to kick off the next year on 2nd January, but, as we prepared for the AGM, there…
Wolves take a point from Burnley as brilliant 1973 ends
Burnley’s final game of 1973, a year that started with a superb performance at Aston Villa, came to an end with Wolverhampton Wanderers earning a point from a 1-1 draw.…