From Russia With Love
Back in the 1950s and 1960s there were many occasions when Burnley played friendly games in the middle of the season but on reaching the 1990s it was the sort…
Manager of the Month Mullen gets ninth win
Burnley boss Jimmy Mullen lifted the Manager of the Month award after ending November 1991 with a fifth successive win, the last of them coming with a 2-1 success on…
Harper at the double in FA Cup win
Jimmy Mullen's Burnley, not content with continuing to win every league game, won through to the second round of the FA Cup with a 3-1 replay win at Doncaster and…
Conroy penalty takes Burnley back into third place
A Mike Conroy penalty was enough to give Burnley all three points against Maidstone at Dartford with a 1-0 on this day in 1991 and that took us back into…
Swing low – no Marriott
Having looked close to landing Andy Marriott on a permanent basis, Burnley received the bad news that the Nottingham Forest goalkeeper would not be joining Burnley at the end of…
Doncaster again in a cup and this time a win
Burnley's 100% record under Jimmy Mullen ended when Doncaster earned an FA Cup replay with a 1-1 Turf Moor draw in November 1991, but three days later they returned for…
Winning run ends and it’s a replay at Doncaster
Burnley had given Jimmy Mullen the best start of any Turf Moor manager with a run of eight consecutive victories but it came to an end when Doncaster earned themselves…
John Pender – Our Captain Fantastic
Just a week ago today I wrote of our 3-2 win against Mansfield in a fourth division game played thirty years earlier, a game that saw us beat the league…
It’s Captain Fantastic as league leaders Mansfield are beaten
Burnley continued their march up the Division Four table in 1991 with an incredible eighth successive win, and this one was the best of the lot as leaders Mansfield Town…
York are latest victims as Burnley win again
It seemed Burnley could do nothing but win in 1991 as they followed up victories against Carlisle, Wrexham, Walsall, Lincoln and Halifax with a sixth consecutive league victory, this time…