New York – New York
Having become Football League Champions on that incredible night at Maine Road at the beginning of May, the Burnley team of sixty years ago set sail for America and the…
Our wonderful championship season
Sixty years ago Burnley Football Club were champions of England. Over the past nine months we've been charting the season, game by game, right up to the last of those…
Champions receive wonderful reception around the town
It was an evening the town of Burnley would never forget as the Football League Champions of sixty years ago celebrated the receiving of the trophy with a tour of…
The Champions receive the trophy
Trevor Meredith, Adam Blacklaw, Jimmy Robson Jimmy McIlroy, Ray Bennion (behind), Jimmy Adamson and Tommy Cummings toast the Champions On the afternoon of Wednesday 11th May 1960, Burnley Football Club…
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…
Fulham let down leaves Burnley needing a win at Maine Road
The last day of the 1959/60 season brought big wins for both Wolves and Spurs and with Burnley unable to beat Fulham at Turf Moor it left us in third…
My mate – could he have a trial?
Some sixty-three years ago, a Burnley player, undergoing National Service at Catterick, asked at Burnley Football Club headquarters if his pal from the same unit could have a trial at…
Favourites after win at Birmingham
Burnley's 1-0 midweek win at Birmingham sixty years ago today took the team to second place in the table and left them favourites to win the title with just two…
A point closer after Bloomfield Road draw
St. George's Day 1960 proved, in the end, to be a good day for Burnley. Despite a late equaliser giving Blackpool a point against us, the top two, Wolves and…