Win against Stockport helps lift the gloom
December 1995 had seen a boardroom rumpus that spilled over into the most farcical and laughable AGM ever at Turf Moor, and that was still more than simmering into the…
Clarets hit Saxton’s York for six
It's a game that is very significant for some of the regulars on our message board. For some it was a first, or last, Burnley game for themselves, friends or…
Forest felled and flattened by fantastic Clarets
Today it's another Saturday without football so instead of going to Crystal Palace we are going back to February 2014 when we kicked off a big three games against Nottingham…
Clarets fortunes turn for the better against the pub team
It's Saturday, a third Saturday without a game because of the current halt in the Premier League, but we wouldn't have been playing today in any case because of the…
The day Billy became Ginger Pele
The 1976/77 season had been a difficult one for Burnley. Relegated from the First Division in April 1976 there had been real hopes of us bouncing straight back at the…
The daylight is shining through the tunnel
Today, 21st March 2020, Burnley should have been playing Watford at home. The game has been postponed due to the Coronavirus crisis as has every other game in England. So,…
Derby County v Burnley, the day our fans were the talk of the cup
The report below was published on Monday 27th January 1992, two days after the Clarets had gone out of the FA Cup to Derby County in a 3rd round replay at the…
October 1993 (Oh what a night)
Lest we forget, in the autumn of ’93 we were a third-tier side, managed by Jimmy Mullen. Although new recruits, David Eyres and ‘Rooster’ Russell brought extra fluency to the…
Devastated but unbelievably proud
I was reminded today that it is ten years ago to the day that we came so, so close to reaching a major cup final at Wembley, only to cruelly…
The day the Burnley kids gave Leeds a lesson
Fifty years ago today, Turf Moor staged one of those games that none of us who witnessed it are ever likely to forget, when Harry Potts' young team took on…