We’re almost there after win at Huddersfield
Burnley took themselves to within one point of promotion with a 2-0 win at Huddersfield on this day in 1973 and set themselves up for a potential promotion winning night…
Oxford do the Clarets a favour
Due to Sunderland's involvement in an FA Cup semi-final against Arsenal, the Clarets were without a game on the first Saturday of April in 1973 but results elsewhere made it…
Big defeat at Forest hits title hopes
Burnley's hopes of lifting the Second Division title in 1973 suffered a blow when we travelled to Nottingham Forest and came home with our biggest league defeat of the season…
A second home win in four days as promotion moves closer
In March 1973 Burnley followed up the brilliant Tuesday night 4-0 win against Portsmouth with a 2-1 win against Millwall on the following Saturday that edged the Clarets ever closer…
Brilliant Burnley hit four past Pompey
Burnley's home game against Portsmouth in 1973 had been snowed off in January, but the Clarets served up a first half treat when the game was finally played to increase…
Back on top after win at Cardiff
Burnley's absence from the top of the Second Division in 1973 lasted just the one week. Having lost top spot to Queens Park Rangers a week earlier with the home…
Top spot lost after home defeat
Burnley fell to only a third defeat of the season when Sheffield Wednesday won 1-0 at Turf Moor on this day in 1973, and it was a defeat that, alongside…
A Friday night win at Swindon
This was a week in 1973 that saw Second Division games played on five out of six days with Burnley recording a 1-0 win at Swindon on the Friday night…
Home point dropped but lead at the top increases
On a week that saw only five Second Division games played because of FA Cup commitments, Burnley could only draw 1-1 at home against Bristol City although that was enough…
Lead reduced to one point after draw at Carlisle
Burnley had to settle for a point in a 1-1 draw at Carlisle in 1973 and that result allowed promotion rivals QPR to edge ever closer to us at the…