The Orient Game – My memories of The Day
It was the usual 8am departure from North Curry (a Claret outpost on the Somerset Levels) but such was the magnitude of the game that Sue and Ben waved me…
The Orient Game – National Press
In Living Memory - They came to bury Burnley and stayed to sing their praise is how Ian Wooldridge began his report of the Burnley v Orient game. Below are…
The Orient Game – Local Press
Here we take a look at the reports from the local journalists Granville Shackleton and Keith McNee from their respective newspapers. Keith was taken ill at the game but still…
The Orient Game – Match Programme
We were told that they would become collector's items and that they would be worth a lot of money in years to come but so many were printed they really…
The Orient Game – Dedication
This section of Up the Clarets, devoted to the most important game in the club's history, is dedicated to Keith McNee the former Burnley FC reporter for the Burnley Express,…
The Orient Game – Introduction
It is 33 years since the day our great club almost died - the most emotional day I can ever recall in over sixty years of watching Burnley. There have…