Who can forget James Leighton ?

[randomclaret2]

Fascinating article on the Daily Express website with our former legend James Leighton reminiscing about the Orient game.

[Saxoman]

Who?

[Bin Ont Turf]

I had to look for it to believe it.

Good old Taffy reckons there must have been 30,000 on, I think he's remembering the Turf from his first spell.


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[Saxoman]

Cheating bstards, Orient might have scored. Intimidating referees to stay up..

[Leisure]

What an embarrassing piece of so called journalism - couldn't even get his name right!

[scouseclaret]

I remember him well .
Used to play in goal for Aberdeen and Man U.

[dsr]

Spot on 45 minutes when he blew. And our game was the most significant of the weekend, because every other championship, promotion and relegation had been settled, so we'd expect a top ref.

Wasn't it more like 25 minutes left when Orient scored? I'm sure it was before Lincoln finished.

[Colburn_Claret]

They've confused him with Reece Leighton, that fat Welsh dart player.

[Redbeard]

Wasn't it more like 25 minutes left when Orient scored?

35, according to Clarets Chronicles.

Their goal came in the 56th minute.

[claretblue]

absolutely shameful and embarrassing article from Brooks Gideon

[kindonesque]

Great action photo of the Welsh Wizard - and look at Frank Casper, hands on hips like "Let Taffy rip em apart, I'll take a breather"

[South West Claret.]

Hilarious.. but there again that's the express for ya

[Stan Tastic]

SuperTaff persuading the ref to blow up early, what a hero.

Amazing really that Orient had the nerve to score.

[Madpete]

On April the 18th it will be 50 yrs since I stood on the terrace,which I later found out was called the "Longside." I wasn't at that time a Burnley supporter,having moved from the Oldham area,on marriage,to Bacup.I went on with a salesman & his girlfriend to watch Burnley take on Eintracht Frankfurt(I was working in Burnley,at NCR on Sandygate.)
I next went on the last match of that season & saw Dave Tnomas make his debut at 16 yrs.From then on I was "hooked."
In all the time that has elapsed the finest player to my mind is/was Leighton James.
He had it all,as they often said of George Best.

[CleggHall]

John Leyton - one hit wonder with fittingly "Johnny remember me", if my memory serves me well!

[paulus the woodgnome]

Is he related to Baines Leighton?

[Redbeard]

Maybe the 'journalist' confused him with Orient Leighton.

[No Ney Never]

Didn't LJ live in a house on Burnley road opposite the George IV which he named captains cottage?