It's funny but thinking back to that era of football - and other distant ones - I always imagine the players to be quite weedy beggars.

Take a look at this photo, currently on eBay but not mine - yet - taken just before the Final. These lads don't look the type you'd argue with. I suppose with the ball being as heavy as a bag of cement, you'd need thighs like a ruddy Shire horse.

One of them seems to have picked up a nasty-looking injury.

In all their glory and Claret and Blue.

I'd love to know what their training schedule/conditioning regime was like. Did they have one ?

looks like 8 tarkys!

evensteadiereddie wrote:I'd love to know what their training schedule/conditioning regime was like. Did they have one ?

Also interested in this

The NW of England was a hotbed for catch wrestling at the time; be interesting to know if they ever cross trained in some good olde wrassling

Are we even sure they are Burnley players in the pic?

I don't see Tommy Boyle, or Jerry Dawson or Bert Freeman.

Or even Halley or Watson?

Royboyclaret wrote:Are we even sure they are Burnley players in the pic?

I don't see Tommy Boyle, or Jerry Dawson or Bert Freeman.

Or even Halley or Watson?

Not easy to see on my phone but Dawson looks like the player fourth from the left.

#Clarets on the beach at Lytham (1914)
Nesbitt, Lindley, Thorpe, Dawson, Reid, Watson, Taylor & Bamford

Some nice legs on those young englishmen

mohamed69 wrote:Some nice legs on those young englishmen

And they all have two each - which is the correct number.

evensteadiereddie wrote:It's funny but thinking back to that era of football - and other distant ones - I always imagine the players to be quite weedy beggars.

Take a look at this photo, currently on eBay but not mine - yet - taken just before the Final. These lads don't look the type you'd argue with. I suppose with the ball being as heavy as a bag of cement, you'd need thighs like a ruddy Shire horse.

One of them seems to have picked up a nasty-looking injury.

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I'm surprised that pitch passed the inspection...

In the late 60s, used to see Billy Nesbitt on Burnley Cricket ground. Always used to wear his cup final medal round his neck and loved to show it to people despite being stone deaf.

BB8 wrote:#Clarets on the beach at Lytham (1914)
Nesbitt, Lindley, Thorpe, Dawson, Reid, Watson, Taylor & Bamford

Is Bamford the one on the end with a tear in his eye?

It's a good job Lukaku wasn't in that photo..

I bet a Twix was a lot cheaper and larger back then. Lucky buggers...

Great photo's thanks.
I know Billy Watson's Granddaughter and see her most weeks so will pass on the photo's to her .

I know a relative of one of squad in the photo and her father still has his full 1914 cup final strip, inc boots and match programme.
Many years ago I saw and unsuccessfully tried to buy 1 of 2 unused 1914 cup final tickets, from another source. That was in the days before mobile phones, or I could've took a photo of them for a posterity record shot.

Should've added, it was her fathers relatives strip.