Burnley v Rochdale report

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Highly impressive for an U16 player scoring a hat trick at U23 level. To do it in 45mins of what reads like a tight match is fantastic. Following on from his 5 at U18s what a start to his Claret career.

Hells teeth must be exciting stuff. Some faith has been shown and repaid by a young man in a hurry. Great stuff

Brilliant report, Tony, and many thanks from an exile. Good to hear of our promising young players.

Excellent.

just looking it up see we have won this trophy 12 times [same as liverpool and Bolton]all in 3rd place. Rovers have won it the most with 18 wins so would be nice to win the final against the top [cough] team in this elite group

Good read, CT.
Wonder if the final will be played in a neutral country.

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Is that Zach Clough the one who was at Bolton and so highly rated only 2 years ago?

Bubble fixture?

They certainly knew how to make cups/trophies back in those days, didn't they.

Cleveleys_claret wrote:Is that Zach Clough the one who was at Bolton and so highly rated only 2 years ago?

The same one, on loan from Forest

Billy Balfour wrote:They certainly knew how to make cups/trophies back in those days, didn't they.

It really is a fantastic trophy

Where will the final be held?

Also is Lewis Richardson a product of our own youth system or have we picked him up from somewhere lese

ClaretTony wrote:It really is a fantastic trophy

Seem to remember this was a trophy the Burnley Reserves won on a regular basis back in the 60's.

The boy Richardson sounds to be a goal machine, the first thing that came to mind when his age was mentioned was a certain 16 year old Tommy Lawton making his debut for us all those years ago. If he turns out to be as prolific a goalscorer as Tommy then he has quite a career ahead of him.

Wouldnt surprise me SD including him as the 19th man in a dead rubber at the end of the season, fingers crossed we are safe ha ha. The kind of thing SD does, as shown with Mcneil. Always mentions his family so have the impression he is about the building up of young players and making sure their family are never left out

Cleveleys_claret wrote:Wouldnt surprise me SD including him as the 19th man in a dead rubber at the end of the season, fingers crossed we are safe ha ha. The kind of thing SD does, as shown with Mcneil. Always mentions his family so have the impression he is about the building up of young players and making sure their family are never left out

I’d not get carried away putting him in the first team squad. He plays most of his football still at under-16 level.

Yes I know that, it just seems that each season someone is picked as a reward. There may be others in front of him but Benson has already had the pleasure, Mcneil is now a first teamer, Koiki is out on loan. Just saying I think SD understands that it can give young players a boost and reinforces all the hard work they put in and may drive them to give even more

Royboyclaret wrote:Seem to remember this was a trophy the Burnley Reserves won on a regular basis back in the 60's.

The boy Richardson sounds to be a goal machine, the first thing that came to mind when his age was mentioned was a certain 16 year old Tommy Lawton making his debut for us all those years ago. If he turns out to be as prolific a goalscorer as Tommy then he has quite a career ahead of him.

Different competition then Roy with all the

big NW clubs involved. We would usually play our reserves but others, usually lower division clubs, would play their first team. The competition has been stopped twice, was once a pre-season competition when we last won it. Good to see it being played for even if most of the games are played at training grounds.

If my dad was still with us he’d be telling us just how good Lawton was.

Just looking at a wonderful team photo of the first time we won this trophy back in 1889/90, just a mere 130 years ago.

Our players look so proud showing off the trophy. It turns out we only beat Blackburn Rovers 2-0 in the Final played at Accrington, with Alex Stewart and Alex McLardie scoring the goals. We played in blue and white stripes back then.

Cleveleys_claret wrote:Yes I know that, it just seems that each season someone is picked as a reward. There may be others in front of him but Benson has already had the pleasure, Mcneil is now a first teamer, Koiki is out on loan. Just saying I think SD understands that it can give young players a boost and reinforces all the hard work they put in and may drive them to give even more

Unlikely that he’s even registered for the Premier League. What he usually does if he’s bringing one in is it will be someone who has been training with the first team over a period of time.

As a matter of interest on our way to that first Final against Blackburn Rovers in 1889/90 we beat Rossendale 4-3, Haydock 15-0 & Higher Walton 7-0.

Some scoring performances there !

Royboyclaret wrote:As a matter of interest on our way to that first Final against Blackburn Rovers in 1889/90 we beat Rossendale 4-3, Haydock 15-0 & Higher Walton 7-0.

Some scoring performances there !

What was the atmosphere like back then Royboy ?!!

I think I was mascot for the Final, but the memory is a bit hazy.

Royboyclaret wrote:Just looking at a wonderful team photo of the first time we won this trophy back in 1889/90, just a mere 130 years ago.

Our players look so proud showing off the trophy. It turns out we only beat Blackburn Rovers 2-0 in the Final played at Accrington, with Alex Stewart and Alex McLardie scoring the goals. We played in blue and white stripes back then.

That would be the current cricket ground, I would think. That's where the original Accrington played their league games. They shared with the cricket club.

dsr wrote:That would be the current cricket ground, I would think. That's where the original Accrington played their league games. They shared with the cricket club.

Ah right.........So when did they move over to Peel Park?

I remember my dad taking me to Peel Park for a friendly against us to 'open' their new floodlights, probably around 1957. Half the population of Accrington turned out to see Jimmy Mac but Mac was injured and Billy White played in his place. Stanley had a decent side back then in the old Third Division North.