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Burnley 4 Sheffield United 0 - 1966
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 6:56 pm
by ClaretTony
Today was the biggest opening day win since Gordon Harris got a hat trick in 1966 and we beat Sheffield United 4-0
Re: Burnley 4 Sheffield United 0 - 1966
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 7:03 pm
by ElectroClaret
Gordon Harris....he had a hell of a powerful shot on him.
Exalted company indeed.
Re: Burnley 4 Sheffield United 0 - 1966
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 7:10 pm
by Buxtonclaret
That's some stat.
Re: Burnley 4 Sheffield United 0 - 1966
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 7:19 pm
by rockyman
and if my memory serves me right the Sheffield Utd game was also 0-0 at half time.
Re: Burnley 4 Sheffield United 0 - 1966
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 7:20 pm
by ClaretTony
rockyman wrote:and if my memory serves me right the Sheffield Utd game was also 0-0 at half time.
Good memory rockyman - it was indeed.
Harris 55, 79, 85p & Irvine 58
Re: Burnley 4 Sheffield United 0 - 1966
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 7:30 pm
by FCBurnley
England were the World Champions and I was only 19.
Re: Burnley 4 Sheffield United 0 - 1966
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 7:52 pm
by Siddo
I was only 11 but i remember Eddie Hodgkinson the Blades keeper applauding Bombers 25 yard half volley into the top corner.
Re: Burnley 4 Sheffield United 0 - 1966
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 7:55 pm
by CaptJohn
I was there
But you know what I honestly thought that Andy Lochead scored with a long range shot
Re: Burnley 4 Sheffield United 0 - 1966
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 8:27 pm
by ClaretTony
Siddo wrote:I was only 11 but i remember Eddie Hodgkinson the Blades keeper applauding Bombers 25 yard half volley into the top corner.
I think you might be mixing two keepers up. There was Eddie Hopkinson at Bolton and Alan Hodgkinson at Sheffield United.
Re: Burnley 4 Sheffield United 0 - 1966
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 8:31 pm
by EarbyClaret
Along similar lines a stat I saw on the BBC - first time we have won a top flight home game on the opening day since Coventry in 1967
Re: Burnley 4 Sheffield United 0 - 1966
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 10:05 pm
by Targetman
EarbyClaret wrote:Along similar lines a stat I saw on the BBC - first time we have won a top flight home game on the opening day since Coventry in 1967
If my memory serves my right, that Coventry game was Frank Casper's debut for us?
Re: Burnley 4 Sheffield United 0 - 1966
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 10:16 pm
by Longside4evr
That is some statistic over 50 odd years
Burnley are back, Burnley are back hello, hello burnley are back
Re: Burnley 4 Sheffield United 0 - 1966
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 10:18 pm
by Tricky Trevor
ClaretTony wrote:I think you might be mixing two keepers up. There was Eddie Hopkinson at Bolton and Alan Hodgkinson at Sheffield United.
2 midgets by modern standards and yet both won England caps, at a time when they weren’t dished out willy-nilly.