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First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 5:46 pm
by daveyclaret
I bought my first Burnley replica shirt in 1966, when I was 15 years old, from Darlows Sport Shop on West Street, Sheffield, up near Sheffield University.
My Dad bought me the shirt which had a claret body, blue round neck collar, long blue sleeves with claret cuffs, with no logo or Club badge. The shirt cost 15 shillings (75p) or 19 shillings and 11 pence (99p), I can't recall exactly the price. Played football every Sunday afternoon in that shirt with a group of friends, I though that I was Brian O'Neil as I had the cuffs of the shirt pulled down in to the palm of my hand and held there my by fingers when I was playing. I had a paper round at the time and the Sunday Express and the People newspapers always had a Clarets match report from the previous Saturday game which I read during delivering the papers. I remember to this day a match report in the People newspaper in the 65-66 season where Clarets had won 4-0 against Sunderland at Roker Park where the Report headline was 'So brilliant, Burnley'. The Reporter was Len Noad and he gave 5 or 6 players in the Clarets Team marks of 10 out 10, and the remainder, 9 out of 10.
After that shirt, I bought a second replica Burnley shirt in the early Seventies when Clarets were heading to the Second Division title. This shirt had claret body, blue round neck collar, long claret sleeves with blue cuffs, again with no logo or Club badge. I glued a No.8 on the back for Frank Casper. I still have this shirt though it doesn't fit me now due to my pot belly.
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 6:00 pm
by gawthorpe_view
This one, 1976, the V predicted our trajectory for the next 15 years or so.
https://images.app.goo.gl/EtSYEn4MrMBMeRxf8
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 6:03 pm
by ElectroClaret
The plain one in the Seventies with the "BFC" in script.
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 6:11 pm
by huw.Y.WattfromWare
daveyclaret wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 5:46 pm
I remember to this day a match report in the People newspaper in the 65-66 season where Clarets had won 4-0 against Sunderland at Roker Park where the Report headline was 'So brilliant, Burnley'. The Reporter was Len Noad and he gave 5 or 6 players in the Clarets Team marks of 10 out 10, and the remainder, 9 out of 10.
Fantastic day. They had Jim Baxter at LH who, at £72k, cost more than the entire Burnley squad.
My first replica shirt was the same as yours but was purchased at Cockers for a Xmas ‘63 present. It did have a badge but it was just a football.
Here I am in it.
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Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 7:09 pm
by Longsidelenny1882
Great story Davey utc
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 9:49 pm
by vancouverclaret
same as Electroclaret
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 9:57 pm
by RalphCoatesComb
Mid- 80's ?
Not a replica shirt in sight
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:21 pm
by djemba-djemba
RalphCoatesComb wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 9:57 pm
Mid- 80's ?
Not a replica shirt in sight
Yes there is.
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:31 pm
by bfcjg
RalphCoatesComb wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 9:57 pm
Mid- 80's ?
Not a replica shirt in sight
When we are watching some of the finest footballers to grace the planet as well as some who don't play for Burnley
photos like this bring us back to reality. As bad as the WBA game was, it was so much better then the dark days.
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:35 pm
by mill hill claret
I'd love to go back for one match ...stand on the Longside then slowly make your way to the bee hole end with ten minutes to go ..cramming through the little gate ....Great memories UTC
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:40 pm
by RalphCoatesComb
You've got better eyesight than me
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:43 pm
by RalphCoatesComb
bfcjg wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:31 pm
When we are watching some of the finest footballers to grace the planet as well as some who don't play for Burnley
photos like this bring us back to reality. As bad as the WBA game was, it was so much better then the dark days.
Dark days indeed but still happy days. Me and my lad would stand on the Bee Hole, rain, hail or shine (there wasn't much of the latter
)
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:43 pm
by bfcjg
There were times you could pick your feet up and still move in the getaway crush.
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:48 pm
by huw.Y.WattfromWare
RalphCoatesComb wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:40 pm
You've got better eyesight than me
Guy nearest camera front row and youngster to the right of the top exit are all I can see.
One fella in a C&B rugby shirt. Strangely not many scarves or bobhats either.
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:14 pm
by RalphCoatesComb
huw.Y.WattfromWare wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:48 pm
Strangely not many scarves or bobhats either.
And not one WWI Gas rattle in sight
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:21 pm
by basil6345789
Had a Burnley shirt (the term replkca had not been.coined) in the 62/63 season. Think Mum got it from Cocker's
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:22 pm
by Bin Ont Turf
RalphCoatesComb wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 9:57 pm
Mid- 80's ?
Not a replica shirt in sight
That photo isn't from the mid 80's.
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:24 pm
by whentheballmoves
You'd do well to get a Burnley shirt anywhere in Sheffield, let alone on West Street, these days, OP,
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:31 pm
by RalphCoatesComb
Bin Ont Turf wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:22 pm
That photo isn't from the mid 80's.
When is it then? Looks mid-80's to me
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:33 pm
by RalphCoatesComb
ElectroClaret wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 6:03 pm
The plain one in the Seventies with the "BFC" in script.
One of my favourite departures from the "norm"
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:35 pm
by RalphCoatesComb
You haven't changed
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:36 pm
by Bin Ont Turf
RalphCoatesComb wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:31 pm
When is it then? Looks mid-80's to me
Pretty sure Endsleigh didn't come in until very late 80's.
In fact I remember (I think) when we painted from green crush barriers etc to claret and blue, which was around 1989/90 (I think again
).
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:45 pm
by ChrisG
Slightly off topic, but looking at a combo of this pic and older pics, it looks like the Bee Hole terrace was extended back at some point. Does anyone know when that occurred?
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 12:32 am
by THEWELLERNUT70
White/Blue pin stripes/claret neckline
Worn by Burnley once away in a 3-0 defeat v Barnsley
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 1:08 am
by Vintage Claret
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, Still got it, great shirt.
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 4:03 am
by RammyClaret61
This one, although it didn’t have the
BFC
On it.
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Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 7:27 am
by Jimmymaccer
ElectroClaret wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 6:03 pm
The plain one in the Seventies with the "BFC" in script.
The same................I seem to remember some white Alan Ball boots as well!!! Pretty sure they came from Benz Sports shop in town.............
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 11:34 am
by dougcollins
Mine wasn't a replica, it was one of those 70's generic shirts - just claret & blue. I was wearing it in the middle of rural Wales (1975 ish) and a very famous Wolves fan accused me of being a Villa fan.
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 11:40 am
by RalphCoatesComb
dougcollins wrote: ↑Sat Feb 27, 2021 11:34 am
Mine wasn't a replica, it was one of those 70's generic shirts - just claret & blue. I was wearing it in the middle of rural Wales (1975 ish) and a very famous Wolves fan accused me of being a Villa fan.
A common mistake amongst the Welsh. You were lucky that you weren't mistaken for a sheep
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 11:40 am
by TheFamilyCat
This was the first I bought (or had bought for me)
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But I had one of these given as a hand-me-down from a cousin:
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I'd love to see us in a recreate this for an away shirt.
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 11:43 am
by Conroysleftfoot
dougcollins wrote: ↑Sat Feb 27, 2021 11:34 am
Mine wasn't a replica, it was one of those 70's generic shirts - just claret & blue. I was wearing it in the middle of rural Wales (1975 ish) and a very famous Wolves fan accused me of being a Villa fan.
Robert Plant?
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 12:12 pm
by BleedingClaret
RalphCoatesComb wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 9:57 pm
Mid- 80's ?
Not a replica shirt in sight
My wildest dreams for ground improvements then was that we’d be able to stretch finances enough to put a roof on the bee hole and I hoped that it would turn the corner to meet the long side roof.
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 12:19 pm
by ClaretTony
When did the club start selling replica shirts? I know they didn't in 1987/88 and Peter Noble had to help out to get people shirts for Wembley that year.
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 12:20 pm
by ClaretTony
daveyclaret wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 5:46 pm
I remember to this day a match report in the People newspaper in the 65-66 season where Clarets had won 4-0 against Sunderland at Roker Park where the Report headline was 'So brilliant, Burnley'. The Reporter was Len Noad and he gave 5 or 6 players in the Clarets Team marks of 10 out 10, and the remainder, 9 out of 10.
That was a special performance
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 12:37 pm
by RalphCoatesComb
BleedingClaret wrote: ↑Sat Feb 27, 2021 12:12 pm
My wildest dreams for ground improvements then was that we’d be able to stretch finances enough to put a roof on the bee hole and I hoped that it would turn the corner to meet the long side roof.
We have come so far in 30-odd years, on and off the field.
Even though we have our knockers, externally and internally, we are in a good place. Could it be better? Of course. But be thankful for what we have and where we are.
Turf Moor, Happy Place Happy Place Happy Place
RCC (Secretary, Happy Clappers)
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 12:40 pm
by bobinho
RalphCoatesComb wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 9:57 pm
Mid- 80's ?
Not a replica shirt in sight
Lots of double denim tho... like German football today.
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 12:43 pm
by BenWickes
Had the late 70's 'V' shirt and an early 80's yellow away shirt handed down to me by my brother. No clue where he got them from though. Earliest one I bought was an Endsleigh one. Ellgren shirt around 1990.
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 1:14 pm
by Culmclaret
80/81 Umbro effort...both home and away. Still got both and they still fit. Home shirt had a transfer badge, long worn away. The yellow away shirt was made from a different stretchy material and has an undersized sew-on badge. For much of the 80s replica shirts were definitely infra dig. I used to wear mine all the time and stood out like a sore thumb. You were looked down on both by non-football fans as oi polloi and by many football fans who prided themselves on not wearing colours
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 2:42 pm
by ElectroClaret
I also got the one with no sponsors logo on it from 2000/1.
The one Kevin Ball was wearing when he kicked fat Dunn up in the air.
I liked that one.
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 2:49 pm
by huw.Y.WattfromWare
Before I got down to your post he was the name that sprang to mind. Filling both criteria of being a Wolves fan and he was living in that area.
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 3:36 pm
by box_of_frogs
mill hill claret wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:35 pm
I'd love to go back for one match ...stand on the Longside then slowly make your way to the bee hole end with ten minutes to go ..cramming through the little gate ....Great memories UTC
And the days when we knew how to sing a song at the appropriate tempo, rather than at 1000 beats per minute so that no one knows what the actual words are!
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 4:07 pm
by Turftalkers mentor
daveyclaret wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 5:46 pm
I bought my first Burnley replica shirt in 1966, when I was 15 years old, from Darlows Sport Shop on West Street, Sheffield, up near Sheffield University.
My Dad bought me the shirt which had a claret body, blue round neck collar, long blue sleeves with claret cuffs, with no logo or Club badge. The shirt cost 15 shillings (75p) or 19 shillings and 11 pence (99p), I can't recall exactly the price. Played football every Sunday afternoon in that shirt with a group of friends, I though that I was Brian O'Neil as I had the cuffs of the shirt pulled down in to the palm of my hand and held there my by fingers when I was playing. I had a paper round at the time and the Sunday Express and the People newspapers always had a Clarets match report from the previous Saturday game which I read during delivering the papers. I remember to this day a match report in the People newspaper in the 65-66 season where Clarets had won 4-0 against Sunderland at Roker Park where the Report headline was 'So brilliant, Burnley'. The Reporter was Len Noad and he gave 5 or 6 players in the Clarets Team marks of 10 out 10, and the remainder, 9 out of 10.
After that shirt, I bought a second replica Burnley shirt in the early Seventies when Clarets were heading to the Second Division title. This shirt had claret body, blue round neck collar, long claret sleeves with blue cuffs, again with no logo or Club badge. I glued a No.8 on the back for Frank Casper. I still have this shirt though it doesn't fit me now due to my pot belly.
Was at that game , went with my dad absolutely fabulous day
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 4:21 pm
by Turftalkers mentor
In fact at the end of that match we stood at the top of the first Division table, finishing the season in third place to Liverpool and Leeds , second place being lost due to the most bizarre own goal I have ever seen by Alex Elder in the last match at home to a lucky Leeds side that day
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2021 4:45 am
by CharlieinNewMexico
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2021 4:47 am
by CharlieinNewMexico
I got a yellow Umbro Early 80s one from a shop in Portsmouth. It was in the window display and he said he couldn’t sell it to me because it was owned by the Rep.
But apparently he managed to sell it to me?
Was it Umbro? The claret and blue stripey bits below the shoulders closer to the chest.
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2021 7:58 am
by burnmark
ClaretTony wrote: ↑Sat Feb 27, 2021 12:19 pm
When did the club start selling replica shirts? I know they didn't in 1987/88 and Peter Noble had to help out to get people shirts for Wembley that year.
That was my first shirt. E-NS.
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2021 9:06 am
by Alanstevensonsgloves
CharlieinNewMexico wrote: ↑Sun Feb 28, 2021 4:47 am
I got a yellow Umbro Early 80s one from a shop in Portsmouth. It was in the window display and he said he couldn’t sell it to me because it was owned by the Rep.
But apparently he managed to sell it to me?
Was it Umbro? The claret and blue stripey bits below the shoulders closer to the chest.
Sounds like the spall one i have
Re: First Burnley replica shirt bought.
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2021 10:24 am
by Erasmus
I had a long-sleeved claret and blue football shirt back in the 60s for school games classes. Didn't have the club badge on but everybody knew what it was. First real replica was the Endsleigh one. Still got it, and a t shirt with the bus on for the Sherpa Van final in 1988.
photos like this bring us back to reality. As bad as the WBA game was, it was so much better then the dark days.
