• Our best Penalty takers

Posted: **Sun Feb 19, 2023 8:24 am**

After Ashley Barnes slotted his pen away yesterday, the club have tweeted that's 9 from 9 from the spit for him.

How long until he starts getting talked about as one of our best?

What's the highest amount from a player for us without missing?

Posted: **Sun Feb 19, 2023 8:31 am**

I reckon Peter Noble will be way up there. Never missed one did he ?

Posted: **Sun Feb 19, 2023 8:33 am**

Graham Alexander is an obvious choice.

Posted: **Sun Feb 19, 2023 8:34 am**

I think Graham Alexander missed one for us but he also was an awesome penalty taker.

Up the Clarets.

Posted: **Sun Feb 19, 2023 8:40 am**

Graham Alexander put one wide vs Bristol City

Posted: **Sun Feb 19, 2023 8:42 am**

Our own Peter Noble ended his career having scored every penalty he took. This record of 28 consecutive penalties is widely believed to be a world record. In 1985 a question about Noble's penalty kicks appeared in the first edition of the popular board game Trivial Pursuit.

Posted: **Sun Feb 19, 2023 8:44 am**

The reaction to Alexander missing that penalty inside Turf Moor was something I remember quite well. Not the usual dismay you normally get when your team misses a penalty, just a complete sense of disbelief.

Posted: **Sun Feb 19, 2023 8:47 am**

If this website is to be believed, not only is Barnes up to joint third in the list alongside Leighton James, but there’s a name at the top of the list that I’d never heard of. Andy McCluggage anyone?

https://www.worldfootball.net/alltime_g ... nley-fc/1/

Posted: **Sun Feb 19, 2023 8:51 am**

I was speaking to Andy McCluggage’s grandson earlier this week and he was rightly proud of his record. I think he’d had contact from BFC at some point showing him to be top of Burnley’s list. Perhaps Noble’s record above included penalties for his previous clubs?

Posted: **Sun Feb 19, 2023 9:06 am**

We've had surprisingly few penalties this season given how much we've had the ball in the opposition penalty area

Posted: **Sun Feb 19, 2023 9:42 am**

Grezza, Uve and Bash are all excellent.
I think Grezza's was the better technique, always felt confident when he stood forward.

Posted: **Sun Feb 19, 2023 9:56 am**

Alexander, primarily a full back scored 107 goals-that his some achievement with a considerable number being penalties

Posted: **Sun Feb 19, 2023 10:13 am**

We are blessed with the likes of Jay Rod, Barnes and Charlie Taylor.

Wood was quite good as well.

Posted: **Sun Feb 19, 2023 10:29 am**

Claret Till I Die wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 19, 2023 8:40 am
Graham Alexander put one wide vs Bristol City

slotted down the tunnel!

Posted: **Sun Feb 19, 2023 10:32 am**

claretblue wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 19, 2023 10:29 am
slotted down the tunnel!

I remember it well. David James was the keeper

Posted: **Sun Feb 19, 2023 10:33 am**

Claret Till I Die wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 19, 2023 10:32 am
I remember it well. David James was the keeper

I was in the Jimmy Mac that day. The who ground was in disbelief. Was it 0-0?

Posted: **Sun Feb 19, 2023 10:42 am**

yes...nil all

Posted: **Sun Feb 19, 2023 10:45 am**

gandhisflipflop wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 19, 2023 10:33 am
I was in the Jimmy Mac that day. The who ground was in disbelief. Was it 0-0?

Yes, early on in the season when we'd come back to from the Prem

Posted: **Sun Feb 19, 2023 10:49 am**

beeholeclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 19, 2023 8:51 am
I was speaking to Andy McCluggage’s grandson earlier this week and he was rightly proud of his record. I think he’d had contact from BFC at some point showing him to be top of Burnley’s list. Perhaps Noble’s record above included penalties for his previous clubs?

I went to Lowerhouse Primary school with Andy McCluggage’s grandson. We were in Sam Giffens class together who saw Andy play for Burnley

Posted: **Sun Feb 19, 2023 12:08 pm**

Noble, Alexander and a certain Jimmy Mac. I only ever saw him have one saved by, I think, Hopkinson the Bolton goalkeeper( CT will correct me if I’m wrong hopefully).

Posted: **Sun Feb 19, 2023 12:48 pm**

I think that Grezza was the best I've seen, and I saw Noble score lots. I genuinely feel that Grezza didn't know where he was going to put it when he stepped up, so the keeper had no chance of 2nd guessing him.
Barnes penalty at Anfield to win the match was possibly one of the most coolest penalties I saw but for sheer pressure, Grezza's at home to Reading in the play off 1st leg was possibly the most important.

Posted: **Sun Feb 19, 2023 1:15 pm**

Claret Till I Die wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 19, 2023 8:40 am
Graham Alexander put one wide vs Bristol City

The only one I saw him take live. David James in the nets for Bristol C. and he went for the top bins instead of his normal smash it just of centre.

Posted: **Sun Feb 19, 2023 2:10 pm**

Did Sam Vokes miss any for Burnley?

Posted: **Sun Feb 19, 2023 2:53 pm**

Bordeauxclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 19, 2023 2:10 pm
Did Sam Vokes miss any for Burnley?

Not that I recall. Think he left with a 100% success rate

Posted: **Mon Feb 20, 2023 9:03 am**

beeholeclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 19, 2023 8:42 am
Our own Peter Noble ended his career having scored every penalty he took. This record of 28 consecutive penalties is widely believed to be a world record. In 1985 a question about Noble's penalty kicks appeared in the first edition of the popular board game Trivial Pursuit.

The above quote is taken from a google search and is of course historical.

Harry Kane has scored over 30 penalties for Spurs although he has missed at least 4 more. Burnley obviously don’t get as many penalties as “Big Six Tottenham”.

Noble’s penalties were not all in the top division either.

Posted: **Mon Feb 20, 2023 9:05 am**

Not Maxwell Cornet.

Posted: **Mon Feb 20, 2023 9:17 am**

We have been blessed with good penalty takers over the last couple of decades. Jayrod and Chris Wood I guess have decent records

On the other hand I am sure Marty Taylor has a good record other than the one he took for us. Proved very costly

Posted: **Mon Feb 20, 2023 10:33 am**

Bordeauxclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 19, 2023 2:10 pm
Did Sam Vokes miss any for Burnley?

He didn't and always looked assured taking them. When he went to Stoke, they'd had a bad run with pens so Sam took one on his debut for them and promptly missed.

Posted: **Mon Feb 20, 2023 10:37 am**

Payton always seemed reliable from the spot. Not sure how many he took and scored or missed though.

Posted: **Mon Feb 20, 2023 10:42 am**

1989_claret wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 20, 2023 10:37 am
Payton always seemed reliable from the spot. Not sure how many he took and scored or missed though.

Did Payts ever miss one for us?

Posted: **Mon Feb 20, 2023 12:03 pm**

Have we anyone with a 100% failure rate?

Posted: **Mon Feb 20, 2023 12:07 pm**

distortiondave wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 20, 2023 12:03 pm
Have we anyone with a 100% failure rate?

Max Cornet as already referenced.

Posted: **Mon Feb 20, 2023 12:10 pm**

distortiondave wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 20, 2023 12:03 pm
Have we anyone with a 100% failure rate?

Did Gifton Noel Williams take another for us after sending one to the moon ?

Posted: **Mon Feb 20, 2023 12:32 pm**

I remember us having Grezza and David Unsworth on the pitch and neither were the designated penalty taker because we still had Andy Gray (who I don't think missed any). I'm pretty sure also had Robbie Blake on the pitch too - late 2007.

Posted: **Mon Feb 20, 2023 1:00 pm**

Jimmy Mac

Posted: **Mon Feb 20, 2023 1:35 pm**

I had a memory of Jimmy Mac missing a few. I was very young so could be wrong.

Posted: **Mon Feb 20, 2023 1:41 pm**

Gordon “bomber” Harris wasn’t too bad at taking penalties.

Posted: **Mon Feb 20, 2023 2:01 pm**

Colburn_Claret wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 19, 2023 9:42 am
Grezza, Uve and Bash are all excellent.
I think Grezza's was the better technique, always felt confident when he stood forward.

I seem to recall Grezza being asked of his technique and saying his technique was just run and kick it as hard as he could, if he didn't know where it was going neither would the keeper!

For a player whose technique is rarely considered a strong point (is it 2 goals for us where he's had more than 2 touches including the shot?) Barnes' penalty technique always impresses me. Always very well placed with plenty of pace.

Posted: **Mon Feb 20, 2023 2:08 pm**

spt_claret wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 20, 2023 2:01 pm
I seem to recall Grezza being asked of his technique and saying his technique was just run and kick it as hard as he could, if he didn't know where it was going neither would the keeper!

For a player whose technique is rarely considered a strong point (is it 2 goals for us where he's had more than 2 touches including the shot?) Barnes' penalty technique always impresses me. Always very well placed with plenty of pace.

I would say Barnes’ technique is probably his strongest point.

Posted: **Mon Feb 20, 2023 2:17 pm**

Rileybobs wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 20, 2023 2:08 pm
I would say Barnes’ technique is probably his strongest point.

His technique is baffling to me. Excellent chest control, but his first touch is often better than his second, which is better than his third. Nuisance for defenders because it's quite unusual to see that.

Posted: **Mon Feb 20, 2023 2:21 pm**

spt_claret wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 20, 2023 2:01 pm
I seem to recall Grezza being asked of his technique and saying his technique was just run and kick it as hard as he could, if he didn't know where it was going neither would the keeper!

For a player whose technique is rarely considered a strong point (is it 2 goals for us where he's had more than 2 touches including the shot?) Barnes' penalty technique always impresses me. Always very well placed with plenty of pace.

I would say that Grezza is being economical with the truth there, he always used a straight run up, but then either hit it with his instep, outside of his foot or straight down the middle, impossible to read.

Posted: **Mon Feb 20, 2023 2:25 pm**

spt_claret wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 20, 2023 2:01 pm
I seem to recall Grezza being asked of his technique and saying his technique was just run and kick it as hard as he could, if he didn't know where it was going neither would the keeper!

For a player whose technique is rarely considered a strong point (is it 2 goals for us where he's had more than 2 touches including the shot?) Barnes' penalty technique always impresses me. Always very well placed with plenty of pace.

I recall he said that he made his mind up before he stepped up, and never changed his mind. He also practiced into an empty net, because of he hit it right the goalkeeper was irrelevant.

Posted: **Mon Feb 20, 2023 4:09 pm**

What’s he doing now Alexander? He was at Motherwell but left.

Posted: **Mon Feb 20, 2023 6:31 pm**

Good thread. But which of our goalkeepers saved the most penalties?

Posted: **Mon Feb 20, 2023 6:36 pm**

Maybe a bit unfair on Barnes, but I always get the impression he's almost too daft to feel the pressure of taking a penalty.

Some players looks slightly uneasy stepping up. He never does .

Posted: **Mon Feb 20, 2023 7:06 pm**

I believe Brian Miller never missed a penalty for us, but not sure how many he took …. Any one remember ?

Posted: **Mon Feb 20, 2023 9:12 pm**

distortiondave wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 20, 2023 12:03 pm
Have we anyone with a 100% failure rate?

Maxwel Cornet & Gifton Noel-Williams already mentioned.

I can add Matty Taylor, Scott Arfield, Micah Hyde & John Angus to that list.

All of them too just one.

Posted: **Mon Feb 20, 2023 9:13 pm**

NRC wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 20, 2023 4:09 pm
What’s he doing now Alexander? He was at Motherwell but left.

Got sacked at Motherwell. Don’t think he’s got another club.

Posted: **Mon Feb 20, 2023 9:47 pm**

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 20, 2023 10:42 am
Did Payts ever miss one for us?

Missed one against Norwich at the Turf. Think Ian Moore made his debut that day

Posted: **Mon Feb 20, 2023 9:53 pm**

matttheclaret wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 20, 2023 9:47 pm
Missed one against Norwich at the Turf. Think Ian Moore made his debut that day

Thanks Matt. I thought he had missed one but couldn’t think of one.

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