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My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 9:42 am
by Clarets4me
I'm sure this must have been done before, but here goes ....
West Ham ( A ) 23/8/1975 - Lost 3-2 ... ( James, Noble )
First game on the Turf, Notts County 2/9/1978 - Won 2-1 ( Noble, Brennan )
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 9:46 am
by Mondsley
Burnley 4 Chelsea 4 11th March 1961. We were fined for fielding a weakened team in a week leading up to the European Cup. A certain Jimmy Greaves scored an 87th minute equaliser for Chelsea. And what a ride it has been since. My wife always says I can't remember what happened last week but can remember Burnley's results from 40 years ago. And she's right!!
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 9:50 am
by AGENT_CLARET
Taken on by my uncle David, my parents aren't sport fan's so I had to wait a few year's before he was allowed to take me on.
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Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 9:52 am
by Clarets4me
Mondsley wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 9:46 am
Burnley 4 Chelsea 4 11th March 1961. We were fined for fielding a weakened team in a week leading up to the European Cup. A certain Jimmy Greaves scored an 87th minute equaliser for Chelsea. And what a ride it has been since. My wife always says I can't remember what happened last week but can remember Burnley's results from 40 years ago. And she's right!!
Harris ( 2 ) Lochead ( 2 ) ....
Every sympathy on the memory issue, I can remember the entire British Lions team from the 1974 Tests v South Africa, but ask me what I was doing last Tuesday, then without resorting to my diary, I haven't a " Scooby " ...
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 9:53 am
by jdrobbo
Burnley 1-1 Blackpool
February 22nd, 1992
Division 4
Eli and Bamber
https://youtu.be/50CWU01Y5Og
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 9:53 am
by Darthlaw
The Orient game.
I don't remember much although I've been told it wasn't an ordinary game
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 10:01 am
by depechedingle
Burnley 5 Cambridge United 3
24th November 1979
a mere 6 years old, my main memory is Alan Biley and his shocking blonde hair.
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 10:02 am
by Devils_Advocate
Burnley v Leeds towards the end of the 82/83 season. I'd started going on games the season before but I missed the home game against Burnley earlier in the season so this ended up being my first away game and first Burnley game as well.
Can't remember the score but I'm sure we went back to Leeds with the win
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 10:05 am
by CleggHall
West Ham at Turf Moor, August 1959 took the lead by Connelly but lost 1-3 to a Hammers side possibly including Cantwell, Woosnam and Bond. Hooked since then.
Mondsley was at 1961 Chelsea game too, probably travelled on same coach as you from Littleborough.
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 10:16 am
by gawthorpe_view
depechedingle wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 10:01 am
Burnley 5 Cambridge United 3
24th November 1979
a mere 6 years old, my main memory is Alan Biley and his shocking blonde hair.
With a starring role for referee Keith McNally!
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 10:18 am
by durhamclaret
Burnley v West Brom New Years Eve 1966 won 5-1, Lochhead 2, Irvine 2 and a recently transferred to West Brom John Talbut own goal, stood next to the tunnel in th’enclosure.
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 10:23 am
by 4:20
The Orient Game
I was 4
Sat with my dad in the Bob Lord
Fell asleep in the 2nd half holding a tube of fruit pastels
Woke up to the sight of a conga line on the pitch in front
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 10:29 am
by Claret Till I Die
Wembley 2009
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 10:29 am
by sjb
Burnley Reserves 0 Newcastle Reserves 1 September 15 1963
First team - Burnley 2 Blackpool 2 August 22 1964
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 10:33 am
by Quickenthetempo
Clarets4me wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 9:42 am
I'm sure this must have been done before, but here goes ....
West Ham ( A ) 23/8/1975 - Lost 3-2 ... ( James, Noble )
First game on the Turf, Notts County 2/9/1978 - Won 2-1 ( Noble, Brennan )
Is there any reason you went to an away game in London, before waiting 3 years to go on the Turf?
I can't imagine West Ham away in the 70s was the first choice for parents taking kids on?
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 10:35 am
by Quickenthetempo
1983 Millwall at home Vince Overson scored (who my dad had took me on to watch) in a 1-1 draw.
At 5yrs old I was more interested in running around the empty bee hole end terrace to be honest.
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 10:40 am
by Cooclaret
Halifax Town (H) 2-1
24th November 1990 and it snowed.
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 10:48 am
by Down_Rover
Burnley 0 Leeds 1 last game of 1966 season. A win would have made us runners up
50 years later to the day I was at Charlton with two children watching us win the Championship
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 10:50 am
by Down_Rover
Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 10:02 am
Burnley v Leeds towards the end of the 82/83 season. I'd started going on games the season before but I missed the home game against Burnley earlier in the season so this ended up being my first away game and first Burnley game as well.
Can't remember the score but I'm sure we went back to Leeds with the win
I could be mistaken but I think that might be the match when we were beaten single handed by Eddie Gray
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 10:51 am
by jedi_master
Burnley 1 - 0 Mansfield Town, 19th September 1992.
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 10:58 am
by Culmclaret
Ipswich (A) 73/74. L 2-3. Great game. Taffy scored a brilliant solo goal to pull it back to 1-2 and Doug Collins got the second to set up a tense finish but we couldn’t quite make it. Took us a while after that before we won at Ipswich!
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:04 am
by burnmark
Burnley v Peterborough (H) 30-4-83
Lost 2-1
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:05 am
by burnmark
Burnley v Peterborough (H) 30-4-83
Lost 2-1
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:08 am
by kendaldave
Burnley 0 Arsenal 3 on September 28th 1963. Would love to know what our line-up was that day as I was very young and I can only remember a few details!
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:08 am
by ClaretTricks
some game on the last day in 1987
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:09 am
by Flying Without Ings
My memory is very patchy. Can’t remember the year but would’ve been early 2000s. I seem to recall playing Watford at home and winning 2-0(?). I remember for the entertainment they had two inflatable wrestlers fighting on the pitch either pre-game or half time, or something like that.
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:18 am
by NottsClaret
Burnley v Peterborough United. 0-0. 1st November 1986. 4th Division.
About 2,000 there.
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:20 am
by Neil
Sure we mentioned this about a year ago, we share the same first game!
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:27 am
by Rammy1968
West Ham 0 Burnley 1. I was on holiday at relatives and for my birthday my uncle bought my dad, my brother and myself a ticket in the West Ham stand. Even though I was 4 at the time we nearly got filled in when Colin Waldron scored the winner. I think it was October 1973. I was hooked ever since
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:32 am
by Stan Tastic
kendaldave wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:08 am
Burnley 0 Arsenal 3 on September 28th 1963. Would love to know what our line-up was that day as I was very young and I can only remember a few details!
Blacklaw
Talbut
Angus
Miller
Adamson
Harris
Morgan
Joyce
Connelly
Lochhead
Robson
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:35 am
by durhamclaret
Down_Rover wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 10:50 am
I could be mistaken but I think that might be the match when we were beaten single handed by Eddie Gray
The Eddie Gray game v Burnley was in 1970.
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:40 am
by Tricky Trevor
kendaldave wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:08 am
Burnley 0 Arsenal 3 on September 28th 1963. Would love to know what our line-up was that day as I was very young and I can only remember a few details!
For yourself and anybody wishing to do the same, go to the link, find your match and all the stats are available.
https://public.tableau.com/views/Burnle ... obile=true
This is your game.
https://public.tableau.com/views/Burnle ... obile=true
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:42 am
by Herts Clarets
Burnley 0-0 Stoke City 26/04/1975 in the Bob Lord with my Dad. I was 6 years old.
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:43 am
by Mondsley
CleggHall wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 10:05 am
West Ham at Turf Moor, August 1959 took the lead by Connelly but lost 1-3 to a Hammers side possibly including Cantwell, Woosnam and Bond. Hooked since then.
Mondsley was at 1961 Chelsea game too, probably travelled on same coach as you from Littleborough.
Afraid not Clegg Hall. As I was only 6 at the time my Dad thought the ten past one Ribble was a better option thus avoiding Ellen Smith's or the ruffians on Yelloway
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:44 am
by Tricky Trevor
kendaldave wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:08 am
Burnley 0 Arsenal 3 on September 28th 1963. Would love to know what our line-up was that day as I was very young and I can only remember a few details!
That second link to your match failed when I checked it. Here you go.
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Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:45 am
by claretinkorea
Burnley 3 - 0 Aldershot
22 Sept 1990
Thought they were world beaters that day
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:45 am
by IanMcL
Reading v Mighty Clarets FA Cup. 1965 1-1
Stood proudly, with my Burnley scarf on in amongst the Burnley fans.
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:46 am
by scouseclaret
https://youtu.be/NNItsthl0WU
I’m the kid in the parka behind the Bee Hole end goal.
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:47 am
by kendaldave
Tricky Trevor wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:44 am
That second link to your match failed when I checked it. Here you go.
E9ECD2EC-6EC6-4FA5-82B6-BDF8DF613ECE.jpeg
Brilliant, thanks very much!
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:49 am
by kendaldave
Stan Tastic wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:32 am
Blacklaw
Talbut
Angus
Miller
Adamson
Harris
Morgan
Joyce
Connelly
Lochhead
Robson
Thanks very much!
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:55 am
by TheFamilyCat
Burnley 1 - 1 Stockport. 31/10/1987.
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:57 am
by Quicknick
Burnley 4 Fulham 0 1962-63.
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 12:00 pm
by Tricky Trevor
IanMcL wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:45 am
Reading v Mighty Clarets FA Cup. 1965 1-1
Stood proudly, with my Burnley scarf on in amongst the Burnley fans.
The day of Winston Churchills state funeral.
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 12:01 pm
by Suratclaret
Burnley v Wolves November 1956. Won 3-0. It was my first game watching the first team. My dad had taken me to a few reserve games before that match to get me used to big crowds!
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 12:02 pm
by IanMcL
Tricky Trevor wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 12:00 pm
The day of Winston Churchills state funeral.
That passed me by. Nothing came close to my first Burnley match! My team!
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 12:05 pm
by claretbob
3-0 against QPR on the Turf in 1974. Another who was reluctantly taken on my a non football parent who hated every minute of it. I can still remember the
Longside chanting “ Davie Thomas is a homosexual” and my father’s expression when I asked him what that meant!
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 12:43 pm
by Cajun
Beat Sheffield Utd 2-0 at the Turf Oct 23 , 1965, with Bomber and big Andy netting. Had been pestering my dad to take me to matches with him for ages, and he finally took me for a birthday treat. - still have the scarf he gave me that day.
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 12:59 pm
by the_magic_rat
F.A. Cup 5th Round Manchester United 2 Burnley 1. 20.02.65 Leading with 10 minutes to go then Best intervened. I believe he laid the winner on with only one boot on to break the heart of a 6-year old me.
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 1:07 pm
by gandhisflipflop
Last home game of 1992 season. Got my photo with Jimmy Mullen
Re: My first Burnley game ....
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 1:10 pm
by Steeton claret
Burnley v Walsall 1996 think it was 2-1 to us if I remember correctly
