Just watched The Big Match Revisited, Leighton James missed a penalty away at Derby, got me thinking who has the best penalty record for Burnley? Have we had someone with 100% record?

Barnes has never missed for us, 9 from 9.

Graham Alexander was pretty good

I'm not sure how many they've both taken, but pretty sure neither Sam Vokes or Ashley Barnes have missed one for us

Peter Noble?

matttheclaret wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 14, 2025 11:44 am

I'm not sure how many they've both taken, but pretty sure neither Sam Vokes or Ashley Barnes have missed one for us

You are right. Both have scored 9 from 9.

Ade Akinbiyi

100%

Pretty sure Peter Noble scored 20-odd without ever missing

Peter Noble 28 /28

Dont recall Chris Wood missing one

Peter noble before my time, but thats some record and the kind of stat i was hoping to see. How many did Andy Payton miss? Is there anywhere to check stats like this?

I thought Barnsey myself but wasn't sure if he had missed one.

Other than shoot outs I don't remember us missing many in recent years. Although we did go age without being awarded one.

TheFamilyCat wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 14, 2025 12:18 pm

Other than shoot outs I don't remember us missing many in recent years. Although we did go age without being awarded one.

I think our record is about 3/3 for our 9 seasons in the Premier League!

Remember celebrating every penalty like it was a goal when grezza played for us…. Then he missed one into the CFS. I was gutted…

scouseclaret wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 14, 2025 12:23 pm

I think our record is about 3/3 for our 9 seasons in the Premier League!

We had just 3 pens in 9 premier league seasons?

Peter Noble for me can't remember him missing one ..

Peter Noble - was it 28 out of 28. He did miss one once but the referee ordered a retake.

scouseclaret wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 14, 2025 12:23 pm

I think our record is about 3/3 for our 9 seasons in the Premier League!

We had six in 2016/17, all scored. Two each for Barnes, Gray & Vokes. Five of them were away too at Southampton, Arsenal, Swansea, Everton & Watford.

That Barnes penalty at Anfield broke the scousers home record.Pure bliss.

Rumpelstiltskin wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 14, 2025 12:10 pm

Peter Noble 28 /28

Wow

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 14, 2025 12:42 pm

Peter Noble - was it 28 out of 28. He did miss one once but the referee ordered a retake.

Don't think I've ever seen a ref order a penalty retake in my time watching Burnley. Must be pretty rare events

Transpennine wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 14, 2025 12:35 pm

We had just 3 pens in 9 premier league seasons?

Well considering I can recall us missing at least two with Taylor v Leicester and Cornet v West Ham? I don’t think he’s right with that stat

JohnDearyMe wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 14, 2025 5:12 pm

Don't think I've ever seen a ref order a penalty retake in my time watching Burnley. Must be pretty rare events

It happened at Hillsborough one year.

It was when Stan ran onto the pitch to stop the pitch invader from doing something worse than just running onto the pitch!

Funny with the Nobel pens , each time I walked up to take one I did think he would miss . I knew I was going to see him miss one , I just knew it .
Alas I was wrong .

Never saw Mark Winstanley miss one!

wilks_bfc wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 14, 2025 5:19 pm

Well considering I can recall us missing at least two with Taylor v Leicester and Cornet v West Ham? I don’t think he’s right with that stat

And Arfield v Palace.

Total pens in Prem

2009/10: 6 all scored
2014/15: 2 neither scored
2016/17 6 all scored
2017/18: none
2018/19: 2 both scored
2019/20: 3 all scored
2020/21: 3 all scored
2021/22: 2, 1 scored
2023/24: 3 all scored

So 24 scored out of 27

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 14, 2025 6:50 pm

And Arfield v Palace.

Total pens in Prem

2009/10: 6 all scored
2014/15: 2 neither scored
2016/17 6 all scored
2017/18: none
2018/19: 2 both scored
2019/20: 3 all scored
2020/21: 3 all scored
2021/22: 2, 1 scored
2023/24: 3 all scored

So 24 scored out of 27

Thought there was another but couldn’t recall it (I’ll put that down to lack of sleep and the amount of Mythos I’ve had on first day in Zante )

wilks_bfc wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 14, 2025 6:55 pm

Thought there was another but couldn’t recall it (I’ll put that down to lack of sleep and the amount of Mythos I’ve had on first day in Zante )

The longest we went without one was from Vokes scoring T Everton in 2016/17 (game 33) to Southampton in 2018/19 (game 25). That’s a total of 68 games.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 14, 2025 6:50 pm

2014/15: 2 neither scored

Could argue that if we'd scored both of those that we'd have stayed up at Villa's expense, given Vardy scored immediately after Taylor missed his

Roosterbooster wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 14, 2025 7:13 pm

Could argue that if we'd scored both of those that we'd have stayed up at Villa's expense, given Vardy scored immediately after Taylor missed his

Within seconds wasn’t it?

fidelcastro wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 14, 2025 5:31 pm

It happened at Hillsborough one year.

It was when Stan ran onto the pitch to stop the pitch invader from doing something worse than just running onto the pitch!

First game of the 2001/02 season played on a Sunday evening. Possibly the first live game on ITV digital.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 14, 2025 12:42 pm

Peter Noble - was it 28 out of 28. He did miss one once but the referee ordered a retake.

His penalty kick at Cricket Field End was saved by Middlesbrough’s Jim Platt who dived low to his left to save Noble’s kick. Ref ordered a retake due to encroachment by Boro player and Uve’s miss was expunged from the record.

In the early 1990’s I did a fundraising quiz with 100 questions and answers to be filled in on a sheet.

I included the question regarding Noble’s penalties and I had on my records that it was 28/28 but someone challenged me and showed an alternative written record showing 27/27.

After much soul searching and querying (pre Google days) I saw Peter in Churchills bar one Saturday night so decided to ask him
for the definitive answer. Peter came straight back at me and said he didn’t know the correct answer himself!


When I explained why I needed confirmation he just laughed and bollocked me because he was fed up of numerous people coming to his shop to ask him the question from my quiz sheet.

JohnDearyMe wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 14, 2025 5:12 pm

Don't think I've ever seen a ref order a penalty retake in my time watching Burnley. Must be pretty rare events

Dennis Tueart took 3 penalty kicks for Man City in 1976 at the Turf. First was saved, second scored but ordered to retake due to encroachment and third hit the post. Game finished 0-0.

Wasn't there a retake v Palace at home 83ish? Laws and McGee seems to ring a bell.....

TheFamilyCat wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 14, 2025 9:01 pm

First game of the 2001/02 season played on a Sunday evening. Possibly the first live game on ITV digital.

I was actually at the game, but I think you could be right.

TheFamilyCat wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 14, 2025 9:01 pm

First game of the 2001/02 season played on a Sunday evening. Possibly the first live game on ITV digital.

Seem to remember Paul Cook scoring a penalty at Hillsborough in a 2-0 (?) win to get the season off to a good start.

I'm pretty sure Brian Miller never missed a penalty for Burnley ..

Herts Clarets wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 15, 2025 12:00 am

Dennis Tueart took 3 penalty kicks for Man City in 1976 at the Turf. First was saved, second scored but ordered to retake due to encroachment and third hit the post. Game finished 0-0.

Wasn't there a retake v Palace at home 83ish? Laws and McGee seems to ring a bell.....

There was (I think?) a retake V Palace at the Turf in the FA Cup around 83/84. We missed the original kick, but the ref controversially ordered a retake and we scored and won the game 1-0. Palace absolutely fuming! I'm thinking it might have been Steve Taylor with the pen, but not sure.
I well remember the City game which ended 0-0 with it's series of missed penalties.

Remco van der Schaaf never missed one for us.

Roosterbooster wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 14, 2025 7:13 pm

Could argue that if we'd scored both of those that we'd have stayed up at Villa's expense, given Vardy scored immediately after Taylor missed his

Or possibly Leicester's expense so there'd have been no title for them the following season. Taylor's penalty was a bit of a sliding doors moment.

BigF wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 14, 2025 11:43 am

Graham Alexander was pretty good

I recall Grandad putting one wide against David James. Didn't miss many though.

Rocket Ron Futcher i seem to recall he was pretty good at penalties or did i dream that? Anyone know his penalty record for us?

I've often thought about this since Alexander started taking them for us. And I will stand by this until someone says otherwise (as it is just a hunch). But I'd say our penalty record is up there with the very best over the last 16 years

In the championship we have missed 8 out of 65 pens (87.7% conversion rate)
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/burnley ... ata=GB2%26

We have missed only 3 in the premier league out of 28 penalties (89.3% conversion rate)
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/burnley ... ata=GB1%26

We have also won 8 out of 10 shootouts in our history
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fc-burn ... erein/1132

beeholeclaret wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 14, 2025 10:25 pm

His penalty kick at Cricket Field End was saved by Middlesbrough’s Jim Platt who dived low to his left to save Noble’s kick. Ref ordered a retake due to encroachment by Boro player and Uve’s miss was expunged from the record.

In the early 1990’s I did a fundraising quiz with 100 questions and answers to be filled in on a sheet.

I included the question regarding Noble’s penalties and I had on my records that it was 28/28 but someone challenged me and showed an alternative written record showing 27/27.

After much soul searching and querying (pre Google days) I saw Peter in Churchills bar one Saturday night so decided to ask him
for the definitive answer. Peter came straight back at me and said he didn’t know the correct answer himself!


When I explained why I needed confirmation he just laughed and bollocked me because he was fed up of numerous people coming to his shop to ask him the question from my quiz sheet.

So sadly, in his latter days he could remember how many penalties he’d scored but couldn’t remember having played football.

Top, top man was Uwe and one hell of a signing.

Dark Cloud wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 15, 2025 7:36 am

There was (I think?) a retake V Palace at the Turf in the FA Cup around 83/84. We missed the original kick, but the ref controversially ordered a retake and we scored and won the game 1-0. Palace absolutely fuming! I'm thinking it might have been Steve Taylor with the pen, but not sure.
I well remember the City game which ended 0-0 with it's series of missed penalties.

1982/83 FA Cup 5th Round Replay. You are correct about Steve Taylor. The original tie at Palace had finished 0-0 in a dreadful game which MOTD struggled to find any 'highlights' in. I went to Selhurst Park on a special train that day.

Peter Noble held the world record at one time for the most consecutive penalties scored.

In fact he was even an answer to a question on the 1st edition of Trivial Pursuit regarding this.

I used to often frequent Peter's shop in Burnley Market Hall and we had many natters over the years he had the shop and I happened to mention the Trivial Pursuit card, Peter didn't believe me, so next time I went to the market hall I gave Peter the card complete in a 360 perspex frame. This sat at the side of the till for a number of years

What's a penalty again?

Vincent'sCap wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 15, 2025 8:46 am

Rocket Ron Futcher i seem to recall he was pretty good at penalties or did i dream that? Anyone know his penalty record for us?

He once did his groin taking one for us

A picture of him taking that penalty is on the front cover of a Clarets book ( can't recall from that era.

sjb wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 15, 2025 10:33 am

1982/83 FA Cup 5th Round Replay. You are correct about Steve Taylor. The original tie at Palace had finished 0-0 in a dreadful game which MOTD struggled to find any 'highlights' in. I went to Selhurst Park on a special train that day.

Taylor missed an early penalty in the 6th round at home to Sheff Wed in the next game.