Tom Anderson.

[boatshed bill]

Ex Burnley, playing against Palace.
Interesting career of loans.

[ClaretTony]

Ex Burnley, playing against Palace.
Interesting career of loans.

He’s been on the bench recently but good to see him back. Not just ex-Burnley but a Burnley lad.

[Jakubs Tash]

He might have been born in Burnley General but he went to school in Accrington…which would be unusual if he was a Burnley lad.

[blatherwickstattoos]

He might have been born in Burnley General but he went to school in Accrington…which would be unusual if he was a Burnley lad.

My eldest lad goes to Ribblesdale but is from Burnley….

[Tricky Trevor]

He might have been born in Burnley General but he went to school in Accrington…which would be unusual if he was a Burnley lad.

Raised in Haslingden was how I heard it.

[Big Vinny K]

He might have been born in Burnley General but he went to school in Accrington…which would be unusual if he was a Burnley lad.

Not really - at the time Tom was at school many parents were sending their children to schools in Accrington because the likes of Saint Christophers were performing better than all the burnley schools.

[wilks_bfc]

He might have been born in Burnley General but he went to school in Accrington…which would be unusual if he was a Burnley lad.

What difference does that make?
I was born in Burnley, lived in Nelson and went to school in Colne

[CoolClaret]

He might have been born in Burnley General but he went to school in Accrington…which would be unusual if he was a Burnley lad.

Born in Burnley, grew up in Burnley, schooled in Blackburn (there's many of us)

[Claret Till I Die]

He might have been born in Burnley General but he went to school in Accrington…which would be unusual if he was a Burnley lad.

Both my lads were born in Burnley General but went to school in Accrington. They weren't alone in doing so either.

[Claretitus]

He certainly did grow up in Burnley. His parents’ back garden backed onto ours. He lived on Wythburn Close in Ightenhill, just off Cumbrian Way. After Wellfield Church School, he attended St Christopher’s Church School in Accrington.

[Jakubs Tash]

He went to Mount Carmel in Accrington. My mum taught him.

[mdd2]

Born in Burnley, grew up in Burnley, schooled in Blackburn (there's many of us)

RC boy Cool Claret?

[Alan Young]

He went to Mount Carmel in Accrington. My mum taught him.

He went to St Christopher’s.

[Jakubs Tash]

Quite a lot of responses to me on this thread….some with a bit of an edge...(maybe a bad day at work for some)….

If you’re local you’re typically either born in Burnley, Blackburn or Bury. I was born in Bury but never lived there. I knew he schooled in Accrington so was trying to say (maybe in a poorly worded way) that it wasn’t a ‘gimme’ that he was actually a Burnley lad.

[Alan Young]

Quite a lot of responses to me on this thread….some with a bit of an edge...(maybe a bad day at work for some)….

If you’re local you’re typically either born in Burnley, Blackburn or Bury. I was born in Bury but never lived there. I knew he schooled in Accrington so was trying to say (maybe in a poorly worded way) that it wasn’t a ‘gimme’ that he was actually a Burnley lad.

You’ve posted two things about Anderson. One suggesting he wasn’t from Burnley and one saying your mum taught him at a school he didn’t attend.

Maybe the responses are people trying to put the record straight.

[blatherwickstattoos]

Quite a lot of responses to me on this thread….some with a bit of an edge...(maybe a bad day at work for some)….

If you’re local you’re typically either born in Burnley, Blackburn or Bury. I was born in Bury but never lived there. I knew he schooled in Accrington so was trying to say (maybe in a poorly worded way) that it wasn’t a ‘gimme’ that he was actually a Burnley lad.

Was well known he was a Burnley lad though and the replies were just responding to your theory he wasn’t because of the area he attended school.

[ClaretTony]

You’ve posted two things about Anderson. One suggesting he wasn’t from Burnley and one saying your mum taught him at a school he didn’t attend.

Maybe the responses are people trying to put the record straight.

Spot on - Burnley lad and his mum worked at a Burnley school too

[123EasyasBFC]

He definitely went to st.christophers, my lad went to hollins and played against him in school team when they were 13/14

[shulgin]

A friend of mine who is a hardcore Blackburn fan knows Tom through family links. Struggles to find a bad word to say against him. Says he is a really nice guy.

[Silkyskills1]

Tom Anderson went to Mount Carmel RC High School for years 7 and 8. His mum taught music at the same school when he was there.

[claretonthecoast1882]

schooled in Blackburn

It shows

[Conroy92]

Feel a bit guilty saying this but I only recognise the name because his performance in a pre season friendly against Accrington stands out as one of the worst I have ever seen in a Burnley shirt.