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England Players' Club
Affiliations
Burnley
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Burnley
FC Profile |
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Club name
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Burnley Football Club |
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Previous names |
Burley Rovers RFC 1881-82 |
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Ground(s) |
Turf Moor, since 1882 |
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Founded
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May 1882 out of Burley Rovers RFC, turned
professional 1883 |
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Colours |
Claret shirts with light blue band, white shorts,
white stockings |
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Domestic honours |
Football League Champions 1920-21, 1959-60; Division
Two winners 1897-98, 1972-73; Division Three winners 1981-82; Division
Four winners 1991-92;
FA Cup winners 1913-14, runners-up 1946-47, 1961-62;
Associate-Members (Sherpa-Van) Trophy runners-up 1987-88;
Anglo-Scottish Cup winners 1978-79;
FA Charity Shield winners 1973, joint winners 1960; |
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European honours |
None |
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International honours |
None |
Most Appearances
Player
No. |
England
Players |
Years |
Starts |
Subs |
Apps |
Capt |
Goals |
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165 |
Yates,
John |
1889 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
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212 |
Crabtree,
James William |
1894-95 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
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242 |
Hillman, John |
1899 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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264 |
Bannister, William |
1901 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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339 |
Freeman,
Bertram Clewley |
1912 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
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375 |
Watson,
William |
1913-19 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
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381 |
Mosscrop,
Edwin |
1914 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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396 |
Kelly, Robert |
1920-25 |
11 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
6 |
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421 |
Dawson,
Jeremiah |
1921-22 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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486 |
Hill, John Henry |
1925-29 |
11 |
0 |
11 |
5 |
0 |
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513 |
Waterfield, George Smith |
1927 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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516 |
Page,
Louis Antonio |
1927 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
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531 |
Bruton,
John |
1928-29 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
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716 |
Elliott,
William Henry |
1952 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
3 |
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740 |
Pilkington, Brian |
1954 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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768 |
McDonald,
Colin Agnew |
1958 |
8 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
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783 |
Connelly,
John Michael |
1959-63 |
10 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
4 |
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796 |
Angus,
John |
1961 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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797 |
Miller,
George Brian |
1961 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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799 |
Pointer,
Raymond |
1961 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
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841 |
Harris, Gordon |
1966 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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864 |
Coates,
Ralph |
1970-71 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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893 |
Dobson,
John Martin |
1974 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
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23 |
Total |
1889-1974 |
84 |
1 |
85 |
5 |
21 |
Notes
Two Claret players have started at the same time for
England on ten different occasions between 1922 and 1961. Goalkeeper
Jerry Dawson and Bob Kelly started against Scotland, 8 April 1922. John
Hill then started alongside Kelly against Wales, 28 February 1925.
Hill captained England on five occasions in 1927 while
starting alongside his Burnley team-mates. Starting with Arthur Rigby on
three occasions in 1927, against Scotland, Belgium and France, 2 April, 21 and
26 May, and then Louis Page against Ireland and Wales, 22 October and 28
November.
It was not until 1961 before The Clarets put forward two
players in the same starting line-up. John Angus and Brian Miller
started against Austria, 27 May 1961. Ray Pointer and John Connelly then
started together twice, against Wales and Portugal in October 1961.
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