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Burnley FC
Founded 1881 as Burnley Rovers AFC
Turned professional 1883
Name Changed May 1882

Players provided 29
 Different scorers 6 (18 goals)
Total appearances 99
1889-2022

Turf Moor
Domestic Honours Football League Division Two winners 1897-98, 1972-73, runners-up 1912-13, 1946-47; Division One runners-up 1919-20, 1961-62; Champions 1920-21, 1959-60; Division Three winners 1981-82, Division Four winners 1991-92;
FA Cup winners 1913-14, runners-up 1946-47, 1961-62;
Football League Cup best: semi-finals 1959-60, 2008-09;
FA Charity Shield shared 1960, winners 1973;
Texaco Cup runners-up 1973-74 (beaten by Newcastle United, agg 1-2);
Anglo-Scottish Cup winners 1978-79;
Associate-Members Trophy runners-up 1987-88, Northern Section runners-up 1997-98;
After League restructure: Division Three/League Two sixth place-play-off winners 1993-94; Division Two/League One runners-up 1999-2000, play-off winners 1993-94; Division One/Championship fifth place-play-off winners 2008-09; runners-up 2013-14, winners 2015-16, winners 2015-16, 2022-23;
FA Premier League best seventh 2017-18;
European Honours European Cup only: quarter-finals 1960-61 (beaten by SV Hamburg, agg 2-7)
Inter-City Fairs Cup only: quarter-finals 1966-67 (beaten by Eintracht Frankfurt, agg 2-3)
Home venue Turf Moor, since 1883; Calder Vale, 1882-83;
Home strip Claret shirts with sky blue sleeves, white shorts, claret socks.

  

The 29 Players   10 with only one app.
Ply no. Name Pos App Gls
GA		 Mins Playing Career
Alf Jones reserve February 1885
Jack Keenan reserve February 1888, reserve March 1888
1 165 John Yates OL 1 0 90 1889 90 min
2 212 Jimmy Crabtree F/HB 3 0 270 1894-95 1 year
34 days
3 242 Jack Hillman GK 1 2ᵍᵃ 90 1899 90 min
4 264 Billy Bannister CH 1 0 90 1901 90 min
5 339 Bert Freeman CF 3 2 270 1912 42 days
6 363 Tommy Boyle CH 1 0 90 1913 90 min
7 375 Billy Watson LH 3 0 270 1913-19 6 years
203 days
8 381 Eddie Mosscrop OL 2 0 180 1914 19 days

  

9 396 Bob Kelly IF 11 6 990 1920-25 3 years
359 days
10 421 Jerry Dawson GK 2 2ᵍᵃ 180 1921-22 168 days
11 486 Jack Hill CH/RH 8 0 675 1925-27 2 years
272 days
12 513 George Waterfield LB 1 0 90 1927 90 min
516 Louis Page OL 7 1 630 1927 192 days
14 531 Jack Bruton OR 3 0 270 1928-29 331 days
George Beel reserve October 1928
Peter Kippax withdrawn starter May 1947

23 years 35 days between Bruton & Elliott...
 
Ply no. Name Pos Start/
Sub		 App Gls
GA		 Mins Playing Career
Tommy Cummings reserve October 1950
15 716 Billy Elliott OL 5
0		 5 3 450 1952 192 days
Jimmy Adamson reserve April 1953
16 741 Brian Pilkington OL 1
0		 1 0 90 1954 90 min
17 768 Colin McDonald GK 8
0		 8 11ᵍᵃ 720 1958 222 days
18 783 John Connelly OF 10
0		 10 4 900 1959-63 3 years
133 days
19 796 John Angus LB 1
0		 1 0 90 1961 90 min
797 Brian Miller RH 1
0		 1 0 90 1961 90 min
21 799 Ray Pointer CF 3
0		 3 2 270 1961 27 days
22 841 Gordon Harris OL 1
0		 1 0 90 1966 90 min
23 864 Ralph Coates OR 1
1		 2 0 102 1970-71 1 year
24 893 Martin Dobson M 4
0		 4 0 360 1974 63 days

41 years 357 days
  
25 1216 Tom Heaton GK 1
2		 3 4ᵍᵃ 93 2016-17 1 year
17 days
26 1219 Michael Keane CD 2
0		 2 0 180 2017 4 days
27 1229 Jack Cork M 0
1		 1 0 4 2017 4 min
28 1231 James Tarkowski CD 2
0		 2 0 151 2018 168 days
29 1234 Nick Pope GK 7
1		 8 1ᵍᵃ 630 2018-22 3 years
295 days
James Trafford an unused substitute March 2024

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