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The FA Cup trophy is presented to Burnley captain Tommy Boyle by King George V in 1914 Team photograph of the 1920–21 First Division-winning side. Burnley won their first honour in 1883, when they won the Dr Dean's Cup, a knockout competition between amateur clubs in the Burnley area. [1]
Graph showing Burnley's league performance from the inaugural season of the Football League in 1888–89 to the present Burnley Football Club, an English association football club based in Burnley, Lancashire, was founded on 18 May 1882 as Burnley Rovers. [a] The suffix "Rovers" was soon dropped, and the club was simply known as "Burnley Football Club" at the time of its first recorded match ...
The Blackburn Rovers team which won the FA Cup in 1884. Team captain James Brown (front row, centre) holds the trophy.. The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout competition in English football, organised by and named after The Football Association (the FA), the governing body of the sport in England.
The FA changed its rule in 1885, allowing professionalism, and Burnley made their first appearance in the FA Cup in 1885–86. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In October 1886, Burnley's Turf Moor became the first professional ground to be visited by a member of the Royal Family , when Prince Albert Victor attended a friendly between Burnley and Bolton Wanderers ...
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The club also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. After losing 2–1 at home to West Ham United on 25 November 2023, Burnley became the second team in English league history (after Newport County in 1970–71) to lose their first seven home matches of the season. [1] The streak was ended the following game when Burnley defeated Sheffield ...
Follow live coverage as Reading face Burnley in the FA Cup today. This season marks the 144th edition of the world’s oldest cup competition, with Manchester United the reigning champions after ...
During the 1986–87 season, Burnley won only 12 of 46 league games and suffered a 3–0 FA Cup first round defeat at non-League Telford United. [20] [94] Burnley went into the season's last league match in bottom place; they needed to win against Orient, for Lincoln City to lose their game, and Torquay United to not win theirs. [93]