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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 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]
John Haworth was the first manager in the club's history to win a major honour, the FA Cup in 1914; under Haworth, Burnley also became champions of England for the first time in 1920–21. [16] Harry Potts led the club to its second First Division title during the 1959–60 campaign. [ 22 ]
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 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 ...
FA Cup fourth-round fixtures today: Every game, TV channel and start time 12:55 , Karl Matchett The FA Cup continues this weekend with the fourth round of the 2023-24 competition, and a host of ...
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Burnley's captain Tommy Boyle received the FA Cup trophy from King George V; it was the first time a reigning monarch attended an FA Cup final. [32] During this period, Turf Moor's capacity was increased to 50,000, almost equal to the town's male population.