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Burnley Football Club (/ ˈ b ɜːr n l i /) is a professional football club based in Burnley, Lancashire, England. The club competes in the EFL Championship , the second tier of English football , following relegation from the Premier League in 2023–24 .
Sparts (after the Blyth Spartans A. F. C. football club), Blitherers Bognor Regis Boggers, Bog Buggers (pejorative, alludes to the last words of King George V) [12] Bolton Trotters (originally a football term, it is now used to describe anyone from Bolton and surrounding area), Noblot (collective noun, anagram for Bolton) [13] Bo'ness Bo'neds ...
Bert Freeman scored 115 goals in 189 appearances for Burnley between 1911 and 1921. Burnley Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Burnley, Lancashire. Founded on 18 May 1882, the club was one of the first to become professional (in 1883), putting pressure on the Football Association (FA) to permit payments to players. In 1885, the FA legalised ...
Sam Vokes won 40 caps and scored 7 goals for Wales while at Burnley. [1] At UEFA Euro 2016, he scored against Belgium in the quarter-finals, with Wales winning 3–1 and reaching the semi-finals of a major tournament for the first time. [2] Burnley Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Burnley ...
The 2024–25 season is the 143rd season in the history of Burnley Football Club and their first season back in the Championship following the club's relegation from the Premier League the previous season. In addition to the domestic league, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.
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 ...
On 10 August, Burnley won their first recorded game as an association football club, described by the local newspaper as "a trial match", against local side Burnley Wanderers by a scoreline of 4–0. Burnley played the game in a blue-white kit —the colours of the former rugby club—at their home ground Calder Vale, which was also inherited ...
Jerry Dawson holds the record for most Burnley appearances, with 569. Burnley Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Burnley , Lancashire . Founded on 18 May 1882, the club was one of the first to become professional (in 1883), putting pressure on the Football Association (FA) to permit payments ...