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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 ...
Burnley subsequently lost 3–2 to Kilmarnock, but defeated Northern 4–0. [3] Several weeks after winning the 1914 FA Cup, the club embarked on its first tour to continental Europe, playing sides from the German Empire and Austria-Hungary. Burnley won their first match with foreign opposition on foreign soil; 2–1 against Viktoria Berlin. [4]
During the 1920–21 season, Burnley embarked on a 30-match unbeaten league run, setting an English record. [a] From the 1950s until the 1970s, under chairman Bob Lord, Burnley became renowned for their youth policy and scouting system, and were one of the first to set up a purpose-built training ground. When the team won the 1959–60 Football ...
Burnley 0–6 Hereford United, Fourth Division, 24 January 1987; Burnley 0–6 Manchester City, Second Division (third tier), 9 March 1999 [6] [34] Record League Cup defeat: Manchester City 5–0 Burnley, first round, 11 August 1999 [6] [40] Record European defeat: Hamburger SV 4–1 Burnley, European Cup quarter-final, 15 March 1961 [6] [32]
Pages in category "Burnley F.C. seasons" The following 62 pages are in this category, out of 62 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Burnley struggled in the Second Division and narrowly avoided further relegation in 1931–32 by two points; Beel, Burnley's all-time top goal scorer with 188 goals, left the club during the season. Gates at Turf Moor dropped under 5,000 in 1932; to reattract the interest of the local community, a supporters' club was formed, after which the ...
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 ...
This season, the club participated in the Premier League, FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022. Burnley suffered poor form throughout their season and in mid-April, with the club in the relegation zone, manager Sean Dyche was sacked after nearly 10 years in charge