Drinkwater makes Turkey move
Former loan player Danny Drinkwater has today left Chelsea on loan for a third time, this time joining Turkish club Kasimpasa until the end of the sea...
18-01-2021 19:51
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Clarets take on Wolves today in Premier League 2
It’s third from bottom Burnley against second in the league Wolves today in Premier League 2 but such is the league that should Burnley win we would...
18-01-2021 19:51
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Point for under-23s in 0-0 draw
Burnley secured a point this afternoon against Wolves in Premier League 2 from a goalless draw at Gawthorpe.
The teams were;
Burnley: Lukas Jensen, Ri...
18-01-2021 19:51
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Burnley confirm four new directors
Burnley Football Club have confirmed that four new directors are to be added to the board alongside Alan Pace, Mike Garlick and John Banaszkiewicz. Th...
18-01-2021 19:51
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Lousy day at the London Stadium
Burnley suffered another 1-0 defeat yesterday at West Ham, a third defeat by this scoreline in the last four games and like the one at Leeds two days ...
17-01-2021 19:51
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We did it the Harry Potts way
When writing the history of Burnley Football Club there will be many people who would have to be referenced, people who played parts in the achievemen...
16-01-2021 19:51
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Eight day tour starts at West Ham
After three successive home games, that would have been four had the Fulham game not been postponed, we are now on the road for the next eight days wi...
16-01-2021 19:51
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Burnley beaten at West Ham
A ninth minute goal scored by Mikail Antonio was enough to give West Ham a 1-0 win against us this afternoon when, yet again, we failed to score a goa...
16-01-2021 19:51
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Brave Burnley go out in Anfield replay
Having drawn the FA Cup third round tie 0-0 at Turf Moor, Burnley travelled to Anfield three days later but exited the FA Cup after losing the replay ...
16-01-2021 19:51
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Youth League to restart without the Clarets
The most recent games played in the U18 Premier League were almost four weeks ago on 19th December last year, but the league gets back underway tomorr...
15-01-2021 19:51
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Quick return for Kavanagh
Tomorrow sees us facing West Ham United at the London Stadium in just our second Premier League game of the year and it will be refereed by Chris Kava...
15-01-2021 19:51
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Leeds six points clear in under-23 league
Monday, 21st December saw the final games of 2020 in Premier League 2 which saw Chelsea and Leeds go into the new year at the top of Divisions 1 and 2...
15-01-2021 19:51
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If you get your performance levels right you win games
Burnley travel to West Ham tomorrow with home manager David Moyes hoping his team can continue their recent good form. They are uneaten since losing a...
15-01-2021 19:51
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Norris enjoys great debut
Goalkeeper Will Norris made his Burnley debut last weekend in the FA Cup win against MK and it couldn’t have gone much better for him.
He was beaten...
15-01-2021 19:51
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Craven Cottage cup tie to be played on the Sunday
Fourth round tie at Craven Cottage
Burnley’s FA Cup 4th round tie against Fulham at Craven Cottage will be played on Sunday, 24th January with cover...
14-01-2021 19:52
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Jordan Cropper recalled from Chesterfield
Burnley have today recalled under-23 right-back Jordan Cropper from his season long loan at National League club Chesterfield.
Cropper moved to Cheste...
13-01-2021 19:51
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New Zealand Clarets ready for the weekend
They kicked off last season, meeting in Auckland for our 1-1 draw against Spurs, and this weekend the New Zealand Clarets will be together again this ...
13-01-2021 19:51
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Clarets suffer defeat in first league game of the year
Burnley continued the recent run of form with another good performance last night against Manchester United but it wasn’t enough to pick up any poin...
13-01-2021 19:51
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Burnley beaten by Manchester United
A Paul Pogba goal in the second half was enough to give Manchester United a 1-0 win against us tonight.
A full report will follow.
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13-01-2021 19:51
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Freddie to go to China
Former Burnley midfielder Fredrik Ulvestad is on the move and is expected to sign a two year deal with Chinese club Qingdao Hunaghai after running dow...
13-01-2021 19:51
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Cup classic sees Clarets earn a replay
The much awaited FA Cup tie in 1973 between the Second and First Division leaders Burnley and Liverpool at Turf Moor ended in a 0-0 draw and won us an...
13-01-2021 19:51
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I thought it was a good performance
Manchester United won the game 1-0 with a 71st minute goal scored by Paul Pogba but both managers were able to take positives from the game.
Ole Gunna...
13-01-2021 19:51
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Midfielder Ward joins under-18s from Hastings
Burnley have made another academy signing today with the capture of Hastings United midfielder Benn Ward who we believe came on as a substitute for th...
13-01-2021 19:51
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We’re going to have to be very good again
Manchester United are our visitors tonight, a second visit to Turf Moor as their manager for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer who took over from Jose Mourinho at ...
12-01-2021 19:52
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Referees confirmed for West Ham and Liverpool games
The Premier League have confirmed who will be refereeing our next two away games at West Ham and Liverpool.
The referee for the West Ham game will be ...
12-01-2021 19:52
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Manchester United kick off our 2021 league programme
A 1-0 win against Sheffield United took us out of 2020 and was followed by the penalty shoot out win against MK in the FA Cup ; now Manchester United ...
12-01-2021 19:52
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Youth Cup tie at Wimbledon is off
We should have been playing Wimbledon at Plough Lane tomorrow in the FA Youth Cup but the game will not go ahead after the FA suspended the competitio...
12-01-2021 19:52
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Friend back for second game of the season
Having not refereed a game in over a year at Turf Moor until November’s game against Crystal Palace, Kevin Friend is back within two months tonight ...
12-01-2021 19:52
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Away and home ties in double cup draw
Fourth round tie at Craven Cottage
The FA Cup had a different look tonight with the fourth round draw immediately followed by the draw for the fifth r...
12-01-2021 19:52
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Burnley FC In Memoriam 2020
A minute’s silence will be observed ahead of tonight’s game against Manchester United to remember all those connected to Burnley Football Club who...
12-01-2021 19:52
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Darikwa departs Forest for Wigan
Tendayi Darikwa has today left Nottingham Forest after three and a half years at the City Ground and moved to Wigan Athletic on a short term deal unti...
11-01-2021 19:51
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U23s start year with a defeat
The under-23s kicked off 2021 this afternoon with a home game against Leeds United that ended in a 4-1 defeat against the top of the league at Leyland...
11-01-2021 19:51
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Clarets on the spot to book fourth round place
For the fifth time in six years, we’ve got over the first hurdle in the FA Cup to reach the fourth round although it took a penalty shoot out yester...
10-01-2021 19:52
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I’ve got to put a bit of pressure on the centre forwar
It was Burnley who went through in today’s FA Cup tie, winning on penalties while visiting MK manager Russell Martin was forced to spend extra time ...
10-01-2021 19:52
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Former Claret Austin back at QPR
There were just two days to go before the 2013/14 season kicked off and the news coming out of Turf Moor was that we’d sold Charlie Austin to Queens...
10-01-2021 19:52
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We’ll be treating this game just as importantly as the
Russell Martin brings his MK team to Turf Moor for the FA Cup 3rd round tie. It will be his first visit to Burnley as a manager and his last game agai...
09-01-2021 19:50
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Vote for your man of the match against MK
Burnley have won today’s FA Cup 3rd round tie against MK with a 4-3 penalty shoot out victory following a 1-1 draw, and now is your opportunity to c...
09-01-2021 19:50
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It’s cup day at the Turf
It’s FA Cup 3rd round day today, a day that years ago was one of the biggest on the football calendar and a home tie, against any opposition, would ...
09-01-2021 19:50
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Moss to referee his second Burnley FA Cup tie
Jon Moss will referee our FA Cup tie tomorrow against MK in what will be the second occasion he’s taken charge of a Burnley game in this competition...
09-01-2021 19:50
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Burnley through on penalties
Burnley have beaten MK in the FA Cup with a 4-3 penalty shoot out win following a 1-1 draw after extra time in which Mat?j Vydra scored our late equal...
09-01-2021 19:50
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A year of great progress at the academy
New chairman Alan Pace has expressed his desire to improve the academy at Burnley Football Club and he takes over the club at a time when that academy...
07-01-2021 19:52
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Skipper Mee ends the year in top form
I wrote in my match report how appropriate I thought it was that Ben Mee should scored our final goal of 2020, and a winning goal at that to earn the ...
06-01-2021 19:52
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Big win at Villa kicks off 1973 in great style
Top of the league at the start of the year, Burnley’s first fixture of 1973 couldn’t have been a much more difficult task with the away game again...
06-01-2021 19:52
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Brownhill closing in on top two
When the vote was launched for the man of the match after we’d been beaten 1-0 Leeds, there was a temptation to include referee Robert Jones because...
05-01-2021 19:52
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Plough Lane cup date confirmed
Burnley will be playing at the Football League’s newest ground next week with our FA Youth Cup tie against AFC Wimbledon confirmed. It will be playe...
05-01-2021 19:52
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Wolves win Taylor made for Charlie
The 2-1 win against Wolves was potentially Burnley’s best performance of the season to date and for Charlie Taylor it was a special night with an ou...
04-01-2021 19:51
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Joey Barton departs Fleetwood
Owner Andy Pilley has described his decision as a tough one but he’s made it and relieved manager Joey Barton of his duties with immediate effect.
S...
04-01-2021 19:51
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Fulham game postponed
Burnley’s first game of 2021 against Fulham tomorrow has been postponed due to the number of COVID infections among the Fulham squad.
A new date wil...
02-01-2021 19:51
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Alan Pace to become new chairman with ALK takeover
Burnley Football Club are on the verge of being taken over by Velocity Sports Partners, the sports investment arm of US management firm ALK Capital wh...
31-12-2020 19:51
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Former chairman Kilby leads the departures
Burnley Football Club have now confirmed that five members of the board of directors under Mike Garlick have now departed the club. That includes long...
31-12-2020 19:51
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January date for Manchester United game
What should have been our first game of the 2020/21 season in the Premier League, the home fixture against Manchester United, was called off due to th...
31-12-2020 19:51
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Nuno charged for Mason comments
It came as a bit of a shock ten days ago when Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Sancho chose to criticise referee Lee Mason after we’d beaten his team 2-1.
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31-12-2020 19:51
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We looked really strong
Burnley came out on top against Sheffield United leaving visiting manager Chris Wilder and his team still looking for their first win of the season.
S...
30-12-2020 19:52
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Blades blunted as year ends
Burnley have ended 2020 with a 1-0 home win against bottom of the table Sheffield United and in doing so we move into the New Year in 16th place in th...
30-12-2020 19:52
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A draw but Burnley end 1972 on top of the league
The last game of 1972 saw the Clarets held to a 2-2 home draw by Fulham, but results elsewhere meant we extended our lead at the top of the Second Div...
30-12-2020 19:52
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A win for the Clarets against Sheffield United
A Ben Mee goal just past the half hour was enough to give us a 1-0 win tonight at home against Sheffield United.
A full report will follow.
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30-12-2020 19:52
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Sale of Burnley FC agreed in principle
It’s not news, I think we all knew that the sale of our club to Americans ALK Capital was soon to be agreed, but Sky Sports have used their yellow b...
29-12-2020 19:52
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The more experienced Kavanagh to referee tonight
Back home tonight and following the farce that they called refereeing at Leeds, we have the far more experienced Chris Kavanagh in charge of our game ...
29-12-2020 19:52
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Blades here as we look for our final points of 2020
It’s been the strangest of years that we couldn’t possibly have envisaged when we first stepped into 2020, but it is coming to an end and this eve...
29-12-2020 19:52
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Friendship will go out of the window for ninety minutes
With the rush of games at Christmas it is often difficult to pick up pre-match comments from the two managers and that’s proved to be the case with ...
29-12-2020 19:52
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Whistle blows on Clarets at Leeds
Burnley’s unbeaten run, which had stretched to four games, came to an end yesterday at Elland Road when Leeds United beat us 1-0 with a fifth minute...
28-12-2020 19:51
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Vote for your man of the match against Leeds
A first Premier League visit to Elland Road next season
Burnley have been beaten 1-0 today at Leeds through an early penalty and now is your opportun...
27-12-2020 19:51
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A first Premier League game at Elland Road
The Clarets are breaking new ground tomorrow with a first ever Premier League visit to Elland Road to play Leeds. It will be our visit there since the...
27-12-2020 19:51
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A first Burnley league game for referee Jones
Robert Jones has twice previously refereed Burnley but both have been in cup competitions. The first came two seasons ago at Burton in the League Cup ...
27-12-2020 19:51
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We had so many chances to find the final key pass
Marcelo Bielsa saw his side win all three points courtesy of an early penalty but he was honest enough to admit that they’d been given a difficult g...
27-12-2020 19:51
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Burnley lose at Leeds
A first Premier League visit to Elland Road next season
An early penalty for Leeds was enough to give them a 1-0 win against us today at Elland Road. ...
27-12-2020 19:51
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Performances have been getting stronger
It’s Elland Road and Leeds United tomorrow and that brings the Clarets up against Marcelo Bielsa for the first time.
Bielsa, now in his third season...
27-12-2020 19:51
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Burnley win Bloomfield Boxing Day Battle
Burnley came face to face with former manager Harry Potts on Boxing Day 1972 when we travelled to Bloomfield Road to play Blackpool in a Second Divisi...
26-12-2020 19:51
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Burnley to play at the new Plough Lane in Youth Cup
AFC Wimbledon won 2-1 last night at AFC Sudbury in the second round of the FA Youth Cup to set up a third round tie against the Clarets which will be ...
24-12-2020 19:51
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Pope and Tarky share the Villa spoils
Just a week ago we kept a clean sheet and earned ourselves a point from a 0-0 draw at Aston Villa with two of our players considered to be our best on...
24-12-2020 19:51
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Ninety minutes for Cork
Sean Dyche has revealed that Jack Cork has got himself another ninety minutes under his belt this afternoon a behind closed doors game at the training...
23-12-2020 19:50
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League Leaders Burnley go into Christmas with home draw
Despite a home draw against Oxford on the Saturday before Christmas, Burnley were able to celebrate the start of the festive season in 1972 at the top...
23-12-2020 19:50
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A Jolley appointment at Barrow
Having sacked David Dunn last week, Barrow have turned to former Burnley under-23 coach Michael Jolley to take over as their new manager.
He was Grims...
23-12-2020 19:50
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Pope wins Arsenal battle
Choosing our best player after the recent win at Arsenal proved a difficult task if only to decide between two players who should be voted the best.
N...
23-12-2020 19:50
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An early Christmas present
Burnley supporters got their wish last night for us to be out of the bottom three at Christmas with a 2-1 home victory against Wolverhampton Wanderers...
22-12-2020 19:51
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This is a really important result
Burnley took all three points from a 2-1 win against Wolves which left their manager Nuno Espirito Santo believing his players could have done more wh...
22-12-2020 19:51
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