Burnley

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NICKNAME – The Clarets
FOUNDED – 1882
LOCATED IN – Burnley, Lancashire
STADIUM – Turf Moor
ON FOOT – 10 minutes from the centre
CAPACITY – 21,944
PROMOTED – 2023
BEST EFL/PREMIER LEAGUE FINISH – Winners (Twice)
BEST FA CUP RUN – Winners (1913/1914)
BEST LEAGUE CUP RUN – SF (4 times)
BEST EC/CL FINISH – QF (1960/1961)
BEST UC/EL FINISH – Play Off Round (2018/2019)
RECORD GOALSCORER – George Beel (188)
2022/2023 FINISH – 1st (Championship)

FIVE FACTS ABOUT BURNLEY FC
1. They were one of the 12 founder members of the English league and an early advocate of payment to players, forcing the FA to make their competitions open to professionals.
2. Early controversies around the turn of the 20th century included a 0-0 draw against Stoke that secured promotion for both and an attempt by their keeper to fix a match, the first recorded instance in football.
3. Since that mixed start, Burnley have achieved the rare feat of winning all four divisions of the English football league pyramid, with two top flight titles and an FA Cup to their name.
4. The most prolific fast bowler in cricket history, James Anderson, is a fan; he once worked the ticket gates.
5. Their bitter rivals are Blackburn Rovers, against whom they contest the East Lancashire derby.

FIVE FACTS ABOUT BURNLEY
1. The derivation of the town’s name is meadow (lea) by the River Brun.
2. It was a global centre of cotton production and engineering in the Industrial Revolution.
3. Mines, mills and factories have closed over the last half a century leading to hard times.
4. The “Singing Ringing Tree” looks down on Burnley from the Pennines. It is an enormous sculpture that plays “music” generated by the wind.
5. The most famous Burnley native is probably Ian McKellen, better known as Gandalf.

INTERESTING VIDEO LINKS
“Dare to Dream”
Walkout Music
Fan chants
A look around Burnley

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