Burnley Football Club is an English association football club based in Burnley, Lancashire, that competes in the Premier League, the first tier of English football. Founded on 18 May 1882, the club was one of the first to become professional, and subsequently put pressure on the Football Association to permit payments to players. The club entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1885–86 and was one of the 12 founder members of the Football League in 1888–89. From the 1950s until the 1970s, under chairman Bob Lord, the club became renowned for its youth policy and scouting system, and was one of the first to set up a purpose-built training ground.
Turf Moor is an association football stadium in Burnley, Lancashire, England, which has been the home of Burnley F.C. since 1883. This unbroken service makes Turf Moor the second-longest continuously used ground in English professional football. The stadium is situated on Harry Potts Way, named after the manager who won the 1959–60 First Division with the club, and has a capacity of 21,944.
Owen Columba Coyle is a professional football manager and former player who is expected to be the head coach of Indian Super League club Chennaiyin. He played as a striker for several clubs in England and Scotland, and made one appearance for the Republic of Ireland national team.
Michael James Duff is a Northern Irish professional football manager and former player. He is the head coach of Championship club Swansea City.
Graham Alexander is a professional football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of EFL League Two club Milton Keynes Dons. In a lengthy playing career, Alexander represented Scunthorpe United, Luton Town, Preston North End and Burnley. He also made 40 international appearances for Scotland.
Sean Mark Dyche is an English professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Premier League club Everton.
Jay Enrique Rodriguez is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Burnley.
Walter Abbott was an English professional footballer who scored 104 goals from 391 games in the Football League playing for Small Heath, Everton and Burnley. He was capped once for the England national team.
The 1888–89 Football League was the first edition of the Football League, which ran from the autumn of 1888 until the spring of 1889. Created and named in Manchester during a meeting on 17 April 1888, the Football League is the oldest professional association football league competition in the world.
Bertram Clewley Freeman was an English footballer. He played as a centre forward for clubs Woolwich Arsenal, Everton, Burnley and Wigan Borough. Freeman was one of the most prolific goal-scorers of his time, winning one First Division and two Second Division Golden Boots. He was also capped at the senior level for England.
The 2009 Football League Championship play-off final was an association football match which was played on 25 May 2009 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Burnley and Sheffield United. The match was to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football, to the Premier League. The top two teams of the 2008–09 Football League Championship season gained automatic promotion to the Premier League, while the clubs placed from third to sixth place in the table partook in play-off semi-finals; Sheffield United ended the season in third position while Burnley finished fifth. The winners of these semi-finals competed for the final place for the 2009–10 season in the Premier League.
Andre Anthony Gray is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Super League Greece club Aris. Born in England, he represents the Jamaica national team.
Daniel William John Ings is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club West Ham United.
The 1920–21 season was Burnley's 29th season in the Football League, and their 4th consecutive campaign in the Football League First Division, the top tier of English football. Burnley were confident of success ahead of the season, having finished as First Division runners-up in 1919–20. After losing their first three games, Burnley embarked on a 30-match unbeaten league run from 4 September 1920 until 26 March 1921, winning the First Division and becoming English champions for the first time in their history. Burnley's unbeaten run stood as a single-season Football League record for over 80 years, until it was bettered by Arsenal in the 2003–04 season. Burnley ended the 1920–21 season on 59 points, having won 23 games, drawn 13, and lost 6.
Nicholas David Pope is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Newcastle United and the England national team.
Joshua Brownhill is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Burnley. He has previously played for Preston, Barnsley and Bristol City.
Daniel Ebenezer Kwasi Agyei is an English footballer who plays as a forward for EFL League One club Leyton Orient.
The 2019–20 season was Burnley's 138th competitive season, their fourth consecutive in the Premier League and their 57th in top flight English football. Along with the Premier League, the club also competed in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.
Burnley Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Burnley, Lancashire. It was founded on 18 May 1882 by members of rugby club Burnley Rovers, who voted for a change from rugby to association football. The suffix "Rovers" was dropped in the following days. Burnley became professional in 1883—one of the first to do so—putting pressure on the Football Association (FA) to permit payments to players. In 1885, the FA legalised professionalism, so the team entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1885–86, and were one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888–89.
