Burnley Facts
September 2, 2009
Club Emblem
NICKNAME: The Clarets
FOUNDED: 1882
MANAGER: Owen Coyle
GROUND: Turf Moor
LAST SEASON:
League Fifth (Championship – promoted via play-offs) FA Cup Fifth Round Carling Cup Semi-finals
HONOURS:
Division One Champions (2) 1920-21, 1959-60
Division Two Champions (2) 1897-98, 1972-73
Division Three Champions (1) 1981-82
Division Four Champions (1) 1991-92
FA Cup Winners (1) 1914
RECORD VICTORY: 9-0 v Darwen, Division One, 09-01-1892 and 9-0 v Crystal Palace, FA Cup Second Round, 10-02-1909
RECORD DEFEAT: 0-10 v Aston Villa, Division One, 29-08-1925 and 0-10 v Sheffield Utd, Division One, 19-01-1929
RECORD ATTENDANCE: 54,775 v Huddersfield, FA Cup Third Round, 23-02-1924
TOP LEAGUE GOALSCORER: Season George Beel, 35, 1927-28 All–time George Beel, 178, 1923-32
MOST LEAGUE APPEARANCES: Jerry Dawson, 522, 1907-28
Chelsea vs Burnley – Stamford Bridge
August 28, 2009
Teams will be selected from the following.
Chelsea : Cole still recovering and a few weeks off his return, Yuri Zhirkov is back in training but still some time away from being match fit. Belletti could feature but Alex and Paulo Ferreira are still out injured.
Burnley: won’t have Richard Eckersley who is suspended and Steven Caldwell remains sidelined with a groin injury.
Chelsea (from): Cech, Turnbull, Hilario, Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Terry, Carvalho, A Cole, Ballack, Sturridge, Mikel, Deco, Lampard, Anelka, Drogba, Kalou, Malouda, Essien, Belletti, Hutchinson.
Burnley (from): Jensen; Mears, Carlisle, Bikey, Jordan, Alexander, Fletcher, Elliott, McCann, Blake, Paterson, Thompson, Guerrero, Eagles, Penny, Kalvanes, Duff, McDonald, Gudjonsson, Edgar, Rodriquez, Easton.
Burnley vs Everton – Picture of the Weekend
August 24, 2009
Saha wishes the ground would open up and swallow him as he drags his penalty shot wide in the Barclays Premier League match at Turf Moor, Burnley.
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Lucy Pinder in your Premier League Colours
August 21, 2009
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Brian Jensen confident Burnley can avoid relegation
August 20, 2009
Burnley hero confident of Premier League stay August 20, 2009
Burnley goalkeeper Brian Jensen is confident that the Premier League newcomers can manage to avoid relegation. Jensen saved a penalty in Burnley’s impressive 1-0 victory over Manchester United last night. He said: “We have always known that, if we play to our standards, then we have a chance against anybody and we proved that against United. “We have raised our standards from last season because we knew that we would have to do that. “We were underdogs as well last season and we proved a lot of people wrong and we have started doing that again. “But this is just one game. It’s a marathon not a sprint and we know we have a long way to go this season.”
[Source: Daily Telegraph]
Coyle upbeat about Burnley’s chances for Premiership survival
August 20, 2009
Burnley manager Owen Coyle believes his side’s 1-0 win over Manchester United will make their critics think again.
“I think anybody who looked at our set of fixtures would have thought that Burnley will have zero points after five matches,” he said.
“I thought Wayne Rooney and Ryan Giggs were just outstanding for them tonight but our players went toe-to-toe and tried to match up.
“Robbie Blake’s goal was terrific and a fitting to win any game.”
An explosive volley from Blake was the difference between the champions and the Premier League new boys and Coyle said the forward has always had the ability to score such goals.
Turf Moor rocked on its foundations and it was the superstar names of Manchester United who felt the full force
Blake himself paid tribute to the 20,872-strong Turf Moor crowd.
“They are full of voice and encourage the players and they are going to be our 12th man this season and hopefully we can send them home each week happy,” he said.
“It’s all about the three points, I would have taken anyone scoring, but it was one of those special ones which you don’t even feel come off the boot.”
Coyle’s Manchester United counterpart Sir Alex Ferguson saw Michael Carrick miss a penalty just before half-time and believes his side could have spoiled the party.
We didn’t create enough – Phelan
“It was a bad performance in a game we should have won comfortably with the chances and possession we had,” he said.
“Fate’s fate, you can’t deny them their victory. Their players have worked their socks off and their fans were fantastic. It was great occasion for them.
“We were too frivolous with our chances, taking too many touches rather than shooting quickly and in the second half we got hurried in our passes.”
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