The Football History of Burnley Book football – Key matches

– Key matches

including playoff campaigns and cup runs

– Historic victories including the iconic 5 – 2 win at Chelsea

from the Portsmouth Spartans’ early seasons to the team’s move to Detroit in 1934

– Iconic fan traditions

The Football History of Burnley Book football – Key matchesTHE SNOW is thick at Turf Moor, the ball barely visible on the white pitch. Burnley push forward. Leighton James picks it up wide left, dances past one, then two the crowd rises. He cuts inside, lets fly from 25 yards its in! An unbelievable goal! The stands erupt. In the blizzard, brilliance. Fulham beaten, Turf Moor bouncing. Follow the story of Burnley FC through a book of authentic newspaper articles, curated from original reports dating back to