Burnley Football Club
Burnley Football Club
- Burnley Turf Moor Stadium
Burnley Football Club
Turf Moor
Harry Potts Way
Burnley
BB10 4BX
Telephone:
Main Switchboard Number: 0871 221 1882
Ticket Hotline: 0871 221 1914
Burnley Football Club
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History of Burnley
Founder members of the Football League, Burnley Football Club (The
Clarets) began life as a Rugby Club. Burnley Rovers soon switched codes and became Burnley Football Club in 1882.
Burnley moved to their Turf Moor home shortly afterwards, at the invitation of the town's cricket club, which is still situated next to the stadium.
FA Cup campaigns gave way to organised football in 1888 with the foundation of the Football League and since then Burnley have claimed every major honour
(except the League Cup).
The first honour was a Second Division title in 1897-98 and the Club's improved fortunes were reflected in an FA Cup
triumph in 1914.
By the outbreak of the Second World War, the Clarets were back in the Second Division.
However, the first season of organised football after the War saw them promoted
as runners-up to Manchester City.
Burnley won the First Division title again on the very last day of the
1959-1960 season.
The 1960's also saw two European campaigns. The 1960 championship side beat French Champions, Reims, in the first round but then went out to Hamburg at the next stage. Finishing third in the 1965-66 season was good enough to earn a place in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (now known as the
Europa Cup).
In 1992 the Clarets created history by becoming only the second team to win all four divisional titles in domestic soccer
(Wolves being the first) when they won the fourth Division and escaped from the league basement after seven seasons.
There has been a £6.5 million redevelopment of Turf Moor with two new stands giving Burnley an all-seater stadium with a capacity of 22,619.
Burnley has also installed an all-weather pitch at Gawthorpe
Training Ground.
In the 1998 close season, Burnley had a new playing surface laid incorporating under soil heating.
The last day of the 1999/2000 season saw Burnley win
promotion to the First Division.
In November 2007, Owen Coyle was named as the new Burnley manager
In 2009 / 10 Burnley return to the top flight of English football via a
Wembley play-off after a 30-year gap.
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