1) Famous fans include Alastair Campbell, Anna Ford, Eric Knowles, John Kettley, Johnny Briggs, Kevin Whatley, Neil Hodgson, Sir Bernard Ingham, Ted Heath
2) Burnley Miners’ Social Club sells more Benedictine than any other hostelry in Britain. Burnley buys roughly one in every three bottles of the stuff sold in the UK. As WWI ended local lads were stationed in Fecamp where what they dubbed Bene is made, and during the winter of 1918-19 got a taste for drinking it 50/50 with hot water, still the custom in the town to this day.
Reg Boycott, who played for the Clarets from 1901 to 1903, had an artificial foot.
His lost his left foot in a mill accident aged 15 but continued to play football locally until signing for Burnley.
However other clubs complained and he was banned by the Football League. In protest Burnley played the remaining games of the 1902/3 season with only ten men
It is from this incident that we derive the term "boycott"
During the 18th century, the bodies of convicted thieves, rapists, whores and puppet magicians were routinely cremated en masse in an area of the north west. The cremations were always carried out first thing in the morning, thus the area became known as 'Burn Early'.
The exact land where the burnings used to take place now houses a Greggs, SpecSavers, Sports Direct, and ironically, the head office of FireTrap.
Located as it is in a grey post industrial wasteland, local councilor and founder member of the Huncoat Sealed Knot Society, Arbuthnot Syringe OBE made it his life long passion to encourage and promote the greenification of the local area. In acknowledgement of this, on his death the stadium of the local Association Football Club Burnley FC was renamed Turf More in tribute to the silly old sod.
Reg Boycott, who played for the Clarets from 1901 to 1903, had an artificial foot.
His lost his left foot in a mill accident aged 15 but continued to play football locally until signing for Burnley.
However other clubs complained and he was banned by the Football League. In protest Burnley played the remaining games of the 1902/3 season with only ten men
It is from this incident that we derive the term "boycott"
Charlie Boycott might have something to say about this load of old tosh....!
The Singing Bush in the hit film 'The 3 Amigos' was actaully based on the 'Singing Ringing Tree' sculpture set in the landscape of the Pennine mountain range overlooking Burnley.
It is said that if you sing 'We love you Burn-lee' underneath the tree it will summon the ghost of George Beel who will lead the team onto victory that coming weekend.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE, poet, philologist, and university professor is rumored to have based his classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion on a brief 3 month stint in goal for the Burnley FC 3rd XI in the 1911-12 season. During this time he conceded 21 goals in one half of football against a select XI made up of local cheese merchants. An experience which is long held amongst his family and close associates to have influenced his later works.
Reg Boycott, who played for the Clarets from 1901 to 1903, had an artificial foot.
His lost his left foot in a mill accident aged 15 but continued to play football locally until signing for Burnley.
However other clubs complained and he was banned by the Football League. In protest Burnley played the remaining games of the 1902/3 season with only ten men
It is from this incident that we derive the term "boycott"
Charlie Boycott might have something to say about this load of old tosh....!
Whoooosh Whoooosh Whoooosh
I can't believe that you said it was a load of old tosh
Reg Boycott, who played for the Clarets from 1901 to 1903, had an artificial foot.
His lost his left foot in a mill accident aged 15 but continued to play football locally until signing for Burnley.
However other clubs complained and he was banned by the Football League. In protest Burnley played the remaining games of the 1902/3 season with only ten men
It is from this incident that we derive the term "boycott"
Charlie Boycott might have something to say about this load of old tosh....!
Yeah, and I reckon some fo the others are not true too. Sort it out admin.
The people of Burnley are often mistakenly credited in creating the first ever flash mob in Britain. The event occurred at 10.45am outside the local betfred opposite the wetherspoons.
It turned out most were already there and the others turned up a bit later.
Due to the Town's increasing obesity problem, the newly rennovated St Peter’s Centre is the only fitness centre in the country that contains lockers that give the members a pound for every use, instead of the other way round.
Television in Burnley is currently 26 years behind the rest of the UK, and from the 1st of December there will be an internet blackout in the region for a month to ensure that no spoilers emerge ahead of the Den & Angie Eastenders humdinger.
On a similar note, Burnley always play their midweek games on a Tuesday to ensure there is no schedule clash with Wednesday's popular airing of The Krypton Factor.
Councillor Charles William Bullas is the current Mayor of Burnley.
Prior to becoming mayor, Charles, or 'Chaz' as he's known around town, owned his own record company 'Bullas Hits' and was the keyboard player in Dexys Midnight Runners
The White Stripes' hit single 'seven nation army' was adopted by the Burnley faithful as a chant and has since gone on to be popular amongst several other clubs fans.
Lost the 1947 Cup Final 0-1 to Charlton. Had a half decent team in the 60's, players like Ray Pointer, Jimmy Adamson, Jimmy McIroy, John Connelly, Brian Miller etc!
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His lost his left foot in a mill accident aged 15 but continued to play football locally until signing for Burnley.
However other clubs complained and he was banned by the Football League. In protest Burnley played the remaining games of the 1902/3 season with only ten men
It is from this incident that we derive the term "boycott"
The exact land where the burnings used to take place now houses a Greggs, SpecSavers, Sports Direct, and ironically, the head office of FireTrap.
This has caused outrage amongst many of the towns theatres who often find there is not enough dwarves come pantomime season.
It is said that if you sing 'We love you Burn-lee' underneath the tree it will summon the ghost of George Beel who will lead the team onto victory that coming weekend.
Whoooosh
Whoooosh
Whoooosh
I can't believe that you said it was a load of old tosh
Sort it out admin.
It turned out most were already there and the others turned up a bit later.
True story.
On a similar note, Burnley always play their midweek games on a Tuesday to ensure there is no schedule clash with Wednesday's popular airing of The Krypton Factor.
Prior to becoming mayor, Charles, or 'Chaz' as he's known around town, owned his own record company 'Bullas Hits' and was the keyboard player in Dexys Midnight Runners