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Burnley F.C.

Burnley F.C. is a professional football club based in Burnley, in north-east Lancashire, England.

Nicknamed The Clarets due to their claret and blue strip, they have played at Turf Moor since 1883. They were founder members of The Football League in 1888, and are currently in the Football League Championship.

Burnley have been Football League Champions twice, in 1920-21 and 1959-60, and were FA Cup winners in 1914.

Current first-team squad

  1. Welsh Danny Coyne
  2. English Lee Roche
  3. Guinean Mo Camara
  4. English Jon McGreal
  5. Jamaican Frank Sinclair
  6. Northern Irish Michael Duff
  7. Welsh John Oster
  8. English Graham Branch
  9. English Ian Moore
  10. English Tony Grant
  11. Danish Brian Jensen
  12. English Matt O'Neill
  13. English Joel Pilkington
  14. English Paul Scott
  15. Jamaican Micah Hyde
  16. English Ade Akinbyi
  17. English Gary Cahill
  18. French Jean-Louis Valois
  19. English Mark Yates

Famous players

  • Jimmy McIlroy
  • Jimmy Adamson
  • John Connelly
  • Tommy Boyle
  • Bob Kelly
  • Bert Freeman
  • Colin McDonald
  • Adam Blacklaw
  • Andy Lochhead
  • Willie Irvine
  • Willie Morgan
  • Ralph Coates
  • Frank Casper
  • Martin Dobson
  • Bobby Seith
  • Tommy Cummings
  • Harry Potts
  • Ray Pointer
  • Leighton James
  • Brian Flynn

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Last updated: 08-22-2005 14:03:18
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