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Jerry Dawson holds the record for most Burnley appearances, with 569.

Burnley Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Burnley, Lancashire. Founded on 18 May 1882, the club was one of the first to become professional (in 1883), putting pressure on the Football Association (FA) to permit payments to players. In 1885, the FA legalised professionalism, so the team entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1885–86, and were one of the twelve founding members of the Football League in 1888–89. Burnley have played in all four professional divisions of English football from 1888 to the present day. The team have been champions of England twice, in 1920–21 and 1959–60, have won the FA Cup once, in 1913–14, and have won the FA Charity Shield twice, in 1960 and 1973. Burnley are one of only five teams to have won all four professional divisions of English football, along with Wolverhampton Wanderers, Preston North End, Sheffield United and Portsmouth. They were the second to achieve this by winning the Fourth Division in the 1991–92 season.

The record for most games played for the club is held by Jerry Dawson, who made 569 appearances between 1907 and 1928. George Beel scored 188 goals during his Burnley career and is the club's record goalscorer. Jimmy McIlroy made 51 appearances for Northern Ireland and so is the player who has gained the most caps while with Burnley. The highest transfer fee paid by the club is the £16.1 million paid to FC Basel for Zeki Amdouni in 2023; the highest fees received are the £25 million paid by Everton and Newcastle United for Michael Keane and Chris Wood in 2017 and 2022 respectively. The highest attendance recorded at home ground Turf Moor was 54,775 for the visit of Huddersfield Town in a third round FA Cup match in 1924.

All records and statistics are correct as of the 2022–23 season.

Honours and achievements

Further information: List of Burnley F.C. seasons

For honours won by Reserves and Academy teams, see Burnley F.C. Academy § Honours.
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The FA Cup trophy is presented to Burnley captain Tommy Boyle by King George V in 1914
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Team photograph of the 1920–21 First Division-winning side

Burnley won their first honour in 1883, when the team won the Dr Dean's Cup, a knockout competition between amateur clubs in the Burnley area.[1] The club turned professional by the end of 1883, and was one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888.[2] Burnley reached their first major final in 1914, when they reached the FA Cup Final and beat Liverpool 1–0.[3] Burnley have been champions of England two times, in 1920–21 and 1959–60, and have won the Charity Shield twice, in 1960 (shared with Wolverhampton Wanderers[a]) and 1973[b].[7][8] The side have competed in one of the four professional levels of English football from 1888 to the present day,[9] and are one of only five teams—and were the second—to have won all four tiers, along with Wolverhampton Wanderers, Preston North End, Sheffield United and Portsmouth.[10] Burnley's honours include the following:[9][11]

League

First Division (Tier 1)[c]

Second Division/Championship (Tier 2)[c]

Third Division/Second Division (Tier 3)[c]

Fourth Division (Tier 4)[c]

Cup

FA Cup

FA Charity Shield[8]

Texaco Cup[14]

Anglo-Scottish Cup

Associate Members' Cup

Budapest Cup[15]

Allison Trophy[16]

Regional

Lancashire Cup[17][d]

Dr Dean's Cup[1]

Hospital Cup[19]

East Lancashire Charity Cup[17]

Club records

Season records

Points

Goals

Clean sheets

Match records

Firsts

Record wins

Record defeats

Streaks

Attendances

Managerial records

See also: List of Burnley F.C. managers

Player records

See also: List of Burnley F.C. players
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Charlie Austin (here playing for Queens Park Rangers in 2015) scored in a tied club record eight consecutive matches.

Award winners

Appearances

Most appearances

Competitive first-team appearances only; substitute appearances appear in parentheses; they are in addition to the figures before the brackets and are not included within them.[58][59]
 ¤ —Played their full career at Burnley
No. Name Nation Years League FA Cup League Cup Other[f] Total
1 Jerry Dawson  England 1907–1929 ¤ 522 (0) 46 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0) 569 (0)
2 Alan Stevenson  England 1972–1983 438 (0) 33 (0) 36 (0) 36 (0) 543 (0)
3 John Angus  England 1955–1972 ¤ 438 (1) 45 (0) 25 (0) 12 (0) 520 (1)
4= Jimmy McIlroy  Northern Ireland 1950–1963 439 (0) 50 (0) 3 (0) 5 (0) 497 (0)
4= Martin Dobson  England 1967–1974
1979–1984		 406 (4) 31 (0) 34 (0) 22 (0) 493 (4)
6 Jimmy Adamson  England 1947–1964 ¤ 426 (0) 52 (0) 3 (0) 5 (0) 486 (0)
7 Tommy Cummings  England 1947–1963 434 (0) 38 (0) 6 (0) 1 (0) 479 (0)
8 Brian Miller  England 1954–1967 ¤ 379 (0) 50 (0) 13 (0) 13 (0) 455 (0)
9 Fred Barron  England 1898–1911 400 (0) 23 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 423 (0)
10 Leighton James  Wales 1970–1975
1978–1980
1986–1989		 331 (5) 17 (0) 22 (0) 23 (1) 393 (6)

Goalscorers

Overall scorers

Competitive first-team matches only; appearances including substitute appearances appear in parentheses and italics.[58][69]
No. Name Nation Years League FA Cup League Cup Other[f] Total
1 George Beel  England 1923–1932 179 (316) 9 (21) 0 (0) 0 (0) 188 (337)
2 Ray Pointer  England 1957–1965 118 (223) 12 (35) 2 (7) 0 (5) 132 (270)
3 Jimmy McIlroy  Northern Ireland 1950–1963 116 (439) 13 (50) 1 (3) 1 (5) 131 (497)
4 Andy Lochhead  Scotland 1958–1968 101 (226) 12 (19) 9 (15) 6 (6) 128 (266)
5= Bert Freeman  England 1911–1921 103 (166) 12 (23) 0 (0) 0 (0) 115 (189)
5= Louis Page  England 1925–1932 111 (248) 4 (11) 0 (0) 0 (0) 115 (259)
7 John Connelly  England 1956–1964 85 (215) 15 (38) 2 (7) 2 (5) 104 (265)
8 Jimmy Robson  England 1956–1965 79 (202) 14 (29) 4 (6) 3 (5) 100 (242)
9= Willie Irvine  Northern Ireland 1960–1968 78 (126) 9 (10) 8 (9) 2 (3) 97 (148)
9= Bob Kelly  England 1913–1925 88 (277) 9 (21) 0 (0) 0 (1) 97 (299)

Internationals

See also: List of Burnley F.C. internationals

Transfers

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Andre Gray (2016 photograph) was sold to Watford for a fee of £18.5 million in August 2017

Record transfer fees paid

No. Name Fee Paid to Date Ref.
1 Zeki Amdouni £16.1m Basel 19 July 2023 [71]
2= Chris Wood £15m Leeds United 21 August 2017 [72]
2= Ben Gibson £15m Middlesbrough 5 August 2018 [73]
2= James Trafford £15m[h] Manchester City 20 July 2023 [74]
5 Aaron Ramsey £14m Aston Villa 22 August 2023 [75]

Record transfer fees received

No. Name Fee Paid by Date Ref.
1= Chris Wood £25m Newcastle United 13 January 2022 [76]
1= Michael Keane £25m Everton 3 July 2017 [77]
3 Nathan Collins £20.5m Wolverhampton Wanderers 12 July 2022 [78]
4 Dwight McNeil £20m Everton 28 July 2022 [79]
5 Andre Gray £18.5m Watford 10 August 2017 [80]

Notes

  1. ^ Until 1993, in the event of a draw, the Charity Shield would be shared between the two competing teams, with each team having possession of the trophy for six months. Burnley and Wolverhampton Wanderers drew 2–2.[4][5]
  2. ^ The 1972–73 First Division champions Liverpool and the 1972–73 FA Cup winners Sunderland declined to compete in the 1973 FA Charity Shield, so Manchester City—the reigning holders of the Shield—and Second Division champions Burnley played instead. Burnley defeated City 1–0.[6]
  3. ^ a b c d Upon its formation in 1992, the Premier League became the top tier of English football; the Football League First, Second and Third Divisions then became the second, third and fourth tiers, respectively.[12] From 2004, the First Division became the Championship, the Second Division became League One and the Third Division became League Two.[13]
  4. ^ The club has fielded its reserve team in the competition since the mid-1990s.[18]
  5. ^ It stood as a record for unbeaten league games in a single season in English professional football until Arsenal went unbeaten through the whole of the 2003–04 Premier League season.[37][40]
  6. ^ a b The "Other" column constitutes goals and appearances (including those as a substitute) in the Charity Shield, European Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Texaco Cup, Watney Cup, Anglo-Scottish Cup, Football League Group Cup, Football League Trophy, and play-offs.
  7. ^ Also the first hat-trick in league football worldwide[66]
  8. ^ Excluding £4m in add-ons[74]
  9. ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 11 June 2022.

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