Burnley FC are one of only five sides to have won all four professional divisions of English football, along with Wolverhampton Wanderers, Preston North End, Sheffield United and Portsmouth.
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21 Facts About Burnley FC
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In 1884, Burnley FC led a group of 35 other clubs in the formation of the breakaway British Football Association to challenge the FA's supremacy.
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The directors appointed John Haworth as the new manager in 1910, who changed the club's colours from green to the claret and blue of Aston Villa, the then First Division champions, as Haworth and the Burnley FC committee believed it might bring a change of fortune.
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Bert Freeman scored the only goal, as Burnley FC became the first club to defeat five top tier sides in one cup season.
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Burnley FC lost the opening three games but went unbeaten in the following 30 league matches, setting an English record.
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Burnley FC were one of the first to set up a purpose-built training ground, at Gawthorpe, and they became renowned for their youth policy and scouting system, which yielded many young talents.
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Burnley FC was criticised by the fans for signing expensive players increasing Burnley's debt, and for selling the young talents Lee Dixon, Brian Laws and Trevor Steven.
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Burnley FC had succeeded Casper in October 1991 and won his first nine league matches as manager.
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Burnley FC reached the semi-final of the League Cup for the first time in over 25 years but were beaten on aggregate by Tottenham in the last minutes of the second leg.
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Burnley FC was replaced by former Burnley player Brian Laws, but the team's form plummeted and they were relegated after a single season.
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In 1910, Burnley FC changed their colours to claret and blue, which they now have had for most of their history, save for a spell in white shirts during the 1930s and the Second World War.
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Burnley FC's jerseys were manufactured by local companies until 1975, when Umbro became the first to have its logo on the club's shirt.
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Burnley FC used a designed badge with elements from the town and the club on their home shirts from 1979, before they returned to the horizontal version of the "BFC" monogram in 1983, which was lettered in white.
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Burnley FC's supporters are mainly drawn from East Lancashire and West Yorkshire.
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Burnley FC have numerous supporters' clubs across the United Kingdom and overseas.
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Notable Burnley FC fans have included football pioneer Jimmy Hogan, who was a regular attendee at Turf Moor; journalist Alastair Campbell, who has been regularly involved in events with the club; and cricketer James Anderson, who worked in Burnley FC's ticket office on a part-time basis.
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Burnley FC hold the better head-to-head record, as the side have won 42 games to Blackburn's 41.
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Burnley FC were the second, and 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.
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Record for the most first team appearances in all competitions for Burnley FC is held by goalkeeper Jerry Dawson, who played 569 games between 1907 and 1929.
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Burnley FC's debut made him the then youngest centre-forward ever to play in the Football League.
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