The club is nicknamed 'the Clarets' because of the dominant colour of its home shirts. The club colours of claret and blue were adopted before the 1910–11 season in tribute to the then Football League champions Aston Villa. The team have played home games at Turf Moor since 1883, after they had moved from their original premises at Calder Vale. When the team won the 1959–60 Football League, the town of Burnley-with 80,000 inhabitants-became one of the smallest to have an English first-tier champion. During the 1920–21 season, Burnley embarked on a 30-match unbeaten league run, setting an English record. Burnley 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. They have been runners-up in the First Division twice, in 1919––62, and FA Cup runners-up twice, in 1946––62. From the 1950s until the 1970s, under chairman Bob Lord, the club became renowned for its youth policy and scouting system, and was one of the first to set up a purpose-built training ground.īurnley have been champions of England twice, in 1920––60, have won the FA Cup once, in 1913–14, and have won the FA Charity Shield twice, in 19. The club entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1885–86 and was one of the 12 founder members of the Football League in 1888–89. Founded on, the club was one of the first to become professional (in 1883) and subsequently put pressure on the Football Association to permit payments to players. Burnley Football Club ( / ˈ b ɜːr n l i/) is an English association football club based in Burnley, Lancashire, that competes in the Premier League, the first tier of English football.

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