Overview
"The ""Burnley FC Miscellany"" offers a detailed history of Burnley FC, where you can read some of the odd, quaint and quirky things that have been part of the past 125 years of Clarets history. 'Read all about it!' in ""The Burnley FC Miscellany"". Burnley Football Club come from the smallest town ever to win League Division One and the FA Cup. Some big city clubs currently in the Premier League have won neither! Burnley FC's history sparkles with international players, 'football firsts' and record-breaking achievements. Among their players have been a Footballer of the Year, one who played for Great Britain, several who played in World Cups and at least one who captained his country. But this book is mainly about Burnley 'off the record'. Here you can read some of the odd, quaint and quirky things that have been part of the past 125 years of Clarets history. Who scored three goals for England and was never picked again? When did Burnley play 10 Scots in the first team, making the only Englishman feel 'lonely'? And what has golf in a hotel bedroom got to do with anything? When Burnley were in Division Four, how was it that they attracted over 80,000 to watch them in one game? When did 10 Blackburn Rovers players walk off the pitch? Which position did Blackadder play in the Burnley team? And which bricklayer became the club's greatest ever player?"
Full Product Details
Author: Rev. David Wiseman
Publisher: DB Publishing
Imprint: DB Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 23.40cm
ISBN: 9781780911045
ISBN 10: 1780911041
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 01 November 2012
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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"""'Read all about it!' (in The Burnley FC Miscellany.)"""
'Read all about it!' (in The Burnley FC Miscellany.)
Author Information
The Revd David Wiseman has been a 'Claret' all of his life. He followed his father and grandfather, and the family, now including David's son, has been at Turf Moor since the 1890s! A minister in the United Reformed Church, David has written previous books about his beloved Clarets - Up the Clarets! (1973), Vintage Claret (1976) and A Case of Vintage Claret (2006). Much of his ministry has been centred in communities, where he has organised children's and youth football in Workington, Blackpool, Wigan and Bournemouth. He estimates that over 25,000 children have played in his various teams over the last 40 years. Some little lads have gone on to play hundreds of games in the Football League, and their sum total transfer fees run into millions of pounds. But here David writes about the first love of his life in football - the Clarets. And what a funny club they are!
