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BURNLEY
The Clarets were original members of the Football League in 1888 and have gone on to be crowned champions twice, most recently in 1960, while their solitary F A cup success came against Liverpool in 1914 when Bert Freeman scored in front of the King. The blackest F A cup day in Burnley's history came in 1975 when visiting Southern League Wimbledon, 83 places below the Clarets in the leagues, won 1-0 at Turf Moor in one of the greatest cup shocks of all time. For older fans present that day the defeat surpassed the disastrous knock out blow inflicted by Swindon, also at Turf Moor back in 1948 which in turn had surpassed the humiliation inflicted on Burnley's title chasing team of 1921, yet again on their own turf, by Hull City. The Clarets went from top flight to bottom of the fourth tier in eleven years from 1976 to 1987, only just surviving relegation to the fifth tier before bouncing back on a long journey back to the short lived single season stay in the big time in 2009.
Magic Moments
2-0 vs Manchester United
First round: 15th January 1910
Attendance: 12,000
Scorers: Benny Green, Charlie Smethams
Ranked at the time: 19
Today: Outside the top 200
Team: 1:Jerry Dawson 2:Fred Barron 3:Jimmy McLean 4:Jonathan Cretney 5:Alex Leake {image left} 6:Hugh Moffat 7:Jonathan Morley 8:Benny Green 9:Dick Smith 10:Walter Abbott 11:Charlie Smethams {Manager Spen Whittaker}
3-1 vs Middlesbrough
Third round: 22nd February 1913
Attendance: 30,000
Scorers: Teddy Hodgson, Bert Freeman
Ranked at the time: 113
Team: 1:Jerry Dawson, 2:Tom Bamford, 3:David Taylor, 4:Willie McLaren, 5:Tommy Boyle, 6:Billy Watson, 7:?, 8:Dick Lindley, 9:Bert Freeman, 10:Teddy Hodgson, 11:William Husband
1913
1-0 @ Blackburn Rovers
Quarter final: 8th March 1913
Attendance: 30,000
Scorer: Tommy Boyle {pictured}
Ranked at the time: 91
Today: Outside the top 500
Team: 1:Jerry Dawson, 2:Tom Bamford, 3:David Taylor, 4:?, 5:Tommy Boyle, 6:Willie McLaren, 7:Billy Watson, 8:Dick Lindley, 9:Bert Freeman, 10:Teddy Hodgson, 11:William Husband
3-0 vs Manchester City
Third round: Saturday January 10th 1931
Attendance: 25,893
Scorers: Andy McCluggage {penalty}, Tommy Prest, Evan Jenkins
Ranked at the time: 151
Team: 1:Herman Conway, 2:Andy McCluggage, 3:George Waterfield, 4:Jimmy Brown, 5:Peter O'Dowd, 6:Harry Storer, 7:Evan Jenkins, 8:George Beel, 9:Stan Bowsher, 10:Tommy Prest, 11:John Hall
3-1 vs Sheffield United
Fourth round: Saturday January 28th 1933
Attendance:25,380
Scorers: Georgie Mee {right} {2}, Cecil Smith
Ranked at the time: 102
Team: 1:?, 2:Gilbert Richmond, 3:?, 4:Ray Bennion, 5:Alex Forrest, 6:?, 7:Georgie Mee, 8:Tommy Jones, 9:Cecil Smith, 10:?, 11:?
3-2 vs Birmingham City
Quarter Final: Saturday March 2nd 1935
{Image left: Down but not out as Frank White pulls the trigger to put Birmingham two goals up}
Attendance: 47,670
Scorers: Ron Hornby, James Hancock {2}
Ranked at the time: 229
Team: 1:Alex Scott, 2:Gilbert Richmond, 3:George Waterfield, 4:James Brown, 5:Thomas Wallace, 6:Alick Robinson, 7:James Hancock, 8:G Brown, 9:Cecil Smith, 10:Ron Hornby, 11:Percy Downes {Manager:Tom Bromilow}
5-1 vs Aston Villa
Third Round: Saturday January 11th 1947
Attendance: 38,532
Scorers: Billy Morris {2}, Harry Potts, Ray Morrisson {2}
Ranked at the time: 165
Team: 1:Jimmy Strong, 2:Arthur Woodruff, 3:Harry Mather, 4:Reg Attwell, 5:Alan Brown, 6:George Bray, 7:Jackie Chew, 8:Billy Morris, 9:Ray Morrison, 10:Harry Potts, 11:Peter Kippax
1947
1-0 vs Liverpool
Semi Final replay: Saturday April 12th 1947
Attendance: 72,000
Scorer: Ray Harrison
Ranked at the time: 188
Team: 1:George Strong, 2:Arthur Woodruff, 3:Harold Mather, 4:Reg Attwell, 5:Allan Brown, 6:George Bray, 7:Jack Billingham, 8:Billy Morris, 9:Ray Harrisson, 10:Harry Potts, 11:Peter Kipax
3-1 vs West Bromwich Albion
Fourth round replay: February 3rd 2009
Attendance: 6,632
Scorers: Wade Elliott, Steven Thompson {2}
Ranked at the time: 633