1960s BFC squad photo

[ClaretGeorgina]

Well, I have to say that I'm so pleased that I went and sat in the darts room in the Roggerham Gate and looked up at that photo.
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this unexpected and highly enjoyable little project!

I will post up the team sheet as I propose to print it to accompany the pub photo when I've done it.

And finally...........

[FCBurnley]

Great job Georgina

[Royboyclaret]

Great spot for Dave Merrington.

I have a folder of squad photos, lots of which I’ve downloaded from here and our former home. Some scanned from programmes. Would it be worth sharing them on here. CT might like to make it a page along with ground photos?

Just an update on ClaretGeorgina's superb thread.........Tricky Trevor, it most certainly would be worth sharing them on here.......Were you able to make contact with CT with regard to giving your squad photos their own page on here?

The history of our great club is so important to so many of us, and would it not be special to uncover a team photo for each season of our existence ?.......or is that asking a bit too much.

[Tricky Trevor]

Just an update on ClaretGeorgina's superb thread.........Tricky Trevor, it most certainly would be worth sharing them on here.......Were you able to make contact with CT with regard to giving your squad photos their own page on here?

The history of our great club is so important to so many of us, and would it not be special to uncover a team photo for each season of our existence ?.......or is that asking a bit too much.

I’ll start posting them on here tomorrow, Roy. One a day. CT can make a decision if he wants them elsewhere.

[RammyClaret61]

Aren’t most, if not all on this page?

https://www.uptheclarets.com/players/ap ... -and-goals

[Tricky Trevor]

Aren’t most, if not all on this page?
https://www.uptheclarets.com/players/ap ... -and-goals

Aren’t they individual photos, Rammy? I didn’t check to deep.
These are team and squad photos down the years.

[Royboyclaret]

I’ll start posting them on here tomorrow, Roy. One a day. CT can make a decision if he wants them elsewhere.

Good man, will look forward to viewing your collection.

Are there any from the early years ?.......they're the ones that fascinate me the most.

Came across a group photo recently of our very first year of existence, 1882/83. It claims to be the oldest surviving photograph of a Burnley team group.

[RammyClaret61]

Aren’t they individual photos, Rammy? I didn’t check to deep.
These are team and squad photos down the years.

Yes, sorry they are individuals.

[Tricky Trevor]

Good man, will look forward to viewing your collection.

Are there any from the early years ?.......they're the ones that fascinate me the most.

Came across a group photo recently of our very first year of existence, 1882/83. It claims to be the oldest surviving photograph of a Burnley team group.

On the ipad currently I’ll post shortly. Think I’ve got that one but as I said earlier the majority have been saved from here and our former home.

[Tricky Trevor]

May as well start with the FA Cup winners 1913-14.

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[Royboyclaret]

Superb pic......the legendary Halley, Boyle & Watson on the front row.

[Tricky Trevor]

Superb pic......the legendary Halley, Boyle & Watson on the front row.

BTW I don’t have the 1883 one so pop it up if you can.

[Tricky Trevor]

Champions 20-21.

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[Royboyclaret]

Another gem, Trevor......."arguably the finest set of players ever to represent Burnley Football Club".

Bob Kelly, middle row second from left, my Dad said he was the only Burnley player to ever come close to Jimmy Mac, so he must have been one hell of a player. Also, of course, the incomparable Tommy Boyle behind the trophy.

Sorry, can't assist you with posting the pics, but the 1882/83 one is in Ray Simpson's book "Images of Sport, Burnley Football Club 1882 - 1968".

[Royboyclaret]

Worth another special mention for Tommy Boyle, he captains his side to win the FA Cup in 1914 then off to fight for his country in World War One where he suffers life threatening injuries, only to return to captain his side to the League Championship in 1921......You couldn't make it up......Would make a brilliant film.

[midsummersday]

SOME FANTASTIC PLAYERS ON THIS PHOTO,THAT IS THE TEAM I GREW UP WITH.FIRST WENT ONT,TURF AGE 6 WITH MY MUM AND AUNTIE,HAVE BEEN
A CLARET EVER SINCE.....I HAVE SEEN THE GOOD AND THE BAD,THE UPS AND THE DOWNS,AND HAVE TO SAY NOW,THAT THE PRESENT TEAM UNDER
VINCENT HAS BROUGHT BACK THE FUN OF WATCHING THE CLARETS AGAIN.....REALLY ENJOYING THIS SEASON.PLEASE CAN WE TOP THIS
DIVISION ,BUT STAY IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP,ITS FAR MORE ENJOYABLE WITH LOTS OF CLUBS ON ROUGHLY THE SAME LEVEL,AND MONEY IS NOT
EVERYTHING,AND SMALLER CLUBS CAN HAVE SUCCESS,ENJOY THIS WHILE IT LASTS,BECAUSE THE PREMIERSHIP VULTURES WILL SOON BE TAKING
NOTE OF OUR MANAGER AND HOW WELL HE IS DOING.
THANK VINNY FOR WHAT YOUR DOING FOR OUR WONDERFUL CLUB........LONG MAY IT LAST.

[Tricky Trevor]

'47 Cup Final Team.

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[Royboyclaret]

Bad day at Black Rock for this Burnley side at Wembley, defeat after extra-time to Charlton.

Two famous and successful future Clarets' managers on that photo, of course.

[Buxtonclaret]

'47 Cup Final Team.
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My dad used to reel that team off to me at an early age.

[Royboyclaret]

I see that Bob Kelly has been given a nomination in the "Greatest Players Never To Have Played In A World Cup" thread......Justifiably so in my opinion. He was entering the twilight of his career at the time of the first World Cup in Uruguay in 1930 but he played a total of 14 times for England......He really was that good, Dad said so. A naturally gifted player comparable to Jimmy Mac, and that's some compliment.

[Tricky Trevor]

Champions '59-'60.

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[Royboyclaret]

Simply the best.

And I consider myself so fortunate to have been old enough to appreciate just how good they were.

[martin_p]

Champions '59-'60.
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I have a postcard of that photo signed by each player on it.

[Royboyclaret]

I have a postcard of that photo signed by each player on it.

Treasure it, Martin.....I'm sure you do.

[Bfc]

I’ve a signed postcard team photo of the 1947 team. All signed in pen and ink, except Kippax, who signed it with a biro pen, which were very rare in that era.

[lakedistrictclaret]

How many on that 1960 photo are still alive?
I think it's just two.

[Claret Till I Die]

How many on that 1960 photo are still alive?
I think it's just two.

The outside 2

[lakedistrictclaret]

The outside 2

Yes, I think so CTID.

[Royboyclaret]

Hadn't realised that only two of that side still remain with us, although I knew that Trevor (our last goal hero in that final game at Man City) is going to be 86 years young on Christmas Day this year. Good health to him and to Alex too, of course.

[Tricky Trevor]

I only caught the tail end of our 59-60 Champs with my first game being March '62. Much as I loved Mac, Pointer, Connelly and Robson they were all at the end of their careers by then so these are the guys who got me excited '65-'66. The colour photo is missing the great Ralph Coates so I've thrown the B&W one in just to include him.

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[Royboyclaret]

I only caught the tail end of our 59-60 Champs with my first game being March '62. Much as I loved Mac, Pointer, Connelly and Robson they were all at the end of their careers by then so these are the guys who got me excited '65-'66. The colour photo is missing the great Ralph Coates so I've thrown the B&W one in just to include him.
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Superb season was '65/'66, finished 3rd in Division One playing some fabulous football. The season that, for me, Willie Irvine really peaked, 29 sensational goals in 42 games and it could have been many more. CTID must be so proud of his Dad,

[Claret Till I Die]

Superb season was '65/'66, finished 3rd in Division One playing some fabulous football. The season that, for me, Willie Irvine really peaked, 29 sensational goals in 42 games and it could have been many more. CTID must be so proud of his Dad,

Words don't do my pride justice

[Bfc]

CTID, I’m proud to say, I was at everyone of the games your Dad scored those goals.

[claret5]

Champions '59-'60.
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Quite a slope on the pitch back in those days

[Tricky Trevor]

Quite a slope on the pitch back in those days

Noticed that mesen. Trevor Meredith taller than Alex Elder! I don’t think so.

[Tricky Trevor]

'68 FA Youth Cup Winners.
BACK. Pat Dooney, Steve Kindon, Wilf Wrigley, Gerry McEvoy, Eddie Cliff, George Coppock.
FRONT. Alan West, Eric Probert, Mick Docherty(C), David Hartley, Peter Jones, Dave Thomas.

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[the_magic_rat]

I only caught the tail end of our 59-60 Champs with my first game being March '62. Much as I loved Mac, Pointer, Connelly and Robson they were all at the end of their careers by then so these are the guys who got me excited '65-'66. The colour photo is missing the great Ralph Coates so I've thrown the B&W one in just to include him.
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I sent off to Brooke Bond with tokens from packets of PG Tips tea for the colour photo above. I'm guessing it was from 64-5 or 65-6. A gentle, more innocent age.

[Cajun]

Some great stuff on this thread. Trev's squad picture above from 1965 I used to have on my wall when I first started going to watch the Clarets with my dad that season.
I have these two old postcards of the 1914 Cup winners, and scorer Bert Freeman, team pic a little different in style to Trev's one earlier.

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[Royboyclaret]

'68 FA Youth Cup Winners.
BACK. Pat Dooney, Steve Kindon, Wilf Wrigley, Gerry McEvoy, Eddie Cliff, George Coppock.
FRONT. Alan West, Eric Probert, Mick Docherty(C), David Hartley, Peter Jones, Dave Thomas.
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A well deserved trophy for the Youth team, they were a thoroughly entertaining watch all through the competition. A perfectly balanced side with the electric pace of Kindon on one side and the more subtle skills of Dave Thomas on the other, with the cultured Alan West in midfield.

By coincidence, Trevor, one of the opposition players on that Friday night of the second-leg Final on the Turf was a player featured on the photo you posted a couple of weeks ago of the 1972 full England squad.

[martin_p]

A well deserved trophy for the Youth team, they were a thoroughly entertaining watch all through the competition. A perfectly balanced side with the electric pace of Kindon on one side and the more subtle skills of Dave Thomas on the other, with the cultured Alan West in midfield.

By coincidence, Trevor, one of the opposition players on that Friday night of the second-leg Final on the Turf was a player featured on the photo you posted a couple of weeks ago of the 1972 full England squad.

A few players in the Coventry youth team that season went on to have decent careers (and one nut job).

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[Tricky Trevor]

A well deserved trophy for the Youth team, they were a thoroughly entertaining watch all through the competition. A perfectly balanced side with the electric pace of Kindon on one side and the more subtle skills of Dave Thomas on the other, with the cultured Alan West in midfield.

By coincidence, Trevor, one of the opposition players on that Friday night of the second-leg Final on the Turf was a player featured on the photo you posted a couple of weeks ago of the 1972 full England squad.

Jeff Blockley at a guess? David Icke, the well known flake, was in goals for them.

[Tricky Trevor]

'67-'68 team

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[Hipper]

I found this on the internet:

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Alex Elder, Andy Lochhead, Harry Thomson, Sammy Todd, Dave Merrington.
Mike Buxton, John Angus, Willie Irvine, Brian Miller, Arthur Bellamy.
Dave Thomas, Brian O'Neil, Frank Casper, Gordon Harris, Fred Smith, Les Latcham.

Odd that Thomas has the old hooped socks and what looks like a well washed shirt - note the light blue (Buxton, Todd and Merrington too!).

[Hipper]

.... and Todd and Merrington have square badges!!!!

[Tricky Trevor]

.... and Todd and Merrington have square badges!!!!

Are they just up from the reserves?

[Tricky Trevor]

'72-'73 Championship season squad.

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[Tricky Trevor]

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[Royboyclaret]

'67-'68 team
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Still a strong looking squad going into the '67/'68 season.......Potts had signed Frank Casper just before the start of the season and in fact Frank ended his first season as leading goalscorer. We finished the season in 14th position, something we managed to do, remarkably, for four consecutive seasons. One sad note, Willie Irvine's time here was coming to an end.

[Royboyclaret]

'72-'73 Championship season squad.
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Adamson in charge by now and he had assembled a superb squad for the '72/'73 season. They were simply a pleasure to watch and fully deserved the Championship at the end of the season. A very young looking Flynny and Ray Hankin on the front row of the squad photo.

[Tricky Trevor]

No squad today. just Dobo with a couple of trophies.

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