ARTICLE: A decade in a lower division – Burnley FC 1900 to 1910
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ARTICLE: A decade in a lower division – Burnley FC 1900 to 1910
Moving into the last century and the first decade which ends in tragedy
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Some great articles Tony - gone back and read your earlier ones. I know it’s been mentioned on here before, but does anyone for certain know where the old Calder Vale ground was located. The one place I can think of is the recreation ground near Clifton Street, which currently is being built on by Burnley College. Anyone have any idea for certain?
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I always thought it was in that area but I'm sure one or two on this message board were able to place it when it was discussed previously.
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Keep up the good work CT-these yester-year articles are brilliant for someone like me who has always loved history, but never done anything about it.
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Re: ARTICLE: A decade in a lower division – Burnley FC 1900 to 1910
With so many mills and a reservoir in that area surely it had to be the rec.DanH90 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 11:36 amSome great articles Tony - gone back and read your earlier ones. I know it’s been mentioned on here before, but does anyone for certain know where the old Calder Vale ground was located. The one place I can think of is the recreation ground near Clifton Street, which currently is being built on by Burnley College. Anyone have any idea for certain?
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The referee who stopped the game because it was snowing was Herbert Bamlett - he went on to referee our 1914 FA Cup Final win against Liverpool, but perhaps more tellingly, was appointed manager of Manchester United in 1927....
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The M65 really does scar the town doesn't it?
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I think so…even more of a shame that it’s now being built on! If there was definitive proof that it was our first home they could have prevented it on heritage grounds.Tricky Trevor wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 1:57 pmWith so many mills and a reservoir in that area surely it had to be the rec.
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We did once try to get a blue plaque on Burtons given it was where the decision was made to move permanently to football but couldn’t get any support for it.
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Great read, but Burnley was far from a poor town at the time; up until the 1920’s Burnley had continued to prosper. New mills that had sailed through the Lancashire famine in far better shape than any other town in East Lancashire, advanced calico printing had proved a Godsend to the town.
From the twenties things got very rough in town, but prior to that Burnley was flying. I’ve just down Masters Essays on both the Lancashire famine/economy and the change from folk football up to the launch of the League… there were three meetings to set up the league: the first called by Burnley, the second by Accrington and the third called by Accrington (who had been chucked out for fielding a pro player and Burnley who had only just joined the FA after refusing to accept forced amateur status, that was chaired by Bolton Wanderers.
From the twenties things got very rough in town, but prior to that Burnley was flying. I’ve just down Masters Essays on both the Lancashire famine/economy and the change from folk football up to the launch of the League… there were three meetings to set up the league: the first called by Burnley, the second by Accrington and the third called by Accrington (who had been chucked out for fielding a pro player and Burnley who had only just joined the FA after refusing to accept forced amateur status, that was chaired by Bolton Wanderers.
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Not looked at Calder Vale (it wasn’t relevant to the piece I was doing), but will do. Did look where the Cricket club team hailed from though, as usual sources were mixing up Burnley and Barnsley (yes it goes that far back they did it). The cricket club developed from the ‘new’ weaving shed at trafalgar mill. They needed a recruitment drive as they switched from spinning to weaving and a manager hit on the idea of a cricket team, that ended up after travelling around Burnley a while before settling at Turf Moor, the land they’d rented the season prior to a spell at Duke Bar (if memory serves, on the last bit).Tricky Trevor wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 1:57 pmWith so many mills and a reservoir in that area surely it had to be the rec.
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Burnley FC earliest pro’s were given day jobs at Trafalgar Mill and Massey’s brewery.