ARTICLE: A decade in a lower division – Burnley FC 1900 to 1910

This Forum is the main messageboard to discuss all things Claret and Blue and beyond
Post Reply
ClaretTony
Posts: 67429
Joined: Thu Dec 24, 2015 3:07 pm
Been Liked: 32238 times
Has Liked: 5254 times
Location: Burnley
Contact:

ARTICLE: A decade in a lower division – Burnley FC 1900 to 1910

Post by ClaretTony » Thu Jun 01, 2023 11:17 am

Moving into the last century and the first decade which ends in tragedy

See link
https://www.uptheclarets.com/a-decade-i ... 00-to-1910
These 3 users liked this post: Tricky Trevor fatboy47 Bcap1959

DanH90
Posts: 178
Joined: Sun Aug 02, 2020 7:29 pm
Been Liked: 130 times
Has Liked: 1 time

Re: ARTICLE: A decade in a lower division – Burnley FC 1900 to 1910

Post by DanH90 » Thu Jun 01, 2023 11:36 am

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?

ClaretTony
Posts: 67429
Joined: Thu Dec 24, 2015 3:07 pm
Been Liked: 32238 times
Has Liked: 5254 times
Location: Burnley
Contact:

Re: ARTICLE: A decade in a lower division – Burnley FC 1900 to 1910

Post by ClaretTony » Thu Jun 01, 2023 11:54 am

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.

mdd2
Posts: 6012
Joined: Thu Jan 14, 2016 8:47 pm
Been Liked: 1665 times
Has Liked: 700 times

Re: ARTICLE: A decade in a lower division – Burnley FC 1900 to 1910

Post by mdd2 » Thu Jun 01, 2023 1:37 pm

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.
This user liked this post: Bcap1959

Tricky Trevor
Posts: 8322
Joined: Thu Jan 31, 2019 10:06 pm
Been Liked: 2439 times
Has Liked: 1978 times

Re: ARTICLE: A decade in a lower division – Burnley FC 1900 to 1910

Post by Tricky Trevor » Thu Jun 01, 2023 1:57 pm

DanH90 wrote:
Thu Jun 01, 2023 11:36 am
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?
With so many mills and a reservoir in that area surely it had to be the rec.
IMG_3472.jpeg
IMG_3472.jpeg (765.35 KiB) Viewed 376 times

sjb
Posts: 797
Joined: Tue Feb 21, 2023 2:15 pm
Been Liked: 249 times
Has Liked: 386 times

Re: ARTICLE: A decade in a lower division – Burnley FC 1900 to 1910

Post by sjb » Thu Jun 01, 2023 2:38 pm

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....

Rowls
Posts: 13163
Joined: Wed Jan 20, 2016 11:00 pm
Been Liked: 5065 times
Has Liked: 5124 times
Location: Montpellier, France

Re: ARTICLE: A decade in a lower division – Burnley FC 1900 to 1910

Post by Rowls » Thu Jun 01, 2023 2:49 pm

The M65 really does scar the town doesn't it?

ClaretTony
Posts: 67429
Joined: Thu Dec 24, 2015 3:07 pm
Been Liked: 32238 times
Has Liked: 5254 times
Location: Burnley
Contact:

Re: ARTICLE: A decade in a lower division – Burnley FC 1900 to 1910

Post by ClaretTony » Thu Jun 01, 2023 3:39 pm

sjb wrote:
Thu Jun 01, 2023 2:38 pm
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....
That was him

DanH90
Posts: 178
Joined: Sun Aug 02, 2020 7:29 pm
Been Liked: 130 times
Has Liked: 1 time

Re: ARTICLE: A decade in a lower division – Burnley FC 1900 to 1910

Post by DanH90 » Thu Jun 01, 2023 4:06 pm

Tricky Trevor wrote:
Thu Jun 01, 2023 1:57 pm
With so many mills and a reservoir in that area surely it had to be the rec.
IMG_3472.jpeg
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.

ClaretTony
Posts: 67429
Joined: Thu Dec 24, 2015 3:07 pm
Been Liked: 32238 times
Has Liked: 5254 times
Location: Burnley
Contact:

Re: ARTICLE: A decade in a lower division – Burnley FC 1900 to 1910

Post by ClaretTony » Thu Jun 01, 2023 4:09 pm

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.

elwaclaret
Posts: 8928
Joined: Thu Jan 21, 2016 9:57 am
Been Liked: 1985 times
Has Liked: 2875 times

Re: ARTICLE: A decade in a lower division – Burnley FC 1900 to 1910

Post by elwaclaret » Thu Jun 01, 2023 7:41 pm

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.

elwaclaret
Posts: 8928
Joined: Thu Jan 21, 2016 9:57 am
Been Liked: 1985 times
Has Liked: 2875 times

Re: ARTICLE: A decade in a lower division – Burnley FC 1900 to 1910

Post by elwaclaret » Thu Jun 01, 2023 8:34 pm

Tricky Trevor wrote:
Thu Jun 01, 2023 1:57 pm
With so many mills and a reservoir in that area surely it had to be the rec.
IMG_3472.jpeg
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).

Burnley FC earliest pro’s were given day jobs at Trafalgar Mill and Massey’s brewery.

Post Reply