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 Vintage Clarets
George broke the club's scoring record in 1927-28 with 35 goals in a single season. Nearly eighty years on that record still stands.
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Ray Pointer.
Read 08.05.2002 The Clarets' most prolific scorer in post war football, 'Blond Bombshell' Ray Pointer was the typical all action centre forward.
Brian O'Neil.
Read 08.05.2002 For a generation of Clarets fans during the middle and late 1960's, one man would stand out above all others as the epitome of a tigerish, all action, midfield dynamo.
Brian Miller.
Read 08.05.2002 Only a relatively small number of players born in Burnley have gone on to represent their home town club as a professional. Hardly any have given such stalwart and unstinting service as player, coach, manager and chief scout as Brian Miller, who first arrived at the Club as a 15-year-old in 1952.
Andy Lochhead.
Read 08.05.2002 Andy Lochhead's goalscoring record speaks for itself, but there was more to his game than hitting the net.
Walter Joyce.
Read 08.05.2002 A former captain of Oldham Schoolboys, Lancashire Schoolboys and a reserve for England Schoolboys, Walter Joyce joined the Turf Moor groundstaff straight from school in 1953.
Neil Grewcock.
Read 08.05.2002 Neil Grewcock will go down as the scorer of one of the most important goals in Burnley's history in 1987.
Dave Thomas.
Read 08.05.2002 David Thomas was described by Burnley's north-east scout Jack Hixon as the finest prospect he had ever seen when his discovery was signed on Associate Schoolboy forms at the age of 15 in March 1966.
Jimmy Robson.
Read 07.05.2002 The first Burnley player ever to score for the Club at Wembley, Jimmy Robson's equaliser in the 1962 FA Cup Final was the 100th goal in finals beneath the Twin Towers.
Brian Pilkington.
Read 07.05.2002 Brian Pilkington missed very few matches during his First Division career at Turf Moor with his sheer consistency week in, week out proving invaluable through the 1950's, as a side was built to win the title.
Peter Noble.
Read 07.05.2002 Peter Noble is without doubt one of the most popular players to don the famous Claret and Blue in recent years

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