Burnley Football Club, nicknamed The Clarets, are a professional English football club managed by Owen Coyle and based in Burnley, Lancashire. They were founder members of The Football League in 1888 and in 2009-10 will return to the top division after a 33 year absence and play in the Premier League for the first time. The club colours are claret and blue and their home ground since 1883 has been Turf Moor.
Burnley have been Football League Champions twice, in 1920-21 and 1959-60, and were FA Cup winners on 25 April 1914, beating Liverpool 1-0 at Crystal Palace. The Clarets also reached the 1961 quarter-finals of the European Cup before losing to Hamburger SV (Germany).
As recently as 1960 they were league champions, but have been outside the top flight since 1976 and from 1985 had a seven-year spell in the lowest tier of the Football League. In 1987 they narrowly avoided relegation to the Conference. Between 2000 and 2009 they played in the second tier of English football, until they gained promotion to the Premier League for the first time in 33 years after defeating Sheffield United 1-0 in the Championship play-off final.
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Recente geschiedenis
Na enkele middelmatige seizoenen degradeerde Burnley in 1979/80. In de 42 competitiewedstrijden kon de club in zijn eerste zestien of laatste zestien wedstrijden niet winnen en degradeerde zo voor het eerst naar de derde klasse. Twee jaar later werd Burnley kampioen, maar werd na één seizoen terug naar de derde klasse verwezen. Opsteker dat jaar was wel een kwartfinale in de FA Cup en een halve finale in de League Cup. In deze laatste beker werden Liverpool en de Spurs verslagen, die in de competitie toch respectievelijk landskampioen en vierde werden. Twee seizoenen later bereikte Burnley het absolute dieptepunt door te degraderen naar de vierde klasse. In 1986/87 eindigde de club zelfs maar één punt boven degradatie naar de Conference National. Daarna ging het weer bergop en in 1991/92 werd de club kampioen. Na twee seizoenen promoveerde de club via de eindronde, na een zesde plaats, weer naar de tweede klasse maar kon daarn iet standhouden. In 1997/98 ontsnapte de club ternauwernood aan een nieuwe degradatie naar de vierde klasse. Met de aanstelling van Stan Ternent als trainer ging het weer omhoog. Sinds seizoen 1999/2000 speelt de club weer in de tweede divisie van het Engelse voetbal. In juni 2004 werd Stan Ternent opgevolgd door Steve Cotterill. In zijn eerste seizoen eindigde de club 13e in The Championship en had het een goede reeks in zowel de League Cup als de FA Cup. Ze schakelden onder meer Liverpool en Aston Villa uit. Na enkele plaatsen in de middenmoot eindigde Burnley in 2009 op een vijfde plaats en kwalificeerde zich zo voor de play-offs. Nadat Reading FC en Sheffield United FC in de finale werd verslagen met 1-0 komt Burnley volgend jaar weer uit in de hoogste klasse, de Premier League, na een afwezigheid van 33 jaar.
Stadion Turf Moor
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Turf Moor is a football stadium in Burnley, Lancashire. It is the home ground of English football club Burnley F.C., who have played there since 1883.
It is situated on Harry Potts Way in Burnley, and has a capacity of 22,546, all seated. Its four main stands are the James Hargreaves Stand, the Jimmy McIlroy Stand, the Bob Lord Stand and the Cricket Field Stand.
Its first game saw Burnley play Rawtenstall in 1883 shortly after the club had moved from their original premises at Calder Vale. It is one of the oldest football grounds still in use in the United Kingdom, behind only Preston North End's ground, Deepdale and Bramall Lane.
The record attendance at Turf Moor came in 1924 when Burnley played Huddersfield Town in the FA Cup with 54,755 people attending.
New Burnley director, Brendan Flood, has stated that the ground will go through further redevelopment, and the plans were publicly released on 24 July, 2007. It will be a major development, costing £20m. The plans - which would incorporate the redevelopment of the Cricket Field Stand and the moving of the players' entrance tunnel, have been put on hold until the current financial climate improves. With a futher development of a second tier on the Bob Lord stand should Burnley reach the Premier League, the anticipated capacity of Turf Moor will eventually be 28,000.
The future
In July 2007 Burnley revealed plans for a £20 million redevelopment of Turf Moor and the club's training facility at Gawthorpe Hall. This includes a new stand at the Cricket Field End to accommodate 2,500 fans and a redevelopment of the Bob Lord Stand, which will house a cinema within it. It is planned to move the changing rooms to the home fans' (rather than, as currently, the away fans') end of the ground. Other planned improvements include a new club superstore and other retail outlets, new business offices on the site of the current club shop, and a new hotel. With a futher development of a second tier on the Bob Lord stand the anticipated capacity of Turf Moor will eventually be 28,000.[3]
This investment has been linked with the emergence of new director Brendan Flood, although no details of the precise source of the funding have been made public. Work was expected to start in late 2007 and finish in time for the 2010 season.
Selectie per 9 mei.
Current squad
No. Position Player
1 GK Diego Penny
2 DF Graham Alexander (vice-captain)
3 DF Christian Kalvenes
4 DF Michael Duff
5 DF Clarke Carlisle
6 DF Steven Caldwell (captain)
7 MF Kevin McDonald
8 MF Joey Guðjónsson
10 FW Martin Paterson
11 MF Wade Elliott
12 GK Brian Jensen
No. Position Player
14 FW Steve Jones
16 MF Chris McCann
19 FW Jay Rodriguez
20 FW Robbie Blake
21 MF Besart Berisha
23 DF Stephen Jordan
24 DF Russell Anderson (on loan from Sunderland)
25 MF Adam Kay
27 MF Alex MacDonald
30 FW Steven Thompson
33 MF Chris Eagles
Hebben ze eens kans om langer dan één seizoen premier league te spelen ?
winnaar wielerprono 2007 :)
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