List of Burnley F.C. records and statistics

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Jerry Dawson holds the record for most Burnley appearances, with 569.

Burnley Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Burnley, Lancashire. Founded on 18 May 1882, the club was one of the first to become professional (in 1883), putting pressure on the Football Association (FA) to permit payments to players.[1] In 1885, the FA legalised professionalism, so the team entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1885–86, and were one of the twelve founding members of the Football League in 1888–89.[1] Burnley have played in all four professional divisions of English football from 1888 to the present day. The team have been champions of England twice, in 1920–21 and 1959–60, have won the FA Cup once, in 1913–14, and have won the FA Charity Shield twice, in 1960 and 1973. Burnley are one of only five teams to have won all four professional divisions of English football, along with Wolverhampton Wanderers, Preston North End, Sheffield United and Portsmouth. They were the second to achieve this by winning the Fourth Division in the 1991–92 season.

The list encompasses the honours won by Burnley, records set by the club, its managers and its players. The record for most games played for the club is held by Jerry Dawson, who made 569 appearances between 1907 and 1928. George Beel scored 188 goals during his Burnley career and is the club's record goalscorer. William Tait scored Burnley's first hat-trick in the Football League in 1888, which was also the first league hat-trick worldwide. Jimmy McIlroy made 51 appearances for Northern Ireland and so is the player who gained the most caps while with Burnley. The highest transfer fee paid by the club is the circa £23 million paid to Chelsea for Lesley Ugochukwu in 2025; the highest fee received is the £31 million paid by Manchester City for James Trafford in 2025. The highest attendance recorded at home ground Turf Moor was 54,775 for the visit of Huddersfield Town in a third round FA Cup match in 1924.

During the 2024–25 season, Burnley matched or broke several English league records, including the best defensive record in history (16 goals conceded in 46 matches, an average of 0.35 per game), the joint-most clean sheets (30, equalling Port Vale's 1953–54 side), becoming the first team to avoid conceding more than one goal in any league fixture, and the first to gain at least 100 points in a specific division (EFL Championship) on two occasions (101 in 2022–23 and 100 in 2024–25).

All records and statistics are correct as of the 2024–25 season.

League

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The FA Cup trophy is presented to Burnley captain Tommy Boyle by King George V in 1914
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Team photograph of the 1920–21 First Division-winning side

Burnley won their first honour in 1883, when they won the Dr Dean's Cup, a knockout competition between amateur clubs in the Burnley area.[2] The club turned professional by the end of 1883, and was one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888.[1] Burnley reached their first major final in 1914, beating Liverpool 1–0 in the FA Cup final.[3] Burnley have been champions of England two times, in 1920–21 and 1959–60, and have won the Charity Shield twice, in 1960 and 1973.[4][5] The side have competed in one of the four professional levels of English football from 1888 to the present day.[6] They were the second, and are one of only five teams to have won all four tiers, along with Wolverhampton Wanderers, Preston North End, Sheffield United and Portsmouth.[7][8] Burnley's honours include the following:[6][9]

First Division (Tier 1)[a]

Second Division/Championship (Tier 2)[a]

Third Division/Second Division (Tier 3)[a]

Fourth Division (Tier 4)[a]

Cup

FA Cup

FA Charity Shield[5]

Texaco Cup[15]

Anglo-Scottish Cup

Associate Members' Cup

Budapest Cup[16]

  • Runners–up: 1914

Allison Trophy[17]

  • Winners: 1961, 1962

Regional

Lancashire Cup[18][19][d]

  • Winners (13): 1889–90, 1914–15, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1992–93, 2022–23
  • Runners–up (15): 1899–1900, 1900–01, 1901–02, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1929–30, 1940–41, 1945–46, 1956–57, 1967–68, 1985–86, 2018–19, 2021–22, 2023–24, 2024–25

Dr Dean's Cup[2]

  • Winners: 1883

Hospital Cup[21][22]

  • Winners: 1883–84, 1885–86,[e] 1887–88, 1889–90

East Lancashire Charity Cup[23]

  • Winners (15): 1892–93, 1893–94, 1898–99, 1904–05, 1905–06, 1906–07, 1907–08, 1911–12, 1914–15, 1919–20, 1920–21, 1921–22, 1923–24 (shared), 1927–28 (shared), 1930–31[f]
  • Runners–up (7): 1890–91, 1901–02, 1910–11, 1922–23, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1928–29

Club records

Season records

Points

  • Most points in a season:
  • Fewest points in a season:
    • Two points for a win: 13 in 22 matches, Football League, 1889–90[6]
    • Three points for a win: 24 in 38 matches, Premier League, 2023–24[6]

Goals

  • Most league goals scored in a season: 102 in 42 matches, First Division, 1960–61[6][27]
  • Fewest league goals scored in a season: 28 in 38 matches, Premier League, 2014–15[6]
  • Most league goals conceded in a season: 108 in 42 matches, First Division, 1925–26[6]
  • Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 16 in 46 matches, Championship, 2024–25[6][h]

Clean sheets

  • Most clean sheets in a league season: 30 in 46 matches, Championship, 2024–25[6][30][i]
  • Longest run without conceding a goal (league): 12 matches (1,214 minutes); 26 December 2024 to 21 February 2025, Championship[31][32][j]

Match records

Firsts

Record wins

Record defeats

Streaks

  • Longest winning streak (all competitions): 11 matches; 16 November 1912 to 18 January 1913, Second Division (10 matches) and FA Cup (one match)[48]
  • Longest winning streak at home (all competitions): 18 matches; 6 September 1920 to 2 April 1921, First Division (17 matches) and FA Cup (one match)[41][49]
  • Longest winning streak from home (all competitions): 7 matches; 12 October 1991 to 1 January 1992, Fourth Division (six matches) and FA Cup (one match)[41][50]
  • Longest unbeaten run (league): 33 matches; 7 November 2024 to 3 May 2025, Championship[28][32][51][52]
  • Longest unbeaten run (top tier): 30 matches; 6 September 1920 to 25 March 1921, First Division[l]
  • Longest unbeaten run at home (league): 34 matches; 1 April 1911 to 4 January 1913, Second Division[6][41]
  • Longest unbeaten run from home (league): 16 matches; from 7 November 2024 to 26 April 2025, Championship[28][32][51][52]
  • Longest drawing streak (league): 6 matches; 21 February to 28 March 1931, Second Division[6][41]
  • Longest losing streak (league): 8 matches;
  • Longest streak without a win (league): 24 matches; 16 April to 17 November 1979, Second Division[6][41]
  • Longest scoring run (league): 31 matches; 16 August 2022 to 25 February 2023, Championship[54][55]
  • Longest non-scoring run (league): 6 matches;

Attendances

Managerial records

  • First full-time manager: Harry Bradshaw; August 1894 to June 1899[62]
  • Longest serving manager (time and games): Harry Potts; 745 competitive matches, February 1958 to February 1970 and February 1977 to October 1979[63][64]
  • First manager from outside England: Frank Hill; Scottish, managed the club for 257 competitive matches from October 1948 to August 1954[65]
  • Most wins: Harry Potts; 321 competitive matches (from 745)[63][64]

Player records

Notes

References

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