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Swansea City Reject Two Bids From Burnley For striker

Clarets Have Two Bids Rejected For Swansea City Striker Michael Obafemi Swansea City have today rejected two bids from Burnley Football Club for striker Michael Obafemi, the forward has struggled to hit the levels he reached in the latter stages … Continue reading

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Burnley & Scotland Defender Passes Away

John ‘Jock’ Aird (1926 – 2021) Burnley Football Club have this morning confirmed the passing of Clarets’ oldest player and International ground-breaker. John ‘Jock’ Aird, who had been the club’s oldest surviving former player passed away earlier this month at … Continue reading

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Women’s 2019 World Cup Draw

Lionesses Face Scotland In World Cup Opener Phil Neville’s Lionesses will face Scotland, Argentina and Japan in the 2019 World Cup group stages next summer in France. England and Scotland will meet in their opening game with the Lionesses also facing … Continue reading

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Former Claret Recovering After Fall

Rune Vindheim Recovering After Nine Days In a Coma Former Burnley midfielder Rune Vindheim, who played for Burnley during the 1998/99 season is in a critical but stable condition in hospital following an accidental fall. Vindheim who is head coach … Continue reading

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Morecambe Pre-Season Tournament

Morecambe Football Tournament  Morecambe Football Club hosted a pre-season tournament this weekend, which also included Blackburn Rovers and Bury Football Club at the Globe Arena. The teams played each other once and the games were thirty minutes each way. Long standing … Continue reading

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2016 Great City Games (Manchester)

2016 Great City Games (Manchester) There were a couple of big changes to this year’s Great City Games in Manchester, the first being a new sponsor for the event in the Co Operative Bank.  The second change was that the … Continue reading

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Burnley v Wigan Athletic

Burnley 4 v 0 Wigan Athletic (Development Squad Friendly) Lukas Jutkiewicz was back among the goals as a strong Burnley XI beat Wigan 4-0 in a friendly on Tuesday. Striker Jutkiewicz scored twice and Matty Taylor added another brace in the … Continue reading

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Christian Kalvenes Interview

Christian Kalvenes Christian Kalvenes was born on the 8th March 1977, in Bergen, Norway. Born into a footballing family Kalvenes father and brother were involved in the professional game. Kalvenes started his career with his hometown club SK Brann in … Continue reading

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Former Clarets Keeper Kiraly Reaches Euro 2016

Former Clarets Keeper Gabor Kiraly Saves Hungary Hungary qualified for their first major tournament finals since 1986 as Tamas Priskin’s brilliant goal helped secure a Euro 2016 play-off win over Norway.  The Slovan Bratislava striker, formerly of Watford and Ipswich, … Continue reading

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Tour De Yorkshire (Stage 1)

Team Sky’s Lars Petter Nordhaug of Norway won the opening stage of the three-day Tour de Yorkshire in a sprint finish on Scarborough seafront. Nordhaug, got the better of Thomas Voeckler at the end of the 174km stage from Bridlington … Continue reading

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