Relive the greatest moments of Burnley Football Club through the newspaper reports of the time, captured in these unique, beautiful, hand made books, which includes:
- The inside cover full personalised with the recipients name and a message.
- The recipients name gold embossed on the front cover (optional)
This commerative book makes an ideal and unique football gift for any Burnley fan. Starting with coverage of Burnley's 1-0 win over Blackburn in 1913, this book charts a glorious history of great games and League and Cup titles through the decades of the 20th and 21st century. and continues right up to the end of the season.
Top stories include promotion to Division 1 in 1913, winning the FA Cup in 1914 against Liverpool, becoming Division 1 Champions in 1921 & the nail-biting FA Cup Final vs Charlton in 1947. Read about the early European encounters such as beating Hamburg 3-1 in the 1961 European Cup Qtr Final 1st leg, the big wins on the domestic scene - the 6-1 thrashing of QPR, 6-0 thumping of West Ham, & the 7-2 massacre of Spurs in the early 1960s. Coverage also of beating Preston in 1973 to become Division 2 Champions, & the long fight back from the late 80s when Burnley nearly dropped out of the Football league to more recent successes. The book continues with reports and key matches in the 90s and 2000s, and goes right up to the end of last season.
A unique and wonderful gift and must have for all Burnley fans.
To view the contents, click on this link (PDF file)
How the Books are Made
The papers are reproduced from scans of original Daily Record newspapers going
back over a 100 years that are stored in our extensive archive.They are individually
printed to order onto a high quality thicker paper to provide greater durability.
The books are 38 x 30 cm in size. Total number of pages: 132.
