Programmes - Season 1953/54

Last updated : 09 December 2014 By L & M Davidson & Tony Scholes
 

BURNLEY v WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS - 19th August 1953

Football League Division One

 

BURNLEY 4 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 1

Les Shannon (2), Bill Holden, Brian Pilkington

Attendance: 32,822

 

debut: Billy Gray

 

 

CHARLTON ATHLETIC v BURNLEY - 22nd August 1953

Football League Division One

 

CHARLTON ATHLETIC 3 BURNLEY 1

Jimmy McIlroy

Attendance: 24,802

 

 

BURNLEY v BLACKPOOL - 25th August 1953

Football League Division One

 

BURNLEY 2 BLACKPOOL 1

Brian Pilkington, Eddie Shimwell (og)

Attendance: 41,574

 

 

BURNLEY v SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY - 29th August 1953

Football League Division One

 

BURNLEY 4 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 1

Brian Pilkington (2), Billy Gray (2 1pen)

Attendance: 25,813

 

 

BLACKPOOL v BURNLEY - 31st August 1953

Football League Division One

 

BLACKPOOL 2 BURNLEY 0

Attendance: 18,113

 

 

MIDDLESBROUGH v BURNLEY - 5th September 1953

Football League Division One

 

MIDDLESBROUGH 1 BURNLEY 3

Bill Holden, Roy Stephenson, Billy Gray

Attendance: 32,597

 

 

BURNLEY v TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR - 7th September 1953

Football League Division One

 

BURNLEY 4 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2

Jimmy McIlroy, Billy Gray (3)

Attendance: 34,280

 

 

BURNLEY v WEST BROMWICH ALBION - 12th September 1953

Football League Division One

 

BURNLEY 1 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 4

Roy Stephenson

Attendance: 38,948

 

 

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR v BURNLEY - 16th September 1953

Football League Division One

 

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2 BURNLEY 3

Jimmy McIlroy (2), Billy Gray

Attendance: 30,472

 

debut: David Cargill

 

 

LIVERPOOL v BURNLEY - 19th September 1953

Football League Division One

 

LIVERPOOL 4 BURNLEY 0

Attendance: 36,643

 

 

BURNLEY v NEWCASTLE UNITED - 26th September 1953

Football League Division One

 

BURNLEY 1 NEWCASTLE UNITED 2

Bill Holden

Attendance: 33,688

 

 

MANCHESTER UNITED v BURNLEY - 3rd October 1953

Football League Division One

 

MANCHESTER UNITED 1 BURNLEY 2

Roy Stephenson, Billy Gray

Attendance: 39,550

 

debut: Bobby Seith

 

 

BURNLEY v PORTSMOUTH - 10th October 1953

Football League Division One

 

BURNLEY 1 PORTSMOUTH 0

Jimmy McIlroy

Attendance: 28,142

 

 

GRIMSBY TOWN v BURNLEY - 13th October 1953

Friendly

 

GRIMSBY TOWN 1 BURNLEY 0

Attendance: 3,510

 

 

ARSENAL v BURNLEY - 17th October 1953

Football League Division One

 

ARSENAL 2 BURNLEY 5

Bill Holden (3), Roy Stephenson (2)

Attendance: 47,353

 

 

BURNLEY v CARDIFF CITY - 24th October 1953

Football League Division One

 

BURNLEY 3 CARDIFF CITY 0

Jimmy McIlroy, Billy Gray, Brian Pilkington

Attendance: 29,539

 

 

MANCHESTER CITY v BURNLEY - 31st October 1953

Football League Division One

 

MANCHESTER CITY 3 BURNLEY 2

Jimmy Adamson, Billy Gray

Attendance: 32,353

 

 

BURNLEY v SHEFFIELD UNITED - 7th November 1953

Football League Division One

 

BURNLEY 2 SHEFFIELD UNITED 1

Jimmy McIlroy (2)

Attendance: 15,846

 

 

ANTWERPSE VERSTANDHOUDING v BURNLEY - 11th November 1953

Friendly

 

ANTWERPSE VERSTANDHOUDING 1 BURNLEY 0

 

 

CHELSEA v BURNLEY - 14th November 1953

Football League Division One

 

CHELSEA 2 BURNLEY 1

Roy Stephenson

Attendance: 39,731

 

 

BURNLEY v ASTON VILLA - 21st November 1953

Football League Division One

 

BURNLEY 3 ASTON VILLA 2

Roy Stephenson, Billy Gray, Jimmy McIlroy

Attendance: 26,868

 

 

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN v BURNLEY - 28th November 1953

Football League Division One

 

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 3 BURNLEY 1

Les Shannon

Attendance: 34,666

 

debut: Jim Milner

 

 

BURNLEY v SUNDERLAND - 5th December 1953

Football League Division One

 

BURNLEY 5 SUNDERLAND 1

Les Shannon, Billy Gray, Bill Holden, Jimmy Adamson, Jimmy McIlroy

Attendance: 27,839

 

 

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS v BURNLEY - 12th December 1953

Football League Division One

 

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 1 BURNLEY 2

Bill Holden (2)

Attendance: 35,043

 

 

BURNLEY v CHARLTON ATHLETIC - 19th December 1953

Football League Division One

 

BURNLEY 2 CHARLTON ATHLETIC 0

Les Shannon, Jimmy McIlroy

Attendance: 25,369

 

 

BURNLEY v PRESTON NORTH END - 25th December 1953

Football League Division One

 

BURNLEY 2 PRESTON NORTH END 1

Brian Pilkington, Les Shannon

Attendance: 33,398

 

 

PRESTON NORTH END v BURNLEY - 26th December 1953

Football League Division One

 

PRESTON NORTH END 2 BURNLEY 1

Jimmy McIlroy

Attendance: 32,416

 

 

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY v BURNLEY - 2nd January 1954

Football League Division One

 

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 2 BURNLEY 0

Attendance: 33,061

 

 

BURNLEY v MANCHESTER UNITED - 9th January 1954

FA Cup 3rd Round

 

BURNLEY 5 MANCHESTER UNITED 3

Les Shannon (2), Bill Holden, Jimmy McIlroy, Billy Gray

Attendance: 52,847

 

 

BURNLEY v MIDDLESBROUGH - 16th January 1954

Football League Division One

 

BURNLEY 5 MIDDLESBROUGH 0

Bill Holden, Billy Gray (3), Jimmy McIlroy

Attendance: 23,481

 

 

WEST BROMWICH ALBION v BURNLEY  - 23rd January 1954

Football League Division One

 

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 0 BURNLEY 0

Attendance: 42,644

 

 

BURNLEY v NEWCASTLE UNITED - 30th January 1954

FA Cup 4th Round

 

BURNLEY 1 NEWCASTLE UNITED 1

Brian Pilkington

Attendance: 52,011

 

 

NEWCASTLE UNITED v BURNLEY - 3rd February 1954

FA Cup 4th Round Replay

 

NEWCASTLE UNITED 1 BURNLEY 0

Attendance: 48,284

 

 

BURNLEY v LIVERPOOL - 6th February 1954

Football League Division One

 

BURNLEY 1 LIVERPOOL 1

Brian Pilkington

Attendance: 24,025

 

 

NEWCASTLE UNITED v BURNLEY - 13th February 1954

Football League Division One

 

NEWCASTLE UNITED 3 BURNLEY 1

Jimmy McIlroy

Attendance: 29,114

 

 

BURNLEY v MANCHESTER UNITED - 20th February 1954

Football League Division One

 

BURNLEY 2 MANCHESTER UNITED 0

Billy Gray (2)

Attendance: 31,402

 

 

PORTSMOUTH v BURNLEY - 27th February 1954

Football League Division One

 

PORTSMOUTH 3 BURNLEY 2

Jimmy McIlroy, Jimmy Adamson

Attendance: 24,155

 

 

BURNLEY v ARSENAL - 6th March 1954

Football League Division One

 

BURNLEY 2 ARSENAL 1

Bill Holden, Les Shannon

Attendance: 22,726

 

 

CARDIFF CITY v BURNLEY - 13th March 1954

Football League Division One

 

CARDIFF CITY 1 BURNLEY 0

Attendance: 33,413

 

 

BURNLEY v MANCHESTER CITY - 20th March 1954

Football League Division One

 

BURNLEY 3 MANCHESTER CITY 1

Bill Holden, Billy Gray, Jimmy McIlroy

Attendance: 23,061

 

 

SHEFFIELD UNITED v BURNLEY - 27th March 1954

Football League Division One

 

SHEFFIELD UNITED 2 BURNLEY 1

Jimmy McIlroy

Attendance: 22,784

 

 

BURNLEY v CHELSEA - 3rd April 1954

Football League Division One

 

BURNLEY 1 CHELSEA 2

Billy Gray

Attendance: 20,312

 

 

ASTON VILLA v BURNLEY - 10th April 1954

Football League Division One

 

ASTON VILLA 5 BURNLEY 1

Bill Holden

Attendance: 23,043

 

debut: Colin McDonald

 

 

BOLTON WANDERERS v BURNLEY - 16th April 1954

Football League Division One

 

BOLTON WANDERERS 0 BURNLEY 0

Attendance: 34,394

 

 

BURNLEY v HUDDERSFIELD TOWN - 17th April 1954

Football League Division One

 

BURNLEY 2 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 1

Brian Pilkington, Jimmy Adamson

Attendance: 26,180

 

 

BURNLEY v BOLTON WANDERERS - 19th April 1954

Football League Division One

 

BURNLEY 1 BOLTON WANDERERS 1

Bill Holden

Attendance: 25,857

 

 

SUNDERLAND v BURNLEY - 24th April 1954

Football League Division One

 

SUNDERLAND 2 BURNLEY 1

Jimmy Adamson

Attendance: 28,014

 

Frank Hill: last game as manager

 

 

ALDERSHOT v BURNLEY - 30th April 1954

Friendly

 

ALDERSHOT 1 BURNLEY 3

 

 

TANANARIVE v BURNLEY - 9th May 1954

Friendly

 

TANANARIVE 1 BURNLEY 14

Bill Holden (6), Jimmy McIlroy (4), Les Shannon (3), Roy Stephenson

Attendance: 11,000

 

 

MAURITIUS v BURNLEY - 13th - 30th May 1954

Friendly Tournament

 

MAURITIUS 'B' 0 BURNLEY 4 - 13th May

Jimmy McIlroy (3), Bill Holden

 

MAURITIUS 'A' 1 BURNLEY 7 - 15th May

Bill Holden (2), Jimmy McIlroy (2), Les Shannon (2), David Cargill

 

MAURITIUS 'B' 1 BURNLEY 8 - 20th May

Bill Holden (2), Les Shannon (2), Roy Stephenson (2), Jimmy Adamson, David Cargill

 

MAURITIUS 'A' 0 BURNLEY 3 - 23rd May

Bill Holden, Bobby Seith, Les Shannon

 

MAURITIUS 'B' 0 BURNLEY 6 - 27th May

scorers not known

 

MAURITIUS 'A' 0 BURNLEY 6 - 30th May

scorers not known