Never was it more evident than in 1960 when Burnley were crowned Football League Champions for the second time in the club's history. The championship winning season saw only three players feature who had been signed from other clubs, and none had played for other Football League clubs.
The club have emphasised recently that the emphasis is very much on youth and bringing players through the system into the first team.
Burnley Football Club officially recognises that the first players to come through the youth system to the first team were Tommy Lawton and Ken Ashbridge in the 1935/36 season.
This feature will show all those from 1936 to the current date who have graduated through the youth system at Burnley Football Club and gone on to play for the first team.
Below are numbers 76 to 100 and players who debuted for the first team from 1972 to 1980
| No | Name | Debut | Date | League | Cups | Total | |||||
| Apps | Gls | Apps | Gls | Apps | Gls | ||||||
| 76 | Paul Bradshaw | Bristol Rovers (h) | 02/08/1972 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||
| 77 | Ray Hankin | Luton (h) | 24/04/1973 | 112 | 37 | 27 | 10 | 139 | 47 | ||
| 78 | Terry Pashley | East Fife (h) | 18/09/1973 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 79 | Brian Flynn | Arsenal (a) | 02/02/1974 | 202 | 18 | 48 | 8 | 250 | 26 | ||
| 80 | Mick Finn | Chelsea (a) | 13/03/1974 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 81 | Ian Brennan | Stoke (a) | 06/04/1974 | 175 | 11 | 37 | 3 | 212 | 14 | ||
| 82 | Bobby Flavell | Leicester (a) | 09/05/1974 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 83 | Colin Morris | Wimbledon (h) | 04/01/1975 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 84 | Derrick Parker | Middlesbrough (a) | 29/03/1975 | 49 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 55 | 14 | ||
| 85 | Derek Scott | Manchester City (a) | 19/04/1975 | 285 | 24 | 71 | 5 | 356 | 29 | ||
| 86 | David Loggie | Middlesbrough (h) | 03/12/1975 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 87 | Joe Jakub | Coventry (h) | 24/04/1976 | 205 | 8 | 50 | 1 | 255 | 9 | ||
| 88 | Peter Robinson | Bolton (a) | 09/11/1976 | 55 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 66 | 3 | ||
| 89 | Marshall Burke | Chester (h) | 17/08/1977 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 5 | ||
| 90 | Rob Higgins | Fulham (a) | 04/10/1977 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 0 | ||
| 91 | Richard Overson | Hull (h) | 22/10/1977 | 6 | 0 | - | - | 6 | 0 | ||
| 92 | Tony Arins | Fulham (h) | 18/11/1978 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 2 | ||
| 93 | Kevin Young | Wrexham (a) | 16/04/1979 | 120 | 11 | 34 | 1 | 154 | 12 | ||
| 94 | Stuart Robertson | Wrexham (h) | 16/04/1979 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 95 | Jeff Tate | Charlton (a) | 09/10/1979 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 1 | ||
| 96 | Billy O'Rourke | QPR (a) | 27/10/1979 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| 97 | Phil Cavener |
Orient (h) |
03/11/1979 | 69 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 90 | 5 | ||
| 98 | Vince Overson | Orient (h) | 03/11/1979 | 219 | 6 | 43 | 1 | 262 | 7 | ||
| 99 | Paul Dixon | Leicester (a) | 10/11/1979 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 33 | 1 | ||
| 100 | Brian Laws | Watford (a) | 03/05/1980 | 125 | 12 | 32 | 3 | 157 | 15 | ||