When Gordon Harris scored for Burnley against Cardiff City at Ninian Park on 24^th October 1960 it signalled the first goal ever scored by the club in the new Football League Cup.

Almost a year ago I was nervously looking forward to our first ever season in the Premier League and our opener at Stoke. Today that nervousness, that excitement and anticipation is there again despite our relegation back to the Championship.

The last few days have been strange with the television coverage of Blackpool's Championship play off final win against Cardiff City followed by the victory parade down the Golden Mile.

Burnley's Premier League season came to an end last Sunday with a brilliant comeback to beat Tottenham Hotspur 4-2 at Turf Moor having been 2-0 down during the first half.

Today I went to see a Rhapsody in Claret and Blue. That day for me was October 1960 when I first got the chance to see Burnley play a first team game, and it was against Manchester United.

Initially it was mildly amusing that the Accrington Stanley pitch might not be fit for one of our home reserve games, then it became something of a joke and now, after today's shenanigans, something has to be done about it.

The first week of 2010 is one that Burnley supporters won't forget in a very long time, the week when the man considered to be God showed the entire football world that he was anything but.

Happy New Year Everyone are rightly my first words. We have all taken our first steps into 2010 but I'm sure I've not been alone in taking one last nostalgic look back at 2009.

Sat having a drink in a Staffordshire hostelry ahead of the Wolves game on Sunday I was suddenly alerted to a piece of news that flashed up on Sky Sports News, the passing of Jack Hixon.

When Graham Alexander hammered his spot kick past Manuel Almunia on Wednesday it was a personal milestone for the Clarets' midfielder as well as an important equaliser against Arsenal.

Burnley's Turf Moor will stage its first ever Premier League game tonight when we entertain Manchester United and will become the 50^th venue to be used since the formation of the league in 1992.

Burnley lost the last game of the season at home to Coventry on 24^th April 1976. It proved to be a game I've looked back at so many times over the years.

On 30^th December 1998 Burnley Football & Athletic Company Limited held its Annual General Meeting which was immediately followed by an Extraordinary General Meeting.

It's hard to believe that a year has passed since we sat awaiting confirmation that Owen Columba Coyle was the new manager of Burnley Football Club.

Do you remember our trip to Carlisle in 1992? If so, you'll recall the Jimmy Mullen masks, the fantastic turn out of Burnley fans, many of them in fancy dress, and a point that just about clinched promotion from Division Four.

Scarborough, Runcorn, Hyde United, Penrith, Nuneaton Borough, Telford United and Stafford Rangers. Remember them? Just some of the clubs Burnley have met in the First Round of the FA Cup.

When Graham Branch replaced the injured Micah Hyde in the recent defeat at Derby he joined a select group of Clarets to have played in 250 league games for the club.

The records will show that it has been an average year for Burnley with sixty-one points collected and a couple of decent cup runs into the bargain. But that hardly tells the story of Burnley FC 2004.

The 27^th November 1974 was a significant day in the history of Burnley Football Club, the day the Centre Spot doors opened for the first time.

Robbie Blake finally scored reached his century of league goals this weekend almost a month after a premature announcement following his last goal, a penalty against Coventry.

Will you play the same sort of football as you played at Bury? And what was that?

Burnley Football Club announced last week the names of the twenty-five players who will be incorporated into the new Wall of Legends to be placed outside the Jimmy McIlroy Stand at Turf Moor.

Steven Sidwell had brought 2002 to a disappointing end by scoring two late goals for an inept Brighton to earn them a point at Division One‘s joke ground.

Things haven't been going too well for the Clarets in recent weeks but they gave Stan a victory to celebrate his latest milestone.

When Burnley won promotion back in 2000 on that glorious day at Glanford Park it meant more than just playing at a higher level of English football, it also meant a delayed start for us in the FA Cup.