We are introducing a new feature within our Clarets History section, taking a look at the managers of Burnley FC over the years, and there's no place better to start than with our first ever manager, Arthur Sutcliffe.

Harry Bradshaw joined Burnley Football Club in 1891 as secretary but became chairman after the club's first manager, Arthur Sutcliffe, had succeeded him as secretary.

When manager Harry Bradshaw departed for Woolwich Arsenal in 1899, Burnley turned to Bolton Wanderers director Ernest Mangnall to manage the club into the twentieth century.

Following the departure of Ernest Mangnall at the end of the 1902/03 season, the club directors decided on a change of policy and agreed to appoint a dedicated full time team manager.

Burnley were left without a manager following the tragic death of Spen Whittaker, and made the decision to wait until the summer to make a new appointment.

In the summer of 1910 the Burnley Board of Directors were forced to look for a new manager following the tragic death of Spen Whittaker, and the appointment came as something of a surprise and a disappointment to the supporters.

Following the tragic death of John Haworth in December 1924 Burnley decided to appoint a new manager from within the club and handed the job to Albert Pickles.

Following the resignation of Albert Pickles as manager, Burnley took their time in choosing his replacement and in October brought Tom Bromilow back from a coaching role in Holland.

Following Tom Bromilow's decision to move on to Crystal Palace the club chose a different policy regarding team selection with the prominent figure being the club secretary Alf Boland.

With the war at an end Burnley, who had been without a manager since the departure of Alf Boland in 1940, moved to appoint former England half back Cliff Britton for what was his first managerial role.

Without a manager just a few games into the 1948/49 season, Burnley moved to bring in the then Crewe Alexandra manager of the previous four years, Scotsman Frank Hill.

Alan Brown had been a major influence as captain and centre half of Burnley's promotion team in 1947 and he was given the opportunity to return to the club as manager in 1954.

The name of Billy Dougall is one that too easily fades into the background in the history of Burnley FC but that shouldn't be the case, he was a very influential figure who served the club over five decades.

Chairman Bob Lord, throughout his time at Burnley, had a policy of promoting from within when the time came to appoint a new manager. Only twice did he not do that and on both occasions we brought back a former player.

It was no surprise to anyone when Jimmy Adamson became manager of Burnley, he'd been in waiting for a number of years after retiring from the playing side and becoming a coach at the club.

Joe Brown had been a coach at Turf for fifteen years when he was chosen to replace Jimmy Adamson at the beginning of 1976, at a difficult time, and his year as manager was hardly successful.

During his year as manager, Joe Brown made a significant change to his backroom staff by bringing Harry Potts back to the club as Chief Scout, and it was Potts who was asked to become manager on Brown's departure.

This proved to be Bob Lord's last managerial appointment and after being with the club as player, trainer and coach it was Brian Miller he turned to as the club sat in a precarious position at the bottom of Division Two.

We had a Milk Cup quarter final at Spurs and with Brian Miller relieved of his duties the directors turned to Frank Casper to take responsibility for the team at White Hart Lane.

In the summer of 1983, Burnley decided on a change of policy when looking for a new manager and opted to make an external appointment rather than promote from within.

With just five days to go to the new season, assistant manager John Benson was put in temporary charge of the team as we prepared to kick off with a home game against Plymouth.

He came, he went and he disappeared into thin air never to be heard of again – that was Martin Buchan who was appointed as Burnley manager following the departure of John Benson.

With Martin Buchan's unexpected departure the club chose not to look outside for a new manager and gave the job to Tommy Cavanagh, the one member of staff who had been brought in by Buchan.

The club was in a mess, we'd had six different managers in just over three years and suffered two relegations, and the very future of the club was threatened as the debts spiralled.

In January 1983, Frank Casper replaced Brian Miller as manager of Burnley Football Club and just six years later exactly the same happened again with Frank returning to Turf Moor.