Pearce joined the Clarets in the summer of 1987 following the Orient game and for the next four years was a regular between the posts as the Clarets battled without success to get out of the basement division.
He was always a popular player with the crowd, always responding to the chants of ‘Pearce, Pearce, give us a dance’, and the only time he was out of the side was through injury or suspension. He could include a Wembley appearance for
During the 1991/92 season he lost his place to a succession of loan keepers although he still played enough games to win himself a Championship medal as the 4th Division was won. As we approached the last Saturday of the season he was released and as the medals were handed out he received a brilliant ovation from the
He’d played previously for Wolves, Blackburn, Rochdale, Barnsley, Port Vale and Wrexham and after leaving Turf Moor he joined
He always gets himself a good reception when he returns and it goes without saying that he’ll be asked to dance and without saying that he will respond.