Pointer back at Turf Moor

Pointer, like McIlroy was a member of the 1959/60 Championship side. He scored 19 league goals during that season but in the previous season hit 27, a total only once bettered in post war football by Willie Irvine in 1966. His total of 118 league goals is bettered only by George Beel in the club's entire history.

Ray was a regular in the Burnley side for five years, but an ankle injury towards the end of the 1962/63 season, alongside the competition from Andy Lochhead, meant his place in the side was no longer certain and after struggling to regain his place in the side he moved to Bury at the start of the 1965/66 season.

He was there for just a few months, then at Coventry for a year before moving to Portsmouth where he played until 1973, playing one of his last games for them at Burnley at the age of 36.

Having retired as a player he had time in the game as a coach and Harry Potts brought him back to Burnley in 1978 where he worked for a few years as youth coach before joining Bury where he was youth coach until he retired.

Pointer was a massive crowd favourite at Turf Moor, his all action style endeared him to the Burnley supporters throughout his time at Burnley. He played for England, scored an important goal against Portugal as we clinched a World Cup place in Chile in 1962.

It's always good to see him back at the Turf, and maybe he can inspire our forwards and see us to a victory.