A story of three Lancashire football clubs, two of them far smaller than the third, and how one of them ended up quitting the Football League while the other ceased to exist altogether.
Coincidentally I recently took the train from Accrington to Colne. The line passes not only through Burnley but also Nelson, which also hosted League football in the 1920s and 1930s. Apropos of nothing, Burnley must have the worst railway station for a town hosting Premier League football. Burnley Central sits on a single track next to a burnt-out pub.
Fortunately we also have the far superior Burnley Manchester Road train station which gives you a good five minute walk between platforms with a vertical climb of about fifty metres!
Coincidentally I recently took the train from Accrington to Colne. The line passes not only through Burnley but also Nelson, which also hosted League football in the 1920s and 1930s. Apropos of nothing, Burnley must have the worst railway station for a town hosting Premier League football. Burnley Central sits on a single track next to a burnt-out pub.
It's a part of the world that I didn't do when I lived up north, and I really regret it.
Fortunately we also have the far superior Burnley Manchester Road train station which gives you a good five minute walk between platforms with a vertical climb of about fifty metres!