When the Clarets travelled to Dublin to play Bohemians last month there was much discussion as to whether we'd ever previously played a game in the Republic of Ireland.

Ask Burnley supporters to put forward the names of Turf Moor personalities from the past and it is a fair bet that the name of Billy Dougall will hardly warrant a mention alongside such as Harry Potts and Jimmy McIlroy.

Burnley Football Club's Board of Directors are ready to go into the transfer market – but not for a player. That was the news that broke from Turf Moor forty years ago today.

The 4-1 win over Watford last Saturday was the second biggest victory of the season, moved us up three places in the league and set us up for a very interesting Christmas & New Year.

When Michael and Shane Duff stepped up as captains in our friendly against Cheltenham on Saturday I posed the question as to whether it had ever happened previously in a Burnley game.

So the great record of Burnley's 1920-21 championship team has been equalled, and, as I write, stands to be revised by an Arsenal team whose melding of athleticism, skill, and speed of thought is cultivating the ground for a new chapter in the story of British football.

The Russians have moved in at Chelsea and Chairman Ken Bates has now enquired about buying Sheffield Wednesday and looks set to make a bid for the Second Division Club.

Wrexham fans, the BBC, the FA, a Wrexham director and the Burnley fans were all under attack from Burnley Chairman Bob Lord last time the Clarets won an FA Cup Quarter-Final.