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53°47′20″N 2°14′53″W / . 53.789°N 2.248°W. / 53.789; -2.248. Burnley ( / ˈbɜːrnli /) is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2021 population of 78,266. [ 2] It is 21 miles (34 km) north of Manchester and 20 miles (32 km) east of Preston, at the confluence of ...
Burnley Football Club ( / ˈbɜːrnli /) is a professional football club based in Burnley, Lancashire, England. The club competes in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football, following relegation from the Premier League in 2023–24. Founded in 1882, Burnley were one of the first to become professional (in 1883) and ...
The Borough of Burnley ( / ˈbɜːrnli /) is a local government district with the borough status in Lancashire, England. It has an area of 42.9 square miles (111 km 2) and a population of 95,553 (2022), and is named after its largest town, Burnley. The borough also contains the town of Padiham along with several villages and surrounding rural ...
The riots involved racist attacks, arson and looting, and were the worst disorder in the United Kingdom since 2011. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] The riots were driven by underlying Islamophobic , [ 38 ] [ 39 ] [ 40 ] racist, [ 41 ] [ 42 ] anti-immigrant sentiments, [ 43 ] [ 44 ] [ 45 ] fuelled by disinformation about the identity of the attacker.
History of Burnley F.C. Burnley Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Burnley, Lancashire. It was founded on 18 May 1882 by members of rugby club Burnley Rovers, [a] who voted for a change from rugby to association football. The suffix "Rovers" was dropped in the following days.
McIlroy also holds the club record for most caps won (51) and the most international goals scored (10) while playing for Burnley.[9] Netherlandsinternational Wout Weghorstalso scored 10 goals for his country while being a Burnley player.[12] In 2012, New Zealander Cameron Howiesonbecame the club's youngest ever international at the age of 17.
Graph showing Burnley's league performance from the inaugural season of the Football League in 1888–89 to the present Burnley Football Club, an English association football club based in Burnley, Lancashire, was founded on 18 May 1882 as Burnley Rovers. [a] The suffix "Rovers" was soon dropped, and the club was simply known as "Burnley Football Club" at the time of its first recorded match ...
2021–22 →. The 2020–21 season was Burnley 's 139th competitive season, their 58th in the top flight of English football, and their fifth consecutive in the Premier League. [1] Along with the Premier League, the club also competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covered the period from August 2020 to 30 June 2021.