I love modern football

[sinkov]

We certainly look back on the good old days with rose tinted specs, there were plenty of dire games then. But we remember these days fondly because the Clarets were a major force.

I do remember those days fondly 59, and I thought the football was far more exciting and entertaining back then, but maybe it was my rose tinted specs, so I've just had a look at the scores in my first two full seasons watching Burnley, 1959/60 and 60/61. In 84 D1 games over the two seasons there were just three goalless draws, amongst the scores were.

Leeds 2 Burnley 3
Burnley 5 Everton 2
Rovers 3 Burnley 2
Burnley 4 City 3
Burnley 8 Forest 0
Arsenal 2 Burnley 4
WHU 2 Burnley 5
Burnley 3 Arsenal 2
Wolves 6 Burnley 1
Burnley 3 Sheffield Wed 3
Burnley 3 Arsenal 2
Burnley 5 PNE 0
PNE 2 Burnley 3
Burnley 5 Fulham 0
Rovers 1 Burnley 4
Burnley 5 United 3
Chelsea 2 Burnley 6
(The 4 games above were consecutive, 20 league goals in 4 games, two days after the Chelsea game we won 4-0 at Cardiff in the League Cup, 24 goals in 5 games in 23 days in October 1960)
Burnley 5 Wolves 3
Bolton 3 Burnley 5
Spurs 4 Burnley 4
Burnley 3 Leicester 2
Arsenal 2 Burnley 5
Burnley 5 Newcastle 3
Burnley 3 Sheffield Wednesday 4
Burnley 4 Chelsea 4
Burnley 4 Forest 1
United 6 Burnley 0
Burnley 4 Spurs 2

Don't know about rose tinted specs, looking back at that lot, it seems even better than I was remembering it.