Me and my grandparents were walking along Blackpool beach in the early sixties when about twenty blokes came running towards us from the Fleetwood direction.

They were passing a ball to each other and skipping in and out of the sea wearing training gear and old fashioned pumps.

You guessed it!

It was the Burnley first team and a few reserves with Harry Potts leading the way.

If only I had my iPhone with me then? If I remember correctly we were actually at home to Blackburn in the old First Division the following Saturday.

I remember thinking Gordon Harris had the thighs of a bull, him and Tarkowski were about the same build but Bomber Harris would have been a tad shorter. Be great to transpose one or two of those lads into our current set-up!