1920–21 Burnley F.C. season
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The 1920–21 season was Burnley's 29th season in the Football League, and their 4th consecutive campaign in the Football League First Division, the top tier of English football. Burnley were confident
Club captain Tommy Boyle was confident of a successful season.
Burnley won 18 consecutive league and cup matches at Turf Moor (pictured here in 2001) between 6 September 1920 and 2 April 1921.
The team photograph of the championship-winning side
Goalkeeper Jerry Dawson missed only three games of the 1920–21 season.
Turf Moor
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Turf Moor is an association football stadium in Burnley, Lancashire, England, which has been the home of Burnley F.C. since 1883. This unbroken service makes Turf Moor the second-longest continuously
1920–21 Burnley F.C. season
…by Burnley during the season, and eleven were released or transferred. Match attendances were the highest they had been at the club's home ground, Turf Moor, with an average gate of over 30,000. The highest attendance of the campaign was 42,653, who saw Burnley beat Bolton Wanderers 3–1 on 26 February 1921…
View of Turf Moor from Harry Potts Way
The pitch and the Bob Lord Stand
Panorama of Turf Moor (2011), looking north from the Bob Lord Stand, with the Cricket Field Stand to the left, the North Stand opposite and the Jimmy McIlroy Stand to the right
A memorial garden and a dugout replica are located behind the Jimmy McIlroy Stand.