John William Lane was an English professional footballer who played as an inside right. He is best remembered for his five years in the Football League with Brentford, for whom he made 234 appearances and was club captain. He was posthumously inducted into the Brentford Hall of Fame in 2015.
Lane with Brentford in 1926.
1920–21 Burnley F.C. season
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 of success ahead of the season, having finished as First Division runners-up in 1919–20. After losing their first three games, Burnley embarked on a 30-match unbeaten league run from 4 September 1920 until 26 March 1921, winning the First Division and becoming English champions for the first time in their history. Burnley's unbeaten run stood as a single-season Football League record for over 80 years, until it was bettered by Arsenal in the 2003–04 season. Burnley ended the 1920–21 season on 59 points, having won 23 games, drawn 13, and lost 6.
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.
