Burnley vs Preston North End - Sherpa Van Trophy Northern Final 1988 

lOVELY UPLOAD. I WAS A BURNLEY FC PRO WITH DAVY MILLER - A GREAT KID WE HAD SOME GREAT TIMES AROUND BURNLEY IN THE EARLY 10980`S TREVOR STEVEN AND MICKY PHELAN WAS IN OUR TEAM ALSO. WHAT A CLUB BURNLEY FC LOVE THEM

R.I.P Ian Britten. We thankyou for your goal against Leyton Orient 86/87 that kept us in the football League. Up the Clarets 🏐🥅

My first of many trips to Turf Moor. I was a young lad back then and my Dad took me in the car after school. PNE fan

Steve Taylor went on to become a movie star. Starring with Danny dyer in hit movies like the business.

Commentator makes a great point. In the eighties umpteen players moved around the north west town clubs having a season or two at each. At Bolton I remember being gutted when George Oghani went to Burnley , but we got John Thomas from Preston to replace him. A lot of the club's were in the old 3rd and 4th divisions at the time, great days to be a fan, very little travelling and good crowds, and the game simply wasn't about money and celebrity players and managers. When neil Warnock brought Scarborough into the league in 87, he said ," If you'd have told me we'd be lining up against wolves , Burnley and Bolton next season, I'd have thought you were off your rocker." All 3 of those clubs have had tome in the prem since, European football, etc, but may have lost something of their essence as a result. Much preferred it back then, familiar players, proper grounds, and real football. We play in a box in horwich and might not even start the season at the time of writing. Great videos for a bit of misty eyed nostalgia. Most teams would've wanted Big Sam at centre half too...absolute monster.

I think the English should invite Scottish and Welsh sides into the Football League Trophy. This is the old Football League Trophy, under the sponsors name. The Scottish already have English, Welsh, Ulster and Irish sides in their Scottish Challenge Cup. It would be great fun to have all Scottish Premier sides who have not qualified for Europe, plus a selection of Welsh Premier sides into the trophy. This would add cross border banter to the trophy. The Scottish sides could be in the Northern section, and Welsh sides in the South. Imagine games like Hearts V Sunderland, or Aberdeen v Blackpool, or Hibernian V Carlisle United. It would be fun. I do not support merging the Great Britain Leagues, but I do support cross border cups on top of European and domestic soccer. If the English really want to help Celtic soccer, give us cross border cups on top of domestic and European soccer. Do not steal our biggest sides. Thanks for reading. Diolch. Merci. Hope you enjoyed reading my post. Up with Scottish soccer. Good video. Aberdeen play Burnley in the Europa League a few years ago. -

Big Sam looks a bit slimmer.