THE ORIENT GAME | Burnley's Greatest Escape

[@Vizeh]

Absolute Heros!

[@MrBurnley21]

If u was there my friend, u would never forget, I was only 5 stood in the Bee Hole with all fam, probably 20 of us. Looking good in your footy exploits with JJ and co atm btw. Big love to u. NNN

[@paulcasini4759]

It still brings me to tears after all these years UTC Long Live Turfmoor RIP Brian Miller

[@SubZero589]

Brilliant video, shows how far we have come, brink of going out of the football league to now qualifying for Europe. UTC.

[@haveapotato]

What a day....brought tears to my eyes on the day and still does even now 31 years later #UTC

[@SubZero589]

Wish I was there.

[@gavinm3830]

Thank yiou for sharing this video from a Liverpool fan in Cape Town. Well done on Burnley's return to the Premier League.

[@Eat-MyGoal]

Two 18-year-olds in the team. Never knew that. What pressure on young shoulders and both more than played their part...

[@mrmash3085]

An emotional day , a brilliant win....a memory that will stay with me for ever.

[@jamesheyworth3566]

I was there. My first game as a fan I was 15 ..... What an experience, nothing like it , I continued to go to all the home and away fixtures for the next 2 seasons....then I joined the RAF..... But been a fan ever since. At 46 now I'm so proud of what Burnley have achieved, the right way with the bank too. Now living in Devon I find it difficult to get to, or afford to go and watch my beloved. I like to think my support was when they needed it the most.

[@jamesheyworth3566]

Also still have the yellow match day programme. And only a season later Burnley went Wembley way vs Wolves in the Sherpa Van Trophy final.

[@MrBurnley21]

I was 5, can't remember anything, but can say I was there, the biggest day for my beloved BFC!

[@kevinhough5960]

Neil Grewcock was in the year above me at school. An absolutely brilliant player, he became Leicester's youngest goalscorer. The Coalville Pele!

[@YJB8CCFC]

I was at the Swansea v Lincoln match in may 1987. Considering what was at stake for them, they went down with a whimper. I was also at Swans v Burnley in Feb 87, a 2-2 draw. One of your players, Ashley Hoskins scored one of the best individual goals, I’ve ever witnessed live.

[@TheTony70504]

Wow thanks for this great upload..I remember this day so well..It wasn't in our hands but we had to win to have a chance..Just look at Uz now..So proud of my Club..

[@paulcasini4759]

The day the Claret Flame Started to Burn Brightly Once More Brian Miller RIP

[@1990-t1j]

Great post.

[@crscrs4766]

I'm a Wolves fan, but I remember reading an interview about this game from Neil Grewcock back when Burnley were promoted to the Premier League. He asked George Courtney (The ref) how much injury time there would be (Don't forget, this was well before the advent of fourth officials displaying how much injury time would be played; it was purely in the referee's head how long the match would last) Grewcock: "How long to go ref?" Courtney "5 minutes left" Grewcock, pointing to the Longside Terrace "Ref, there are 15,000 people on this ground, they are invading the pitch at the end of the match whatever happens. At the minute, they are coming on the pitch happy..." Courtney proceeded to play just 1 minute of injury time...

[@Eat-MyGoal]

I really hope that story's true...

[@paulcasini4759]

Thank G-d he did

[@g.h.t.6881]

I won't knock those players who played in the years between being in the first division till this game (some good some who should be ashamed of wearing the Claret & blue and getting paid) but where would we be now without the efforts of these players on that day. Thanks to all those players since that day that contributed to a slow steady rise to where we are today. I could mention my HEROES but it would cause a meaningless debate because we came back from the brink and because we are Burnley, if they're your HEROES they're mine too. " Up The Clarets ".

[@VeteranHedonist]

UTC! ⚽️ 🥅

[@paulcasini4759]

I still weep when i see this

[@wosselwozzel]

And as they say. The rest... is history.

[@Bradleymiller]

The date of been waiting for all season

[@p1k68]

I remember that day well!!!! UTC!

[@badtotheappendixx]

the standout date in our history

[@paulcasini4759]

Oh My G-d it seems like yesterday I always knew that one day They would Haunt Europe once more as they did with such style and class in The early 1960s Under The Late Harry Potts RIP and it has come to pass

[@PeaveyPV20]

Can't believe Burnley and Bournemouth could have been non League and look at them now and chesterfield were so close to the championship not so long ago and now in non League. How the tide turns

[@geoffpoole483]

Burnley were a real force to be reckoned with in the 60's and 70's. Hard to believe a club of such stature could have been on the brink of relegation from the Football League.

[@paulcasini4759]

RIP Frank Teasdale And Ray Deakin UTC Long Live Turf Moor

[@paulcasini4759]

I always believed Top Flight Football would Return To Turfmoor and one day the league title will come home UTC Longlive Turfmoor

[@BrewOnABike]

And look where we are now

[@darren2514fv]

Gerry Harrison commentating so the highlights would have been shown on the ITV Cup Final show the following week and were planned to be shown as part of a highlights show that was also planned to show Everton v Luton on Granada that was cancelled due to strike action

[@paulcasini4759]

Taffy James Rest In Peace A Claret To The Very End Grand UTC Long Live Turf Moor

[@darren2514fv]

13 years previously they were 90 minutes away from Wembley in a FA Cup SF against Newcastle

[@shaunfielding8362]

oooooh! :)

[@ianwhitehead691]

Malcolm McDonald ☹️ U.T.C.

[@bashlybarnes6635]

And now only 31 years later we're competing in the Europa league next season

[@infrasleep]

To put what you say into a bigger perspective ; only 27 years before this game Burnley had won the First Division title and had one of the best sides in England

[@glynnevans1851]

@@infrasleep Hi , I remember in the late 60s you had a Momentous player in Willie Morgan but you sold him to Manchester United?, also your side then was hard to beat.Kind regards Glynn n greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands UK and Aston Villa fan since 1968🤝

[@andrewchippendale2820]

We're all going on a European tour. Clarets 4 ever since 1882

[@gmrt743]

cmon burnley

[@adrianhudson1116]

Its hard to imagine what the Longside toilets were like then

[@burnleytilidie1882]

💜💙

[@shaunfielding8362]

Leyton Orient have a lot to answer for

[@bertcert991]

1,692 loyal supporters the rest …….just wish they had gone down

[@steviedee8921]

Should have shown the aircraft banner.....staying down 4 ever.

[@stephenholmes1036]

Im.a Lincoln city fan gutted

[@VeteranHedonist]

I'll never forget this day. I was 11, but felt the anxiety of an adult. This beats the actual 'Great Escape' film. UTC!!

[@bertcert991]

You can see the premier league trophy they have one on display at Ewood it’s the closest you will ever get

[@cherylrawding3830]

Please help a Canadian claret (who has little understanding of the structure of the English leagues) comprehend why this game was so important ? I get that a loss meant further relegation to a lower level but why then would recovery and promotion be so much more difficult ( to the extent that general opinion seems the team would fold completely)?

[@MKPFave]

The 86/87 season was the first year that the bottom club in the 4 tier football league structure would be automatically relegated out of the football league, ( instead of applying for re-selection. It was intended to weed out perennially weaker clubs, of which Burnley wasn't, they just unfortunately, through mismanagement at board and team level at the time in the early 80's, found themselves, in only their second season in the 4th Division, looking at oblivion.) Financially we were broke. There was no money coming in through gate receipts, the quality of football was so poor attendances had dropped dramatically, ( only just over 1500 at one match) With a huge ageing stadium and small crowds, we wouldn't have survived. It was unthinkable that Burnley Football Club, a founder member of the Football league, should go out like this! The town would have been devastated!

[@cherylrawding3830]

MKPFave Thank you, as a Claret fan this gives me a better historical context... Jim Gilks

[@VeteranHedonist]

@MKPFave has pretty much said everything. This was before the Premier League started too. Before then we had 4 divisions in the football league, then non league football leagues after that, that aren't counted as the English football league. So division one was what the Premier league is today and division 2 is what the championship is today, then division 1 and 2. Division 2 is what Burnley would of been in, which is the old division 4. It would of been tragic had Burnley been relegated out of the football league. One of the founding members and previous division one champions twice and also the FA Cup, when the FA Cup was massive. It's only really lost it's mythical status since the beginning of the Premier league and the Champions League. I was 11 on this game on the Bee Hole end. (The end that didn't have a roof) I always wanted to go on the longside, but weren't allowed til I was older and rebelled 😁 I just hope we manage to stay in the Premier league this year. It's not looking good, but we never give up. In Dyche we trust. 👌

[@RobTaylor1985]

Utc