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Game A: May 14, 1982, Southend 1 Burnley 4 BACUP-born Andy Wharton’s 32nd minute goal put Burnley on the road to promotion, after the Division Three title was sealed at Southend.

But it wasn’t until the third goal went in seven minutes from time that the Clarets could relax.

Having taken a 2-0 lead, after Paul McGee followed up Wharton’s well-worked opener by chipping the keeper from 18 yards, Burnley suffered a setback. Alan Stevenson slipped in going for Garry Nelson’s corner and Keith Mercer’s downwards header made it 2-1.

Burnley lived dangerously from there. But Trevor Steven helped to calm nerves when he picked up a loose ball in midfield and, from his pass, McGee went from the centre circle to the penalty area, where he fired low past John Keeley.

Brian Laws rounded off the win with just 90 seconds left.

After battling his way down the right, his initial shot rebounded off the legs of a defender but he scored at the second attempt.

Burnley went top for the first time that season, and won promotion to the old Division Two as champions.

Game B: January 19, 1983, Tottenham 1 Burnley 4 ANOTHER decade, another ding-dong game with Spurs, this time in the Milk Cup.

Burnley had previously beaten top-flight sides Coventry and Birmingham to reach the quarter final, but pulled off one of the shocks of the tournament with a comprehensive win at White Hart Lane.

The result was even more surprising with Burnley having parted company with manager Brian Miller on the morning of the game, on the strength of their slide down the Second Division table .

Spurs, who boasted a midfield made up of Ossie Ardiles, Glenn Hoddle, Ricky Villa and Gary Mabbutt, had a hand in their own downfall, with Graham Roberts scoring not one but two own goals.

Spurs took the lead 45 seconds into the second half through Terry Gibson but Roberts gifted the Clarets an equaliser when he diverted a Kevin Young cross into his own net.

Burnley took the lead soon after as Billy Hamilton converted from four yards. It was three when Steven Taylor raced 50 yards down the right, crossed and Roberts diverted into his own net.

Hamilton rounded off the rout, courtesy of another Young assist.

Game C: November 17, 1984 Penrith 0 Burnley 9 WITH a pitch four feet deep in mud, the stage was ripe for an FA Cup upset.

The teams emerged from a trembling wooden stand to be confronted by a big Cumbrian crowd.

But it didn’t take long for the fervent home support to be silenced as Kevin Hird and Steve Taylor both scored hat-tricks in a 9-0 – a joint post war highest score record It took just seven minutes for Hird to strike, from the penalty spot.

It wasn’t until a minute before the break that Burnley doubled their lead, through Hird, who completed his hat-trick early in the second half.

Taylor scored the first of his three in the 53rd minute, and the Clarets went on to run riot against non-league opposition. Penrith were unquestionably underdogs. But you can only beat what is put in front of you, and Burnley showed no mercy against the minnows.

Taylor scored his second and Burnley’s fifth, completing his hat-trick after Neil Grewcock and Barry Powell had got in on the scoring act.

Powell completed the rout and equalled the highest score record in the 88th minute.

Game D: May 9, 1987, Burnley 2 Leyton Orient 1 FOUNDER members of the Football League, Burnley were 90 minutes from dropping out of it on the final day of the season.

It was all to play for - a must-win game for the Clarets, to stay up and send Lincoln down, against a side needing victory to secure a Fourth Division play-off place.

Turf Moor was packed, prompting a 15-minute delay to kick-off to make sure everyone was inside.

When the game got underway it was at a furious pace. Both goalkeepers were active before Neil Grewcock broke the deadlock, cutting inside after latching onto an Ian Britton pass.

News filtered through that Lincoln were losing to Swansea, and Burnley were 2-0 up soon after, with Grewcock’s free kick headed in by ‘little’ Britton three minutes into the second half.

Allan Comfort reduced the deficit for Orient in the 56th minute to prompt a nervous end to the game for the Clarets, who threw everything at the ball to come through the remainder of the game unscathed.

The final whistle prompted fans to take to the pitch in their droves and turn it into a sea of claret and blue, celebrating survival.

Game E: May 29, 1988, Wolves 2 Burnley 0 DEFEAT in a Wembley cup final is not normally an occasion to savour, but this Sherpa Van Trophy tie with Fourth Division winners Wolves proved a turning point for the Clarets.

A year after staving off the dreaded drop from the Football League on the final day of the season, Burnley played beneath the Twin Towers and in front of a crowd of 80,000.

The Clarets controlled half of the game, but couldn’t get the goals to show for their dominance.

Andy Farrell narrowly missed the target with a first minute diving header, but Wolves fought back and after chances for Gary Bellamy and Steve Bull, Andy Mutch headed them into a 22nd minute lead.

Ray Deakin had a shot blocked on the half-hour and Steve Davis had a header saved early in the second half. But Burnley were 2-0 down soon after, when Robbie Dennison beat the wall and Chris Pearce with a chipped free kick.

Steve Taylor headed over as the Clarets tried to claw their way back and Paul Comstive twice went close, but after shaving the bar with a header fired wide from Leighton James’ cross. but the Clarets couldn’t find a way back into the game.