Burnley poppy shirt auction raises nearly £6,000 for Royal British Legion

The first auction of special Burnley shirts - bearing the poppy - has raised nearly £6,000 for the Royal British Legion.

By Chris Boden

Published 10th Nov 2020, 13:49 BST

Updated 10th Nov 2020, 13:52 BST

The signed shirts were worn by the Clarets in the 3-0 defeat at home to Chelsea - the closest home game to Remembrance Sunday.

The auction ran on https://matchwornshirt.co.uk/club/burnley until noon on Saturday, with James Tarkowski's shirt the most popular, bringing in £639, narrowly beating Dwight McNeil (£629) and Nick Pope (£626).

Interestingly, there was global interest and winners from six different countries, including China and Hong Kong.

A second auction is currently running, for the yellow third kit worn in the goalless draw at Brighton on Friday night.

Pope is leading the way at £350, ahead of McNeil (£173) and Ashley Barnes (£172).

That auction runs until 2 p.m. on Friday, November 27th.