Fans line streets to pay respects to Clarets legend Peter Noble

Clarets fans lined the streets to bid a tearful goodbye to Burnley Football Club legend Peter Noble when his funeral cortege passed Turf Moor for one final time.

By The Newsroom

Published 19th May 2017, 15:33 BST

Updated 4th Jun 2017, 22:01 BST

Respects were paid to the former Clarets skipper

The influential midfielder, who died on Saturday, May 6th, made 299 appearances for the Clarets during a seven-season stint at the club from 1973-80, scoring an impressive 80 goals in that time.

Famous faces from the club’s past gathered at St John The Evangelist Church in Worsthorne on Friday before the 72-year-old’s committal at Burnley Crematorium.

A hugely popular figure on and off the pitch, Sunderland-born Noble made Burnley his home when he retired from the game, and went on to run a sports store in Burnley market hall where he made many friends.