Former Burnley striker Ian Moore on the night the Clarets dumped Tigana's star-studded Fulham out of the FA Cup

The Clarets’ first £1m man Ian Moore is one, with his 12 goals leaving him in exalted company.

Only John Connelly (15), Jimmy Robson (14) – who netted Burnley’s goal in the 3-1 defeat against Spurs in the 1962 final – and Jimmy McIlroy have scored more.

Moore is equal fourth in the list with Bert Freeman – who scored the winner against Liverpool in the 1914 final, Andy Lochhead and Ray Pointer, with Billy Hamilton rounding out the exclusive club with 10.

Eleven of Moore’s tally came against lower league opposition, but he was on the scoresheet the last time Burnley met Fulham in the Cup, with Jean Tigana’s Premier League side a division above the Clarets.

In February 2003, Burnley were drawn at the Cottagers in the fifth round, with Alan Moore giving Stan Ternent’s men an early lead at Loftus Road, only for Steed Malbranque to equalise on half-time.

The tie went to a replay at Turf Moor, played two days after Fulham had drawn 1-1 at Spurs in the Monday Night Football.

Burnley could smell blood, and they ravaged the Cottagers, winning 3-0, with Sean Davis sent off for the visitors.

The Clarets were in the quarter-finals for the first time in 20 years – going on to lose 2-0 at Watford, who had a certain Sean Dyche on the bench.

It was the furthest he went in the competition in his career, and, Moore, who now has his own garden maintenance company, looked back on a famous night under the lights at the Turf:

“We drew the first game at Loftus Road, Alan Moore scored early on, and Malbranque equalised - they had some unbelievable players, Saha, Boa Morte, Sean Davis, and going into the replay, it was always going to be be a tough game for us.

“That particular game I played wide right, and I can remember me and Westy (Dean West) thinking it was going to be tough, with Boa Morte running at us all game.

“We just conjured up a little plan in the changing room before the game – I don’t think we’d have got away with some of the challenges now, that we did in the first 20 minutes.

“We could just tell we affected him, and you didn’t see him in the game. He came off after half an hour or so, and we were 2-0 up by then.

“It was just things you could get away with then, every time he got it, I doubled up with Westy to help him out, and he just didn’t fancy it, you could tell.

“That was what you could do in those days, but not anymore!

“I remember Gaz (Taylor) scoring, typical Tayls header, and Westy played a great ball for me. From what I can remember, he put a ball in the channel and I managed to nick it over Maik Taylor as he came out, and I lobbed it over him to score to make it 2-0.

“I think it was one of my better goals, it was a decent finish, I just managed to dink it over him and finish it off.

“I can remember celebrating with Bertie Bee after!

“Sean Davis got sent off just after half-time, and Drissa (Diallo) scored, great header on his debut – he impressed everyone when he came to Burnley, he was a good lad, got on well with Arthur (Gnohere) as well, someone to tame him, which was difficult!

“He was a good signing for the short time he was there.

“But in those days, we were never expected to win games against teams like Fulham.

“But we had a great team spirit, all the lads looked out for each other, and I think in games like that, we always seemed to do well.”

That handed Burnley a trip to Vicarage Road to face Watford, from the same division, in the last eight, looking for a semi-final berth for the first time since 1974.

But the Clarets, with Glen Little and Robbie Blake left on the bench by boss Stan Ternent, froze on the day.

It remains one that got away for Moore: “The next game at Watford, we got beat, and it was a winnable game.

“We had nothing to be afraid of, we were well up for it, but it just didn’t work out for us on the day.

“Sometimes that happens, maybe the day got the better of us.

“But that was the furthest I got in the FA Cup, I can remember it well, it just wasn’t meant to be, and we were all gutted.

“I don’t think I had a better chance in my career to get to the semi-final.

“That was disappointing.”

Leaving out Little and Blake disappointed fans, and also caught the attention of former Newcastle striker Mcky Quinn, who, after retiring, focused on a career as a racehorse trainer, while also covers horse racing and football for the radio station TalkSPORT.

His after-match insights prompted a phonecall from an irate Ternent, as Moore recalled: “At the time, Robbie and Glen were two of our best players and they were on the bench, but Stan had his reasons to play the way he did.

“Sometimes you make decisions that win you the game, you live or die by your decisions, but I remember Micky Quinn on the radio after, mentioning that we should have played Robbie and Glen, and Stan rang him up, live from the coach.

“He had a right pop at him, ‘you look after the horses, I’ll get on with the football’ and put the phone down!

“It was an absolute classic.”

Burnley already know the identity of their potential fifth round opponents, should they see off Fulham, having been drawn to face either Bournemouth or Crawley Town at home in the last 16.

Moore sees no reason why Burnley can’t advance and go deep into the competition:

“It’s not going to be easy at Fulham,

“I’ve watched them a couple of times and they’ve had some good results recently.

“They drew with Liverpool and last week at Spurs, and they’re looking more difficult to beat now.

“Obviously, if they do beat them, it opens up a little, there’s a good chance to progress, although Bournemouth isn’t an easy game, and they have to beat Crawley.

“Who knows? The games are pretty equal without having the crowd there, it’s a leveller.”

The last eight may be the furthest Moore went in the FA Cup, but his record for the club was impressive.

Moore’s 12 goals came against Scunthorpe (1, 2001), Canvey Island (3, 2002), Grimsby (2, 2003), Fulham (1, 2003), Mansfield (2, 2004), Gillingham (1, 2004) and Bournemouth (2, 2005).

He is proud of the statistics: “That’s a surprise, but when I think of the FA Cup, I always seemed to score in it.

“It was just one of those competitions where I seemed to do well – whether it was the draws, maybe we got easier draws, but I always seemed to get goals – I remember the hat-trick against Canvey Island, getting two against Grimsby at home, there were numerous games. It was just one of those lucky tournaments for me, I managed to nick goals in most of the games.

“But to be in and around those names is something to hold up high, to be even mentioned in the same breath, it’s a great achievement.”