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A collection of books and memorabilia, celebrating Burnley Football Club, is being put together to create a unique showcase.

Launch of new exhibition celebrating Burnley FC

Former Burnley chairman Barry Kilby with his new book Starting From Scratch. Photo: Kelvin Stuttard

VIP launch for book on former BFC chairman

Former Burnley chairman Barry Kilby with his new book Starting From Scratch. Photo: Kelvin Stuttard

VIP launch for book on former BFC chairman

Burnley Express columnist Dave Thomas celebrated with wine, not tea, after he passed a 'full monty' health check at the doctor's

Happy to report a clean bill of health at the doc's

A Jewish group has called for Turf Moor's Bob Lord Stand to be renamed over historic anti-Semitic comments made by the former chairman

Call to rename Bob Lord Stand

Dave Thomas, author, football fan and author with former Clarets manager Sean Dyche. Dave gives his verdict on Burnley's relegation

Shakespeare could not have plotted a worse ending

Dave Thomas recalls fondly his days at Todmorden Grammar School and the time he was sent home by the headmaster...for wearing yellow socks to school!

Happiest days of my life at Yorkshire grammar school

This week Dave Thomas writes about a Burnley player with quite an unusual name

What's in a name? Quite a lot it would seem

Writer Dave Thomas pictured with Sean Dyche

Dyche was the right man at the right club for a never to be forgotten period of ...

Author Dave Thomas at the launch of his latest book A Director's Tale with former Clarets Brian Flynn (left) and Derek Scott

Six goals and a 'Keystone Cops' style chase made this game at Turf Moor one to r...

Burnley Express sports columnists writes this week about the day five parachutists landed at Turf Moor

The day five parachutists and a clown failed to raise laughs at Burnley FC

Dave Thomas writes this week about about growing up in Todmorden

Memories of a Yorkshire childhood and my grandparents' bakery shop where the big...

Dave Thomas rails this week against the censorship of literature and comedy

'Cancel culture' looks like it's here to stay

Bistro 27, the restaurant that for Dave Thomas is a little piece of heaven in Tenerife

My 'reasons to be cheerful' include lying by a pool in the Tenerife sun and sipp...

John Bond with players (left to right) Vince Overson, Billy Hamilton, John Benson and John Sainty. (photo courtesy of Burnley Civic Society)

The real story behind the man they called 'the worst Burnley manager ever' / Dav...

A striking postcard image of Dave Thomas' hometown of Todmorden

I may be from 'over the border' but I will always be a Claret/ Dave Thomas colum...

Bob Lord.... a hard nose businessman or criminal mastermind? (Photo courtesy of Burnley Civic Trust)

Deaths of two club directors in unexplained circumstances may have been coincide...

Bob Lord (photo courtesy of Burnley Civic Trust)

Bob Lord was a modern day Scrooge and the tale of how he sacked all his staff on...

Football fan Dave Thomas is among the thousands of fans angry that games can b be called off at such short notice

It's a red card from me for calling off football matches at such short notice/ D...

Dave Thomas resorted to consoling himself with cake and biscuits after reading about more victims of the 'woke' brigade

From an iconic English poet to steam trains.. it seems nothing is safe from the ...

A layer of snow did not cancel this game the Clarets played in 1947 against Luton

Snow may stop play today but Burnley FC once played a vital game in the 1940s wh...

Author and football expert and Clarets fan Dave Thomas has come up with a comprehensive list of books that would make a great Christmas present

The harrowing story of a great sporting legend who ended his days in a mental in...

A new book about the rivalry between Burnley and Blackburn Rovers is an 'absolute gem' according to our columnist Dave Thomas

New book about long standing rivalry between Clarets and Blackburn Rovers is a '...

Dave Thomas writes about his embarrassment at discovering someone who he had mentioned in a book as being dead, was actually still alive!

Rumours of his death were greatly exaggerated... it was my funeral the day I fou...

The ongoing animosity between the English and the French is the subject of Dave Thomas' column this week

My attempts at 'entente cordiale' with the French was a blooming great failure l...

Football writer Dave Thomas believes a manager is only as good as the players in his team

More good signings are needed if Burnley is to remain in the Premier League/ Dav...

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1979 and a face from the past | Dave Thomas column

Burnley fan and football writer Dave Thomas with his beloved team's manager Sean Dyche

Staying calm was impossible when my beloved Burnley denied a penalty which even ...

Dave Thomas next to an image of former Burnley FC chairman Bob Lord who was one of the few people to recognise the contribution player Jimmy Hogan made to the sporting world.

A new honour for a Burnley player who is among the town's long list of sporting ...

This week columnist Dave Thomas recalls where he was and who he was with during some of Burnley's most memorable games

That sweet moment when your team wins.. football memories are made of this /Dave...

Dave Thomas has called on BFC chairman Alan Pace to bring back to the old Clarets' cafe where he was reunited with his former student who went on to play for Burnley

Bring back the Claret cafe where I was reunited with my former pupil who went on...

Dave Thomas waxes lyrical about a blissful week spent in the Dales

From a full English breakfast to steak and ale pie made from scratch my heatwave...

Dave Thomas regrets wasting the chance to speak to a Clarets legend as he didn't realise who he was

A chance meeting on a train with a Clarets legend was a wasted opportunity becau...

Dave Thomas admits he is a hoarder and collector

As a self confessed hoarder of football memorabilia I know the day is coming whe...

This week columnist Dave Thomas has his sights set on Boris Johnson and his cabinet ministers

He has the vaccine rollout to his credit but how much longer can Boris Johnson c...

Columnist Dave Thomas has sprung to the defence of iconic author Enid Blyton whose work has been described as racist and xenophobic

Enid Blyton was the author responsible for encouraging generations of children t...

The so called 'woke brigade' comes under attack from Dave Thomas this week

Can we stop the march of the 'woke brigade' as they destroy statues, call for st...

A slice of toast and a cup of coffee are all Dave Thomas needs to help him be a prolific writer

Forget red wine, tobacco and opium... my fuel for writing is coffee and toast / ...

Express columnist Dave Thomas examines the theory that a run of similar injuries in Burnley players was the result of a curse

Casting a spell to help beloved Burnley score more goals... could it be magic? |...

Dave Thomas writes about his experience as headteacher at a Yorkshire village school with his usual dry sense of humour

My unforgettable car journey with a skeleton wearing a Burnley scarf in the pass...

Author Dave Thomas' hopes of being famous have been cruelly dashed by a series of unfortunate events

Radio interivew was my big chance for fame.. until I realised I was the wrong 'D...

This week Dave Thomas write how Bob Lord predicted the dominance of rich city clubs and the controversial Super League

Super League plans may have collapsed within 48 hours but forgiveness from footb...

Seeing this photo of former Claret Jimmy Adamson with his scottie dog inspired author Dave Thomas to write the player's biography.

Photograph of one footballer and his dog was inspiration for me to write the lif...

Happy memories. Harry Potts is on this celebration bus as it toured Burnley after the club won the 1959/60 Division One title trophy.

Devastation of harsh treatment at hands of Bob Lord never left iconic Burnley pl...

Dave Thomas admits that fancy new job titles leave him baffled

When is a football coach not a football coach? When he is an individual technica...

This week Dave Thomas, pictured here with Clarets' manager Sean Dyche, has written about memorable goals

Top 10 memorable goals in football | Dave Thomas