Q 01/05

Burnley Football Club was founded in May 1882 by members of a club that played which sport?

A) Rugby

B) Cricket

C) Lacrosse

D) Hockey

Answer · why

A) Rugby

Burnley Rovers voted to switch to association football and dropped the 'Rovers' suffix a few days later.

Q 02/05

In 1884 Burnley led 35 other clubs in forming a breakaway body to challenge the FA over what issue?

A) Sunday football

B) The ban on professional players

C) The size of the goalposts

D) The offside rule

Answer · why

B) The ban on professional players

The FA caved in 1885 and Burnley entered the FA Cup for the first time that season.

Q 03/05

Which royal visited Turf Moor in October 1886, the first royal visit to a professional ground?

A) Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught

B) Queen Victoria

C) Prince Albert Victor

D) The Prince of Wales (later Edward VII)

Answer · why

C) Prince Albert Victor

To mark it Burnley wore white shirts with a blue sash and the Prince of Wales's coat of arms, a crest they kept until 1894-95.

Q 04/05

Burnley were one of how many founder members of the Football League in 1888-89?

A) 14

B) 16

C) 18

D) 12

Answer · why

D) 12

Six of the twelve were from Lancashire, and Burnley's William Tait scored the first league hat-trick in history in their second match.

Q 05/05

Which Burnley player scored the Football League's first hat-trick, against Bolton in 1888?

A) William Tait

B) Jack Hillman

C) Jimmy Crabtree

D) Fred Poland

Answer · why

A) William Tait

Fred Poland scored the first league goal at Turf Moor in the same season's 4-1 win over Bolton.