Burnley

Saturday, 27 October 2012

Burnley

Burnley BNP Demo 2nd march against muslim paedophile scum

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Away Days : Burnley vs Blackpool - Not Impressed

photographs of burnley during 1960s and 1970s

Away Days with Charlie Austin - Burnley FC

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A56 road
The A56 is a road in England which extends between the city of Chester in Cheshire and the village of Broughton in North Yorkshire. The road contains a mixture of single and dual carriageway sections, and traverses environments as diverse as the dense urban sprawl of inner city Manchester and the lightly populated region of rural east Lancashire. The road includes a short section of trunk road - designated A56(T) - between the end of the M66 motorway near Ramsbottom and the M65 motorway west of Burnley.
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A671 road
The A671 is a road in the North West of England, that runs between Oldham, Greater Manchester and Worston, near Clitheroe, Lancashire. Major towns on the route include Rochdale and Burnley. The road is approximately long. Between Burnley and the A59, the A671 has primary status.
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Accrington
Accrington is a town in Lancashire, within the borough of Hyndburn. It lies about west of Burnley, north of Manchester city centre and north of the border of Greater Manchester, and is situated on the mostly culverted River Hyndburn. The town has a population of 35,203 according to the 2001 census and the urban area has a population of over 70,000.
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Angels (nightclub)
Angels was a nightclub and music venue in Burnley, England. It became most famous during the early 1990s with the rise of the house music scene, drawing visitors from across the country. It occupied part of a Multi-storey car park on Curzon St (Currently the site of another car park and Wilkinson store).
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Bacup
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Barnoldswick
Barnoldswick (colloquially known as Barlick) is a town and civil parish within the West Craven area of the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England just outside the Yorkshire Dales National Park and the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The town is built in the shadow of Weets Hill, and Stock Beck, a tributary of the River Ribble runs through the town. It has a population of 10,859.
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Birmingham
Birmingham ( , locally ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county of England. It is the most populous British city outside London with a population of 1,028,700 (2009 estimate), and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the United Kingdom's second most populous Urban Area with a population of 2,284,093 (2001 census). Birmingham's metropolitan area, which includes surrounding towns to which it is closely tied through commuting, is also the United Kingdom's second most populous with a population of 3,683,000.
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Blackburn
Blackburn () is a large industrial town in Lancashire, England. It lies to the north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of the city of Preston, north-northwest of the city of Manchester. and is north of the border with Greater Manchester. Blackburn is bounded to the south by Darwen, with which it forms the unitary authority area of Blackburn with Darwen, Blackburn being the administrative centre. At the time of the UK Government's 2001 census, Blackburn had a population of 105,085, whilst the wider borough of Blackburn with Darwen had a population of 137,470.
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Blackburnshire
Blackburnshire was a hundred, or ancient division of the county of Lancashire, in northern England. It was centred on Blackburn, and covered an area approximately equal to modern day East Lancashire.
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Blackpool
Blackpool () is a seaside town and unitary authority in Lancashire, England. Situated along the coast of the Irish Sea, it has a population of 142,900, making it the third-largest settlement in North West England behind Manchester and Liverpool. It lies 40 miles (64 km) north-west of the city of Manchester, and less than north of Liverpool City centre. Blackpool is the fourth most densely populated local authority district of England & Wales outside Greater London.
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Burnley bus station
Burnley Bus Station serves the town of Burnley, Lancashire, England. The bus station was funded by both the Lancashire County Council and Burnley Borough Council.
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Burnley Way
The Burnley Way is a 40 mile (64 km) long distance footpath in Lancashire, England. As a circular walk it can be walked from any point, but it is considered to start and finish at the Weavers' Triangle Visitor Centre in Burnley. It covers a range of terrain from canal towpaths to open moorland.
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Bury
Bury (pronounced , locally also ) is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the River Irwell, east of Bolton, west-southwest of Rochdale, and north-northwest of the city of Manchester. Bury is surrounded by several smaller settlements which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, of which Bury is the largest settlement and administrative centre.
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Carnforth
Carnforth is a small town and civil parish near Lancaster in the north of Lancashire, England, situated at the north east end of Morecambe Bay, by the River Keer. The parish of Carnforth had a population of 5,350 recorded in the 2001 census, and forms part of the City of Lancaster.
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Chorley
Chorley is a market town in Lancashire, in North West England. It is the largest settlement in the Borough of Chorley. The town's wealth came principally from the cotton industry. As recently as the 1970s the skyline was dominated by numerous factory chimneys, but most are now demolished: remnants of the industrial past include Morrison's chimney and a few other mill buildings, and the streets of terraced houses for mill workers. Chorley is known as the home of the Chorley cake.
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City of Lancaster
The City of Lancaster (), is a local government district of Lancashire, England, with the status of a city and non-metropolitan district. It is named after its largest settlement, Lancaster, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Morecambe, Heysham, and Carnforth, as well as outlying villages and rural hinterland. The city has a population of 133,914, and an area of .
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City of Leeds
The City of Leeds is a local government district of West Yorkshire, England, governed by Leeds City Council, with the status of a city and metropolitan borough. The district includes Leeds and other smaller towns such as Guiseley, Morley, Rothwell, Otley, Pudsey and Wetherby. It has a population of () and is the second largest local government district in England by population; and the second largest metropolitan district by area.
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Clayton-le-Moors
Clayton-le-Moors is a township in Hyndburn in Lancashire, England, a suburb of Accrington. The town is locally referred to as 'Clayton'. To the west lies Rishton, to the north Great Harwood, and two miles to the south, Accrington. Clayton-le-Moors is situated on the A680 road alongside the M65 motorway.
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Cleveleys
Cleveleys (with its neighbouring village of Thornton, collectively known as Thornton-Cleveleys) is a town on the Fylde Coast of Lancashire, England, about 4 miles north of Blackpool and 2 miles south of Fleetwood. It is part of the Borough of Wyre.
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Clitheroe
Clitheroe () is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Ribble Valley in Lancashire, England. It lies on the southern edge of the Forest of Bowland and is often used as a base for tourists in the area. The most notable building in the town is a Norman keep, suggested to be one of the smallest in the country. It has a population of 14,697.
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Cliviger
Cliviger is a civil parish within the Borough of Burnley, in Lancashire, England. It is situated to the southeast of Burnley, and northwest of Todmorden and has a population of 2,350. Although the whole parish lies within the Borough of Burnley it is actually split between three Postal Towns, with a few farms lying in either Todmorden or Bacup postal towns.
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Colne
Colne is the second largest town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England, with a population of 20,118. It lies at the end of the M65, 6 miles north-east of Burnley, with Nelson immediately adjacent, in the Aire Gap with two main roads leading into the Yorkshire towns of Skipton and Keighley. It is 25 miles east of Preston, 25 miles north of Manchester and 30 miles west of Leeds.
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Coronation Street
Coronation Street is a British prime-time soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional area of Salford, England. Created by Tony Warren, who initially named the show Florizel Street, Coronation Street is the longest running and most watched British soap opera. It was first broadcast on 9 December 1960 by Granada Television and has been shown in all regions of ITV almost throughout its existence. Since first being aired it has been one of the most financially lucrative programmes on commercial television, underpinning the success of its broadcaster ITV, and in 2010 became the world's longest-running TV soap opera.
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Darwen
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Earby
Earby is a small town and civil parish within the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England. It is north of Colne, from Skipton, and from Burnley. The parish had a population of 4,348 recorded in the 2001 census,
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England
England () is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental Europe. Most of England comprises the central and southern part of the island of Great Britain in the North Atlantic. The country also includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.
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European Parliament
The European Parliament (abbreviated as Europarl or the EP) is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU). Together with the Council of the European Union (the Council), it forms the bicameral legislative branch of the EU and has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world. The Parliament and Council form the highest legislative body within the EU. The Parliament is composed of 736 MEPs (Member of the European Parliament), who serve the second largest democratic electorate in the world (after India) and the largest trans-national democratic electorate in the world (375 million eligible voters in 2009).
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Fleetwood
Fleetwood is a town within the Wyre district of Lancashire, England, lying at the northwest corner of the Fylde. It had a population of 26,840 people at the 2001 Census. It forms part of the Greater Blackpool conurbation. The town was the first planned community of the Victorian era. For most of the 20th century, Fleetwood was a prominent deep-sea fishing port, but, since the 1970s, the fishing industry has declined precipitously and the town has undergone economic difficulties. Fleetwood is also a seaside resort, serving as a quiet contrast to nearby Blackpool.
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France
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Fred Dibnah
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Garstang
Garstang is a town and civil parish within the Wyre borough of Lancashire, England. It is ten miles north-northwest of the city of Preston and eleven miles south of Lancaster, and has a total resident population of 4,074. It is famous for being the world's first ever Fairtrade Town.
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Gawthorpe Hall
Gawthorpe Hall, a Lancashire County Council property managed by the National Trust is an Elizabethan house situated northeast of the small town of Padiham, in the borough of Burnley, Lancashire, England.
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Germany
Germany (), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (, ), is a country in Western Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The territory of Germany covers 357.021 km2 and is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. With 81.8 million inhabitants, it is the most populous member state of the European Union, and home to the third-largest number of international migrants worldwide.
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Great Britain
Great Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island. With a population of about 60.0 million people in mid-2009, it is the third most populated island on Earth. Great Britain is surrounded by over 1,000 smaller islands and islets. The island of Ireland lies to its west. Politically, Great Britain may also refer to the island itself together with a number of surrounding islands which comprise the territory of England, Scotland and Wales.
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Great Harwood
Great Harwood is a small town in the Hyndburn district of Lancashire, England. It lies northeast of Blackburn.
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Haggate
Haggate is a small village within the parish of Briercliffe, situated three miles north of Burnley, Lancashire. The village is mostly built around a small crossroads, with routes towards Burnley, Nelson and Todmorden. The first buildings in the village date from the 16th century, when the Hare and Hounds public house, which still stands to this day, was built. The village was first officially documented in the 17th century. The origins of the name Haggate are unclear, although it is thought that it could mean, "the path by the hawthorn trees". The village itself is situated at the top of a hill, 800 feet above sea level. The buildings in the village are predominantly stone-built.
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Hapton, Lancashire
Hapton is a village and civil parish in the borough of Burnley, in the English county of Lancashire. The village is west of Burnley town centre, and has a railway station on the East Lancashire Line. It has a population of 3,769. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal and M65 motorway both pass through the village.
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Harle Syke
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Haslingden
Haslingden Home To Many is a small town in Rossendale, Lancashire, England. It is north of Manchester. The name means 'valley of the hazels', though the town is in fact set on a high and windy hill. In the early 20th century Haslingden had the status of a municipal borough, but following local government reorganisation in 1974 it became part of the Borough of Rossendale. In 1831 there was a population of 7,776. It forms part of a conurbation with Bacup and Rawtenstall.
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Heysham
Heysham ( ) is a large coastal village near Lancaster in the county of Lancashire, England. Overlooking Morecambe Bay, it is a ferry port with services to the Isle of Man and Ireland. Heysham is the site of two nuclear power stations which are landmarks visible from hills in the surrounding area.
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Higham, Lancashire
Higham is a village in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England. The civil parish is named Higham with West Close Booth.
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Home Office
The Home Office is the United Kingdom government department responsible for immigration control, security and order. As such it is responsible for the police, United Kingdom Borders Agency and MI5. It is also in charge of government policy on security-related issues such as drugs, counter-terrorism and ID cards. It was formerly responsible for the Prison Service and Probation Service, but these are now under a newly created Ministry of Justice.
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Huddersfield
Huddersfield () is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city.
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Hyndburn
Hyndburn is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Accrington. The district is named after the River Hyndburn.
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Ightenhill
Ightenhill is a civil parish, and a district of Burnley in Lancashire, England. It has a population of 1,512.
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Irish Sea
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Kirkham, Lancashire
Kirkham, or as it once was known, Kirkam-in-Amounderness is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Fylde in Lancashire, England, midway between Blackpool and Preston (11 miles west of Preston) and adjacent to the smaller town of Wesham. It owes its existence to Carr Hill upon which it was built and which was the location of a Roman fort. It has a population of 7,127.
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Lancashire
Lancashire ( or, less commonly, ) is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston. Lancashire is sometimes referred to by the abbreviation Lancs, originally used by the Royal Mail. The population of the county is 1,449,700. People from the county are known as Lancastrians.
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Lancaster Canal
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Leyland, Lancashire
Leyland is a town in the South Ribble borough of Lancashire, England. Lying approximately six miles (10 km) south of the city of Preston, Leyland has a population of around 40,000.
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Libya
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Liverpool
Liverpool () is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880. Liverpool is the fourth largest city in the United Kingdom (third largest in England) and has a population of 435,500, and lies at the centre of the wider Liverpool Urban Area, which has a population of 816,216.
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London
London () is the capital of England and the United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its founding by the Romans, who called it Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, largely retains its square-mile mediaeval boundaries. Since at least the 19th century, the name London has also referred to the metropolis developed around this core. The bulk of this conurbation forms the London region and the Greater London administrative area, governed by the elected Mayor of London and the London Assembly.
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Longridge
Longridge is a small town and civil parish in the borough of Ribble Valley in Lancashire, England. It is situated at the western end of Longridge Fell, a long ridge above the River Ribble, several miles north-east of the city of Preston. Its nearest neighbours are Grimsargh and the Roman town of Ribchester (Bremetennacum), 3.5 miles to the southeast. The parish of Longridge had a population of 7,546 recorded in the 2001 census.
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Lytham St Annes
Lytham St Annes is a conurbation in the Fylde district of Lancashire, England. The neighbouring towns of Lytham and '''St-Anne's-on-the-Sea''' (or St-Anne's-on-Sea, but nearly always abbreviated to St Annes) have grown together and now form a seaside resort, sometimes seen as a smaller and more genteel alternative to nearby Blackpool. Lytham and St Annes, together with the smaller communities of Ansdell and Fairhaven, retain their individuality.
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M62 Motorway
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M65 motorway
The M65 is a motorway in Lancashire, England. It runs from just south of Preston through the major junction of the M6 and M61 motorways, east past Darwen, Blackburn, Accrington and Burnley, to end at Colne.
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M66 motorway
The M66 is a motorway in Lancashire and Greater Manchester, England. It is long and provides part of the route between the M62 and M60 motorways and the M65, with the rest being provided by the A56.
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Manchester
Manchester () is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. In 2009, the population of the city was estimated to be 483,800, making it the seventh-most populous local authority district in England. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas; the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester had an estimated population of 2,600,100, the Greater Manchester Urban Area a population of 2,240,230, and the Larger Urban Zone around Manchester, the second-most-populous in the UK, had an estimated population in the 2004 Urban Audit of 2,539,100. The demonym of Manchester is Mancunian.
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Manchester Airport
Manchester Airport is a major airport located at Ringway in the City of Manchester within Greater Manchester, UK, and is the busiest airport in the country outside the London region making it the 4th busiest airport in the United Kingdom in terms of passenger numbers, 3rd in terms of total aircraft movements and overall the 17th busiest airport in Europe as of 2009.
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Mary Towneley Loop
The Mary Towneley Loop, is a 47 mile (68 km) circular route which forms part of the Pennine Bridleway National Trail, along the borders of Lancashire and Yorkshire.
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Moorhouse's Brewery
'''Moorhouse's''' is an independent brewery founded in 1865 by William Moorhouse in Burnley in Lancashire, UK as a producer of mineral waters and low alcohol beers known as hop bitters. It first produced cask ales in 1978.
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Morecambe
Morecambe () is a resort town and civil parish within the City of Lancaster in Lancashire, England. As of 2003 it has a resident population of about 45,000. It faces into Morecambe Bay. Morecambe and the nearby village of Heysham have a combined population of 51,400.
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Nelson, Lancashire
Nelson is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England, with a population of 28,998 in 2001. It lies 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Burnley on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
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Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish and Norwegian: Nobels fredspris) is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.
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Northumbria
Northumbria or Northhumbria () was a medieval kingdom of the Angles, in what is now Northern England and South-East Scotland, becoming subsequently an earldom in a united Anglo-Saxon kingdom of England. The name reflects the approximate southern limit to the kingdom's territory, the Humber Estuary.
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Ofsted
The '''Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted''') is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England (HMCI).
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Ormskirk
Ormskirk is a market town in West Lancashire, England. It is situated north of Liverpool city centre, northwest of St Helens, southeast of Southport and southwest of Preston.
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Oswaldtwistle
Oswaldtwistle ( "ozzel-twizzel") is a town within the Hyndburn borough of Lancashire, England. It lies on the course of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, east-southeast of Blackburn. Oswaldtwistle is also close to Accrington
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Oxford
Oxford () is a city, and the county town of Oxfordshire, in South East England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 151,000 living within the district boundary. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through Oxford and meet south of the city centre. For a distance of some along the river, in the vicinity of Oxford, the Thames is known as The Isis.
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Pakistan
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Pendle
Pendle is a local government district and borough of Lancashire, England, on the North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire borders. It adjoins the Lancashire boroughs of Burnley and Ribble Valley. It has a total population of about 90,000 people, and is represented in Parliament by Andrew Stephenson, Conservative.
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Pennine Way
The Pennine Way is a National Trail in England. The trail runs from Edale, in the northern Derbyshire Peak District, north through the Yorkshire Dales and the Northumberland National Park, it ends at Kirk Yetholm, just inside the Scottish border. The path runs along the Pennine hills, sometimes described as the "backbone of England". Although not the United Kingdom's longest trail, it is according to the Ramblers' Association "one of Britain's best known and toughest".
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Penwortham
Penwortham is a town and civil parish on the south bank of the River Ribble facing the city of Preston, Lancashire, England. The town is at the most westerly crossing point of the River Ribble, with major road and rail links crossing here.
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Pontefract Abbey
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Poole
Poole () is a large coastal town and seaport in the county of Dorset, on the south coast of England. The town is east of Dorchester, and Bournemouth adjoins Poole to the east. The Borough of Poole was made a unitary authority in 1997, gaining administrative independence from Dorset County Council. The town had a population of 138,288 according to the 2001 census, making it the second largest settlement in Dorset.
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Poulton-le-Fylde
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Preesall
Preesall (until 1910 known as Preesall with Hackensall) is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England. The parish covers the eastern bank of the estuary of the River Wyre, including Knott End-on-Sea, Pilling Lane and the village of Preesall itself. The parish of Preesall had a population of 5,314 recorded in the 2001 census,
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Preston, Lancashire
Preston () is the administrative centre of Lancashire, England, located on the north bank of the River Ribble. It is an urban settlement and unparished area that, when combined with its surrounding suburban and rural hinterland, forms part of the City of Preston local government district of Lancashire, which obtained city status in 2002, becoming England's 50th city in the 50th year of Queen Elizabeth II's reign. The settlement, or unparished area, of Preston has a population of 114,300, and the whole City of Preston district has a population of 132,000.City of Preston: 132,000 [http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do;jsessionid=ac1f930d30d899479cecf37043e19d7a8d3fa6304509?a=7&b;=277022&c;=Preston&d;=13&e;=13&g;=463253&i;=1001x1003x1004&o;=280&m;=0&r;=1&s;=1282408183176&enc;=1&nsjs;=true&nsck;=true&nssvg;=false&nswid;=108 Preston (Local Authority): Key Figures for People and Society: Population and Migration], Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 21 August 2010. The population for the unparished area of Preston is calculated by subtracting the populations of the three rural Middle Layer Super Output Areas, Preston 001 (5,185), Preston 002 (6,417) and Preston 010 (6,134).
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Rawtenstall
Rawtenstall ( "Rottenstall", ) is a town at the centre of the Rossendale Valley, in Lancashire, England. It is the seat for the Borough of Rossendale, in which it is located.
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Read, Lancashire
:This article is about the English village. For other uses of the word "read", see Reading (disambiguation). For people named Read, see Read (surname).
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Reedley Hallows
Reedley Hallows or Reedley is a civil parish in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England. It is a suburb of Burnley, and has a population of 1,994.
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Ribble Valley
Ribble Valley is a local government district with borough status within the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Clitheroe. Other places include Whalley, Longridge and Ribchester. The area is so called due to the River Ribble which flows in its final stages towards its estuary near Preston. The area is popular with tourists who enjoy the area's natural unspoilt beauty, much of which lies within the Forest of Bowland.
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Ribchester
Ribchester is a village and civil parish within the Ribble Valley district of Lancashire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Ribble, northwest of Blackburn and east of Preston.
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Rishton
Rishton is a small town in the Hyndburn district of Lancashire, England, about west of Clayton-le-Moors and north-east of Blackburn. It was an urban district from 1894 to 1974.
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River Brun
The River Brun is a river in eastern Lancashire.
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River Darwen
The River Darwen is a river running through Darwen and Blackburn in Lancashire.
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River Hodder
The River Hodder is a river in Lancashire, England. The river is a County Biological Heritage Site.
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River Ribble
The River Ribble is a river that runs through North Yorkshire and Lancashire, in the North of England. The river's drainage basin also includes parts of Greater Manchester around Wigan.
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River Wyre
The River Wyre is a river in Lancashire, United Kingdom, which flows into the Irish Sea at Fleetwood. It is approximately 28 miles (45 km) in length. The river is a County Biological Heritage Site.
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Rossendale
Rossendale is a local government district with borough status. It is made up of a number of small former mill towns in Lancashire, England centered around the valley of the River Irwell in the industrial North West. The district combines urban with rural aspects, and is close to the more populated areas of Bury, Bolton, Burnley, Rochdale and Manchester.
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Skipton
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For the larger local government district, see Burnley (borough).

For other meanings see Burnley (disambiguation)

Coordinates: 53°47′20″N 2°14′53″W / 53.789°N 2.248°W

Burnley
Burnley Town Hall
Burnley Burnley shown within Lancashire
Area	15.82 km² (6.11 sq mi) ^[1]
Population	73,021 (2001 Census)
- Density	11,955 /sq mi (4,616 /km²)
OS grid reference	SD836326
- London	181 mi (290 km) SSE
District	Burnley
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BURNLEY
Postcode district	BB10-12
Dialling code	01282
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Burnley
Website	http://www.burnley.co.uk ^[2]
List of places: UK • England • Lancashire

St Peter's Church

The Weavers' Triangle, with the Leeds and Liverpool Canal

Queen Street Mill Textile Museum

Burnley wharf on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal

The River Brun as it flows through Burnley

The Singing Ringing Tree at Crown Point

Gannow Tunnel on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal

Burnley General Hospital Phase 5

Mill engine by Burnley Ironworks in the Science Museum

St James Street, Burnley

Burnley Market

Railway viaduct on the East Lancashire Line

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Burnley Bus Station

Turf Moor, the home of Burnley FC

St. Peter's Health & Sport centre

Towneley Hall in Towneley Park

Gawthorpe Hall, in Padiham owned by Lancashire County Council and managed by the National Trust

The Library in the Winter of 2010

Hammerton St, Burnley

Burnley Mechanics

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Police Station & Magistrates' Court by Bradshaw Gass & Hope

Former Burnley Grammar School

Shuttleworth College, in Padiham, the first of the new schools

Burnley is a market town in Lancashire, England, with a population of around 73,500. It is 21 miles (34 km) north of Manchester and 25 miles (40 km) east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Brun. The town began to develop in the early medieval period as a number of farming hamlets surrounded by manor houses and royal forests, gaining a market over 700 years ago. During the Industrial Revolution, it became one of Lancashire's most prominent mill towns. At its peak, it was one of the world's largest producers of cotton cloth, and a major centre of engineering. Burnley now has a post-industrial economy and landscape, and is increasingly a dormitory town for Manchester, Leeds and the M65 corridor.^[3]

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The name Burnley is believed to have been derived from Brun Lea meaning 'meadow by the River Brun'.^[4] Various other spellings have been used: Bronley (1241), Brunley (1251) and commonly Brumleye (1294) ^[5]

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Stone Age flint tools and weapons have been found on the moors around the town,^[4] as have numerous tumuli, stone circles, and some hill forts (see: Castercliff Camp, which dates from around 600 BC). Also, modern-day Back Lane, Sump Hall Lane and Noggarth Rd follow the route of a classic ridge road running east-west to the north of the town. This indicates that the area was populated during pre-history and was probably controlled by the Brigantes.

Limited coin finds indicate Roman influence in the area, although no evidence of a settlement has been found in the town. However, Gorple Road (running east from Worsthorne) appears to follow the route of a Roman one that possibly crossed the present day centre of town on the way to the fort at Ribchester. It has been claimed that earthworks near here, known as Ring Stones Camp (53°47′35″N 2°10′26″W / 53.793°N 2.174°W / 53.793; -2.174), Twist Castle (53°48′00″N 2°10′16″W / 53.800°N 2.171°W / 53.800; -2.171) and Beadle Hill (53°48′11″N 2°10′08″W / 53.803°N 2.169°W / 53.803; -2.169) are of Roman origin, but little archaeological information has been published to support this.

There is little evidence to show what happened in the wider area immediately after the Roman period, but it is believed to have become part of the kingdom of Rheged, before sometime later, possibly through invasion, becoming part of the kingdom of Northumbria. Local place names Padiham and Habergham show the influence of the Angles, suggesting that some had settled in the area by the early 7th century,^[4] and some time after, the land became part of the hundred of Blackburnshire.

The same area was historically believed to be the likely location in 937 of the Battle of Brunanburh, one of the most important, but little known, battles in British history.

There is no definitive record of a settlement until after the Norman conquest of England. In 1122 a charter granted the church of Burnley to the monks of Pontefract Abbey.^[4] In its early days, Burnley was a small farming community, gaining a corn mill in 1290,^[6] a market in 1294, and a fulling mill in 1296.^[4] At this point, it was within the manor of Ightenhill, one of five that made up the Honor of Clitheroe, then a far more significant settlement, and consisted of no more than 50 families.^[4] Little survives of early Burnley apart from the Market Cross, erected in 1295, which now stands in the grounds of the old grammar school, which is now an annexe of Burnley College.^[4]

Over the next three centuries, Burnley grew in size to about 1,200 inhabitants by 1550, still centred around the church, St Peter's, in what is now known as "Top o' th' Town". Prosperous residents built larger houses, including Gawthorpe Hall in Padiham and Towneley Hall, and in 1532 St Peter's Church was largely rebuilt.^[4] Burnley's grammar school was founded in 1559, and moved into its own schoolhouse next to the church in 1602.^[4] Burnley began to develop in this period into a small market town. It is known that weaving was established in the town by the middle of the 17th century^[4] and in 1617 a new Market House was built. The town continued to be centred on St Peter's Church until the market was moved to the bottom of what is today Manchester Road at the end of the 18th century.^[4]

Industrial Revolution [link]

In the second half of the 18th century, the manufacture of cotton began to replace that of wool. Burnley's earliest known factories – dating from the mid-century – stood on the banks of the River Calder close to where it is joined by the River Brun, and relied on water power to drive the spinning machines. The first turnpike road through Burnley was begun in 1754, linking the town to Blackburn and Colne, and by the early 19th century there were daily stagecoach journeys to Blackburn, Skipton and Manchester, the last taking just over two hours.^[4] The 18th century also saw the rapid development of coal mining: the drift mines and shallow bell-pits of earlier centuries were replaced by deeper shafts meeting industrial as well as domestic demand locally, and by 1800 there were over a dozen pits in the modern-day centre of the town alone.^[4]

The arrival of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in 1796 made possible transportation of goods in bulk, bringing a huge boost to the town's economy. Dozens of new mills were constructed, along with many foundries and ironworks that supplied the cotton mills and coal mines with machinery and cast and wrought iron for construction. The town became renowned for its mill-engines and the Burnley Loom was recognised as one of the best in the world.

Disaster struck the town in 1824, when first its only local bank (known as Holgate's) collapsed,^[7] forcing the closure of some of the largest mills. This was followed by a summer drought, which caused serious problems for many of the others, leading to high levels of unemployment and possibly contributing to the national financial crisis of 1825.

By 1830 there were 32 steam engines in cotton mills throughout the rapidly expanding town,^[4] an example of which, originally installed at Harle Syke Mill, is on display in the Science Museum (London).^[8]

The Irish Potato Famine led to an influx of Irish families during the 1840s, who formed a community in one of the poorest districts. At one time the Park district (modern-day town centre, around Parker St.) was known as Irish Park.

In 1848 the East Lancashire Railway Company's extension from Accrington linked the town to the nation's nascent railway network for the first time.^[4] This was another significant boost to the local economy and, by 1851, the town's population had reached almost 21,000.^[4]

The Cotton Famine of 1861–1865, caused by the American Civil War, was again disastrous for the town. However, the resumption of trade led to a quick recovery and, by 1866, the town was the largest producer of cotton cloth in the world.^[9]

Burnley was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1861, and became, under the Local Government Act 1888, a county borough outside the administrative county of Lancashire. By the 1880s the town was manufacturing more looms than anywhere in the country.^[10]

The Burnley Electric Lighting Order was granted in 1890, giving the Burnley Corporation (which already controlled the water supply and the making and sale of gas) a monopoly on generating and selling electricity in the town. Building of the coal-powered Electricity Works began in 1891 in Grimshaw St, close to the canal (site of modern-day Tesco) and the first supply was inaugurated on 22 August 1893, initially to generate electricity for street lights.^[11]

The start of the 20th century saw Burnley's textile industry at the height of its prosperity. By 1910, there were approximately 99,000 power looms in the town,^[12] and it reached its peak population of over 100,000 in 1911. However, the First World War heralded the beginning of the collapse of the English textiles industry and the start of a steady decline in the town's population.^[13]

The World Wars [link]

In the First World War almost 4,000 men died, approximately 15% of the male working-age population.^[14] 250 volunteers, known as the Burnley Pals, made up Z Company of 11th Battalion, the East Lancashire Regiment, a battalion that as a whole became known by the far more infamous name of the Accrington Pals. Victoria Crosses were awarded to two soldiers from the town, Hugh Colvin and Thomas Whitham, along with a third to resident (and only son of the chief constable) Alfred Victor Smith. A memorial to the fallen was erected in 1926 in Towneley Park.

In between the wars came the great depression of the 1930s.

In the Second World War, two Distinguished Service Orders and eight Distinguished Conduct Medals, along with a large number of lesser awards, were awarded to servicemen from the town. At Heights Farm was a bombing decoy nicknamed "Manchester on the moors". Burnley escaped the bombing, largely due to the town being near the limit of German bomber range, and its proximity to higher value targets in Manchester. Although the blackout was enforced, most of the aircraft in the sky above the town would have been friendly and on training missions, or returning to the factories for maintenance. Aircraft crashes did occur, however: In September 1942 a P-38 Lightning from the 14th Fighter Group USAAF crashed near Cliviger, and Black Hameldon Hill claimed a Halifax from No. 51 Squadron RAF in January 1943 and also a B-24 Liberator from the 491st Bombardment Group USAAF in February 1945. Lucas Industries set up shadow factories, producing a wide range of electrical parts for the war effort. Notably they were involved with the Rover Company's failed attempts (and Rolls-Royce's later successful ones) to produce Frank Whittle's pioneering jet engine design, the W.2 (Rolls-Royce Welland) in Barnoldswick. Magnesium Elektron's factory in Lowerhouse became the largest magnesium production facility in Britain.^[15] An unexpected benefit of the conflict for the residents of Burnley occurred in 1940. The Old Vic Theatre Company and the Sadler's Wells Opera and Ballet Companies moved from London to the town’s Victoria Theatre. Burnley's main war memorial stands in Place de Vitry sur Seine next to the central library.

Post-World War II [link]

There were widespread celebrations in the town in the summer of 1960, when Burnley FC won the old first division to become Football League champions. The Queen paid an official visit to the town in summer 1961, marking the 100th anniversary of Burnley's borough status. The rest of the decade saw large scale redevelopment in the town. Many buildings were demolished including the market hall, the cattle market, the Odeon cinema and hundreds of houses. New construction projects included the Charter Walk shopping centre, Centenary way and its flyover, the Keirby Hotel, a new central bus station, Trafalgar flats, and a number of office blocks. The town's largest coal mine, Bank Hall colliery, closed in April 1971 resulting in the loss of 571 jobs. The area of the mine has been restored as a park.^[16] Under the Local Government Act 1972 Burnley's county borough status was abolished, and it was incorporated with neighbouring areas into the non-metropolitan district of Burnley.

In 1980 Burnley was connected to the motorway network, through the construction of the first and second sections of the M65. Although the route, next to the railway and over the former Clifton colliery site, was chosen to minimize the clearance of occupied land, Yatefield, Olive Mount and Whittlefield Mills, the Barracks, and several hundred more terrace houses had to be demolished. Unusually this route passed close to the town centre and had a partitioning effect on the districts of Gannow, Ightenhill, Whittlefield, Rose Grove and Lowerhouse to the north. The 1980s and '90s saw massive expansion of Ightenhill and Whittlefield. Developers such as Bovis, Barratt and Wainhomes built large housing estates, predominantly on greenfield land.

In the summer of 1992, the town came to national attention following rioting on the Stoops and Hargher Clough council estates in the south west of the town.^[17]

The turn of the millennium brought with it some improvement projects, notably the "Forest of Burnley" scheme,^[18] which planted approximately a million trees throughout the town and its outskirts, and the creation of the Lowerhouse Lodges local nature reserve.^[19]

In June 2001, during a period of wider unrest, the town again received national attention following a series of violent disturbances arising from racial tension between elements of its white and Asian communities.^[20]

October 2009 saw the official opening of Burnley's first purpose-built mosque. The £1.5M privately funded Jamia Masjid Ghausia Mosque in Daneshouse was the culmination of 10 years of fundraising in the local and wider Muslim communities.^[21]

Governance [link]

Burnley has three tiers of government: Local government responsibilities are shared by Burnley Borough Council and Lancashire County Council; at a national level the town gives its name to a seat in the United Kingdom parliament and as a result is subject to the European Parliament. While the town itself is unparished, the rest of the borough has one further, bottom tier of government, the parish or town council.^[22]

Local:Borough [link]

Composition of Burnley Borough Council (as of May 2010)
Party		Group Leader	Seats	Change
	Liberal Democrat	Charlie Briggs	24	+1
	Labour	Julie Cooper	14	+2
	Conservative	Peter Doyle	5	-1
	British National Party	Sharon Wilkinson	2	-2
Total Seats			45

Main article: Burnley (borough)

Local:County [link]

Main article: Lancashire County Council

National [link]

Main article: Burnley (UK Parliament constituency)

The town elects a single Member of Parliament, which since the general election in 2010 has been Gordon Birtwistle (Liberal Democrats). Richard Shaw was the town's first MP in 1868. Arguably its most notable MP was former leader of the Labour Party and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Arthur Henderson. All but one of the seven MPs elected by Burnley between the First World War and 2010 have been from the Labour party.

Europe [link]

Main article: North West England (European Parliament constituency)

Burnley lies within the North West England European Parliament constituency, which elects nine MEPs by proportional representation – currently three Conservative, two Labour, one Liberal Democrat, one UKIP and one BNP.

Geography & Climate [link]

Burnley^{[disputed – discuss]}

Climate chart (explanation)

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
165 4 −1	115 4 −1	135 6 0	91 9 2	85 13 5	97 15 8	95 17 10	123 17 10	130 14 8	152 11 5	156 7 2	175 5 0
Average max. and min. temperatures in °C
Precipitation totals in mm
Source: weather.yahoo.com 2010

Imperial conversion
J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
6.5 39 30	4.5 39 30	5.3 43 32	3.6 48 36	3.3 55 41	3.8 59 46	3.7 63 50	4.8 63 50	5.1 57 46	6 52 41	6.1 45 36	6.9 41 32
Average max. and min. temperatures in °F
Precipitation totals in inches

The town lies in a natural three-forked valley at the confluence of the River Brun and the River Calder, surrounded by open fields, with wild moorland at higher altitudes. To the west of Burnley lie the towns of Padiham, Accrington and Blackburn, with Nelson and Colne to the north. The centre of the town stands at approximately 118 metres (387 ft) above sea level and 30 miles (48 km) east of the Irish Sea coast.

Areas in the town include: Burnley Wood, Rose Hill, Harle Syke, Haggate, Daneshouse, Stoneyholme, Burnley Lane, Heasandford, Brunshaw, Pike Hill, Gannow, Ightenhill, Whittlefield, Rose Grove, Habergham, and Lowerhouse. Although Reedley is considered to be a suburb of the town, it is actually part of the neighboring borough of Pendle.

To the north west of the town, and home of the Pendle Witches, is the imposing Pendle Hill, which rises to 557 metres (1,827 ft), beyond which lie Clitheroe and the Ribble Valley. To the south west, the Hameldon Hills rise to 409 metres (1,342 ft), on top of which are the Met Office north west England weather radar, a BBC radio transmitter, and a number of microwave communication towers. This site was the first place in the UK chosen for an unmanned weather radar, beginning operation in 1979; it is one of 18 that cover the British Isles.^[29] Also since 2007 the three turbines of the Hameldon Hill wind farm have stood on its northern flank. To the east of the town lie the 511 metres (1,677 ft) Boulsworth Hill and the moors of the South Pennines, and to the south, the Forest of Rossendale. On the hills above the Cliviger area to the south east of the town stands Coal Clough wind farm, whose white turbines are visible from most of the town. Built in 1992 amidst local controversy, it was one of the first wind farm projects in the UK. Nearby, the landmark RIBA-award winning Panopticon Singing Ringing Tree, overlooking the town from the hills at Crown Point, was installed in 2006.^[30]

Due to its hilly terrain and mining history, rural areas of modern Burnley encroach the urban ones to within a mile of the town centre on the south, north west and north east.

The Pennine Way passes six miles (10 km) east of Burnley; the Mary Towneley Loop, part of the Pennine Bridleway, the Brontë Way and the Burnley Way offer riders and walkers clearly-signed routes through the countryside immediately surrounding the town.

Burnley has a temperate maritime climate, with relatively cool summers and mild winters. There is regular but generally light precipitation throughout the year, contributing to a relatively high humidity level. While snowfall occasionally occurs during the winter months, the temperature is rarely low enough for it to build up on the ground in any quantity. The town is believed to be the first place in the UK where regular rainfall measurements were taken (by Richard Towneley, beginning in 1677).

**Neighbouring towns, villages and places**
Clitheroe	Pendle Hill	Nelson
Padiham		South Pennines
	Burnley East

Accrington	Rossendale Valley	Todmorden

Demography [link]

The Borough of Burnley compared
UK Census 2001^[31]	Burnley	NW England	England
Total population	89,542	6,729,764	49,138,831
Foreign born	5.7%	5.1%	9.2%
White	91.8%	94.4%	90.9%
Asian	7.2%	4.5%	4.6%
Black	0.1%	0.6%	2.3%
Christian	74.5%	78.0%	71.7%
Muslim	6.6%	3.0%	3.1%
Hindu	0.3%	0.4%	1.1%
No religion	11.0%	10.5%	14.6%
Under 18 years old	25.6%	23.3%	22.7%
Over 65 years old	15.1%	16.0%	15.9%
Unemployed	3.1%	3.6%	3.3%
Perm. sick / disabled	8.9%	7.7%	5.3%

The United Kingdom Census 2001 showed a total resident population for Burnley of 73,021. The town is the main population centre in the Burnley-Nelson urban area, which has an estimated population of 149,796; for comparison purposes, this is about the same size as Huddersfield, Oxford or Poole.^[32]

The racial composition of the borough is 91.77% White and 7.16% South Asian or South Asian / British, predominantly from Pakistan. The largest religious groups are Christian (74.46%) and Muslim (6.58%). 59.02% of adults between the ages of 16 and 74 are classed as economically active and in work.^[33]

The town is noticeably segregated, with the majority of its Asian residents living in the neighbouring Daneshouse and Stoneyholme districts. In total, the size of its Asian community is much smaller than those in nearby towns such as Blackburn and Oldham.

In early 2010, the Lancashire Telegraph reported that Burnley topped Home Office figures for the highest number of burglaries per head in England and Wales between April 2008 – April 2009.^[34] This claim (minus the dates) was repeated during one of the questions in the first of the televised 2010 general election debates.^[35] However, in May 2010 the NPIA Local Crime Mapping System (believed to be the source of the data in the report) listed a 49.5% drop in this rate on the previous year.

Burnley has some of the lowest property prices in the country, with numerous streets appearing in the annual mouseprice.com most affordable streets in England & Wales report.^[36]^[37]^[38]^[39] These streets are concentrated in areas of terrace housing in poorer neighbourhoods adjacent to the town centre. Between 2005 and 2010 approximately £65m of government funds was invested into these areas through the Elevate East Lancashire housing market renewal company (replaced by Regenerate Pennine Lancashire in 2010).

Year	1911	1921	1931	1939	1951	1961	1971	2001
Population	106,322	103,157	89,258	85,400	84,987	80,559	76,489	73,021
Sources: www.visionofbritain.org.uk

Economy and industry [link]

Burnley's traditional employment base has been in decline for several decades. The last deep coal mine, Hapton Valley Colliery, closed in February 1981 and the last steam-powered mill, Queen Street Mill, in 1982. Over the next two decades, Burnley's two largest manufacturers both closed their factories: Prestige in July 1997 and Michelin in April 2002.^[40]^[41] The town has struggled to recover: its employment growth between 1995 and 2004 placed it 55th of England's 56 largest towns and cities,^[42] and as of 2007 it was the 21st most deprived local authority (out of 354) in the United Kingdom.^[43] 13% of its working age population currently claims incapacity benefit (national average 7%).^[44] The largest employment sector in the town is now public administration, education and health (31.2%), followed by manufacturing (21.9%).^[45]

Home shopping firm Shop Direct announced in January 2010 that it was to close its Burnley call centre with the loss of 450 jobs.^[46] The company, which owns Littlewoods, Additions Direct, Very, Empire Stores and Marshall Ward, had been in the town for over 30 years, originally as Great Universal Stores but now known as GUS plc.

Modern economic developments have been industrial estates and business parks with the following currently in Burnley:^[47] Heasandford, Rossendale Road, and Healeywood Industrial Estates; Network 65, Shuttleworth Mead, Smallshaw & Chestnut, Elm Street, and Gannow Business Parks; and Burnham Gate Trading Estate. A further large business park, provisionally called Burnley Bridge, is being developed on a site near Hapton formerly belonging to Hepworth Plastics.^[48]

Key manufacturing employers today are in highly specialised fields: Gardner Aerospace, Safran Aircelle (aerospace), GE subsidiary Unison Engine Components (aerospace), AMS Neve (professional audio), and TRW Automotive and Futaba-Tenneco UK (automotive components).^[49] The town has also had a long association with Endsleigh Insurance Services, providing its main training facility and an important call centre. In 2004, the Lancashire Digital Technology Centre was established on land formerly occupied by the now-closed Michelin factory to provide support and incubation space for start-up technology companies.

Burnley is a sub-regional shopping destination, and is ranked in a similar position to nearby Blackburn in most consumer spending and footfall rankings^{[citation needed]}^{[clarification needed]}. The town's main shopping area is St James Street, along with the nearby Charter Walk Shopping Centre. The YMCA claimed to have opened the largest charity shop in the UK in 2009, when they took over the former Woolworths store in the town centre.^[50] This former Woolworths store has now been split into two large stores housing Peacocks and 99p Stores. The shopping centre was sold in 2001 by Great Portland Estates to Sapphire Retail Fund, which was 50% owned by the Reuben Bothers. In August 2010 the centre's future was thrown into doubt when Sapphire Retail Fund entered administration as a result of being unable to refinance its debts.^[51] The centre was bought in March 2011 by London-based Addington Capital.

The town centre is home to a large number of high street multiples, including Marks and Spencer, W H Smith, New Look, Next, River Island, Topshop, Burton, Dorothy Perkins, Evans, Ernest Jones, Argos, Clarks, JD Sports, JJB, Wilkinson, Supercuts and Scotts, along with other shops, including specialist food shops, independent record shops and an independent bookshop. A large council-run market is open six days a week. On the edge of the town centre, four retail parks house stores including Currys, Argos Extra, Sports Direct, T.K. Maxx, Staples, Halfords, Comet and PC World; there are also a number of mill shops. Plans have been in place since 2004 to construct a second town centre shopping centre, originally called 'The Oval'.^[52] By the time a sufficient number of tenants had signed up to begin construction, the effects of the financial crisis cast doubts over the project. In early 2011 fresh plans were released for a considerably smaller scheme involving a cluster of retail units,^[53] however until the financial situation improves, construction is unlikely to start. As well as Woolworths, the financial crisis has also led to the closure of several other shops in the last few years, including T J Hughes, Miss Selfridge, and HMV.

There are also a branch of Homebase, and various supermarkets including Sainsbury's, Tesco Extra, Asda, Iceland, Farmfoods, Aldi and UGO on the edges of the town centre, as well as a second Farmfoods, second Iceland, two Tesco Express stores and a Co-op superstore in suburban areas.

As well as traditional motor dealerships from Volkswagen, Ford, Vauxhall, Renault and Nissan, the town is home to the second Motorpoint car supermarket in the UK, as well as the only UK dealership of German supercar manufacturer Gumpert.^[54]

Transport [link]

Road [link]

Burnley is served by Junctions 9, 10 and 11 of the M65 motorway, which runs west to Accrington, Blackburn and Preston (where it connects to the M6), and northeast to Nelson and Colne. From the town centre, the A646 runs to Todmorden, the A679 to Accrington, the A671 to Clitheroe, and the A682 (a nearby rural section of which has been classified as Britain's most dangerous road)^[55] south to Rawtenstall and north east to Nelson and the Yorkshire Dales. The A56 dual carriageway skirts the western edge of the town, linking to the M66 motorway heading towards Manchester and the M62.

Rail [link]

Rail services to and from Burnley are provided by Northern Rail. The town has four railway stations, Burnley Manchester Road, Burnley Central, Burnley Barracks and Rose Grove. A fifth station, Hapton, serves Padiham and Hapton to the west of the town, but inside the borough. Manchester Road station has an hourly semi-fast service west to Preston (the nearest station on the West Coast Main Line) and Blackpool North, and east to Leeds and York, whilst the Central and Barracks stations provide an hourly stopping service west to Blackpool South and Preston, and east to Nelson and Colne.

There are also plans for direct trains to Manchester by reinstating a section of track at the Hall Royd Junction of the Caldervale Line (known as the Todmorden curve). This will allow for direct train travel to Manchester Victoria, reducing the journey time to approximately 45 minutes. On 31 October 2011 it was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg that the scheme had been granted the money as part of the Regional Growth Fund and would go ahead.

Bus and coach [link]

The main bus operator in Burnley is Transdev Burnley & Pendle, with Tyrer Bus operating some tendered town services. Other services are provided by Coastlinks Express (X27 to Southport), First (589 to Rochdale, 592 to Halifax), Transdev Lancashire United (152 to Preston), Pennine (215 to Skipton), and Rossendale Transport (483 to Bury). National Express operates three coach services to London each day, and one to Birmingham.

The town has good bus links into Manchester, compensating for the lack of a direct rail link. The X43/X44 Witch Way service (operated by Burnley & Pendle) runs from Nelson to Manchester, via Burnley and Rawtenstall, using a fleet of specially branded double-decker buses. The fastest journeys take 59 minutes.

The town's new bus station, designed by Manchester-based SBS Architects, won the UK Bus Award for Infrastructure in 2003.^[56]

Canal [link]

The Leeds and Liverpool Canal passes through the town, skirting its centre. Along the Burnley section there are number of notable features:

The 1,120 metres (3,675 ft) long and up to 18.25 metres (60 ft) high, almost perfectly level embankment known as the 'Straight Mile'. Built between 1796 and 1801 (before the invention of the Steam shovel), to avoid the need for locks, it is regarded as one of the original seven wonders of the British waterways.^[57]

The 511 metres (1,677 ft) long Gannow Tunnel, notable because its route, through thick impermeable clays and shale that had been extensively mined, made it one of the most difficult tunnelling projects of the Canal Age.^[58]

The much more modern (1980) Whittlefield motorway aqueduct is believed to be the first time a canal aqueduct was constructed over a motorway in the UK.

Since 2009, the Reedley Marina has provided a 100-berth facility, popular with pleasure boaters, on the northern edge of town.

Air [link]

Although Burnley does not have an airport, there are four international airports within an hour's travel of the town. These are Manchester Airport at 31 miles (50 km), Liverpool John Lennon Airport at 41 miles (66 km), Leeds Bradford Airport at 24 miles (39 km), and Blackpool Airport at 33 miles (53 km).

Sport [link]

The town's sporting scene is dominated by Burnley Football Club, which was founded in 1882. The club has played its home matches at Turf Moor since 1883, where attendance currently averages 20,000.^[59] The club is very well supported in the town, in fact holding the record for the highest ratio of match attendance to town population in the country.^[60] It was one of the 12 founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is one of only three English league clubs to have been champions of all four professional league divisions (along with Wolves and Preston). Nicknamed the Clarets, they played the 2009/10 season in the Premier League, 33 years since they last played in the top flight of English football, and 50 years since they won it (List of English football champions). Burnley's current manager, Eddie Howe, is one of the youngest managers in the Football League.

There are two members of the Lancashire Cricket League in the town. Burnley Cricket Club play their home matches at Turf Moor, their ground being adjacent to the football ground, while Lowerhouse Cricket Club play at Liverpool Road. The Burnley-born England Cricketer James Anderson started his career at Burnley Cricket Club.

Burnley is also home to Burnley Rugby Club (formerly Calder Vale Rugby Club 1926–2001). They field three senior sides, with teams at most junior age groups, and play at Holden Road, the site of Belvedere and Calder Vale Sports Club.

Burnley briefly had a speedway team in 1929 at Towneley Stadium, but withdrew from competition in mid-season, never to be seen again.

Burnley has good public sporting facilities for a town of its size. The £29m St Peter's Centre (opened in 2006) offers swimming, squash courts and a fitness suite, while the nearby Spirit of Sport complex includes a large sports hall, and several indoor courts and outdoor synthetic pitches.^[61] There is an outdoor athletics track at Barden Lane, where the Burnley Athletic Club meets. For golfers, there are both 9-hole and 18-hole municipal golf courses at Towneley Park, along with an 18-hole pitch and putt course.^[62] (The private Burnley Golf Club also welcomes visiting players.) There are tennis courts at Towneley Park, and at the Burnley Lawn Tennis Club, as well as eleven bowling greens around the town,^[63] and a £235,000 skate park at Queens Park, which opened in 2003. There are also basketball, caving and judo clubs in the town. In 2001, the private Crow Wood centre was established in countryside on the edge of the town, offering a combination of spa and fitness facilities, and racquet and equestrian sports.

Culture and Entertainment [link]

Museums and Galleries [link]

In Burnley itself there is a small contemporary visual arts gallery, the Mid-Pennine Gallery, while on the outskirts of the town there are larger galleries in two stately homes, Towneley Hall, which was bought by Burnley Corporation in 1901,^[64] and Gawthorpe Hall in Padiham, which is owned by Lancashire County Council and managed by the National Trust. There are also two local museums: the Weavers' Triangle Trust operates the Visitor Centre and Museum of Local History in the historic surroundings of the Weavers' Triangle, while the Queen Street Mill Textile Museum celebrates Burnley's weaving past.

Parks [link]

There are several large parks in the town, including Towneley Park, once the deer park for the 15th century Towneley Hall, and three winners of the Green Flag Award, including Queens Park, which hosts a summer season of brass band concerts each year, and Thompson Park, which has a boating lake and miniature railway.^[65]

Activities [link]

There is a modern 24-lane ten pin bowling centre on Finsley Gate, operated by 1st Bowl. A 9-screen multiplex cinema opened in 1995 (with 3 3D screens as of 2010), operated by Apollo Cinemas. The town's theatre, named after its former use as the Mechanics Institute, hosts touring comedians and musical acts and amateur dramatics. A second performance space, the purpose-built £1.5m Burnley Youth Theatre, opened nearby in 2005. The Amnesty International Burnley group opened in 2011; meetings are held every month. The group mission is to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated.

Festivals [link]

Each year, Burnley hosts the two-day Burnley National Blues Festival, one of the largest Blues festivals in the country, drawing fans from all over Britain to venues spread across the town. In the 1970s, it was also an important venue for Northern Soul;^[66] several local pubs still hold regular Northern Soul nights. In recent years, the town has also hosted an annual balloon festival in Towneley Park. A funfair is usually held around the second weekend in July at Fulledge Recreation Ground, which is also the venue for the town's main Guy Fawkes Night celebration.

Nightlife [link]

Burnley has a lively nightlife, drawing clubbers from all over the North West. The town is dominated by the club Lava Ignite; other major bars and nightclubs include Barcode, Playhouse (formerly Fusion), Koko's, The Mix, Pharaoh's, Posh, Red Room, Rewind, Sanctuary Rock Bar and Smackwater Jacks. There are also chain-owned bars, such as Wetherspoons and Walkabout.

Curzon Street in Burnley was also the site of the legendary Angels (nightclub).

Burnley has a small gay scene, centred on the Guys as Dolls bar in St James Street.^[67]

The local brewery, Moorhouse's, was founded in 1865, produces a range of award winning beers – including the very popular Pride of Pendle and Blond Witch – and currently operates six pubs in the area.

More Bénédictine is drunk in one local working men's club, the Burnley Miners' Club, than anywhere else in the world, after a local regiment stationed in Normandy during World War I brought back a taste for the drink.^[68] This unusual fact was used in a question on 4th series of the BBC Show QI.^[69] The Burnley Miners Club now has its own Benedictine Lounge.

Media [link]

Local radio for Burnley and its surrounding area is currently provided by 2BR and BBC Radio Lancashire.

There are two local newspapers: the Burnley Express, published on Tuesdays and Fridays, and the daily Lancashire Telegraph, which publishes a local edition for Burnley and Pendle. There are also two free advertisement-supported newspapers called The Citizen and The Reporter, both of which are posted to homes throughout the town.

Burnley was one of seven sites chosen to be part of Channel 4's The Big Art project in which a group of 15 young people from all over the town commissioned artist Greyworld to create a piece of public art. The artwork, named "Invisible", is a series of UV paintings placed all around the town centre displaying "public heroes".

Filmography [link]

Parts of the film Whistle Down the Wind (1961), and the television series All Quiet on the Preston Front and Juliet Bravo, were filmed in the town. (For example, Burnley Fire Station was the location of Social Services in the first series of Juliet Bravo, and Burnley Public Library was used for exterior shots of the magistrates' court in the same series.) Numerous locations in the town were used in the 1996–1998 BBC comedy drama Hetty Wainthropp Investigates.

Queen Street Mill textile museum was used for a scene in the 2010 Oscar winning film The King's Speech,^[70] and for scenes in the 2004 BBC dramatisation of Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South, as well as Life on Mars (S1 E3; 2006). It has also featured in the following BBC documentaries: Fred Dibnah's Industrial Age (E2; 1999), Adam Hart-Davies' What the Victorians Did for Us (E1; 2001), and Jeremy Paxman's The Victorians (2009), as well as Who Do You Think You Are? (Bill Oddie episode), Flog It and UKTV History's The Re-Inventors (2006).

Towneley Hall featured in the BBC comedy drama Casanova (2005) and the BBC antiques quiz Antiques Master is currently filmed there.^[71]

The canal embankment featured in the 2007 ITV documentary Locks and Quays (S2 E9) and two families in Burnley have been featured in the ITV series 60 Minute Makeover (S6 E28 and S7 E70).

Education [link]

School	Locality	Description	Ofsted	Website
Blessed Trinity RC Community College	Burnley	Secondary school	134997	website
Hameldon Community College	Burnley	Secondary school	134995	website
Sir John Thursby Community College	Burnley	Secondary school	134996	website
Shuttleworth College	Padiham	Secondary school	134994	website
Unity College	Burnley	Secondary school	135003	website

Attainment [link]

The town's educational attainment is below the national average at all levels. In 2009, 78% of children at the end of Key Stage 2 achieved at least Level 4 in English (national average 80%), and 77% in Mathematics (national average 79%). At the end of Key Stage 3, the numbers achieving at least Level 5 were 67% in English (national average 74%), and 67% in Mathematics (national average 76%). 54.3% of students at the end of Key Stage 4 achieved at least 5 A*-C grades at GCSE (national average 69.8%).^[80] In 2007, three of the schools where listed in the bottom 5% nationally for adding value between the end of Key Stage 2 and the end of Key Stage 4.^[81] During 2008/09 two were in Ofsted special measures, the last losing this status in June 2010.^[82] A 2010 report commissioned by the BBC and compiled by Experian ranked the borough's workforce as having the worst GCSE results in England (in terms of the percentage of pupils gaining 5 or more grade A*-C).^[83]

Twin towns [link]

Burnley is twinned with:

Vitry-sur-Seine, France (since 1958)

^[84]

People [link]

Art [link]

Keith Coventry, the winner of the 2010 John Moores Painting Prize, was born and educated in the town. He is one of the leading lights of the YBA (Young British Artists) movement of the 1990s, along with Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin, and his work appears in many important public collections, including the Tate galleries.

Entertainment [link]

Probably the best-known Burnley figure in the field of entertainment is actor and gay rights activist Sir Ian McKellen,^[85] who was born in the town in 1939. Other actors born in the town include Mary Mackenzie, Irene Sutcliffe and Julia Haworth (Coronation Street), Richard Moore^[86] (Emmerdale), Alice Barry^[87] and Jody Latham^[88] (Shameless), Kathy Jamieson, Hannah Hobley (Benidorm), Natalie Gumede (Ideal) and film actor Lee Ingleby. Screenwriter Paul Abbott, creator of Shameless, television producer and executive Peter Salmon^[89] and comedian Jeff Brown were also born in Burnley. Also Coronation Street regular Malcolm Hebden grew up in the town.

Musicians born in the town include Danbert Nobacon, Alice Nutter, Lou Watts and Boff Whalley (all of Chumbawamba),^[90] Eric Haydock (bassist in The Hollies), classical composer John Pickard^[91] and the DJ Anne Savage.

The 19th century author and clergyman Silas Hocking^[92] wrote his most famous work, Her Benny (1879), while living in Burnley. Crime writer Stephen Booth is another native of the town,^[93] as is journalist and broadcaster Tony Livesey and visual artist Keith Coventry.

Young British soprano Hollie Steel was also born in Burnley.^[94]

Politics and the church [link]

Phil Willis,^[95] Liberal Democrat MP for Harrogate & Knaresborough, and Sir Vincent Fean,^[96] HM ambassador to Libya, were born in Burnley, as was the 16th century Catholic martyr Robert Nutter.^[97] Suffragette Ada Nield Chew died in Burnley in 1945. Baron Waddington of Read, the Home Secretary during the Poll Tax Riots and former Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords, was also born in Burnley, as was the 16th century theologian William Whitaker.

Military [link]

James Yorke Scarlett,^[98] commander of the Heavy Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava. 2nd Lieutenant Hugh Colvin VC and Private Thomas Whitham VC who both served during World War I.

Burnley and the Royal Family [link]

“	Recent years have not been at all kind to Burnley and all sorts of difficulties and challenges are placed in its way. But I hope my charities can make what small contribution they can, in partnership with the borough council and the NWDA, in this really crucial project to give, I hope, Burnley the future it deserves.	”
—Charles, Prince of Wales

Charles, Prince of Wales occasionally visits the town to undertake inspections on the youth programme that the Prince's Trust has in place to help 350 disadvantaged 14–25 year olds get their lives back on track in the borough. Prince Charles has set Burnley at the top of his priority list for his charity. The prince has focused his regeneration efforts on deprived parts of the country since a bid to improve Halifax in the 1980s. Prince Charles' interest in Burnley stems from a visit in 2005, when he saw first-hand the work being done to regenerate the town, at the time describing Burnley as a "remarkable town".

Science and industry [link]

Engineer Sir Willis Jackson^[99] was born and educated in the town. James Drake a pioneer of British motorways was also born here. 17th century mathematician Sir Jonas Moore was from Higham but is believed to have been educated at the Grammar School. Scottish cardiology pioneer Sir James Mackenzie lived and practiced medicine in the town for more than a quarter of a century.

Sport [link]

Burnley's sporting figures include England and Lancashire cricketer James Anderson,^[100] England and Everton Women's goalkeeper Rachel Brown,^[101] Pakistan and Tranmere Rovers midfielder Adnan Ahmed, Ex-Bury FC manager Chris Casper,^[102] Commonwealth Games Gold Medal-winning gymnast Craig Heap,^[103] Antipodean racing driver Fabian Coulthard and Neil Hodgson, 2003 World Superbike champion. Ron Greenwood, former manager of the England football team, was born in Worsthorne.

A panoramic image showing the town of Burnley from Crown point road. To the far top left of the image is the imposing Pendle Hill, with the Yorkshire Dales visible in the top central background. In the left of the image shows the town centre of Burnley and Turf Moor can be seen in the very centre of the picture. To the right the areas of Brunshaw and Pike Hill can be seen.

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References [link]

Mike Barratt, Ian McKellen: An Unofficial Biography, Virgin Books, 2006 ISBN 0-7535-1074-X
Steve Chapples, General Scarlett: The Burnley Hero of Balaclava, Arncliffe Press, 2006
Brian Hall, Burnley: A Short History, Burnley Historical Society, 2002
Brian Hall & Ken Spencer, Burnley: A Pictorial History, Phillimore, 1993 ISBN 0-85033-866-2
Guy Rickards, 'Icarus Soaring: The Music of John Pickard' in Tempo, n.s., 201 (July 1997), pp. 2–5
Kev Roberts, Northern Soul Top 500, Goldmine Publications, 2000 ISBN 0-9539291-0-8

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Charlie Austin
Personal information
Full name	Charles Austin^[1]
Date of birth	(1989-07-05) 5 July 1989 (age 22)
Place of birth	Hungerford, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Burnley
Number	23
Youth career
1999–2004	Reading
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2004–2006	Thatcham Town	59	(73)
2006–2007	Kintbury Rangers	27	(20)
2007–2008	Hungerford Town	30	(5)
2008–2009	Poole Town	42	(48)
2009–2011	Swindon Town	54	(31)
2011–	Burnley	45	(16)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:59, 29 April 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Charlie Austin (born 5 July 1989) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for English Championship side Burnley.

1 Career
2 Career statistics
3 References
4 External links

Career [link]

Non-League [link]

Born in Hungerford, Austin trained with Reading's youth system as a youngster but was released for being too small.^[2] He subsequently played for local teams AFC Newbury, Thatcham Town, Kintbury Rangers and his hometown side of Hungerford Town. Moving with his family to Bournemouth, he then switched to nearby semi-professional Wessex League Premier Division team Poole Town while also working as a bricklayer.^[3] In the season of 2008–09, Austin scored 46 goals in 48 appearances for Poole in all competitions.^[4]

Austin spent the pre-season of the 2009–10 season on trial with League Two club Bournemouth. Although Bournemouth's manager, Eddie Howe, was keen to sign the striker on a permanent deal, Bournemouth were unable to make a move for the striker due to a transfer embargo imposed on the club by the Football League.^[5] Austin continued to play for Poole Town, scoring 18 goals in 11 games at the beginning of the season.^[6]

Swindon Town [link]

Austin was offered a trial at Swindon Town in September 2009 after their chairman Andrew Fitton, who had been Hungerford Town's chairman while Austin was a player at the club, recommended him to Swindon manager Danny Wilson. Austin impressed and on 2 October he was signed for an undisclosed fee and given a contract until the end of the season.^[7] He made his debut appearance for Swindon Town on 6 October in a 1–1 draw with Exeter in the 2009–10 Football League Trophy, replacing Ben Hutchinson as a substitute in the 88th minute.^[8]^[9] Austin made his Football League debut coming on in the 70th minute in the league match away at Norwich City on 24 October 2009 and on 21 November 2009, he scored his first professional goal in only the third minute of his full debut away at Carlisle United.^[10] He scored again on his full home debut three days later against Huddersfield Town, hitting the match-winner in the 59th minute for a 2–1 victory.^[11]

After forming a successful strike partnership with Billy Paynter and scoring 10 goals in 11 starts, Austin was rewarded with an extended two-and-a-half year contract with the club in February 2010.^[12] On 14 May 2010, Austin scored the first goal as Swindon took a narrow 2–1 advantage in the first leg of the League One play-off Semi-Final against Charlton Athletic. In the second leg at Charlton, Swindon progressed to the final at Wembley after a penalty shoot-out in which Austin scored. Swindon lost the final 1–0 against Millwall; Austin found himself through on goal with an opportunity to equalise in the 72nd minute but shot wide after the ball bobbled on the Wembley turf as he struck the ball.^[13] At the end of his first season as a professional, Austin had scored 20 goals in 32 starts.^[14]

Despite suffering a dislocated shoulder in September, Austin scored another 17 goals in 27 games at the start of the 2010–11 season.^[15] His form prompted several Championship clubs to make offers for him during the January transfer window – all of which were rejected by Swindon.^[16] Disappointed at Swindon's reluctance to sell, Austin subsequently stated he was eager to play at a higher level and handed in a transfer request.^[16]^[17] Swindon accepted a bid from Ipswich Town just over a week later but they failed to agree personal terms with Austin and Burnley subsequently stepped in with an undisclosed fee which was also accepted.^[18]

Burnley [link]

On 28 January 2011, Austin signed for Burnley on a three-and-a-half-year contract.^[18] He made his Burnley debut on 1 February in a 1–0 loss away to Doncaster Rovers.^[19]

Career statistics [link]

As of 14 April 2012

Club	Season	League^[A]		FA Cup		League Cup		Other^[B]		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Kintbury Rangers	2006–07^[20]	27	20	0	0	0	0	1	1	28	21
Kintbury Rangers	Total	27	20	0	0	0	0	1	1	28	21
Hungerford Town	2007–08^[21]	30	5	0	0	0	0	7	6	37	11
Hungerford Town	Total	30	5	0	0	0	0	7	6	37	11
Poole Town	2008–09^[22]	34	34	4	4	0	0	8	8	46	46
	2009–10^[23]	8	14	3	4	0	0	0	0	11	18
	Total	42	48	7	8	0	0	8	8	57	64
Swindon Town	2009–10^[24]	33	19	0	0	0	0	5	1	38	20
	2010–11^[25]	21	12	3	3	1	0	2	2	27	17
	Total	54	31	3	3	1	0	7	3	65	37
Burnley	2010–11^[26]	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	2011–12^[27]	41	16	1	0	4	1	0	0	46	17
	Total	45	16	1	0	4	1	0	0	50	17
Career totals		198	120	11	11	5	1	23	18	237	150

A. ^ The "League" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the Football League, Wessex Premier League, Hellenic League Premier Division and Hellenic League Division One East.

B. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the Football League Trophy, play-offs, FA Vase, Dorset Senior Cup, Wessex League Cup, Berks & Bucks Senior Cup, Hellenic Challenge Cup, Hellenic Floodlit Challenge Cup and Hellenic League Supplementary Cup.

References [link]

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^ James, Stuart (7 March 2010). "Charlie Austin pinches himself on road from bricklayer to football hero". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/mar/07/charlie-austin-swindon-town-bricklayer. Retrieved 2010-03-13.
^ "Poole Town Player Statistics 2008/09". Poole Town F.C.. 2009. http://www.poole-townfc.co.uk/Player%20Stats/player_stats_0809.html. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
^ "Austin's Robins move is on the cards". Bournemouth Daily Echo. 26 September 2009. http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/football/4649747.Austin_s_Robins_move_is_on_the_cards/. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
^ "Poole Town Player Statistics 2009/10". Poole Town F.C.. 2010. http://www.poole-townfc.co.uk/Player%20Stats/player_stats_0910.html. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
^ "Charlie Austin Deal Complete". Swindon Town F.C.. 2 October 2009. http://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10341~1816187,00.html. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
^ "Exeter 1–1 Swindon". BBC Sport. 6 October 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8284815.stm. Retrieved 2010-04-15.
^ "Exeter City vs Swindon Town". Swindon Town F.C.. 6 October 2009. http://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10341~50867,00.html. Retrieved 2010-04-15.
^ "Carlisle 0–1 Swindon". BBC Sport. 21 November 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/8353322.stm. Retrieved 2010-04-15.
^ "FULL TIME: Town 2 Huddersfield 1". Swindon Advertiser. 24 November 2009. http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/sport/4757921.FULL_TIME__Town_2_Huddersfield_1/?action=complain&cid=8121793. Retrieved 2010-03-13.
^ "Striker Charlie Austin commits future to Swindon Town". BBC Sport. 2 February 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/swindon_town/8494085.stm. Retrieved 2010-03-13.
^ Szczepanik, Nick (29 May 2010). "Paul Robinson breaks deadlock for Millwall". The Times (London). http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/football_league/article7140002.ece. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
^ "Swindon Town rubbish reports of Austin departure". BBC Sport. 9 June 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/swindon_town/8730367.stm. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
^ "Town see Austin bid accepted". Sky Sports. 27 January 2011. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11758_6704911,00.html. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
^ ^a ^b "Swindon Town's Charlie Austin hands in transfer request". BBC Sport. 18 January 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/swindon_town/9365140.stm. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
^ "Austin open to Swindon exit". Sky Sports. 13 January 2011. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_6660457,00.html. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
^ ^a ^b "Swindon Town striker Charlie Austin joins Burnley". BBC Sport. 28 January 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/burnley/9378506.stm. Retrieved 2011-01-28.
^ "Full Time: Doncaster Rovers 1 Burnley 0". Lancashire Telegraph. 1 February 2011. http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/8826050.FULL_TIME__Doncaster_Rovers_1_Burnley_0/. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
^ "Kintbury Rangers 2006/2007 player appearances". FootballMitoo. http://72.3.224.252/TeamHistAll.cfm?CI=7194&TblName=Matches&LeagueCode=HLNC2006&DivisionID=667. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
^ "Hungerford Town 2007/2008 player appearances". FootballMitoo. http://72.3.224.252/TeamHistAll.cfm?CI=5805&TblName=Matches&LeagueCode=HLNC2007&DivisionID=395. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
^ "Poole Town 2008/2009 player appearances". Poole Town Football Club. http://www.poole-townfc.co.uk/Player%20Stats/player_stats_0809.html. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
^ "Poole Town 2009/2010 player appearances". Poole Town Football Club. http://www.poole-townfc.co.uk/Player%20Stats/player_stats_0910.html. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
^ "Swindon 2009/2010 player appearances". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=2519&teamTabs=stats. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
^ "Swindon 2010/2011 player appearances". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=2519&teamTabs=stats. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
^ "Burnley 2010/2011 player appearances". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=435&teamTabs=stats. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
^ "Burnley 2011/2012 player appearances". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=435&teamTabs=stats. Retrieved 2011-08-31.

External links [link]

v t e Burnley F.C. – current squad

1 Grant 2 Trippier 3 Lafferty 4 Duff 6 McCann 7 Wallace 8 Marney 9 Rodriguez 10 Paterson 11 Stanislas 12 Jensen 14 Ings 15 Edgar 16 Hines 20 Bartley 23 Austin 26 Treacy 27 MacDonald 28 Long 30 Stewart 32 Howieson 33 Hewitt 36 Mee 39 Fletcher 42 McCartan 44 Jackson Manager: Howe

Persondata
Name	Austin, Charlie
Alternative names
Short description	Professional footballer
Date of birth	5 July 1989
Place of birth	Hungerford, England
Date of death
Place of death

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Danny Ings
Personal information

Full name	Daniel William John Ings^[1]
Date of birth	(1992-03-16) 16 March 1992 (age 20)
Place of birth	Winchester, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Burnley
Number	14
Youth career
2006–2009	Bournemouth
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2009–2011	Bournemouth	27	(7)
2010	→ Dorchester Town (loan)	9	(4)
2011–	Burnley	15	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:37, 28 April 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Daniel William John "Danny" Ings (born 16 March 1992) is a professional English footballer who plays as a forward for Burnley.

1 Career
- 1.1 Burnley
2 Career statistics
3 References
4 External links

Career [link]

Ings signed an apprentice contract with Bournemouth in May 2008.^[2] He made his debut on 6 October for Bournemouth in their 2–1 away defeat to Northampton Town in the Football League Trophy Southern Section Second Round, replacing Jason Tindall in the 72nd minute as a substitute.^[3] After a successful loan spell with Dorchester Town, Ings made his Football League debut at Milton Keynes Dons on 28 December 2010.

Ings scored his first Football League goal against Swindon Town on 1 February 2011.

Burnley [link]

On 15 August 2011, he signed for Championship side Burnley, following manager Eddie Howe who had made the same move in January 2011. The fee was believed to be in the region of £1 million, and he signed a four year contract.^[4] Within days of signing, he suffered an injury that was expected to keep him out of action until early 2012.^[5] He finally made his debut on 14 February 2012, in a 2-0 win against Barnsley at Turf Moor. He came on as a late substitute for Charlie Austin, who along with Jay Rodriguez had given Burnley a two-goal lead.^[6] He scored his first goal for Burnley on 31 March, in a 5-1 win against Portsmouth at Fratton Park.^[7] He scored his second goal in the following game, a 3-1 defeat to Birmingham.^[8]

Career statistics [link]

As of 28 April 2012.

Club	Season	League^[A]		FA Cup		League Cup		Other^[B]		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bournemouth	2009–10^[9]	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	2010–11^[10]	26	7	0	0	0	0	2	1	28	8
	2011–12^[11]	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Total	27	7	0	0	0	0	3	1	30	8
Dorchester Town (loan)	2010–11^[12]	9	4	2	2	0	0	2	1	13	7
Dorchester Town (loan)	Total	9	4	2	2	0	0	2	1	13	7
Burnley	2011–12^[13]	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	3
Burnley	Total	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	3
Career totals		51	14	2	2	0	0	5	2	58	18

A. ^ The "League" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the Football League and Conference South.

B. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the Football League Trophy, play-offs, FA Trophy and Dorset Senior Cup.

References [link]

^ "List of Temporary Transfers of Players under Written Contract Between 01/10/2010 and 31/10/2010" (PDF). The Football Association. http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/RulesandRegulations/~/media/Files/PDF/TheFA/PlayerRegistrations/October%202010.ashx/October%202010.pdf. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
^ Wadley, Ian (2008-05-14). "New intake for coach Joe". Daily Echo. http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/2268488.new_intake_for_coach_joe/. Retrieved 2009-10-16.
^ "Northampton 2 - 1 Bournemouth". BBC Sport. 2009-10-06. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8284875.stm. Retrieved 2009-10-16.
^ "Burnley sign Bournemouth striker Danny Ings" 15 August 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
^ "Ings suffers injury woe" Sky Sports. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
^ "Burnley 2-0 Barnsley" BBC Sport. 14 February 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
^ "Portsmouth 1-5 Burnley" BBC Sport. 31 March 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
^ "Burnley 1-3 Birmingham" BBC Sport. 3 April 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
^ "Bournemouth 2009/2010 player appearances". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=359&teamTabs=stats. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
^ "Bournemouth 2010/2011 player appearances". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=359&teamTabs=stats. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
^ "Bournemouth 2011/2012 player appearances". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=359&teamTabs=stats. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
^ "Danny Ings Player Profile". Dorchester Town Football Club. http://www.dorchestertownfc.co.uk/squad/201011/ings_danny.shtml. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
^ "Burnley 2011/2012 player appearances". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=435&teamTabs=stats. Retrieved 2011-08-31.

External links [link]

v t e Burnley F.C. – current squad

1 Grant 2 Trippier 3 Lafferty 4 Duff 6 McCann 7 Wallace 8 Marney 9 Rodriguez 10 Paterson 11 Stanislas 12 Jensen 14 Ings 15 Edgar 16 Hines 20 Bartley 23 Austin 26 Treacy 27 MacDonald 28 Long 30 Stewart 32 Howieson 33 Hewitt 36 Mee 39 Fletcher 42 McCartan 44 Jackson Manager: Howe

Persondata
Name	Ings, Danny
Alternative names	Ings, Daniel William John
Short description	Professional footballer
Date of birth	16 March 1992
Place of birth	England
Date of death
Place of death

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This article is about the Scottish football manager. For the economics and finance professor, see Steve Keen.

Steve Kean
Personal information
Full name	Stephen Kean^[1]
Date of birth	(1967-09-30) 30 September 1967 (age 44)^[1]
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current club	Blackburn Rovers (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1985–1987	Celtic	0	(0)
1987	→ Swansea City (loan)	4	(0)
1987–1988	Alloa Athletic	1	(0)
1988–1991	Academica Coimbra^[2]	12	(1)
1991–1992	Bath City	?	(?)
1993–1994	Newbury Town	?	(?)
National team
	Scotland U15	0	(0)
Teams managed
2010–	Blackburn Rovers
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Stephen "Steve" Kean (born 30 September 1967) is a Scottish football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Blackburn Rovers in the English Championship. He was a winger, playing in Scotland, England and Portugal in the 1980s and 1990s, before becoming a manager.

1 Playing career
2 Coaching and management career
3 Personal life
4 Career statistics
- 4.1 Manager
5 References
6 External links

Playing career [link]

Kean grew up in Cumbernauld, a new town on the outskirts of Glasgow, attending St. Maurice's High School. Upon leaving school, he joined Celtic as a professional, but was unable to break into a first team then dominated by Celtic legends Tommy Burns, Murdo MacLeod and Paul McStay.

He joined Swansea City on loan in 1987,^[3] at the same time as Chris Coleman. They formed a lasting professional relationship, which carried on after both of their playing days had ended.

Kean then played for Academica Coimbra in Portugal, making 12 appearances, and scoring one goal.^[4]^[2]

Coaching and management career [link]

Since retiring from playing Kean has worked as a coach for Reading, Fulham, Real Sociedad and Coventry City, working as an assistant to Chris Coleman at Fulham, Real Sociedad and Coventry.^[4]

In June 2008, it was reported that Kean was in talks with Chelsea to become assistant manager to Luiz Felipe Scolari.^[4] Kean's fluency in Portuguese from his playing days was believed to be a key reason for Chelsea's interest.^[4]

On 4 August 2009, Blackburn Rovers manager Sam Allardyce appointed Kean as his new first team coach. Kean replaced Karl Robinson who returned to Milton Keynes Dons. Allardyce commented that he had received numerous applications for the first team coaching position and Kean "stood out above the rest through his personality, experience and knowledge of football at the highest level".^[5]

After the sacking of Allardyce on 13 December 2010, Kean was installed as caretaker manager for Blackburn.^[6] On 22 December, Kean was appointed manager on a contract until the end of the season to prove his abilities as manager.^[7] On 4 January 2011, it was revealed by Blackburn Rovers' owner Anuradha Desai, chairperson of Venkys, that Kean would be offered a new two-three year long-term contract to manage the club.^[8] On 20 January, it was confirmed by Blackburn that Kean had signed a contract until June 2013.^[9]

In November 2011, it was confirmed by the club that he had improved terms signing a new contract with Rovers, despite the club being in the bottom place of the league. However, this new contract was confirmed on the club's website not to have included an extension to the length of the contract.^[10] This came despite Kean's comments less than a week earlier stating: "Yes, there have been discussions about a new contract, but I have told the owners that this is an inappropriate time to conclude any new contract discussions".^[11] The new deal came after months of protests at the club in which fans campaigned to have Kean removed as Rovers manager.^[12]

On 8 April 2012, Kean managed his 60th game in charge at Blackburn Rovers, a 3–0 away loss to West Bromwich Albion leaving Rovers in the relegation zone with only 6 games of the season remaining.^[13] This was his 30th defeat as manager of Blackburn Rovers in 60 games. When compared to former Rovers manager Sam Allardyce's statistics whilst manager of the club, it would reveal at this point that Steve Kean has only lost four games less as manager during his reign, with 30 games to spare.^[14] In fact statistically, as of November 2011, Steve Kean is Blackburn Rovers' second worst manager since 1992, with only Paul Ince scoring a lower win percentage.^[15] On 7 May 2012, Kean evened Sam Allardyce's defeats record with 25 games to spare, relegating Blackburn Rovers to the Football League Championship.

Personal life [link]

On 15 August 2011, Kean was convicted of drink driving at Macclesfield Magistrates' Court. The Court rejected his defence that his drinks had been spiked following a match against Manchester United. He was banned from driving for 18 months and fined £1,800.^[16]

Career statistics [link]

Manager [link]

As of 13 May 2012.^[17]

Team	Nation	From	To	Record
G	W	D	L	Win %
Blackburn Rovers	England	13 December 2010	Present	&1000000000000006600000066	&1000000000000001700000017	&1000000000000001400000014	&1000000000000003500000035	&1000000000000002576000025.76
Total				&1000000000000006600000066	&1000000000000001700000017	&1000000000000001400000014	&1000000000000003500000035	&1000000000000002576000025.76

References [link]

^ ^a ^b Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 339. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
^ ^a ^b "Statistics" (in Portuguese). Veteranosaac.com. http://www.veteranosaac.com/index.php?menu=31&listar_tipo=jog_nomealc&ordenar=ASC&letra=S. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ "Swansea City: 1946/47 - 2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database. http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/swansea/swansea.htm. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Kean linked to Chelsea coach role". BBC Sport. 19 June 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7462555.stm. Retrieved 19 June 2008.
^ "Who is Blackburn's interim manager Steve Kean?". www.telegraph.co.uk. December 14, 2010. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/blackburn-rovers/8201129/Who-is-Blackburns-interim-manager-Steve-Kean.html. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
^ "Blackburn Rovers sack manager Sam Allardyce". BBC Sport. 13 December 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/blackburn_rovers/9283395.stm. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
^ "Steve Kean put in charge by Blackburn". BBC Sport. 22 December 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/blackburn_rovers/9313502.stm. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
^ "Kean to land long-term deal". Sky Sports. 4 January 2011. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11676_6634005,00.html. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
^ "Kean signs contract to June 2013". Blackburn Rovers F.C.. 20 January 2011. http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10303~2271940,00.html. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
^ "Steve Kean given improved terms at Blackburn Rovers (November 2011)". Blackburn Rovers F.C. 23 November 2011. http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10303~2525580,00.html. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
^ "Rovers confirm Kean contract revision". ESPNsoccernet. 23 November 2011. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/987457/blackburn-rovers-confirm-steve-kean-contract-revision?cc=5739. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
^ "Anti-Steve Kean banner flown by Blackburn Rovers fans". BBC Sport. 5 November 2011. http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15609898.stm. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
^ "WBA vs Rovers match report". Blackburn Rovers FC. 7 April 2012. http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10303~58856,00.html. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
^ "Sam Allardyce managerial stats". Cited Wikipedia. 8 April 2012. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Allardyce#Manager. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
^ "Kean out? How Kean fares historically". 19 November 2011. http://www.eplindex.com/5950/kean-comparing-kean-rovers-managers.html. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
^ "Blackburn manager Steve Kean banned for drink driving". The Daily Telegraph. 15 August 2011. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/premier-league/8702082/Blackburn-manager-Steve-Kean-banned-for-drink-driving.html. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
^ "Steve Kean". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/managers2.sd?managerid=2243. Retrieved 24 March 2012.

External links [link]

Steve Kean at The Celtic Wiki

Blackburn Rovers F.C. – managers

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Walmsley (1896–03)
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Carr (1922–26)
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Barritt (1931–36)
Taylor (1936–38)
Crompton (1938–41)
Hapgood (1944–47)
Scott (1947–47)
Bruton (1947–49)
Bestall (1949–53)
Carey (1953–58)
Duncan (1958–60)
Marshall (1960–67)
Quigley (1967–70)
Carey (1970–71)
Furphy (1971–73)
Lee (1974–75)
Smith (1975–78)
Pickering (1978–79)
Iley (1978)
Kendall (1979–81)
Saxton (1981–86)
Parkes (1986–87)
Mackay (1987–91)
Parkes (1991)
Dalglish (1991–95)
Harford (1995–96)
Parkes (1996–97)
Hodgson (1997–98)
Parkes (1998)
Kidd (1998–99)
Parkes (1999–2000)
Souness (2000–04)
Parkes (2004)
Hughes (2004–08)
Ince (2008)
Allardyce (2008–10)
Kean (2010–)

v t e Blackburn Rovers F.C. – current squad

1 Robinson 2 Salgado 3 Martin Olsson 5 Givet 8 Dunn 9 Modeste 10 Formica 11 Grella 12 Pedersen 13 Bunn 14 Petrović 15 N'Zonzi 16 Dann 18 Orr 20 Rochina 21 Marcus Olsson 22 Blackman 23 Hoilett 24 Yakubu 25 Goodwillie 29 Vukčević 30 O'Connor 31 Hanley 32 Bruno 34 Kean 35 Lowe 36 Linganzi 38 Anderson 39 Henley 40 Cotton 41 Hanley 42 Usai Manager: Kean

v t e Football League Championship managers

Clough Cotterill Coyle Dyche Ferguson Freedman Grayson Hill Holloway Howe Hughton Jackett Jewell Jones Kean Mackay McInnes Mowbray Pearson Powell Poyet Solbakken Warnock

Persondata
Name	Kean, Stephen
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer; football manager
Date of birth	30 September 1967
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death
Place of death

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