Team information
- Abbr
- BBR
- Sport
- Soccer
- League
- English Championship
- Founded
- 1875
- Home market
- Blackburn, England
Burnley Football Club is a professional football club based in Burnley, Lancashire, England. The team compete in the Premier League, the top tier of the English football league system. Founded on 18 May 1882, it was one of the first to become professional (in 1883), and subsequently put pressure on the Football Association to permit payments to players. The club entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1885–86 and was one of the 12 founder members of the Football League in 1888–89. From the 19