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Traditional Burnley football shirt

The Clarets were founder members of The Football League in 1888. Their home ground since 1883 has been Turf Moor (Capacity: 22,546). Burnley have been Football League Champions twice, in 1920-21[2] and 1959-60[3], and have won the FA Cup once, in 1914.

Turnover and pre-tax profit figures are in millions.

Financial Overiew

Year
Turnover
Pre-tax profit
Wages / Turnover ratio (%)
Employees

2007/08

8.570

-1.760

 

159

2006/07

6.674

-4.373

 

156

2005/06

6.731

-2.154

94.4

160

2004/05

8.445

1.871

58.9

142

2003/04

7.677

0.192

70.5

150

2002/03

9.421

-2.594

81.2

172

2001/02

11.164

-0.159

67.6

434

2000/01

7.243

-2.119

84.4

415

1999/00

5.676

-1.632

75.4

143

1998/99

3.670

-1.801

75.9

115

1997/98

3.732

-0.807

56.5

110

1996/97

3.701

-0.789

46.0

130

1995/96

2.351

0.563

56.8

88

1994/95

3.441

-0.298

 

86

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