Description: Burnley Football Club who have celebrated their 140th anniversary having transformed in 1882 from a small town rugby side, to one of the biggest football clubs in the land.
When the local Rugby side Burnley Rovers changed to association football in May 1882, they were not even the biggest club in the town with so many smaller local clubs making the change at the time. Burnley as they were now known dropped Rovers from their name.
Eventually...