List of Burnley F.C. internationals

Forward Kyle Lafferty made 16 appearances for Northern Ireland, scoring five times during 2006–2008.

Burnley Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Burnley, Lancashire. Formed on 18 May 1882, the team originally played only friendly matches until they entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1885.^[1] Burnley went on to become one of the 12 founding members of the Football League in 1888 and have competed in the league ever since, with the exception of the 2009–10 season and 2014–15 season when they played in the Premier League. The following list contains all the footballers who have represented their country at full international level during this time.

Introduction

Burnley's first international was forward John Yates who appeared for England on 2 March 1889, in a 6–1 victory over Ireland in the 1888–89 British Home Championship. Yates scored a hat-trick on his debut, in what proved to be his only cap.^[2] The most recent player to be capped whilst with Burnley is defender, Daniel Lafferty who played for Northern Ireland in a 2–0 defeat to Chile in June 2014.^[3] Northern Irish forward Jimmy McIlroy is Burnley's most capped player, appearing in 51 games for his country between 1951 and 1962.^[4] McIlroy is also the club's top international goalscorer, netting 10 times for Northern Ireland during his tenure with the Clarets.^[4] Attacking midfielder Cameron Howieson became Burnley's youngest ever international in 2012 at the age of 17, making his debut for New Zealand in a 2–2 draw with El Salvador.^[5]

The majority of Burnley players that have received international caps are for the home nations (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). The only decade that Burnley didn't have an international representative was during the 1990s. From the 2000s onwards the increasingly multinational nature of the team resulted in call-ups for players from across Europe (including Greece and Iceland) and also from the wider world (including New Zealand, Cameroon and Canada.) In 2001, Ian Cox became the first non-British player to be capped, appearing for Trinidad and Tobago in a 1–0 defeat to Morocco.^[6]

Burnley have had a number of players who have represented their country in major international tournaments whilst at the club. The first Burnley player to go to a FIFA World Cup was Jock Aird, who represented Scotland in 1954.^[7] In the 1958 FIFA World Cup in Sweden, Jimmy McIlroy represented Northern Ireland and Colin McDonald was the goalkeeper for England.^[4][8] Outside forward John Connelly and right-half Jimmy Adamson, were part of the England squad that went to the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile, however, they failed to make an appearance.^[9] Billy Hamilton and Tommy Cassidy represented Northern Ireland at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.^[10] Hamilton made five appearances and scored twice against Austria, and Cassidy played once as the side reached the second round.^[11] André Bikey is Burnley's only ever African international and he represented Cameroon in the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, making one appearance.^[12] Defender David Edgar represented Canada at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup, however, he failed to make an appearance as he was a late addition to the squad.^[13] Edgar made three appearances in the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup, as Canada exited in the group stage.^[13] Cameron Howieson represented New Zealand at the 2012 OFC Nations Cup, making one appearance.^[5]

Key

• The following list contains only players who gained international caps whilst a registered player of Burnley. Caps gained prior to joining and subsequent to leaving the club are not included.
• Table headings: Apps = Total number of appearances for the national side while a Burnley player; Goals = Total number of goals for the national side while a Burnley player; Years = Dates of international caps as a Burnley player; Ref = source of information
• Playing positions: GK = Goalkeeper; DF = Defender; MF = Midfielder; FW = Forward
•   Players with this colour and symbol in the "Name" column are currently signed to Burnley.

List of players

Sam Vokes, who currently plays for Burnley is an international for Wales.

Defender David Edgar is the joint-fifth most capped player for Burnley, appearing 23 times for Canada.

Defender André Bikey represented Cameroon in the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations whilst a Burnley player.

Jimmy Crabtree was Burnley's second ever international, making his debut for England in 1894.

Dimitrios Papadopoulos made one appearance for Greece in 2002.

Goalkeeper Jerry Dawson is Burnley's all-time record appearance holder, and also had two caps for England.

As of match played 15 November 2016.

List of Burnley F.C. players making full international appearances

Name	Nation	Position	Intl. Years	Caps	Goals	Notes
Aird, JockJock Aird	Scotland	DF	1954	4	0	[7]
Alexander, GrahamGraham Alexander	Scotland	MF	2007–2009	10	0	[14]
Angus, JohnJohn Angus	England	DF	1961	1	0	[15]
Arfield, ScottScott Arfield †	Canada	MF	2016	6	0	[16]
Baird, ChrisChris Baird	Northern Ireland	DF	2014	1	0	[17]
Bannister, BillyBilly Bannister	England	DF	1901	1	0	[18]
Berisha, BesartBesart Berisha	Albania	FW	2007–2009	10	1	[19]
Bikey, AndréAndré Bikey	Cameroon	DF	2009–2010	4	0	[12]
Blacklaw, AdamAdam Blacklaw	Scotland	GK	1963–1965	3	0	[20]
Bowsher, StanStan Bowsher	Wales	DF	1929	1	0	[21]
Boyle, TommyTommy Boyle	England	DF	1913	1	0	[22]
Bruton, JackJack Bruton	England	MF	1928–1929	3	0	[23]
Caldwell, StevenSteven Caldwell	Scotland	DF	2009	1	0	[24]
Cassidy, TommyTommy Cassidy	Northern Ireland	MF	1980–1982	4	0	[10]
Coates, RalphRalph Coates	England	MF	1970–1971	2	0	[25]
Cochrane, TerryTerry Cochrane	Northern Ireland	MF	1978	4	0	[26]
Connelly, JohnJohn Connelly	England	FW	1959–1963	10	4	[9]
Cort, LeonLeon Cort	Guyana	DF	2011	4	1	[27]
Coyne, DannyDanny Coyne	Wales	GK	2005–2007	10	0	[28]
Cox, IanIan Cox	Trinidad and Tobago	DF	2001	4	0	[6]
Crabtree, JimmyJimmy Crabtree	England	DF	1894–1895	3	0	[29]
Dawson, JerryJerry Dawson	England	GK	1921–1922	2	0	[30]
Defour, StevenSteven Defour †	Belgium	MF	2016	3	0	[31]
Dobson, MartinMartin Dobson	England	MF	1974	4	0	[32]
Duff, MichaelMichael Duff	Northern Ireland	DF	2004–2012	21	0	[33]
Edgar, DavidDavid Edgar	Canada	DF	2011–2014	23	1	[13]
Elder, AlexAlex Elder	Northern Ireland	DF	1960–1967	34	1	[34]
Elliott, BillyBilly Elliott	England	MF	1952	5	3	[35]
Emerson, WilliamWilliam Emerson	Ireland	MF	1922–1923	5	0	[36]
Flack, HughHugh Flack	Ireland	DF	1929	1	0	[37]
Fletcher, StevenSteven Fletcher	Scotland	FW	2009	3	0	[38]
Flynn, BrianBrian Flynn	Wales	MF	1974–1984	34	3	[39]
Freeman, BertBert Freeman	England	FW	1912	3	2	[40]
Gray, PhilPhil Gray	Northern Ireland	FW	2000	3	1	[41]
Guðjónsson, JoeyJoey Guðjónsson	Iceland	MF	2007	4	0	[42]
Guðmundsson, Jóhann BergJóhann Berg Guðmundsson †	Iceland	MF	2016	5	0	[43]
Hamilton, BillyBilly Hamilton	Northern Ireland	FW	1980–1984	34	5	[11]
Harris, GordonGordon Harris	England	MF	1966	1	0	[44]
Heaton, TomTom Heaton †	England	GK	2016	2	0	[45]
Hendrick, JeffJeff Hendrick †	Republic of Ireland	MF	2016	4	1	[46]
Hill, JackJack Hill	England	DF	1925–1927	8	0	[47]
Hillman, JackJack Hillman	England	GK	1899	1	0	[48]
Howieson, CameronCameron Howieson	New Zealand	MF	2012–2014	9	0	[5]
Hyde, MicahMicah Hyde	Jamaica	MF	2004	4	1	[49]
Irvine, WillieWillie Irvine	Northern Ireland	FW	1963–1968	17	6	[50]
Iwelumo, ChrisChris Iwelumo	Scotland	FW	2010	2	0	[51]
James, LeightonLeighton James	Wales	MF	1971–1978	23	3	[52]
Jones, SteveSteve Jones	Northern Ireland	FW	2006–2007	5	1	[53]
Kelly, BobBob Kelly	England	FW	1920–1925	11	6	[54]
Lafferty, DanielDaniel Lafferty †	Northern Ireland	DF	2012–2016	13	0	[3]
Lafferty, KyleKyle Lafferty	Northern Ireland	FW	2006–2008	16	5	[55]
McCluggage, AndyAndy McCluggage	Ireland	DF	1927–1931	11	3	[56]
McDonald, ColinColin McDonald	England	GK	1958	8	0	[8]
McIlroy, JimmyJimmy McIlroy	Northern Ireland	MF	1951–1962	51	10	[4]
Michopoulos, NikolaosNikolaos Michopoulos	Greece	GK	2002	2	0	[57]
Miller, BrianBrian Miller	England	DF	1961	1	0	[58]
Morgan, WillieWillie Morgan	Scotland	MF	1967	1	0	[59]
Morris, BillyBilly Morris	Wales	FW	1947–1952	5	0	[60]
Morrison, TommyTommy Morrison	Ireland	MF	1899–1902	4	1	[61]
Mosscrop, EddieEddie Mosscrop	England	MF	1914	2	0	[62]
Page, LouisLouis Page	England	FW	1927	7	1	[63]
Papadopoulos, DimitriosDimitrios Papadopoulos	Greece	FW	2002	1	0	[64]
Paterson, MartinMartin Paterson	Northern Ireland	FW	2008–2013	13	1	[65]
Pilkington, BrianBrian Pilkington	England	MF	1954	1	0	[66]
Pointer, RayRay Pointer	England	FW	1961	3	2	[67]
Richards, DaneDane Richards	Jamaica	MF	2013	1	0	[68]
Taylor, GarethGareth Taylor	Wales	FW	2002–2003	4	0	[69]
Todd, SammySammy Todd	Northern Ireland	DF	1966–1970	8	0	[70]
Treacy, KeithKeith Treacy	Republic of Ireland	MF	2011	1	0	[71]
Vokes, SamSam Vokes †	Wales	FW	2012–2016	27	4	[72]
Ward, StephenStephen Ward †	Republic of Ireland	DF	2014–2016	16	1	[73]
Waterfield, GeorgeGeorge Waterfield	England	DF	1927	1	0	[74]
Watson, BillyBilly Watson	England	DF	1913–1919	3	0	[75]
Willighan, TomTom Willighan	Ireland	DF	1932–1933	2	0	[76]
Yates, JohnJohn Yates	England	MF	1889	1	3	[2]

References

General

• Simpson, Ray (2007). The Clarets Chronicles: The Definitive History of Burnley Football Club 1882–2007. Burnley: Burnley FC. ISBN 978-0-9557468-0-2.

Specific

1. Simpson (2007), p. 25
2. "Jack Yates". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
3. "Daniel Lafferty". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
4. "Jimmy McIlroy". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
5. "Cameron Howieson". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
6. "Ian Cox". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
7. "Jock Aird". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
8. "Colin McDonald". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
9. "John Connelly". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
10. "Tommy Cassidy". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
11. "Billy Hamilton". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
12. "André Bikey". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
13. "David Edgar". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
14. "Graham Alexander". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
15. "John Angus". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
16. Scott Arfield at National-Football-Teams.com
17. "Chris Baird". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2014-07-10.
18. "Billy Bannister". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
19. "Besart Berisha". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
20. "Adam Blacklaw". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
21. "Stan Bowsher". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
22. "Tommy Boyle". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
23. "Jack Bruton". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
24. "Steven Caldwell". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
25. "Ralph Coates". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
26. "Terry Cochrane". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
27. "Leon Cort". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
28. "Danny Coyne". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
29. "Jimmy Crabtree". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
30. "Jerry Dawson". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
31. Steven Defour at National-Football-Teams.com
32. "Martin Dobson". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
33. "Michael Duff". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
34. "Alex Elder". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
35. "Billy Elliott". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
36. "William Emerson". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
37. "Hugh Flack". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
38. "Steven Fletcher". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
39. "Brian Flynn". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
40. "Bert Freeman". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
41. "Phil Gray". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
42. "Joey Guðjónsson". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
43. "Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
44. "Gordon Harris". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
45. Tom Heaton at National-Football-Teams.com
46. "Jeff Hendrick". National-Football-Teams. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
47. "Jack Hill". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
48. "Jack Hillman". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
49. "Micah Hyde". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
50. "Willie Irvine". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
51. "Chris Iwelumo". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
52. "Leighton James". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
53. "Steve Jones". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
54. "Bob Kelly". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
55. "Kyle Lafferty". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
56. "Andy McCluggage". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
57. "Nikolaos Michopoulos". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
58. "Brian Miller". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
59. "Willie Morgan". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
60. "Billy Morris". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
61. "Tom Morrison". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
62. "Eddie Mosscrop". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
63. "Louis Page". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
64. "Dimi Papadopoulos". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
65. "Martin Paterson". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
66. "Brian Pilkington". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
67. "Ray Pointer". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
68. "Dane Richards". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
69. "Gareth Taylor". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
70. "Sammy Todd". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
71. "Keith Treacy". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
72. "Sam Vokes". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
73. "Stephen Ward". National-Football-Teams. Retrieved 2014-09-03.
74. "George Waterfield". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
75. "Willie Watson". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
76. "Tom Willighan". Claretsmad. Retrieved 2011-07-28.

External links

• Burnley Internationals at Claretsmad