The Lancashire cotton industry was rapidly converting from water power to coal.
The team in claret and blue from an old East
Lancashire cotton town has posted a pre-tax profit of # 34.6 million for its year to 30 June 2015 — just # 500,000 less than Arsenal and Manchester City managed between them.
Burnley, an old East
Lancashire cotton town, is one of the Premier League's best managed clubs financial, posted a pre-tax profit of # 34.6 million for its year to 30 June 2015 — just # 500,000 less than Arsenal and Manchester City managed between them in that year.