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Burnley legend Jimmy Robson talks about winning the title and starring in Europe despite only being a part-timer: 'I'd work down the pit until 3pm then play a night game'

Daily Mail | December 22, 2017

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A wintry morning at a sun-kissed Turf Moor and the recollections of 1960 are flooding back for Jimmy Robson.

'My team were something special,' grins former inside-forward Robson, who is now 78.

'I remember our first European game here. I scored just a few minutes in and the place took off. We beat Reims, the 1959 finalists, 2-0. But then we went to France. It was a red-hot atmosphere.'

Burnley legend Jimmy Robson has plenty of fond memories of his playing days at the club
Burnley legend Jimmy Robson has plenty of fond memories of his playing days at the club
Robson can remember when Burnley played their first European game at Turf Moor
Robson can remember when Burnley played their first European game at Turf Moor
It doesn't take long for the former inside-forward to reel off tale after tale about Burnley
It doesn't take long for the former inside-forward to reel off tale after tale about Burnley

Burnley lost the second-leg 3-2 but progressed into the quarter-finals to face Hamburg.

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