As the list of those who have plyed for both Burnley and Preston we look at one player who had to wait nine years for his Clarets debut.
Footballers who have played league football for both PNE and Burnley
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858) Graham Alexander
PNE 354 apps; 52 goals
Burnley 126 apps; 18 goals
PNE debut 27/03/1999 v Northampton (H) – Won 3-0
820) Charlie Bishop
PNE 4 apps; 0 goals
Burnley 9 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 13/01/1996 v Plymouth (H) – Won 3-2
902) Lee Briscoe
PNE 2 apps; 0 goals
Burnley 106 apps; 7 goals
PNE debut 27/03/2004 v Rotherham (A) – Lost 0-1
103) Matthew Brunton
PNE 8 apps; 2 goals
Burnley 30 apps; 8 goals
PNE debut 02/09/1899 v Nottingham Forest (A) – Lost 1-3
953) Richard Chaplow
PNE 68 apps; 8 goals
Burnley 65 apps; 7 goals
PNE Debut 12/01/2008 v Watford (H0 – Won 1-0
680) Brian Chippendale
PNE 6 apps 0 goals
Burnley 8 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 12/10/1985 v Chester (H) – Lost 3-6
784) Mike Conroy
PNE 57 apps; 22 goals
Burnley 77 apps; 30 goals
PNE debut 21/08/1993 v Scarborough (A) – Won 4-3
716) Tony Ellis
PNE 158 apps; 74 goals
Burnley 11 apps; 1 goal
PNE debut 10/10/1987 v Port Vale (H) – Won 3-2
846) David Eyres
PNE 108 apps; 19 goals
Burnley 175 apps; 37 goals
PNE debut 01/11/1997 v Plymouth (H) – Lost 0-1
857) Andy Gray
PNE 5 apps; 0 goals
Burnley 69 apps; 28 goals
PNE debut 27/02/1999 v Oldham (H) – Won 2-1
208) Benny Green
PNE 73 apps; 23 goals
Burnley 71 apps; 29 goals
PNE debut 02/09/1911 v Sheffield Wednesday (A) – Won 1-0
725) Steve Harper
PNE 77 apps; 10 goals
Burnley 69 apps; 8 goals
PNE debut 01/04/1989 v Fulham (H) – Lost 1-4
687) Phil Harrington
PNE 2 apps; 0 goals
Burnley 2 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 22/02/1986 v Swindon (H) – Lost 0-3
571) Willie Irvine
PNE 81 apps; 27 goals
Burnley 126 apps; 78 goals
PNE debut 16/03/1968 v Ipswich (A) – Lost 0-4
743) Ronnie Jepson
PNE 38 apps 8 goals
Burnley 59 apps; 3 goals
PNE debut 16/02/1991 v Huddersfield (A) – Lost 0-1
756) Lennie Johnrose
PNE 3 apps; 1 goal
Burnley 7 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 25/01/1992 v Brentford (A) – Lost 0-1
717) Warren Joyce
PNE 177 apps; 35 goals
Burnley 70 apps; 9 goals
PNE debut 17/10/1987 v Brighton (A) – Drawn 0-0
385) Bob Kelly
PNE 78 apps; 17 goals
Burnley 277 apps; 88 goals
PNE debut 27/08/1932 v Bradford Park Avenue (H) – Lost 2-3
481) Jackie Knight
PNE 39 apps; 7 goals
Burnley 26 apps; 5 goals
PNE debut 04/12/1948 v Bolton (A) – Lost 3-5
808) Graham Lancashire
PNE 23 apps 2 goals
Burnley 31 apps; 8 goals
PNE debut 26/12/1994 v Rochdale (H) – Won 3-0
Player profile – Jackie Knight
John ‘Jackie’ Knight was born in Bolton on 12 September 1922 and joined as a junior at Burnley in 1938, his brother George was already at Turf Moor.
Due to the Second Word War, Knight had to wait nine years for his league debut in 1-1 draw at home to Chesterfield on 5 April 1947. He made a further league appearance in 1947/48 season scoring once.
Knight got more first team opportunities in 1947/48 as he deputised for the injured Bill Morris, he netted 3 goals in 16 appearances.
Knight made a further 8 appearances with one goal in 1948/49 with his last appearance in a 3-1 defeat at Aston Villa on 6 November 1948. Knight took his total league appearances for the Clarets to 26 with 5 goals.
In December 1948 Knight joined Preston in exchange with Scottish International Andy McLaren. Knight scored on debut but PNE lost 5-3 at Bolton on 4 December. He scored 4 goals from 16 league appearances but couldn’t help PNE to avoid their first post-war relegation to Division Two.
Knight scored in the first match of the 1949/50 season in a 2-1 defeat at Swansea but then had to wait a further 15 matches to score his next goal and then scored two in a week. His last Lilywhite appearance came in a 1-0 home defeat to Luton on 21 January 1950.
Knight was still on the PNE books for their 1950/51 Championship season, but didn’t add to his league tally of 7 goals from 39 appearances.
In July 1951 Knight joined Chesterfield and scored 6 goals from 35 appearances, before moving to Exeter in August 1952. Knight stayed for two seasons with Exeter making 56 league appearances with 6 goals.
Knight then joined non-league Bath City and passed away in 1996.
