Dave Thomas made his debut v us - aged 16 years old became the youngest player ever to play top flight football for the club at the age of 16 years and 220 days old.
The teams on the day of his debut were; in a 1-1 draw - Bally getting scoring a pen when Jimmy Husband was fouled for the equaliser -
Burnley: Harry Thomson, Fred Smith, Alex Elder, Sammy Todd, John Angus, Les Latcham, Willie Morgan, Andy Lochhead (Brian O’Neil 67), Colin Blant, Gordon Harris, Dave Thomas.
Everton: Gordon West, Tommy Wright, Ray Wilson, John Hurst, Brian Labone, Colin Harvey, Alan Ball, Jimmy Husband, Fred Pickering, Jimmy Gabriel, Johnny Morrissey. Sub not used: Sandy Brown.
Referee: Mr J. E. Carr (Sheffield).
Attendance: 11,634.
Colin Blant fails to convert a brilliant cross from Dave Thomas
The first time around? Why did we miss out on him = Everton that Burnley were a good feedr club for us too - Trevor Stephen Martin Dobson -