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This was the site of the notable match in December 1891 where the weather was so terrible that the v...
This was the site of the notable match in December 1891 where the weather was so terrible that the visiting Blackburn team put on probably the least enthusiastic performance in the history of English professional football. They had let in three goals by half time, then were very reluctant to come back out onto the pitch to play the second half. Soon after they did, a member of each team got sent off for fighting and most of the other Blackburn players went with them, leaving just the goalkeeper. Burnley scored almost immediately but the goalkeeper pointed out that it was offside and the referee abandoned the match.


UTC Time: 11:16, Tuesday 18 August 2015
Local Time: 12:16, Tuesday 18 August 2015
Estimate of longitude: 2° 13' 43.50" W = -2.228750°
Estimate of latitude: 53° 47' 22.34" N = 53.789540°
Possible error on position estimate: 100 metres