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'We Are The Champions'

Sixty years ago today – 2 May, 1960 – Burnley were crowned champions of England.

The Clarets secured the First Division title for only the second time in their history and after a 39-year wait were once again top of the pile.

It was an epic triumph moulded by visionary manager Harry Potts with a special group of players remembered, quite rightly, as club legends.

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Harry Potts played for and managed Burnley over three spells as a club icon

And the success was secured in the most dramatic fashion, by winning the final league game of the season - delayed from FA Cup quarter-final day in March - to hold off great rivals Tottenham Hotspur and deny Wolverhampton Wanderers a hat-trick of league titles.