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3 unusual facts about Tommy Boyle


Bert Freeman

The semi-final saw them come up against Sheffield United; the first match was again goalless, and in the replay at Goodison Park Tommy Boyle scored the goal (a long-range effort past the Sheffield keeper) that put Burnley into the FA Cup Final for the first time in their history, where they were to meet Liverpool.

Haworth was by now building a team not just to gain promotion but to secure the club's place in the top division and, having already recruited Tommy Boyle from Barnsley the previous year to strengthen the defence, he signed winger Eddie Mosscrop in September 1912, followed by the signing of three players from Gainsborough Trinity in February (following an F.A. Cup tie between the two clubs), including goalkeeper Ronnie Sewell.

Ernest Bradshaw

He started the first game of the following campaign, but despite the team beating Glossop 2–1 he was dropped for the next match along with Tommy Boyle, Jack Picken and Eddie Mosscrop.



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