CITY'S crashing fall at Turf Moor represented the most goals they have conceded in the League for more than two decades.

It also extended a mind-boggling run of losing by the same identical 7-2 scoreline to six games since the Second World War.

The 7-2 hoodoo started on the first day of the 1950-51 season when they perished at Tranmere Rovers. That was echoed in 1953-54 at Mansfield and then suffered twice in the 1965-66 season when they were relegated from the old Third Division.

City crashed 7-2 away at Swansea in March seven weeks after perishing by the same score on New Year's Day at Queens Park Rangers.

The Minstermen also careered to another 7-2 reverse away at Brighton in 1976-77 in front of millions of viewers with the action from the Goldstone Ground featuring on Match of The Day.

Now the Burnley demise is the sixth 7-2 defeat in the last 50 years, though their most recent heaviest League reverse is the 6-0 drubbing also suffered at Turf Moor in 1988-89.

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