FOR all you anoraks out there - a simple question. Who is the only Burnley player to score in a Wembley FA Cup Final?

"Surely there's more than one?" I hear you cry.

In 1914 the Clarets beat Liverpool, courtesy of a Bert Freeman goal, and in 1962 against Spurs Burnley scored in a 3-1 defeat. So there must be two?

Not so. The earlier final was played at Crystal Palace, where skipper Tommy Boyle proudly received the Cup from King George V.

So the distinction goes to Jimmy Robson.

With Manchester United and Millwall battling it out this weekend at the Millennium Stadium, Jimmy reminisced of that great day.

"When you walk out of the tunnel into the sunlight, everything hits you - the noise of the crowd, the atmosphere, the colour, the whole spectacle," he said.

"Butterflies were racing around the stomach and you're itching to get started but you have to go through the protocol of meeting the dignitaries before the kick-off.

"For the first five minutes we couldn't get a kick. Spurs had been there the year before and knew how important it was to settle quickly, get a feel of the ball and keep possession. Before we knew it we found ourselves 1-0 down, which was a real sickener - Greavsie slotting into the bottom corner through a ruck of players."

But, not long into the second half, the Clarets were back on level terms. It was Robbo's magic moment.

"We broke down the left flank and Gordon Harris crossed into the near post. It came to me quickly but I managed to stab the ball through the keeper's legs.

"It gave us all a massive lift but it didn't last long. Almost from the restart, Spurs went down the other end and restored their lead.

"I thought I'd put us level again when I rounded the keeper and slid the ball into the net but it was called offside.

"Everybody thought that it was a very tight decision - or at least the Burnley fans did!

"It always seemed to happen against Spurs. I had one ruled out in the semi-final against them the year before when I scored a perfectly good header, only for the ref to rule that one out for an infringement.

"We finished up losing 3-0 but if the goal had stood it would have got us back to 1-1."

Losing the final must have been a great disappointment but Robbo remembers the dignity and warmth of manager Harry Potts immediately after the final whistle, when the players returned to the dressing room.

"Harry had a great personality. He was a super, honest man and he made sure we didn't drop our heads.

"He went around the dressing room thanking the players for their efforts and congratulating us on our performances right throughout the season.

"That was a tremendous gesture because he must have been gutted himself. Just shows the character of the man."

The team was a mixture of youth and experience, with some of the players like John Angus, John Connelly, Brian Miller and Adam Blacklaw in their early 20s. Ray Pointer and Alex Elder were even younger.

Like many of the first team squad, Jimmy came down from the north east where he played his school games around the Chester le Street area. He signed in 1954.

"My debut was against Blackpool. In those days international fixtures were played on Saturdays and Jimmy McIlroy was called up for the Northern Ireland squad," he explained.

"It gave me my chance and I scored in a 2-2 draw."

Jimmy was a wonderfully consistent player and a master poacher. Jimmy Mac felt that he was very unlucky not to gain many international caps because, after Jimmy Greaves, he was often considered the best by his peers.

As Burnley had one of the finest youth systems in operation, players were always coming through the ranks and places had to be found for the likes of Willie Irvine and Ralphie Coates. So after eleven years of outstanding service, Jimmy moved on.

"I left for Blackpool in 1965 where Ron Suart was manager," he said.

"They were in the top division at the time but Bloomfield Road was a tight pitch and I felt that teams found it easy to shut up shop.

"Inevitably it became more difficult to create real chances. But playing with the legendary Ray Charnley was a great experience."

Jimmy had spells at Barnsley and Bury and another playing spell at Turf Moor before retiring from the playing side of the game. He had a milk round for a couple of years and was then offered coaching positions at Huddersfield and Rochdale.

"It was while I was at Rochdale, Stan rang me to see if I would fancy coming back to the Turf and coach the younger players.

"It didn't take me long to make that decision. I jumped at the chance to work with the scholars and get involved with the Centre of Excellence."

It was when he turned 65 in January that he decided to call it a day.

"I spoke to Stan about retiring at the end of the season, not knowing that he would be leaving the club at the same time," he said.

"I've had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed myself and if anybody would have told me, at 15 years of age, that I would still have been involved with professional football at 65, I would have laughed them out of sight.

"I used to say to my kids when they were growing up. 'Right I'll see you all; I'm off to work now'. Back came the reply. 'You don't call that work Dad, do you?'

"Looking at it, perhaps they're right."

Jim, who had a retirement party at Turf Moor after the final game of the season against Sunderland, is off to take a well earned rest.

He is very confident that the new group of youngsters who were under his supervision have the ability and attitude to make the breakthrough into the first team in the coming seasons.

And he will be watching their progress from afar.

"I saw Willie Irvine and Andy Lochhead recently and I thought - if only we could find a couple of strikers like them, our goal scoring problems would be solved."

Or, indeed, another Jimmy Robson.