TROOPS were set to distribute petrol supplies unless the unofficial strike of 2,500 oil company drivers was called off.
It was rumoured communists were keeping the strike alive.
Two Burnley players were selected in a Football Association XI to play the army. They were Holden and Pilkington and the side was captained by Jackie Milburn of Newcastle United.
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