A 117-year-old England cap won by a Burnley footballer has been brought back to Turf Moor.

Jack Yates's cap, which he won on March 2, 1889, in a 6-1 win over Ireland at Goodison Park, was bought at a Sotheby's auction for £4,140 by Burnley director John Sullivan.

Yates scored a hat-trick in that match, but was never selected to play for his country again.

It will now go on display in a museum which is being set up at Turf Moor to chart the club's glorious history.

Mr Sullivan said that bidding was a very competitive affair, sending the cost to more than four times the asking price.

He added: "This was one of the most important items from the club's history to ever come on the market.

"I am absolutely delighted. Such rare and unique items are invaluable and I was adamant that nobody was going to beat us to it.

"Even while on business in Lisbon I remained in touch with the bidding process and I even upped the ante at the last minute to ensure that Burnley Football Club became the proud owners of the cap."

Yates, a former landlord of the Brickmakers' Arms, near Turf Moor, made 29 league appearances for the club and also played for Accrington Stanley.

Locally, Yates, a weaver by trade, was well known in the town for helping to set up the Blackburn Olympic football team.

Blackburn Olympic were formed in 1877 by working class men in the town in opposition to Blackburn Rovers, who were the club of choice for many of the richer residents The former outside left's cap was expected to fetch no more than £1,000 when it went under the hammer at Graham Budd Auctions at Sotheby's Olympia in London.

The cap is to be displayed in a club museum, with other items, including the football from Burnley v Leyton Orient match in 1987 the game that saved Burnley from dropping out of the Football League; Andy Payton's Golden Boot, a 1914 FA Cup Final shirt and a collection of Harry Potts memorabilia loaned to the club by his widow.

Mr Sullivan added: "This will now become a key item of memorabilia in the museum that we are determined to establish to display our long and glorious history."