The club was formed in 1882 when Burnley Rovers gave up rugby union and switched to football instead. They moved into their Turf Moor home in 1883.

Founder members of the Football League, William Tait registered the first hat-trick in league history, against Bolton on 15 September 1888.

They changed their green strip and adopted claret and blue as their colours in 1910, allegedly in tribute to Aston Villa.

Burnley’s sole FA Cup triumph came in 1914 as they beat Liverpool 1-0 in the last final to be held at the Crystal Palace. King George V became the first monarch to present the trophy.

Burnley became League Champions in 1920/21, having been runners up the previous season. Their title winning campaign included a 30 game unbeaten streak.

After some fallow years, they reached the 1947 FA Cup final, only to lose 1-0 to Charlton. They won promotion that year too, but couldn’t quite emulate WBA’s unique and cup winning double of 1930/31.

The Clarets won their second league title in 1959/60, only topping the table once, on the final day itself which is, after all, the only time it counts.

In the European Cup the following season their first opponents were Stade de Reims, the French champions. Burnley won the first leg 2–0 at home and although the away leg was lost at the Parc des Princes 3–2, they still qualified for the Quarter Finals.

The Lancashire side then faced West German champions and old Aberdeen foes SV Hamburger. Burnley again won the home leg, meaning they are still unbeaten at Turf Moor in Europe, but a crushing 4–1 defeat at the Volksparkstadion saw them put out.

After finishing third in the 1965–66 season, Burnley entered the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in the 1966–67 season. They would again be undone by a West German team at the Quarter Final stage, this time in the shape of Eintracht Frankfurt. Although they did defeat VfB Stuttgart and Italian side Napoli in the earlier rounds.

From the mid-70s, Burnley hit a decline, dropping as low as Division Four, only saving their place in the Football League on a dramatic final day of 1986/87 season with a win over Orient. Lincoln City instead became the first team to suffer automatic relegation from the Football League.

From 1987–2000 there were a number of promotions and relegations but an overall recovery, led initially by former Aberdeen Assistant manager Jimmy Mullen. Mullen, who was assistant to Ian Porterfield for a short time after Sir Alex Ferguson left in 1986, was boss at Burnley from 1991-1996. He led the Clarets out of the basement division as champions in 1992 and won a further promotion – via the play-offs – two years later.

From 2000 Burnley fought it out in the English Championship until in 2007–08 season Owen Coyle help them gain promotion to the Premiership. Coyle’s side beat Sheffield United 1–0 in the final at Wembley, Wade Elliott scoring the historic goal. They were relegated after a single season in the top flight but in 2013–14, Sean Dyche’s first full season in charge, Burnley finished second in the Championship and were automatically promoted back to the Premier League.

Since then the extremely highly rated manager has steadily improved the side year on year and last season Burnley secured 7th place, their highest League finish since 1973–74, a fantastic achievement, and Burnley’s third European qualification.

The Burnley manager talking about the draw this afternoon said: “Everyone knows it could have been anything, looking at the draw with the amount of different teams from different countries involved.

“And lo and behold we get someone just up the road.

“But we’ve worked hard to get here and we’ll look forward to the challenge it brings.

“We know we won’t be travelling far, so it won’t be too unfamiliar.

“And it brings focus to the end part of the pre-season now that we know who we’ve got and we can prepare for what should be a competitive cup tie alongside our planning for the Premier League.”

There are a few other Aberdeen Burnley connections.

Former Dons player Frank Hill, one of those caught up in the ‘Great AFC mystery’ – a betting scandal that rocked the club in the 1930s, made almost 100 appearances for Aberdeen before being put up for transfer and sold to Arsenal. The half-back would have a good career in England and managed Burnley from 1948-1954.

Doug Newlands (pictured below in 1956) appears to be the only player who appeared for both clubs – he went to Turf Moor from Pittodrie in 1954 till 1959. The winger only made three appearances for Aberdeen but played 98 times for the Clarets, scoring 21 goals. This form for the English side saw him included in an original 40 man Scotland squad for the World Cup in 1958 but he never made the final party to Sweden.

Ex Aberdeen captain and Scotland international Martin Buchan, who skippered the Dons to Scottish Cup glory in 1970, managed Burnley in 1985 but resigned after only four months.

And finally, the two sides we think have only played each other once – that was a friendly in 1930 at Turf Moor. It was a slightly interesting game as the scorline finished 9-5 to Burnley! The match report is available to read on the AFC Heritage Trust website by clicking here