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Sunderland after a replay. The next season, the team consolidated their place in the top flight and won their first major honour, the FA Cup, after a 1–0 win against Liverpool in the final at Crystal Palace.[16][27] Bert Freeman scored the only goal as Burnley became the first side to beat five First Division clubs in one cup season.[28] Burnley's captain Tommy Boyle received the FA Cup trophy from King George V; it was the first time a reigning monarch attended an FA Cup final.[28] During this period, Turf Moor's capacity was increased to 50,000, almost equal to the town's male population.[4][29] A black and white picture of a football team posing behind a football trophy Team photograph of the Championship-winning side of the 1920–21 season The team finished fourth in 1914–15 before English football was suspended during the First World War.[30] First team players Jonathan Brown, William Pickering, reserve players William Johnson, Harry Langtree and Alfred Lorrimer were killed during the conflict, while Teddy Hodgson died after he contracted a kidney problem.[31] Upon resumption of full-time football in 1919–20, Burnley finished second to West Bromwich Albion and for the first time won the First Division championship in 1920–21.[16][32] Burnley lost the season's opening three matches before they went on a 30-match run without defeat, an English record for unbeaten league games in a single season that lasted until Arsenal went invincible during the 2003–04 FA Premier League season.[33] Burnley could not retain the title and finished third the next season, followed by a 15th place finish in 1922–23.[16] In February 1924, Burnley beat Huddersfield Town 1–0 in the FA Cup third round in front of 54,775 supporters, still the record for Turf Moor.[29][34] A few months later, Haworth died of pneumonia, and became the second Burnley manager
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