FORMER Clarets star Bobby Seith is still waiting for a decision on his 'missing' championship winning medal.

Seith admits that missing out on a medal after helping Burnley to win the League championship remains the only black mark on his prolific career.

Seith played 27 times as Burnley won the title for the second and last time in their history in 1960.

But, after a fall-out with chairman Bob Lord, he was sold to Dundee and never given the medal he was entitled to.

"I have always thought I was a lucky person. I had a long and happy career and this is the only blemish," said Seith from his home in Dundee.

The forner right-half, who started his career at Turf Moor and made 238 appearances for the club, is believed to be the only player entitled to a winners' medal not to have received one in 100 years of League football.

Burnley said they were planning to look into the matter to see if they can make a belated presentation when Seith's plight came to light again earlier this summer.

And, although he is yet to hear any good news, Seith is hoping that the missing link in his career can be restored.

"Obviously I would be interested. I spent so long at Burnley and played so many games for them," he added.

"Two years later Dundee won the Scottish Championship and, at that time, I would have been one of very few players to have won Scottish and English medals.

"They are also the sort of things you would leave to your family. "Next year will be 40 years since we won the championship and if anything comes of it I would be delighted.

"It would be a very happy story for me and my family."

Seith, who lost his place in the side in the final month of the Clarets championship campaign before being transfer-listed and sold, says he doesn't know why he was overlooked when it came to receiving a medal.

"I suppose all of us who left, including someone as popular as Jimmy McIlroy, left under a bit of a cloud," he said.

"He (Bob Lord) wasn't the easiest man and if he took umbrage he didn't readily forget.

"I suppose I could have got in touch with the PFA at the time but they weren't the power they are today."

Despite the disappointment of not getting his just desserts at the end of his 10-year career at Burnley, Seith, who later went on to manage Preston, Hearts and the Scottish youth team and cover football for the BBC for 18 years, harbours no grudges. "I started my career there, my wife Jean belongs there and my son was born there. Their's is still the first result we look for," he added.

"I'm delighted to see they've made a good start this season.

"They've got a Premiership ground although it's a long haul to get up there it would be nice to see them moving up the divisions."

Today's opponents Preston North End have agreed a deal to sign Icelandic international striker Bjarki Gunnlaugsson - the former Feyenoord and Molde player whose twin brother Arnar plays for Leicester City - until the end of the season.

Charlton striker Steve Jones has left the First Division club to join Second Division Bristol City, previously linked with Clarets striker Andy Cooke, in a deal worth up to £500,000.

He scored eight goals in 60 appearances after joining the Addicks from West Ham in February 1997.

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