I loved watching Danny Ings play for Burnley FC - he broke Blackburn Rovers hearts | OneFootball

Burnley have had some great strikers down the years, with Danny Ings' winner against fierce rivals Blackburn Rovers never to be forgotten

Across the last 11 seasons, Burnley have either been competing in the Premier League or at the business end of the Championship, so the Clarets faithful have been lucky enough to be treated to some exceptional striking talent.

There's been an abundance of firepower on display, from the heady heights of Peter Crouch to the diminutive figure of Nahki Wells, as Burnley fans, we really have seen it all in recent history.

Some have lived longer in the memory than others, with players like Jonathan Walters coming in shouldering the weight of expectation but failing to deliver, while journeymen like Sam Vokes have been signed and given us fans memories to last a lifetime, including Burnley's first European goal in many a lifetime away to Aberdeen.

Big money has been both spent and received on these much sought-after number nines, but as a Turf Moor go-er of over 20 years, three names stick in my mind as those who I've enjoyed watching the most.

Where to even start this this man. You could argue that Burnley wouldn't be the club it is today without Ings' influence in the 2013/14 season when his 21 goals fired Burnley back to the top flight.

When Charlie Austin was sold on the eve of the season, Ings was still an unknown quantity, someone who we'd seen precious little of in a Claret and Blue shirt, but after turning in an impressive performance against Bolton on opening day, in which only the dubious goals panel denied him from scoring, we knew we had someone special.

Things just snowballed from there and his endless energy coupled with his delicate touch endeared him into the hearts of many.

He wrote his name in Burnley folklore in March 2014 too, when he scored the winning goal at Ewood Park to secure Burnley's first victory against their bitter rivals since 1979 - a moment that will never be forgotten.

Ings did leave under a bit of a cloud when he ran his contract down and departed after Burnley were relegated back to the Championship, but he did land the Clarets a reported 6.5m from a tribunal when he headed for Liverpool.

If there was one player I'd choose to see return before his career ends, it would be Ings any day of the week.

Chris Wood

Controversial perhaps, as he certainly splits opinion, but Chris Wood will always go down as one of the best strikers in Burnley's Premier League history and personally, I thoroughly enjoyed watching him.

Don't get me wrong, when he was bad, he was BAD, as most Burnley fans can vouch for. But he's the club's all-time leading scorer in the Premier League and that's no mean feat considering he played in a Sean Dyche side renowned for being defensively resilient before anything else.

I think back to the 2017/18 season when we were struggling for form, we re-introduced Wood when we trailed Everton 1-0 at half-time. They were one of our main rivals for Europe at the time and Wood came on and changed the game, scoring the winner.

Including that Everton game, he struck six goals in nine games at the end of that season and they ultimately helped get us over the line to secure that top-seven finish.

Was he the best player in the world technically? Of course, he wasn't, he was nowhere near the level of Ings, but those arched runs into the channel bailed us out of trouble on many an occasion.

Love him or hate him, double figures in the Premier League four seasons running should never be dismissed.

Jay Rodriguez

Mr Burnley FC. The boyhood fan who's living out his dream playing for his hometown club - it would be impossible not to feature him in a list of favourite Burnley strikers down the years.

Few could forget the way he burst onto the scene in 2008, rounding the Fulham keeper in the dying moments to set up a glamour tie away at Stamford Bridge in the Carling Cup fourth round.

Little did we know at the time that victory would lead to a memorable run to the semi-final - the furthest most Burnley fans have seen them go in a major cup competition in their lifetimes - and Jay Rod's goal against Fulham was the catalyst for that. He was also the man who completed the famous three-goal comeback against Spurs in the semi-final before Roman Pavlyuchenko made a 10-year-old me shed a tear in extra time.

It was heartbreaking for us Burnley fans when he was sold to Southampton, but at the same time, it was heartwarming to see him go on to great things and even pull on an England shirt.

There was so much buzz around the place when he returned to Turf Moor in 2019, and although he's never truly been the same player since his return, the understanding he has of the club and the fan base is unrivaled.

He's come up with several big moments down the years, from scoring an absolute rocket at Old Trafford to secure Burnley their first-ever Premier League win there, to the sensational curling effort against Nottingham Forest back in 2009 when he was a fresh-faced youngster.