 He subsequently got on the scoresheet in the next six league games, including two goals against Sheffield Wednesday which took him to 27 league goals, the joint-highest total since George Beel's 30 in the 1928–29 season.Irvine's 29th and final goal of the season came on 23 April 1966 in the 2–0 home victory against Liverpool.He was the highest scorer in the Football League First Division that season, the first, and to date only, time a Burnley player had achieved the feat.