Question: What type of sport does John Meechan and Burnley F.C. have in common?

Context articles: List of Burnley F.C. players (50–99 league appearances)
Suicide Squad (hooligan firm)
List of Burnley F.C. players (100+ league appearances)
Hugh Henderson
1898–99 Burnley F.C. season
John Meechan
Burnley F.C.
1899–1900 Burnley F.C. season
Thomas Midgley (footballer)
Ray Ingleby

List of Burnley F.C. players (50–99 league appearances)
The Suicide Squad was a football hooligan firm linked to the English Premier League team, Burnley F.C.
List of Burnley F.C. players (100+ league appearances)
Hugh Henderson was a Scottish footballer who played as a striker.
 Henderson played for Liverpool F.C. during their first second in The Football League in the 1894–95 season.
 HE only made two appearances during the season which were in defeats against Aston Villa F.C. and Burnley F.C. At the end of the season he was released from his contract.
The 1898–99 Burnley F.C. season was the 17th season in the history of Burnley Football Club and their 11th in The Football League.
 It was William McMillan's first season playing for the team.
John Stewart Meechan was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre forward.
 He played in the Scottish Football League with St Mirren, and made two appearances in the Football League for Burnley in the 1933–34 season.
Burnley F.C. ( ) is a professional association football club based in Burnley, Lancashire.
 The team have played in the Premier League, the highest level of English football, since winning England's second tier league (the Football League Championship) in the 2015–16 season.
 Nicknamed "The Clarets", due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were one of the founder members of the Football League in 1888.
The 1899–1900 Burnley F.C. season was the 18th season in the history of Burnley Football Club and their 12th in The Football League.
 It was William McMillan's last season playing for the team.
Thomas Midgley (born 1860, date of death unknown) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward.
 Born in the town of Burnley, Lancashire, he initially played rugby union for the Burnley Rovers club before they changed codes to association football in May 1882 and changed their name to Burnley.
 He represented the club in many of the early friendly matches, but by the time the Football League was formed in 1888, Midgley was nearing the end of his career as a footballer.
 Accordingly, he played only one league match for Burnley, playing at inside-right in the 3–4 defeat away at Stoke on 20 October 1888.
 Midgley left Burnley in 1889 and retired from professional sport.
Raymond "Ray" Ingleby is an English businessman and entrepreneur who was vice-chairman of Burnley Football Club until 27 August 2013.
 He was born in Lytham St Annes and his family owned a soft furnishings firm.
 Despite being sacked from his first job in a magazine-printing firm, he became a millionaire by the age of 21.
 He was the founder of Ingleby Communications, which in 1992 bought out American firm Caribiner.
 During his seven years in charge of the company, Caribiner became the biggest audio-visual rental business in the world with a turnover of $750 million.
 In February 1999, Ingleby purchased £1 million worth of shares in Burnley F.C. and was later elected vice-chairman.