[2] He secured a move to the top flight of English football with Burnley in December 1920 and made his professional debut during the club's Championship-winning 1920–21 season.

[6] As a recognition of his service to the club, Lane was awarded the proceeds from a London Combination match versus Southampton in 1930.

[1] He departed Brentford in January 1931 and at the time was the club's record Football League goalscorer, having amassed 234 appearances and 86 goals during just under six years at Griffin Park.

[9] As with his time at Brentford, he narrowly missed out on promotion from the division and left the club in September 1932, having scored 10 goals in 34 appearances.

[2] After retiring from football in 1933, Lane was licensee of the Royal Horse Guardsmen pub in Ealing Road, Brentford until 1980.