First Hendrick – now Stephens
It's been an interesting day to say the least with the Clarets reportedly having a bid for Derby County's Jeff Hendrick turned down to be followed by similar news from…
Five Englishmen, four Italians, two Spaniards ………
It sounds like an old joke from The Comedians - have you heard the one about the five Englishmen, four Italians and two Spaniards? Last Monday most of us sat…
There’s only one Sam Vokes
Sam Vokes was one of three Burnley players, alongside Tom Heaton and Stephen Ward, to represent Burnley Football Club in this year's Euros. When Ward stepped into the Ireland team…
The lost youth team
Four years ago our youth team reached the last four of the FA Youth Cup. In pre-EPPP days, for a club with a centre of excellence to reach that stage…
Clarets looking for more internationals
Last week's highlight was surely the appointment of Owen Coyle as the new Blackburn Rovers manager. So much fun was it that it even stopped all the transfer speculation that's…
Clarets ready to move on up
It's over four weeks since promotion to the Premier League was clinched with a 1-0 home win against Queens Park Rangers. We are not officially a Premier League club yet,…
Joey Barton – he came, he went, he’ll be remembered
I suppose that for any footballer to leave a club and know that he'll be remembered by those he left behind must surely be just how he would want to…
The goalkeepers union and the midfield
Are we set for a partial overhaul of the goalkeepers at Turf Moor following promotion to the Premier League? If so, I don't expect it to be anything like as…
Playing football the Sean Dyche way
It's been party time in Burnley for over a week now as the Clarets celebrate a third promotion to the Premier League. It all started on May Day Bank Holiday…
Michael Duff – twelve years with three promotions
The date was 5th July 2004. New manager Steve Cotterill had taken over a squad of eight players and had added just one new signing with the capture of Ipswich…