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There were wins for Liverpool and Manchester City on Sunday Last season's champions are still to drop a point this campaign. Author | Josh D Let's have a closer look at what happened. Burnley 0 - 1 Liverpool Super Local Sports News was at Turf Moor as Liverpool once again left it late as Mohamed Salah ’s stoppage-time penalty preserved their perfect start to the Premier League season and denied Burnley a hard-earned point. The hosts had looked on course to frustrate the champions until substitute Hannibal handled Jeremie Frimpong ’s cross deep into added time, giving Salah the chance to lash home in front of the jubilant away end. The Egyptian’s winner arrived just as Burnley seemed set to become the first side to take points off Arne Slot ’s side this campaign. The Liverpool manager opted to leave £125m record signing Alexander Isak out of the squad as the striker builds fitness, but his team instead found themselves battling against a wall of claret resistance. Manche...

Burnley 2 - 1 Sheffield United Burnley sealed their return to the Premier League with a decisive win that not only confirmed their own promotion but also ensured Leeds United would be joining them in the top flight. The result consigned Sheffield United to the uncertainty of the Championship play-offs. Author - Nissi Stadium - Turf Moor The Clarets extended their remarkable unbeaten run to 31 games, with Josh Brownhill netting twice in a composed performance that confirmed their top-two finish. Leeds, who had earlier dismantled Stoke City 6–0, were left celebrating in the Elland Road hospitality suite as news of Burnley’s result filtered through. For Sheffield United, the result marked a fourth defeat in five matches – a dismal run that sees them finish third and now reliant on the play-offs if they are to join Burnley and Leeds in the Premier League next season. Scott Parker's side have built their promotion push on defensive resilience, with this result breaking a club record...

Derby County 0 - 0 Burnley Burnley relinquished top spot in a drab draw against an ever improving but still relegation-threatened Derby County. Author - Josh T Stadium - Pride Park The Clarets, now second in the table on goal difference after Leeds United's victory against Middlesbrough, started well and went close twice through the outstanding Zian Flemming. But the Rams, who move onto 42 points and remain out of the relegation zone, were resolute in defence and grew in confidence as the visitors faded. Jerry Yates nearly broke the deadlock. His shot was brilliantly saved by Burnley keeper James Trafford. Burnley knew they were definitely in a tense battle at this stage.  A tense and disjointed second period saw very little goalmouth action. Matt Clarke almost won it for the Rams in the second of eight minutes of added time, but he could not leap high enough to nod the ball home from two yards. READ MORE: The race to the Premier League and the fight to avoid relegation to Leag...

Swansea City 0 - 2 Burnley Burnley climbed into the Championship’s top two with a commanding victory over Swansea City, extending their remarkable unbeaten league run to 25 games. Author - Jack L Stadium - Swansea.com Stadium The Clarets were in control from the off, capitalising on an early mistake from Josh Key, whose slip gifted Josh Brownhill a simple finish from close range. Jaidon Anthony doubled the lead midway through the first half, smashing the ball high into the net after Swansea failed to clear their lines. Scott Parker’s side never looked in danger of surrendering their lead and set a new second-tier record in the process, registering their 27th league clean sheet of the season. The win lifts Burnley to second, a point ahead of Sheffield United, who take on Sheffield Wednesday on Sunday. Meanwhile, Swansea remain 16th after back-to-back defeats, with the gap to the relegation zone now down to six points with eight games left to play. Burnley cruise past Swansea as Shee...

Do Newcastle United need a new goalkeeper? It has been reported that Newcastle United are pursuing a deal to sign Burnley goalkeeper James Trafford, amid concerns about the long-term future of current first choice keepn Nick Pope. Author - Peter Grainger Trafford's best moments for Burnley? Some media outlets have reported that a deal will be a simple one for Newcastle to pull off if Scott Parker’s Burnley side fail to earn promotion back to the Premier League.  Trafford has been identified as the Magpies’ top target to replace their current goalkeeper. This is despite a few apparent concerns about his command of the penalty area.  It is believed that Newcastle scouts have been impressed with what they have seen this season and believe he has developed well since leaving Manchester City for his current side. Premier League Match Report | Newcastle 4 - Forest Find more Newcastle news and stories here Amid speculation about the future of Pope at St James’ Park, he could be o...

Burnley 4 - 0 Sheffield Wednesday Burnley made it 12 straight league clean sheets in a row and went two points behind second-placed Sheffield United. However, this wasn't as straightforward as the scoreline suggests. Author - Jack L Stadium - Turf Moor Wednesday have now conceded 16 without reply against teams in the top five this season and will wonder how they didn't go ahead during a dominant display. This was obviously before Marcus Edwards' 43rd-minute opener.  The away side had several good chances to make it 1-1 before Josh Brownhill and Connor Roberts struck from Jaidon Anthony's crosses. In the final moments of the game, Manuel Benson struck a goal-of-the-season contender with his weaker right foot from outside the box to compound the visitors' misery. Burnley extend their unbeaten league run to 21 games in style and are really dreaming of promotion and a return to the Premier League. A closer look at what happened Marcus Edwards was handed his firs...

Burnley 0 - 0 Leeds United Burnley secured their 20th clean sheet of the season with a lacklustre goalless draw against Championship leaders Leeds in tough conditions in east Lancashire. Author - Oliver W Stadium - Turf Moor View from the crowd. Thanks to our friends at GMCR Football for the picture. Both sides struggled to carve out clear chances, and it wasn’t until the 89th minute that either goalkeeper was tested, with Burnley’s James Trafford tipping Dan James’ effort over the bar. Scott Parker’s Clarets, sitting third in the table, have now gone over 10 hours without conceding a league goal – a defensive run stretching back to 21 December. Yet, in this rain-soaked contest, their attack lacked the same resilience, with Zian Flemming’s misjudged header from Jaidon Anthony’s first-half cross their only real opportunity. The draw keeps Leeds two points clear at the top of the table, extending their unbeaten run to 11 matches, while second-placed Sheffield United remain in pursuit...

Will the former Liverpool player make a difference to Burnley? Burnley have secured the services of former Newcastle United and England midfielder Jonjo Shelvey on a deal running until the end of the season. Author - Jack L Shelvey playing for Newcastle United back in 2016 The 32-year-old joins as a free agent after his contract with Turkish Super Lig side Eyupspor came to an end. A five-cap England international, Shelvey also had a stint in Turkey with Caykur Rizespor. He arrives at Turf Moor after spending time on trial with the Championship club earlier this month. EFL: 2024/2025 Shelvey began his career in Charlton Athletic’s academy before moving to Liverpool, where he made 65 appearances. He left Liverpool in the summer of 2013 to sign for Swansea City, where he went on to play all but six games in the top-flight during his first season in South Wales. After three years with Swansea, scoring 10 goals in just under 100 appearances and gaining an additional five England caps, S...

Burnley 1 - 1 Middlesbrough Burnley missed the opportunity to go top of the Championship after a lively 1-1 draw against Middlesbrough on a blustery evening at Turf Moor. Author - JP Anfernee Dijksteel opened the scoring for Boro with their first shot of the game after just 13 minutes. Despite falling as he struck, he deftly chipped over Clarets goalkeeper James Trafford from 12 yards out, securing his first goal of the season. Connor Roberts levelled for Burnley eight minutes before half-time with a looping long-range strike that seemed aided by the swirling winds of Storm Darragh, catching Boro’s keeper Seny Dieng off his line. The second half was packed with chances for both sides but ended all square. Burnley remain in second place, one point behind leaders Sheffield United, while Middlesbrough stay fifth. EFL: 2024/2025 news and stories News and stories from Burnley and Turf Moor can be found here Burnley began brightly, dominating possession early on but failing to create cle...

Sheffield Wednesday 0 - 2 Burnley Burnley fans had a great away day as their side comfortably beat Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough. Author - Craig H from GMCR Football  Goals from Jaidon Anthony and the captain Josh Brownhill sealed three points for Scott Parker's side. The Clarets are are now unbeaten in their last seven league matches. Sheffield Wednesday drop to 18th, three points above the drop zone. Their fans will be starting to get concerned about another tough relegation battle. A closer look at what happened at Hillsborough Just three minutes in, Zian Flemming went close for the visitors but his shot was well kept out by Wednesday goalkeeper James Beadle. The hosts did grow into the game and almost got in behind the Burnley backline. It took some superb last-ditch defending from Chelsea loanee Bashir Humphreys to deny Wednesday’s Djeidi Gassama a presentable goalscoring opportunity. On the 30-minute mark, Wednesday's Barry Bannan delivered an almost perfect fre...

Leeds United 0 - 1 Burnley Luca Koleosho's goal helped Burnley return to winning form, as Leeds United suffered their first Championship defeat of the season. Koleosho capitalised on Manor Solomon’s unfortunate slip, sprinting 70 yards before firing a low shot across goal that beat goalkeeper Illan Meslier, ending Burnley's two-game winless run in the league. A closer look at what happened Leeds United v Burnley. Two teams who should be in the promotion picture next spring. Leeds are unchanged and unbeaten so far this season. #lufc #burnleyfc #twitterclarets pic.twitter.com/tM0ck4C6I0 — Ross Heppenstall (@rosshmediaman) September 14, 2024 Despite Burnley’s poor record at Elland Road, with seven losses in their last nine visits, goalkeeper James Trafford played a key role in securing the victory, making crucial saves from Wilfried Gnonto and Ethan Ampadu. The visitors finished the match with 10 men after Bashir Humphreys was sent off in stoppage time for a second yellow ...

Burnley 5 - 0 Cardiff City Burnley maintained their perfect start to the Championship season with a commanding 5-0 victory over Cardiff City, capitalising on a series of errors by the Bluebirds. The match got off to a disastrous start for Cardiff when a routine backpass slipped under goalkeeper Ethan Horvath’s foot, resulting in an own goal that gifted Burnley the lead after just nine minutes. Things went from bad to worse as Dimitrios Goutas's poor defending allowed Jay Rodriguez the space to cross, leading to Luca Koleosho smashing in a second goal. Cardiff’s hopes of a second-half comeback were quickly dashed when a precise pass from Vitinho split their defence wide open, allowing Josh Brownhill to race through and score. EFL: 2024/2025 (eurosuperfootball.blogspot.com) Championship: Wednesday thrash Plymouth (eurosuperfootball.blogspot.com) Cardiff City latest news and stories Burnley didn’t let up, adding two spectacular late goals as Zeki Amdouni and Johann Berg Gudmundsso...

 There has been a huge announcement in Germany Bayern Munich have named Vincent Kompany as their new head coach on a three-year contract.  The 38-year-old Belgian takes over from Thomas Tuchel, moving from Burnley to the Bundesliga team after both clubs agreed on a compensation fee thought to be around £10.2 million. Kompany led Burnley to victory in the Championship during the 2022-23 season, but the team suffered  relegation from the Premier League this season, finishing 19th. After retiring as a player in 2020, Kompany joined Burnley from Anderlecht in 2022 and signed a five-year contract extension just last year. Despite this, he declined to comment on his future following Burnley's home loss to Nottingham Forest on the final day of the season. Kompany in high demand despite a poor season Despite a tough season that saw Burnley return to the Championship with only five league wins, the club was planning a swift return to the Premier League under Kompany's leadersh...

 We are going to explore Burnley's 2023/2024 season. This was the 142nd season in the history of Burnley Football Club and their first season back in the Premier League since the 2021–22 campaign, following promotion from the EFL Championship in the previous season.  They also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. After losing 2–1 at home to West Ham United on 25 November 2023, Burnley became the second team in English league history (after Newport County in 1970–71) to lose their first seven home matches of the season. The streak was then ended the following game when they beat Sheffield United 5–0. On 11 May 2024, they were officially relegated from the Premier League following a 2–1 loss at Tottenham Hotspur. They finished the season in 19th position.  Their form in the cup competitions wasn't much better. They only made it to the 4th round of the EFL Cup and couldn't make it past their first hurdle in the FA Cup.  A look at some of the key moments from thei...

 Tottenham Hotspur 2 - 1 Burnley Burnley's defeat in North London means they are heading back to where they came from 12 months ago. Having taken a surprise lead in the first half through Jacob Bruun Larsen’s well-taken strike, a Tottenham fightback thanks to goals from Pedro Porro and Micky van de Ven ended Burnley’s brave resistance and confirmed relegation.  A closer look at the match The first chance fell early for Spurs when Son played James Maddison through to the edge of the box. His shot was blocked by Charlie Taylor. Burnley were quick to head to the other end of the pitch. Wilson Odobert’s cross was met with a strong header by Vitinho but was brilliantly saved by Vicario and set the tone for some end-to-end action. Brennan Johnson was next up, forcing Aro Muric into another great stop at his near post. After a chaotic start to the match, things started to settle down a little with both teams sharing possession, until the 25th minute, Burnley burst into life aga...

Manchester United 1 - 1 Burnley Zeki Amdouni scored a late penalty to grab what could he a priceless point for relegation-threatened Burnley in the Premier League at Old Trafford. Despite another unconvincing display from Manchester United, they did look well set for victory thanks to Antony's well-taken 79th-minute effort. Then Burnley got a penalty  Although the referee John Brooks managed to miss the foul in real time, unlike against Wolves the video assistant referee, Peter Bankes, stepped in. Substitute Amdouni managed to send the keeper the wrong way and earn Burnley this point  This result moved Burnley to within two points of fourth-bottom Nottingham Forest, whom they play at Turf Moor on the final day of the season.  There could still be a dramatic fight for survival with Burnley, Luton and Forest all scrambling to avoid relegation to the Championship.  You can watch the highlights of the match in the video below. The footage from YouTube is from the o...

Burnley 0 - 5 Arsenal Following Liverpool's win in the early game against Brentford, The Gunners knew they had to win this match and they duly obliged.  Following their 6-0 victory at West Ham last week , Arsenal were soon among the goals again, with captain Martin Odegaard opening the scoring after four minutes with a precise strike into the bottom corner following Gabriel Martinelli's pass. Bukayo Saka converted from the penalty spot to double the lead after Lorenz Assignon fouled Leandro Trossard in the box. Saka secured his second goal just after the restart as Arsenal maintained the pressure, seizing on a clever pass from Odegaard, cutting inside, and firing a shot into the roof of the net. Havertz's scuffed effort was blocked in the box, but Trossard was alert to curl in his third goal in as many league games. Jakub Kiwior's long throw down the line then found an unmarked Havertz, who slipped in behind the defence and drilled past home goalkeeper James Traffor...

Burnley 0 - 3 Manchester City It wasn't a great return to the Premier League for Burnley Erling Haaland returned to his usual form with an impressive demonstration of his scoring abilities as Manchester City began their defence of the Premier League title by securing a comfortable win against Burnley. The exceptional goal-scoring talent, who scored 52 goals in the previous season during City's triumphant campaign in the Premier League, FA Cup, and Champions League, wasted no time in the new season.  Within just 185 seconds, he found the back of the net, dealing a blow that the newly promoted Burnley side couldn't recover from. You can watch the highlights of the match in the video below. Footage from  Haaland & Rodri Put First Points On Premier League Board | HIGHLIGHTS | Burnley 0-3 Manchester City - YouTube Haaland capitalized on an opportunity inside the penalty area when Rodri directed Kevin de Bruyne's cross downwards. Later, at the 36th minute mark, Haala...

 Burnley 3 - 0 Birmingham City The Turf Moor side has their sights set firmly on a return to the Premier League.  They restored their lead at the top of the Championship to three points as they deservedly beat a resolute Birmingham City. Goals from Anass Zaroury and Connor Roberts were supplemented by an injury-time third from Nathan Tella. Vincent Kompany's in-form Clarets completed their 14th win in 24 Championship games this season to edge clear again of second-placed Sheffield United. Highlights from  Burnley Football Club - YouTube   The hosts got off to a flyer when Morocco's Zaroury hit the fastest Championship goal of the season - after just 49 seconds. After helping to set up the first goal, Roberts then got in on the goalscoring act himself when he ended the first half as it had begun a minute before the break with another neatly worked move down the right. Tella then rounded it all off as he ran through to score to complete the Blues' heaviest defeat o...

Huddersfield Town 0 - 1 Burnley  And we're off! The English domestic season has begun.  Let's have a look at all the best reaction as Burnley beat Huddersfield in the opening game of The Championship. What happened? It was a game of two halves, but ultimately Burnley got the win that their first-half showing deserved.Ian Maatsen's strike proved to be the difference between the two teams. The Clarets should have been out of sight by the half-time whistle after a bright first 45 minutes. The Terriers improved after the break but they couldn't trouble the away side's backline. Who said that? Well that was pretty good, wasn't it? 😏 #HUDBUR pic.twitter.com/nqGFnbltEO — Burnley FC (@BurnleyOfficial) July 29, 2022  One Burnley fan replied: "Absolute Joy to watch that, a breath of fresh air, but if that game doesn’t tell you we need a proper striker then I don’t know what will." Another added: "First half was fluid, quality, domination. Second hal...