It is a 50-second journey through almost 130 years, through the Harrys and the Brians, the Jimmys and the Johns, via bowler hats, flat caps and moustaches. It culminates in Vincent Kompany, the continuation of the past and the break with it.
Burnley’s video introducing their new manager is artfully done and underlines the sense of change at Turf Moor. A run of largely unglamorous Brits that dates back to the 19th century and then their first foreign manager. Like his predecessors, Sean Dyche and the caretaker Mike Jackson, Kompany was a centre-back. And there the similarities end.
