'Boring' Burnley secure Premier League return as win seals Championship promotion for Leeds Burnley and Leeds back in Premier League as Sheffield United left to rely on play-offs Evening Standard · Apr 22, 2025
‘Back where we belong’: Leeds and Burnley savour promotion heroics Scott Parker said promotion with Burnley ‘means everything’, while Daniel Farke, the Leeds manager, lauded his side for delivering ‘in great style’ The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2025
Burnley’s ‘boring’ label brings sweetest of rewards as Clarets secure promotion to Premier League Burnley 2-1 Sheffield United: Clarets’ iron defence has proved the key to success as a double from captain Josh Brownhill fired them back into the top flight The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2025
Brownhill’s double sinks Sheffield United and earns promotion for Burnley Josh Brownhill struck twice – once from the penalty spot – as Burnley beat Sheffield United 2-1 at Turf Moor to ensure a return to the Premier League at the first time of asking The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2025
Championship anxiety and emotion heighten in the race for promotion Leeds and Burnley are trying to hold off Blades at the top and thrilling race for playoff spots must be whittled down The Guardian - UK · Apr 17, 2025
Friday’s briefing: Andre Onana makes headlines again as Man Utd held by Lyon Joshua Zirkzee’s late goal had looked enough to give United a crucial away win The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2025
Burnley edge towards 71-year-old English football record Scott Parker's promotion hopefuls have got one of English football's longest-standing records in the sights FourFourTwo · Mar 31, 2025
Manchester United lining up move for Manchester City academy graduate: report Manchester United could be making a controversial move in the transfer window this summer... FourFourTwo · Mar 6, 2025
FA Cup fifth round: talking points from the weekend’s matches What Ruben Amorim should do now, Danny Welbeck and an unlikely England call, and why Michael Oliver was right The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2025
Burnley players refuse to shake hands with Preston’s Milutin Osmajic before FA Cup tie The two sides were facing off less than a fortnight after Burnley’s Hannibal Mejbri had accused Preston forward Milutin Osmajic of racial abuse The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2025
Preston’s Milutin Osmajic riles Burnley with Cup goal taunts after racism claim Milutin Osmajic scored Preston’s second in a 3-0 win after Burnley players refused to shake his hand over claims he had racially abused Hannibal Mejbri The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2025
FA looks into allegation of racism towards Burnley midfielder Hannibal Mejbri Mejbri vowed to “always call out racism” after Burnley’s 0-0 draw at Preston. The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2025
Championship: Burnley’s Mejbri makes racism allegation after Preston incident Burnley’s Hannibal Mejbri said he had been the target of racism from an opposition player during the Clarets’ 0-0 draw with Preston at Deepdale The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2025
FA Cup fourth round: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action George Hirst finds inspiration from his father, Plymouth exploit Arne Slot’s choices and Marcus Rashford shows promise at his new club The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2025
The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2025 Scott Parker feels Burnley showed Premier League standard in win at Southampton Marcus Edwards climbed off the bench to score a debut winner as the Clarets won 1-0 at St Mary’s.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2025 Cristiano Ronaldo: 40 moments to mark his 40th birthday In today’s Football Daily: Want to feel old? It’s Cristiano Ronaldo’s 40th birthday today
FourFourTwo · Feb 2, 2025 ‘I’m sure we’d have finished in the top four or five if he hadn’t joined Chelsea in January. Him leaving damaged the team, but we couldn’t stand in his way’: Alan Curbishley reflects on failed Champions League dream after selling key player Alan Curbishley believes Charlton could have qualified for Europe if they had kept onto a key man 20 years ago...
The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2025 Leeds and Burnley’s predictable stalemate shows the grim reality of the Championship’s promotion race In the division where ambition meets attrition, neither side was willing to concede ground as they look to navigate back into the Premier League
The Guardian - UK · Jan 27, 2025 Promotion rivals Burnley and Leeds take cold comfort in tense draw The big promotion clash in the Championship failed to produce a winner as Burnley and Leeds played out a 0-0 draw
The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2025 Burnley threaten records by keeping it tight to eye Premier League return Burnley have conceded nine goals in 26 league games in a complete turnaround after leaky campaign last season
FourFourTwo · Jan 12, 2025 ‘Charlton could have qualified for Europe, but selling Scott Parker to Chelsea made the difference. The manager didn’t want him to go and there was a disagreement’: Former Addicks star highlights key reason why they failed to maintain 2003/04 form Charlton were on course for qualifying for Europe in 2003/04, until losing Scott Parker to Chelsea
FourFourTwo · Dec 19, 2024 'They were not very happy with me': Ademola Lookman recalls infamous 2020 moment from time at Fulham Ademola Lookman may be the Africa Player of the Year, but he had to overcome a horror moment in 2020 to reach where he is now
FourFourTwo · Oct 5, 2024 Best English players of the 00s A look at the best English players from the first decade of the new millennium...
The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2024 Luca Koleosho’s solo strike gets Burnley on track as James Trafford denies Leeds Luca Koleosho struck in the 18th minute to hand Burnley a 1-0 win and Leeds their first league defeat of the season.
FourFourTwo · Sep 8, 2024 English managers who coached abroad From La Liga to Serie A and further afield, a look at some English managers who tried their luck at coaching abroad...