And finally a second home win for the Clarets
Finally, after ten games without a win, Burnley secured a first victory since Christmas, and only a second at home all season, with yesterday?s 2-1 win against Brentford.
It was a game that saw a red card, Burnley win a rare penalty, from which Jacob Bruun Larsen scored our first goal, a red card, another goal from David Datro Fofana, a late battle to ensure we kept our lead and a team change that I think surprised everyone and certainly pleased most who were inside Turf Moor yesterday.
After two early Sunday games, it was back to Saturday at 3 p.m. for Brentford?s second Premier League visit to the Turf. They don?t have the best of records at Burnley in terms of beating us at Burnley. They did the double over us back in the 1934/35 season but have only once since won on the Turf and that was in the 1996/97 season when they won 2-1 with Peter Swan scoring our goal. Jamie Hoyland was in the match day squad that day as a substitute alongside Damian Matthew and Paul Barnes and he was at Burnley yesterday, chatting with us outside before the game. We were also approached by a camera man from Ad Hoc who was filming for the next ?Mission to Burnley?. We declined his kind offer, having been filmed earlier in the season. That was ahead of the Sheffield United game, our only home win of the season. Could that be an omen"
Embed from Getty Images?There?s one change from West Ham,? one of our group said. I was quickly trying to think where the change might be. Not for one second d...
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