Burnley 1 QPR 0


By Burnley FC
May 2 2016

Burnley 1 QPR 0 We Are Premier League! The Clarets will play Premier League football next season following a 1-0 win over QPR at a packed Turf Moor.

Sam Vokes’ priceless goal on the hour mark ensured the Clarets all three points, and a return to England’s top division at the first time of asking. 

The win also extended Burnley’s unbeaten league run to a staggering 22 games, and earned a 19th clean sheet of the season in the process. 

It was a fitting day to clinch promotion, 56 years to the day that the club won the First Division title in 1960. 

However, it was not a day without nerves. 

It was a stuttering start from the Clarets, and the visitors enjoyed the possession and chances early doors. 

Sebastian Polter, who could have easily been shown a red card for an early lunge on Joey Barton, then teed up the first effort of the match. 

The German forward cushioned down a header to Matt Phillips, and the former Blackpool winger arrowed a strike to the far post, where the Clarets’ captain Tom Heaton brilliantly kept the score level with a fine save. 

To read the complete match report please click on the link below;

Match Report

 

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Discussion started by TheLongside.co.uk , 02/05/2016 22:49
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02/05/2016 22:49
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Norder2
03/05/2016 02:03
I could see how Brighton put 4 past them.

Was a tense time, and we didn't luck out.

Well done Burnley.


(Sm100)

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Jabberwocky
03/05/2016 07:35
@#$%& marvellous season and never, ever, in doubt. I had to stop posting about footy on Twitter due to the soft-@#$%& cry-baby replies I was getting to every 'set-back'.
Haven't looked here since, call it superstitious if you like. Hope everyone is well.

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BC2
03/05/2016 08:17
There's been one or two wobbling on here lately Jabber, ManHug had to give them a stiffener, but we're all fine now.

Can't be long before the 'careful with that dry powder' brigade fire up though.

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Jabberwocky
03/05/2016 08:51
There were people saying we'd '@#$%& it' when we weren't even playing! I've never known a side when, even if we're losing in the last-minute I'm confident we'll get something.
I'm shocked sides aren't lining up for Dyche.

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soapylily
03/05/2016 11:35
Can someone find the finishing position predictions thread from pre-season please?
I am really looking forward to reading about the Boro-Brighton game - laughing my socks off.
GOING UP AS CHAMPIONS NEXT WEEKEND

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Foreverclaret
03/05/2016 16:57
Here you go Soapy

Prediction Time

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fulledgelad
03/05/2016 17:15
The players were nervous as hell which got the fans even more till we scored.
Thankfully QPR didn't take advantage.

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ManHug
04/05/2016 12:41
Jabber. It's been embarrassing at times. People saying we've blown the title, blown this, blown that.

Even at our lowest at worst form back in the Autumn I said we would finish between 1st and 4th.

From New Year onwards I couldn't see anything but the title and can honestly say it just looked liked a formality.

I don't understand why everyone has seemed nervous etc.

I'll admit, I wanted us to draw on Monday, knowing that we would do it anyway...because I would have rather done it at Charlton, it would have been more special.

Bolton away in Feb, that was the one, I said to my dad "get past this one and we won't lose again this season".

People even thought we would lose at Brighton after that goal wasn't given!

I'm not sure what's wrong with people, just weak, nothing else.

I've loved it, better than 2013'14. Better side too (IMO).

http://www.songpeople.co.uk/images/stories/george-berry.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6e-pXyJijUs/S6fVhRO6G4I/AAAAAAAAAQw/14YgqoQB1T4/s320/800px-Boney_M_Bobby_Farrell_2006.jpg

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Alfie
04/05/2016 12:52
Some of us are "Weak and old" Manhug..lol

Now we are up,I'm going to be positive and make two bold statements for me..

1) We will go up as champions..

2) We won't be relegated ..

There you go...Alfie thinking positive ..

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fulledgelad
04/05/2016 18:36
Some of us were just desperate for us not to play barstds and nobbers next season and widen the superiority gap even further.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2016:05:04:18:48:29 by fulledgelad.

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Brian O'Neil
05/05/2016 00:32
I shouted to my Leeds pal tonight "Just a 100 kg's of sprouts between us and the title" Champions? you had better believe it.As for Charlton they will be no pushover and the circumstances could be difficult but there is no club better equipped to deal with it.

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