Burnely Defeat news 

Burnley became the first club in top-flight history to lose their opening six home fixtures of a season as Crystal Palace deepened the gloom over Turf Moor in a 2-0 win for the Londoners. Mike Garlick and his team were left reeling after the loss. 

Jeffrey Schlupp put Palace ahead in the 22nd minute and Tyrick Mitchell’s second Palace goal sealed it in stoppage time as Burnley suffered a club-record eighth consecutive top-flight home defeat, a run that dates back to the final two fixtures of the 2021-22 campaign in which they were relegated.

A similar fate will surely await if Vincent Kompany cannot come up with answers quickly as his side again could not find any cutting edge – now without a goal in six of their 11 Premier League games.

It was not for lack of trying – Burnley had 67 per cent possession and 16 shots to Palace’s four – but it was the visiting fans singing loudly at the final whistle as Palace recovered from back-to-back defeats to move into the top half of the table.

 ODOBERT ANNOUNCEMENT: JOININ THE CLARETS

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Burnley Football Club are pleased to confirm the arrival of France U20 international Wilson Odobert from Troyes for an undisclosed fee. The 18-year-old forward has signed a five-year deal at Turf Moor and joins as the ninth new summer signing. The 18-year-old joins from French side Troyes, who were relegated from Ligue 1 last season.

After becoming a Claret, Odobert said: “The project here excited me, I really liked it. The manager, the team, the town. I really love it and it’s a really good project for me.

Wilson Odobert (born 28 November 2004) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Burnley fc. Commenting on the move, the new Burnley Football Club player said: “I want to play as much as possible at Burnley. Do as well as I can with the team, stay in the team and play the best I possibly can for the Club.”

Born in Meaux, Odobert joined Paris Saint Germain’s academy in 2017 and progressed through the academy ranks before rejecting a professional deal with the Club last year and opting to join Troyes to play first team football.

The winger made 32 appearances in Ligue 1 for Troyes last season and scored four goals as the teenager impressed during his first campaign South East of Paris. Odobert has represented France from U16 to U20 level, being capped three times for the latter and scoring once.

The teenager added: "I like to play attacking football, to dribble with the ball and use my pace. I am ready for the Premier League now; it's going to be amazing."

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 Burnley And Wolves Prepared To Meet Club’s Asking Price For Player amid Kompany win

Welcome back to the Mike Garlick Burnley Football Club unofficial news blog. Burnley and Wolves are keen on Metz star Georges Mikautadze and both clubs are ready to match the French outfit’s asking price for the striker, it has been claimed in France.

 

The 22-year-old centre-forward came through the academy ranks of Metz and has been impressive for the Ligue 2 outfit this season. Mikautadze has scored 23 times in the league this season in 36 outings and has been a key part of Metz’s side this season.

His form with the Ligue 2 outfit has drawn attention from Premier League sides ahead of the summer transfer window. Burnley and Wolves are both interested in Mikautadze, who has three years left on his contract.

Metz want €20m for the player and according to French magazine Le 10 Sport, Wolves and Burnley are ready to match the asking price of the player.

Burnley, who earned promotion to the Premier League this season, are in search of a striker and see Mikautadze as a perfect fit.

Wolves suffered in front of goal this season and Lopetegui wants to bring in a striker to Molineux for next season.

Burnley vs Cardiff City

Today Burnley will play Cardiff City, and we have a sneaking suspicion, they will win! Welcome back to the Mike Garlick Burnley Football Club blog. Welcome back to the Mike Garlick football club blog, where we will bring you all the latest news from the Clarets. Manager Vincent Kompany hopes top scorer Nathan Tella will be able to play some part in the final game.

A lot of players have recently been injured, but the team have reinforcements to cover them. Jordan Beyer and Hjalmar Ekdal have been out of contention recently because of injury. Anass Zaroury and Johann Berg Gudmundsson both missed the win at Ashton Gate but should return on Monday.

Ashley Barnes is set to leave Turf Moor at the end of the title-winning season. In nine years at Burnley, he has scored 53 goals in 292 appearances. Former Bournemouth goalkeeper Ryan Allsop was substituted during last month’s draw against Stoke City with an abductor injury. Jak Alnwick has deputised.

Republic of Ireland striker Callum Robinson has been absent since February with a hamstring injury. Winger Callum O’Dowda was substituted with concussion during the crucial win at Rotherham United. He is likely to miss the Burnley game.

Striker Kion Etete was withdrawn after 15 minutes of the Rotherham game and is a doubt for Monday’s final game. Cardiff City’s manager Sabri Lamouchi has confirmed on-loan defender Cedric Kipre will miss the game after he underwent an operation last week. Ebou Adams and Jamilu Collins are making good progress from long-term injuries but may not be risked.

Before they can receive the trophy and officially be crowned as champions of the Sky Bet Championship, Burnley first host Cardiff City at Turf Moor on Monday afternoon in their 54th and final game at 3pm TODAY.

The Clarets head into the last day of a spectacular season knowing that the party can start post-game, but before it does, there’s a job to be done with a century of points still within reach following last weekend’s win at Bristol City.

Close to 3000 travelling fans were rewarded with a 2-1 victory in the South West against the Robins thanks to goals from Manuel Benson & Jay Rodriguez, the 94th & 95th of the campaign respectively for Burnley.

Additionally, if Vincent Kompany, who just had his contract extended, and his side can mark the final day with another three points against the Bluebirds on home soil, it’d take their tally to 101, the first centurions in the second tier since Leicester City in 2013/14.

A Burnley outfit eyeing a landmark achievement are set to act as hosts, in a Championship final day meeting with Cardiff City on Monday, May 8th. Burnley FC, have long proven themselves the standout side in England’s 2nd tier, clinching promotion before cruising to the title courtesy of just three defeats in 45 outings.

Heading into the season’s final round of fixtures, Vincent Kompany’s troops still have one final goal to play for. This comes in the form of the 100-point mark for the Clarets. Currently, the Clarets sit on 98 points, after recovering from a rare three-game winless streak courtesy of back-to-back downings of Blackburn Rovers and Bristol City over the course of the last couple of weeks.

A win over Cardiff this evening, in turn, would see the Clarets put a cherry on top of what has proven a wonderful campaign, in surging clear of the century mark for points secured. Surely, more greatness is on the horizon for Mike Garlick and his team. Follow all the latest football news on our blog and make sure you leave your comment below and subscribe.

Mike Garlick World Cup News

Brazil beat Serbia 2-0 in the final game of day five of the World Cup after Switzerland beat Cameroon, Uruguay were held to a goalless draw against South Korea and Portugal beat Ghana in a thriller. The Tottenham striker scored both of the game's goals in the second half, with the second a beautiful volley which lit up the match. It wasn't all good news for Brazil however, with Neymar going off injured following some rough treatment.

A good victory like this shows the team are in a good shape to go for the trophy and this is important. The second-half showed that if Brazil avoid making mistakes at the back then the goal will come as it did yesterday. Brazil are in Group G of the tournament. Who knows whats next in this World Cup, I mean Wales just lost 2-0 to Iran. Anything can happen. Follow Mike Garlick online here. 

 

 The £65m loan to buy Burnley – and what it means if they go down

Welcome back to the Burnley Football Club blog. Here we will go through the latest news from the Clarets. Subscribe for the latest news on Mike Garlick and the team here. ALK Capital’s takeover of Burnley took place in December 2020 yet we had to wait until the club’s June 2021 accounts were published late on Wednesday night to ascertain the full picture of what is happening at Turf Moor.

Why? Well, ALK purchased the club through a leveraged buyout, taking out a substantial loan from MSD Holdings and also using the club’s own money in the bank to fund the £170 million deal.

One of the most notable figures confirmed is the size of the loan taken out by ALK, which is £65 million. It is the implications of how and when that must be paid back that need our attention.

The loan was secured to be paid back in December 2025, with ALK only paying interest on it until then. However, that agreement is only in place if Burnley remain in the Premier League. If they are relegated in the next three weeks, they will be required to pay a “significant proportion” of the £65 million shortly after the end of this season, with the repayment schedule brought forward.

Burnley sit 16th in the Premier League, two points above the bottom three. It is a precarious position entering the final four matches of the season.

If anybody needed further clarity that ALK did not sack Sean Dyche three weeks ago to begin planning for a fresh start in the Championship, then this is exactly why. It was the last roll of the dice from chairman Alan Pace to try to save Burnley by putting a fresh voice in charge and hoping for a response from the players — one that Mike Jackson has got, having taken 10 points from his first four games in interim charge.

However, if Burnley cannot finish above either Leeds United or Everton when the music stops after their season finale at home to Newcastle United on Sunday May 22, things change significantly.

Should Burnley go down and not come straight back up in 2023, a further significant reduction of the loan balance would also take place in the following season. In other words, another big chunk of that £65 million would need to be paid back.

How Burnley would manage that situation would depend on how much of the parachute payments — the cash given to clubs relegated from the Premier League for the next three years they play in the Football League — would be available to them after MSD takes its slice for repaying its loan to ALK.

A clause in the loan agreement means MSD can demand early repayment if Burnley drop into the Championship. After that, it will be a case of reducing wages for players and staff, which will largely be achieved via relegation clauses in their contracts.

Player trading would also be expected to be a source of net income, which is common for many clubs who lose their Premier League status. Nick Pope, Maxwel Cornet, Wout Weghorst and Dwight McNeil are the four most obvious names that clubs would consider buying for cut-price fees. A post-relegation fire sale at Turf Moor is possible.

 Kompany is welcomed to Burnley FC

Weclome to the Mike Garlick unofficial Burnley FC football club blog. The Belgian ex-footballer has been appointment The Clarets new manager. Burnley chairman Alan Pace has moved to appoint Vincent Kompany as the man to revive club's fortunes. Alan Pace has welcomed him to the club. 

Burnley had been in talks with former Manchester City captain Kompany regarding their managerial position, following the decision to part company with long-serving boss Sean Dyche in April.

Mike Jackson stepped into the hotseat as caretaker manager but was unable to keep the club in the Premier League, with a 2-1 final-day defeat at home to Newcastle consigning the Clarets to relegation to the Championship.

Mike Jackson stepped into the hotseat as caretaker manager but was unable to keep the club in the Premier League, with a 2-1 final-day defeat at home to Newcastle consigning Burnley to relegation to the league.

 Kompany takes over in Lancashire at a pivotal time with a total of fourteen people leaving the club at the end of last season, with the likes of captain Ben Mee and other first-team regulars James Tarkowski, Aaron Lennon, Phil Bardsley and Erik Pieters among those leaving the club.

Find out more about the latest Burnley Football Club news on their website. You can also read about Mike Garlick Burnley Football Club online. For the latest news visit the Twitter page and the official club Facebook page. We certainly hope the new manager brings better luck to the club in the coming weeks. Make sure to leave your comments below and subscribe to our sports blog. 

 Burnley transfer news 

Clarets player ‘in line’ for summer exit

Welcome to our Burnley FC football news blog. Here you will find the latest news, views and premier league speculation. Here is the latest from Mike Garlick and his team at Turf Moor.  Burnley face just one further Premier League game in March as they take on Brentford on Saturday. Here are the recent fixtures:

An already important fixture in their survival bid, the crucial nature of it has grown further as other relegation rivals can build momentum in the latter stages of the month as Burnley watch on.

Back in August, officials were told to let small, niggly fouls go – to allow some contact back into the game and help make it more free-flowing.

But Dyche – for a long time a lone voice in the game as regards clamping down on diving – wonders if that lighter touch is still being applied after a number of mystifying refereeing displays recently at Turf Moor.

Given the number of postponed games earlier in the season, it has left a busy schedule ahead for April but the other relegation-threatened sides will play on in March looking to put daylight between themselves and Sean Dyche's side.

There has been nothing that has directly influenced a game, but Dyche feels soft fouls are creeping back into the game.

He said: “I don’t want to cry it in too much, but what I’m worried about at the minute is the performance from the referee on Saturday is going back to two years ago.

“I think we had a really good year last year, when I think everyone - fans alike - seemed happy the game was flowing more.

“Westy got booked and I don’t think he even touched the man, I’ve seen it back and I don’t think he physically touched him, so I’m a little bit worried it’s going to start going backwards.

“The last few weeks I’ve seen it again where players are falling on the floor and referees are giving them immediately, and I thought there were too many of those on Saturday.

“But that was nothing to do with the result, by the way, we didn’t take care of the result, but the bigger picture of what’s going on, I don’t think fans - I certainly don’t want to see it go back to where it was - but over the last three, four weeks I’ve been seeing it again, and I must say I saw it on Saturday, players going down far too easily and the referee giving fouls.”

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Burnley fighting in the Premier League

Former Burnley goalkeeper Paul Robinson views the club's signing of Wout Weghorst as great business. They received £25 million for the 30 year old, which is seen as a good deal for Burnley. What the future holds for the club is unsure, as they are at the foot of the premier league and struggling to gain higher rankings within it. 

The 29-year-old striker made the move to Turf Moor on deadline day, putting pen-to-paper on a three-and-a-half year contract at Turf Moor. Burnley paid an initial fee of £12m - less than half of the money they received for Chris Wood from Newcastle United. He made his goalless premier league debut on Saturday.

Weghorst arrives in the Premier League looking to replicate his goal scoring form in his past club. Robinson, who is usually regardedor heard providing analysis in the media these days, feels the Clarets came out of the January window with a stronger strike-force on Mike Garlick team.

Many Burnley Football fans have been upset about the 0-0 draw against Watford on Saturday. Watford are still without a win since consigning Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to the sack in mid-November, and came into this game with 14 defeats from 20 outings. The last team to survive in the Premier League with a record like that was Southampton. This was nearly 30 years ago. Commenting on the Watford match, Wout said:

''It was a great experience for me. The first time here in the stadium with the fans in the Premier League and I loved it. The most important thing missing though was the three points. We had opportunities [ but it wasn’t enough.'' 

Burnley FC have two big games lined up in the coming week, with the Premier League's top guns, Manchester United and Liverpool. If their performance against Watford is anything to go by, it may not result in victory for the Clarets, who need to up their game to compete against the big names in the league.

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 International Men’s Day

Club and community arrange activities to encourage conversation on manhood and masculinity

 2021 theme focusses on making a positive difference to the wellbeing and lives of men and boys

 We are proud to support International Men’s Day, which takes place on Friday 19th November.

 The International Men’s Day campaign is growing in the UK year-on-year, with over 200 organisations raising awareness of the cause over the past two years.

 As a Premier League club, Burnley Football Club, along with official charity Burnley FC in the Community, are committed to raising awareness of the campaign with the hope of increasing the focus on men’s mental health and wellbeing.

 This year’s theme is to ‘make a positive difference to the wellbeing and lives of men and boys,’ focussing on issues such as health and mental wellbeing, fatherhood, employment and education, isolation and loneliness, homelessness and all forms of abuse including domestic abuse and sexual violence.

Highlighting the importance of positive role models for boys and young men, we were proud to initiate conversation by facilitating a roundtable discussion with different male figures from across the club and community department, including participants of community projects and fans. We focussed on eight questions such as ‘what does it mean to be a man?’.

 Encompassing a range of backgrounds and job roles, the group included the club's Head of Matchday Operations Russell Ball, Operations & Facilities Intern Adrian Lecoustre, Burnley FC Inclusion Advisory Board Attendee & Green Party Councillor Scott Cunliffe and Burnley FC Youth Advisory Board Member Liam Williams.

 Male students from Coal Clough Academy and West Craven High School also gave a valuable insight into being a young male in 2021, highlighting the perspectives of different generations.

 Clarets+ commentator Phil Bird, who was in attendance on the day, said: “I come from a generation where you really didn’t open-up. You were told to be expressionless and get on with your life. Despite the trials and tribulations, you may have faced, you were expected to put a face on to hide those emotions. Thankfully, its different now.

 “Having a diverse age group as part of the panel today, really helped me in understanding how far we have come in understanding men’s mental health.”

 A key takeaway message from the discussion was how positive steps have been taken to encourage men to open up and talk about their feelings and their struggles.

 Burnley FC Women Manager, Matt Bee, said: “I think at times a male role model can come across as this perfect superhero.

“However, it’s important to remember we are all human. We all face adversity through different obstacles and at times we can get things wrong. Despite role models having some good aspects, there are also lessons we can learn from mistakes and unfortunate decisions, which is always inevitable.”

 In addition to the roundtable discussion, Burnley FC in the Community Primary & Secondary School Engagement Manager Gwilym Jones and Phil Bird recorded a Podcast with members of the group, to reflect on the roundtable, which is available for all to listen to.

Reflecting on the day, Gurpri Bains, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Lead for Burnley FC, said: “As a football club we are in a prime position to positively promote male conversation and encourage an open dialogue around International Men’s Day.

“It was so insightful to listen to the groups open discussion at the roundtable, it was important to bring together people from varied backgrounds, with different experiences and stories to tell. Opening the conversation on what expectations and values are attributed to being a man, the positive and negatives of male stereotyping and delving into the meaning behind the statement man-up.

 “The work International Men’s Day are doing in this area, to encourage conversation, is imperative and we wanted to help support their message that there is support and resources out there for men who may be struggling.”

 The work around mental wellbeing is ongoing at Burnley FC who recently organised mental health training for staff, with 16 staff from across the football club and charity trained as Mental Health First Aiders, the club also recently begun the recruitment for a newly created position of a club psychologist working across the entirety of the club.

 In further commitment to increasing awareness around mental health, Charity, Burnley FC in the Community, offer the Schools’ Mental Wellbeing Project, which is currently delivered in eleven high schools within Burnley and Pendle. The aim of the project is to support young people with their mental wellbeing by having a full time BFCitC Mental Wellbeing Worker, in each of the eleven schools. Find out more about the club and Mike Garlick here.

Burnley Women

Welcome to the Mike Garlick Burnley FC News fan blog page. A dramatic extra time winner from the penalty spot earned Burnley FC Women a place in the FA Cup third round next weekend. Nic Worthington kept her cool late in the day to step up and score the only goal of a nervy clash with Fylde Women at Padiham.

And as a result of the momentous win - in the first game played since the Women officially came under the club banner - Matt Bee’s side will host divisional rivals Sunderland AFC Ladies next weekend for the right to face Manchester United in round four. 

Delighted Burnley Manager Matt Bee said: “Today’s performance was built on a clear work ethic, desire and togetherness.

“Irrespective of having months off due to lockdown, these are the things that I expect the team to have and I’m happy that the players executed the game plan to the letter and everyone played their part.”

The Clarets, back in action for the first time since November, started strongly and Fylde had a big let off as Worthington fed Evie Priestley, whose chip over the advancing keeper hit the post.

However, the Coasters also posed problems and Clarets keeper Lauren Bracewell saved well from Faye McCoy, before Bethany Donoghue slid in front of goal but was inches short of the target.

In the closing minutes of the first half, the Clarets regained composure with chances created by Lizzy Hamer and Katie Thomas. The second half of normal time proved equally tight, with chances for both sides at a premium, as Katie Thomas twice went close for the hosts before Faye McCoy almost won it for Fylde at the death, when her header smacked the crossbar. But with extra time looking unlikely to separate the Lancashire rivals and penalties looming, Priestley weas upended in the box and Worthington stepped up to spark joy in the home ranks.

Bee added: “We have to work hard this week to get ready for Sunday. Sunderland will be a tough game so it will be a challenge.

“However, we’re ready to work hard again this week to go again on Sunday and hopefully put in another positive performance in the competition.”

Check back soon for more updates!

 Crystal Palace v Burnley