Clarets up against Rotherham next after string of wins

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Burnley's Premier League return

Welcome back to the Mike Garlick Burnley FC news page. With a free-flowing, attacking style, savvy recruitment and a rapid rebuild job, here's how Vincent Kompany's Burnley dominated the Championship; Clarets clinched promotion back to the Premier League with 2-1 victory at Middlesbrough on Good Friday.

"My blood is boiling just hearing the word complacent. It's something I find very difficult as a human being to even accept." Those were the words of Vincent Kompany not too long after Burnley hit the top of the Championship table. And they have not lost a game since. A 2-1 victory over Middlesbrough on Good Friday was enough to see them complete their return to the top flight with seven games to spare, in a season that saw them hit the top of the league in October and not let up since.

The Man City ex-player has steered Burnley back into the Premier League at the first time of asking and in doing so turned himself into one of the most exciting new young managers in the English game.

With Kompany at the helm next season, Burnley could well be a very different prospect to what they were before in the Premier League. The Clarets, managed by former Man City captain Vincent Kompany, moved 19 points clear of third-placed Luton and, in doing so, ensured automatic promotion.

All eyes were on Kompany's side after Luton, who are fourth in the league table, were unable to win at Millwall and were mathematically ruled out of a top two finish. Kompany's side have been frontrunners for the majority of the season and were expected to be one of the teams to finish in the top two at the end of the year.

The entire team and management staff are pleased with their progress. This evening Burnley will play Rotherham, and we hope they win! The Clarets extended their unbeaten run in the league to 21 matches on Saturday as they took a point from a goalless draw at Reading.

Sat top, Vincent Kompany’s side are now 12 points clear of Sheffield United in 2nd with both teams having five games left to play. Find out more about Vincent Kompany, Mike Garlick Burnley and the team on online. Make sure you follow and subscribe to our blog for more updates.

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CLUB SUPPORTS INTERNATIONAL MEN'S DAY

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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.

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Crystal Palace 0 - 3 Burnley

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Crystal Palace v Burnley

Welcome to the Mike Garlick Burnley Football Club blog. Burnley matched their best Premier League away win as they romped to victory in a 3-0 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday afternoon at Selhurst Park. Goals from Johann Berg Gudmundsson, Jay Rodriguez, and Matt Lowton secured the win as they edged up to 15th place in the table, with the gap between themselves and 18th place Fulham now a more comfortable 11 points before the Londoners come to Turf Moor next Wednesday night in the first of two games against bottom-three opposition before West Bromwich Albion’s visit four days later.

Having edged in front, Burnley continued to press and just five minutes later they doubled their lead. Dwight McNeil's pinpoint corner found Rodriguez just six yards from goal, and the former Southampton barely even had to jump to nod the ball past Guaita.

The Clarets saved the best for last as they all but ended the game as a contest just two minutes into the second half. After Lowton had stepped into midfield to intercept Luka Milivojevic's loose header, the right-back skipped past a host of weak Palace challenges before laying the ball off to Rodriguez, who chipped the ball back into the path of Lowton before he unleashed an unstoppable drive into the far corner.

The strike saw Burnley notch three away goals in the Premier League for the first time since their 3-0 win over Watford in November 2019. The only sour note on the afternoon for Dyche's side came late on as Jordan Ayew inadvertently collided with Ben Mee, with the Burnley captain feeling the full force of the forward's shoulder and being forced to receive lengthy treatment. The defender was eventually stretchered off, though the early signs are good as he was reported to be back on his feet shortly after full time.

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