Tag: Clarets

Swansea City 0-2 Burnley: Clarets cruise back into Championship’s top two
18 March 2025 Off

Swansea City 0-2 Burnley: Clarets cruise back into Championship’s top two

By Total Football News

Burnley climbed into the Championship’s automatic promotion places as a comfortable victory at Swansea City stretched their unbeaten league run to 25 games.

Burnley took charge in the opening stages when Josh Key’s unfortunate error led to a simple close-range finish from captain Josh Brownhill.

Jaidon Anthony fired Burnley’s second goal high into the net midway through the first period.

Scott Parker’s team never looked like surrendering their grip on

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Burnley 1-1 West Bromwich Albion: Clarets held by Baggies as manager Scott Parker is sent off
12 March 2025 Off

Burnley 1-1 West Bromwich Albion: Clarets held by Baggies as manager Scott Parker is sent off

By Total Football News

Mowbray had described his team’s visit to Turf Moor, which has been something of a fortress all season, as a “free hit”, and he made five changes to his line-up, with Darnell Furlong serving the first of his three-match ban.

The Baggies were certainly not passive against a Clarets side that went into the game having conceded just four in 18 home league games this season, and who possess

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Cardiff City 1-2 Burnley: Clarets claim win despite end of clean sheet run
4 March 2025 Off

Cardiff City 1-2 Burnley: Clarets claim win despite end of clean sheet run

By Total Football News

Goals scored against Burnley in the Championship have become the stuff of myth and legend in 2025 as winter has come for all who have tried to penetrate the Lancashire side’s defensive wall.

The visitors were looking to move into record territory as they sought a 13th successive clean sheet, with only Manchester United between November 2008 and February 2009 having kept more successive shutouts in English football league history.

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Burnley 4-0 Sheffield Wednesday: 12th straight league clean sheet for Clarets
21 February 2025 Off

Burnley 4-0 Sheffield Wednesday: 12th straight league clean sheet for Clarets

By Total Football News

Burnley kept a 12th straight clean sheet in the Championship as they thumped Sheffield Wednesday at Turf Moor.

Marcus Edwards opened the scoring with a fine solo goal at the end of a first half where Burnley were second best.

Josh Brownhill added a second 48 seconds after coming off the bench in the second half, Connor Roberts scored a third soon after and Manuel Benson smashed in a stunning

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Burnley: The stats behind the Clarets’ 1,000 minutes without conceding
16 February 2025 Off

Burnley: The stats behind the Clarets’ 1,000 minutes without conceding

By Total Football News

In keeping a 24th Championship clean sheet of the season against Preston on Saturday, Burnley clocked up 1,000 minutes without conceding a league goal.

The Clarets boast the most miserly defence in English professional football this season, have already set records with more than a quarter of the campaign remaining and are poised to make more tumble.

BBC Sport looks at some of the stats behind their success.

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Preston North End 0-0 Burnley: Clarets extend clean sheet record in draw
15 February 2025 Off

Preston North End 0-0 Burnley: Clarets extend clean sheet record in draw

By Total Football News

Burnley boss Scott Parker said:

“Something inappropriate was said to Hannibal which he reported.

“You could clearly see he was very distressed and in that moment we tried to get some context into what exactly had happened because he was very emotional.

“He explained to me what was said and at that moment we just wanted to work out how he was and where he was in his head space.

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Burnley 1-0 Oxford United: Clarets move back into Championship top two
4 February 2025 Off

Burnley 1-0 Oxford United: Clarets move back into Championship top two

By Total Football News

The result extended Clarets’ phenomenal defensive record with a ninth successive clean sheet and 22nd of the season from 31 Championship matches as the visitors were unable to register an attempt on target.

But having been held to goalless draws in five of their previous seven league matches, Burnley’s proficiency at the other end of the pitch was under a little scrutiny, with forward Marcus Edwards, signed on deadline day

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Portsmouth 0-0 Burnley: Clarets held by Pompey at Fratton Park
2 February 2025 Off

Portsmouth 0-0 Burnley: Clarets held by Pompey at Fratton Park

By Total Football News

Scott Parker’s miserly side are now unbeaten in 17 Championship fixtures. have lost just twice in the entire campaign – conceding just nine goals in 30 games – and have gone a club-record 770 minutes without conceding a league goal.

Pompey came close to taking the goals against column into double figures in the first half, Zak Swanson shooting narrowly over and Matt Ritchie firing a shot into the side

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Burnley 0-0 Leeds: Unfashionable Clarets claim another clean sheet
28 January 2025 Off

Burnley 0-0 Leeds: Unfashionable Clarets claim another clean sheet

By Total Football News

The weather in Lancashire was wretched on this January evening and the action on the pitch did not fare much better.

It was the fourth 0-0 witnessed by the Clarets supporters in the last five home games, which is testing their resolve more than their backline on the pitch.

This contest will leave those clipping up the highlights with slim pickings – Dan James’ rising strike late on which was

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Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Burnley: Zian Flemming gives Clarets derby win
6 January 2025 Off

Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Burnley: Zian Flemming gives Clarets derby win

By Total Football News

Blackburn Rovers head coach John Eustace told BBC Radio Lancashire:

“I was very proud of the efforts of the boys – we went toe-to-toe with a very good team with a good squad of players.

“I was disappointed in the manner we conceded – we just switched off from a cross and it was their first effort on goal.

“We need a bit of help in the squad, we need

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