In the Peter Sellers film of 1959 a tiny country, Grand Fenwick, declared war on the United States in order to lose and have its debts cleared by the guilty victor. Surprisingly, however, they won!
Over two years ago, Owen Coyle was an unknown manager taking over a Championship team in the form of Burnley. 18 months later, he took them to the top flight of English Football for the first time in 33 years via the Coca Cola Championship Playoff Finals at Wembley Stadium.
Earlier this week I sat down and wrote an article intended for this site. I wrote of my disgust at the way Owen Coyle had betrayed this fantastic football club. However, in the days since then, my anger has diluted and I now see a much bigger picture.
August 15th 2009 was the beginning of a brand new and exciting era for Burnley Football Club, and after thirty-three long years of hurt we cannot fail to realise that we are once again back where we belong in the highest echelon of English football, now known as the Premier League.
I live in Sale. The trams have all been stopped at the moment, so we have to walk a bit to get the bus into town. Ahead of the new season we have been wearing the new home shirt.
After over 30 years of being out of the wilderness of the top division, the Clarets finished with a fairytale ending in May, after gaining promotion to the world's richest league.
It only seems right that the day after one of the most significant results in the history of Burnley Football Club, the back pages of the national newspapers were dominated by two men classed as genuine Turf Moor heroes.
As a football crazy 9 year old I listened to the cup final on the radio. Tottenham Hotspur v Burnley. We had no television. I listened intently and from my Reading home, I cheered on the Spurs, like all my friends.
As we approach the nail-biting conclusion to Burnley's ninth consecutive season in the second tier of English football, it is perhaps a good time to reflect on the away fortunes of the club during this period.
Is it possible that there has been, over the years, a player more popular than Ade Akinbiyi; a player who left Burnley both a legend and a cult figure?
You may not wish to know this, but it is 26 years since my last visit to see Doncaster Rovers in Doncaster. This therefore is an occasion for nostalgia and reminiscing. I know I was there because I still have the programme to prove it.
If one man's form has mirrored that of the Clarets in recent months then there is no doubt it is Brian Jensen, a goalkeeper in the absolute form of his life.
Eight members of the fans team represented the Clarets on Soccer AM on Saturday ahead of the Charlton game, taking their place in the Luther Blissett Stand and here is their diary.
Well it must be; I've never seen a pantomime as early as this before. And this one wasn't starring Tommy Cannon, this one was Ben. And this performance was so good it nearly brought the roof down.
The Burnley Supporters Team have linked up with the Clarets Mad Youth Foundation and we at this site are delighted to sponsor their striker Tom 'Hendy' Henderson.
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