Burnley Match Reports

A storming start from Swansea, one we struggled to cope with, proved to be our downfall and led to the first defeat of the season for the Clarets as the one, very dubious, goal was enough to give the home side all three points.

Burnley have lost for the first time this season, going down 1-0 at Swansea. Match stats available, report to follow

Just a few years ago, Steve Cotterill named his own first team coach as a substitute for a league game, yet last night Brian Laws made 9 changes from the side which had defeated Leicester at the weekend, in a 3-1 victory at Morecambe's Globe Arena.

Burnley went through to the third round of the Carling Cup with a 3-1 win against Morecambe last night at their new Globe Arena, and we must now wait until Saturday to find out who our opponents are in the next round.

Burnley's 3-0 win against Leicester yesterday brought an end to what has been an excellent week for the club, following on from big wins for the reserve and youth teams against Oldham and Accrington.

It's two wins out of two at home with a 3-0 win against Leicester City. Match stats available, report to follow.

Clarke Carlisle headed a stoppage time equaliser for the Clarets at Ipswich, and, as promised by manager Brian Laws last week, it came from a corner, our first such goal since close to the end of the 2008/09 season.

A late Clarke Carlisle goal gave Burnley a point at Portman Road. Match Stats available, report to follow.

Expectation in football can be dangerous and more often than not ends in anguish and disappointment.

You would have thought we'd taken something of a hammering from Nottingham Forest as people left the ground yesterday, but the truth is we'd come through a difficult first game with a 1-0 win and the three points.