It’s a fantastic result for the young Clarets who won through with two goals from fit again Cayne Hanley and one from first year apprentice Ali Akbar and it sets us up nicely for a home tie against the Premiership club.
Wins in this competition have been few and far between in recent years and our last success came when Chris Waddle was manager of
The tie against Fulham must be played on or before Saturday 21st January, and let’s hope that the club stage this match at Turf Moor to give supporters a chance of watching the youths, rather than moving it to Accrington, or even Rossendale as they did with a youth game last season.
Well done to the lads tonight, fantastic result on top of what has been a fantastic season so far.
The teams were,
Hull: Curtis Aspden, Gareth Slater (Steve Gardiner 45), Tom Briggs, Nick McNamara, Nathan Hotte, Matthew Plummer, Will Atkinson, James Bennett (Ryan Kendall 86), James McGarry, Nicky Featherstone, Joe Lamplough (Tom Sampson 80). Subs not used: Tom Woodhead, Tom McKeown.
Burnley: Mark Crossley, Rob Henry, Jack Overson, Tom Blackler, Paul Casey, Dale Underwood (Adam Kay 68), Connor Smith, Nicky Platt, Ali Akbar, Cayne Hanley (Raph Evans 80), Kyle Lafferty (Rob Turner 65). Subs not used: Dean Stott, Lewis Craig.