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 Burnley FC announce charity support

In the run up to their game against Watford, which resulted in a 0-0 draw on Saturday, Alan Pace has made some announcements. He stated that £2 from every £10 ticket will be donated to Tommy’s, a charity close to Ben’s heart. Tommy’s helped continue to help thousands of people every day who have been affected by miscarriage, stillbirth, and premature birth. Hoping to get the team up the league, and also support their local community, Burnley FC have also announced more donations and ticket price freezes.

The Clarets also agreed to donate a thousand tickets for the game to their award-winning charity. This is called Burnley FC in the Community. The charity has been distributing the tickets to local schools in return for a donation to ELHT&Me, the charity of East Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. ELHT&Me fundraise to help enhance patient and staff environment and experience across five local hospitals - Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital, Burnley General Teaching Hospitals, Accrington Victoria, Clitheroe, and Pendle Community Hospitals.

They have decided to freeze our season ticket prices again, as we have for a number of years now. Good news, season tickets are now on sale at the frozen prices. Mike Garlick is known to attend the matches, and so you may just see him there. Burnley FC in the community is focussed into key areas: Education & Employability, Community Welfare & Inclusion, Football Development and Community Facilities. They deliver over 50 community projects that touch the lives of people of all ages in communities in and around Burnley.

Their aims include to Support the community to live healthy lives, create a level playing field for all to engage in sport and physical activity, ensure we are a needs-led charity and focus on addressing the ‘root cause’ of social issues. Burnley FC in the Community also support and inspire children and young people to reach their full potential. You can get in touch with the registered charity by email at: community@burnleyfc.com . Find out more about the football club and director Mike Garlick online.

 Watch this video with Mike Garlick to learn more:

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Premier League

Welcome to the Clarets fan blog. For all Clarets supporters out there and football fans alike. Get involved by showing love on my channel and following my posts about Burnley FC. Goalkeeper Nick Pope is ready to keep seizing the moment as the Clarets target a memorable end to the season. Nick Pope also believes that Burnley can improve more their impressive clean sheet record further as they push for Europe in the final four games of the Premier League season.

The 28-year-old's closest rival for the accolade, Liverpool's Alisson, who he'll meet at Anfield on Saturday, is now one behind after Leandro Trossard found the net for Brighton at the Amex Stadium.

Pope was given plenty to do on his way to earning his latest blank. He kept out efforts from Tomas Soucek, Michail Antonio and Andriy Yarmolenko in the first half and then made an exceptional stop to deny substitiute Sebastien Haller in the second.

Clarets have also put 10 points on the board since resuming after lockdown and with just one defeat in 12 league games stretching back to January are one of the form teams of the division.

With four games to go, Burnley are five points shy of their highest tally as a Premier League club.
Despite injuries, departures and speculations, the Turf Moor men continue to defy the odds to ensure an interesting end to the season ison the cards.



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Welcome to the Clarets fan blog. For all Clarets supporters out there and football fans alike. Get involved by showing love on my channel and following my posts about Burnley FC. Burnley Football Club recorded a net profit for a third successive season during the financial year ending June 2019.

The figure was down on the record profit of £36.6m (£45m pre-tax) recorded for the previous 12 months, due largely to a higher net spend on new players of approximately £20m compared to the previous year where the sales of Andre Gray and Michael Keane boosted profitability considerably.

Chairman Mike Garlick said: “In the second half of the season we also invested heavily in our recruitment and scouting set-up, more than tripling the number of full-time staff. We are confident that this increased investment will slowly but surely develop our ability to identify and sign players that can improve our first-team squad, whilst at the same time helping to maintain our financial sustainability as a club for generations to come.”

Mike Garlick: “Following our spectacular seventh-place finish in the 2017/18 season, we embarked on our first season in Europe in over 50 years - something, which I’m sure most of us, a few years ago, though we would never see again. Combining our European adventure with the weekly fixture programme of the Premier League proved highly challenging.

“But following a highly successful second half of the season, we managed to slowly but steadily climb up the table to a respectable finish and secure our fourth consecutive season of top-flight football for the first time in 50 years.

“I would like to thank all our staff for their continued hard work and commitment and all our fans for their unwavering support and passion. You all help to make a difference. The future is extremely bright for all of us, although in the short term we know we all face unique challenges brought about by the coronavirus pandemic."

"Issuing the club accounts is a legal requirement but our immediate thoughts are with those dealing with the effects of the current on-going situation. We are working closely with the Premier League and the relevant authorities regarding footballing matters, while off the field making sure the club continues to operate effectively and all staff, family, and fans stay as safe and healthy and well supported as possible.

“We also urge you to follow all Government guidelines in trying to restrict the spread of the virus and by doing so look forward to the day when we can all meet again at Turf Moor and celebrate playing football in a safe environment.”

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Clarets Vs North-West Premier League Season

The Clarets have lined up four pre-season friendlies against North-West opposition as part of their preparations for the 2019/20 Premier League season. Sean Dyche’s side will visit teams from League Two to Championship level as they gear up for the start of their fourth successive top-flight campaign over the weekend beginning Saturday, 10 August.

Burnley will also play two warm-up fixtures at Turf Moor, with details to be confirmed.The Clarets start their public preparations in the Potteries, with Dyche splitting his senior squad for games at Crewe Alexandra and Port Vale on Saturday, 20 July (KO 3pm).

The following Tuesday, the Clarets face Burnley old boy Joey Barton and his League One Fleetwood Town side at the Highbury Stadium (KO 7.45pm). And there is another re-union pencilled in for Saturday, 27 July with a trip to face Championship side Wigan Athletic (KO 3pm), managed by ex-Clarets’ midfielder Paul Cook, at the DW Stadium. Beforehand, the Clarets will attend a training camp in Portugal in early July but will not play any games while working in the Algarve.

Pre-season fixtures:

Saturday 20th July – Crewe Alexandra and Port Vale (a) KO 3pm
Tuesday 23rd July – Fleetwood Town (a) KO 7.45pm
Saturday 27th July – Wigan Athletic (a) KO 3pm

Two home fixtures to be confirmed. Ticket details and admission prices will be announced in due course. The 2019/20 Premier League fixtures are schedule to be released on Thursday, 13 June.

Last Chance To Donate To Running Man

Appeal reaches £56,000 with just days to go in marathon effort. Sunday will mark the close of Scott Cunliffe’s JustGiving fundraising page for his now-famous RunAway Challenge.

The magnitude of Cunliffe’s challenge, which saw him successfully run to every one of Burnley FC’s away fixtures during the 2018/19 season, caught the imagination of thousands of people from across the country.

After nine months of fundraising, the total now stands at an astonishing £56k (with Gift Aid).

After the close of the page, 50% of the final total will go to Burnley FC in the Community to be distributed to community projects in Scott’s hometown of Burnley. The other 50% will be split evenly between the community trusts of all 20 Premier League clubs.


Scott said: “The overwhelming support I’ve received from day one, especially from the Burnley FC football family, has been humbling.

“When I started this unique journey last summer, I could never have anticipated that we would achieve these fundraising levels.

“Big or small - every single donation is valuable and will make a real difference to the lives of people both here in Burnley and across the country.

 “This is the last call to all those who would like to support the RunAway Challenge and add to that final total. The page will close on Sunday and we will then start the process of distributing the funds.”

Over the course of the 2018/19 season, Scott covered 3,090 miles and completed 734 hours of running over 100 days. Completing the equivalent of 118 marathons, he took 5.6 million steps to reach each Clarets game on foot.

Scott’s JustGiving page will close on Sunday. To donate, please click here.