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Chris Dunlavy
A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL

Promotion? That’s inevitable. The title? A foregone conclusion. Burnley could spend weeks playing in wellies and they’d still be up before long.
All that really remains is a place in the history books and a shot at one of the most elusive records in football. Seventeen sides have lifted the Championship title since Reading posted 106 points in the 2005-06 season. None of them seriously threatened that tally.
Burnley will need to win eight of their last nine games to knock the Royals off their perch, yet even if the Clarets fall short they may still b...

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