Kompany’s Clarets hit the big time

Roberts’ goal seals immediate return
By Chris Dunlavy

MIDDLESBROUGH 1
Akpom 48 (pen)

BURNLEY 2
Barnes 12, Roberts 66

STAR MAN

NATHAN TELLA Burnley

As Wonderwall boomed through the walls of Burnley’s dressing room, joyous Clarets players sprayed champagne and bellowed out the chorus.
Outside, the 2,069 supporters who’d trekked across the Pennines sang their own song. “We are Premier League,” they roared, long after the home end had emptied and the cameras were packed away.
Eleven months earlier Burnley had slipped out of the top flight, and few anticipated such a swift or emp...

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