Defender eager to learn his trade…

By Richard Dore

ASPIRE-ING: Alex Whitmore in action for Chesterfield against Yeovil and, inset, boss Jack Lester
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SEAN Dyche’s Burnley have been on a meteoric rise over the last five years, transforming themselves from Championship flyweights into formidable topflight pugilists.
To be mixing it with the giants from the higher echelons of the Premier League is undoubtedly a huge achievement for the club, but sometimes success can also bring casualties.
Just ask young centre-half Alex Whitmore, who, in ...