The Burnley Sentinel
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Burnley
Florentino Luís was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market17 Aug 2026
A long bet from Burnley on Dastan Sätpayev
He is 18, and nobody at Burnley signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Burnley training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Quilindschy Hartman is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Burnley
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market17 Aug 2026
Burnley promote Liam Shaw from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Liam Shaw has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
Simon Ellis steps up from the Burnley academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Simon Ellis has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
John Bailey steps up from the Burnley academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. John Bailey has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Burnley are making the ground bigger
Work is signed off on a capacity of 27701. It is the sort of decision a club is judged on twenty years later, by people who were not there when it was taken.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Too much change too quickly at Burnley
6 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
In brief
- Squad Dastan Sätpayev banks a contract that will last him
- The terraces Everybody has an opinion about Dastan Sätpayev