The Burnley Sentinel
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Burnley
Santi Cazorla 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.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Burnley
4 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market17 Aug 2026
Timothy Harvey steps up from the Burnley academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Timothy Harvey 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
One of our own: Steven Cunningham joins the Burnley first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Steven Cunningham is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Anthony Hill joins the Burnley first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Anthony Hill is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Nathan Murphy joins the Burnley first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nathan Murphy is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Maxime Estève falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
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
No hiding place for Lucas Pires
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Lucas Pires, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Squad Nikola Vasilj has seen what the next man earns
- The terraces Everybody has an opinion about Benjamin Leneis