Guests & Interviews

Articles from guest contributors or interviews

Mourinho takes the football out of the football story

Key to ethical journalistic practice is impartiality - the understanding that there are two sides to every story. Objec

Nutmegging John Deary

It's not often that the average football fan gets close to their heroes. It's a strange relationship. You see these guy

The Gaffer's Lads & Mr Brown's Boys

Burnley's unexpected promotion to the Premier League in April 2014 resounds with echoes of the club's glorious past.

Fans need to be realistic

To all Clarets fans, I hope you can find time to read this appraisal and rant as some things get my goat.

Jimmy Adamson Biography - A Review

In a world dominated by sprawling, faceless organisations, how often are we inclined to yearn for the days of yore when

100 not out

I've never been one to swing haphazardly for the boundary ropes.

'Magical' A life in Football

They say you should never meet heroes, in case their feet turn out to be made of clay. So I took a risk in becoming a fr

Burnley and Bournemouth, a love affair

My first date with my now wife, Helen, was a day at York races followed by York City v Tamworth .

• Life in Exile
- Burnley Thu 31st May

• Me, my dad and promotion - Part 4
- Burnley Mon 26th March

• Me, my dad and promotion - Part 3
- Burnley Tue 20th March

• Me, my dad and promotion - Part 2
- Burnley Tue 13th March

• Me, my dad and promotion - Part 1
- Burnley Mon 5th March

• The Long and Winding Road
- Burnley Fri 12th August

• Driving for Hope - with 92 stops
- Burnley Fri 24th June

• A refreshing change
- Burnley Mon 17th January

• On a hiding to nothing
- Burnley Fri 14th January

• Ducking and Diving
- Burnley Fri 14th January

• A massive decision for the future of the club
- Burnley Wed 29th December

• Ralph Coates - with Clarets Mad
- Burnley Fri 17th December

• The heat is on
- Burnley Fri 12th November

• Pride, Passion, Belief
- Burnley Wed 4th August

• Reflections on Deflections
- Burnley Sat 24th July

• Marc takes a Burnley scarf to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro
- Burnley Wed 23rd June

• The club that dared to dream
- Burnley Sat 12th June

• The Premier League's Unwritten Rules
- Burnley Fri 14th May

• The final curtain
- Burnley Fri 14th May

• A kitchen sink drama
- Burnley Fri 30th April

• Reflections on a season
- Burnley Wed 7th April

• Have We Suffered From Premier League Naivety?
- Burnley Fri 2nd April

• That sinking feeling
- Burnley Fri 2nd April

• The Rovers' Return
- Burnley Fri 26th March

• It's a cheats game at the moment
- Burnley Thu 4th March

• The mouse that roared
- Burnley Fri 29th January

• The Theatre of Dreams
- Burnley Thu 21st January

• From darkness must come light
- Burnley Thu 7th January

• Same dream, different regime
- Burnley Wed 6th January

• It was fifty years ago ...
- Burnley Fri 30th October

• It was fifty years ago ...
- Burnley Sun 18th October

• Old Scores To Settle
- Burnley Sat 22nd August

• I'm a Burnley fan
- Burnley Sat 22nd August

• This is what dreams are made of
- Burnley Sat 22nd August

• Robbie and the Beast
- Burnley Fri 21st August

• Goal Music
- Burnley Thu 13th August

• My life as a Burnley fan, leading to this moment
- Burnley Mon 25th May

• Clarets seal Final date with destiny
- Burnley Fri 22nd May

• Oh What Fun It Is To See Burnley Win Away
- Burnley Thu 23rd April

• Ade Akinbiyi - An appreciation
- Burnley Thu 2nd April

• Ray Deakin - an obituary
- Burnley Mon 5th January

• The Chairman: Ten years with Barry Kilby
- Burnley Wed 31st December

• The Road to Memory Lane - Doncaster Feb 82 to Dec 08
- Burnley Sat 27th December

• The highs and lows of Brian Jensen
- Burnley Thu 11th December

• Fans team appear on Soccer AM
- Burnley Tue 28th October

• Rambling Syd Rumpo - tells it like it is again
- Burnley Thu 28th August

• Christmas is early this year
- Burnley Tue 19th August

• All signs point to Burnley's arrival
- Burnley Fri 18th July

• Clarets Mad to sponsor Hendy
- Burnley Sat 5th July

• Carolina Railhawks - Jarrett Campbell speaks to Clarets Mad
- Burnley Fri 4th July

• Just like watching Burnley
- Burnley Fri 23rd May

• Eight Years Can Change So Much in Football
- Burnley Wed 23rd April

• First win for fans team
- Burnley Sun 6th April

• A labour of love for Mark and Lester
- Burnley Tue 1st April

• Preston defeat for fans team
- Burnley Sat 22nd March

• New York, New York
- Burnley Sun 3rd February

• Razo's Northern Ireland Diary
- Burnley Thu 30th August

• Leeds United - Gonna be some game
- Burnley Thu 12th April

• Brian Miller remembered
- Burnley Mon 9th April

• Times Change
- Burnley Fri 23rd March

• Ian Wooldridge a Tribute
- Burnley Mon 5th March

• Lights, Camera….. Clarets!!
- Burnley Thu 8th February

• Top six rip
- Burnley Wed 24th January

• A week is a long time in football
- Burnley Mon 23rd October

• Is there any cure?
- Burnley Thu 24th August

• The story of Harry Potts – ‘Margaret's Story'
- Burnley Fri 28th July

• Dave Thomas speaks to Dave Edmundson
- Burnley Thu 23rd February

• A Turf Moor day behind the lens
- Burnley Thu 21st April

• No Place Like Home?
- Burnley Tue 30th November

• Malta Clarets on the increase
- Burnley Tue 16th November

• Chappy
- Burnley Fri 15th October

• Steve Cotterill speaks to Clarets Mad
- Burnley Tue 29th June

• NO NAY NEVER
- Burnley Wed 23rd June

• I want Stan to continue as manager – Kilby
- Burnley Wed 21st April

• Wimbledon FC - The History
- Burnley Mon 22nd March

• Students are notorious for being lazy and hard to motivate
- Burnley Mon 1st March

• September Down Harry Potts Way
- Burnley Thu 2nd October

• Another Burnley Book – Well nearly
- Burnley Fri 26th September

• Clarets Mad catch up again with Simon from Wimbledon
- Burnley Fri 26th September

• It's Burnley, not Barcelona – The Review
- Burnley Thu 4th September

• Time for change
- Burnley Wed 3rd September

• Kilby goes Mad
- Burnley Fri 13th June

• A day in Wimbledon with the London Clarets
- Burnley Sun 4th May

• Clarets Mad meets Womble Simon Wheeler
- Burnley Thu 26th September

• Poisoned by a McKoppel Takeaway
- Burnley Wed 25th September

• The Phoenix League
- Burnley Mon 10th December

• Football and the television - what's going on?
- Burnley Mon 19th November

• BIG MONEY - BIG RISK
- Burnley Wed 31st October