Welcome back to this unique journey with Burnley football club, to provide a quick recap, season one went swimmingly, thanks in no small part to the goal scoring exploits of “King” Kyle Lightbourne, who managed to score 57 goals in all competitions.  Burnley were promoted as champions of Division Two and are now embarking on a similarly long and rigorous campaign in Division 1, with a view to making it to the Premier League at the first time of asking.  

Regarding signings and rules, any player from either Ireland or Northern Ireland can be played at any time, so can any player from a country beginning with B (foreign player rules still apply).  Up to three wildcard players can feature in a match day squad, as long as they are either French or have been signed from the pre-approved Wikipedia rivals list.  After a whole season of transfer dealings, I now have enough players to ensure that each match day squad adheres to the rule requirements, and I only have a few ineligible squad members to offload.

Welcome back, Burnley are set for their final 16 league games, with a place in Division 1 at stake.  The Clarets have been flying so far, after thirty games they have 75 points, 24 wins, three draws and three losses.  

Kyle Lightbourne is on a personal mission to become a demi-centurion, and he leaves it late against Plymouth.  In fact we were complete dross for 74 minutes, fortunately the last 16 were much better, an undeserved home win but a definite Turf Roar moment.

We left the Clarets at the top of Division 2 after 15 games after discovering that Kyle Lightbourne seems to be a little bit of a league two legend.  Unfortunately he has been racking up disciplinary points even quicker than goals, and so come the first of November he will miss three matches

Determined to make the most of his opportunities before his enforced rest period he bangs in four against Wigan, including a hat-trick in four minutes, the first Turf Roar of episode two.

This blog starts with a secret, a secret Santa.  I was gifted this beauty, Burnley’s 1994 Wembley away shirt. Funnily enough, my Irish grandad chose Burnley as his club when he arrived in Lancashire, so I’ve always had a soft spot for them, how did blog squad member @Matt_C_Wills know?

The challenge is obvious, try and win it all with The Clarets, the rules are these:

• I can only sign players from The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland (thanks Grandad) or any nation that begins with a B. (Burnley begins with a B, it’s incredibly innovative.)
• There are a maximum of three wild card slots available in the match day squad, these can be taken up by:

i) Any French player, the Bene and Hot rule, (Burnley is the only team to serve the French liqueur Benedictine topped up with hot water, selling in excess of 30 bottles at each home game, thanks Wikipedia.)

ii) Any random player as long as they have been signed directly from the official Wikipedia rivals list. The Clarets official Wikipedia rivals are Blackburn, Accrington Stanley (not on the game), Blackpool, Bolton, Preston North End, Bradford and Leeds.