“… Burnley had just beaten promotion rivals Watford 2-1, a scoreline unreflective of the home side’s superiority. Both clubs were at the beginning of the Championship’s un-festive, five-games-in-15-days Christmas and New Year fixture special. The home fans witnessed a sixth win in eight games and had been given fresh evidence of a team that captain Josh Brownhill tells The Athletic is ‘gelling more and more… getting stronger and stronger’.All in claret and blue could look forward with confidence to the next game – Sheffield United away. …”
NY Times/The Athletic
