We Bored Our Way To The Premier League - Brownhill

Incredible. Boring. Record-breakers. Special. Those are each nan words that person been utilized to picture Burnley connected their measurement to winning promotion to nan Premier League this season.

Captain Josh Brownhill himself moreover joked that Burnley person "bored our measurement to nan Premier League" aft nan 2-1 triumph complete Sheffield United connected Monday evening confirmed their return to nan apical flight.

Brownhill was referencing nan truth nan Clarets are group to go nan champion defence successful Championship history having conceded conscionable 15 goals this season, smashing nan grounds of 30 goals allowed by Watford successful 2020-21 and Preston successful 2005-06.

They person besides kept 29 cleanable sheets, beating Wigan Athletic's EFL grounds of 27 successful League One successful 2017-18.

With 12 goalless draws and 15 of their 26 wins by a one-goal margin, Scott Parker's broadside has been mostly built connected singular protect stableness and consistency.

But that takes thing distant from nan truth Burnley are connected people to scope 100 points and lucifer Reading's grounds 33-game unbeaten tally successful nan 2nd tier group successful 2005-06, should they triumph their last 2 games against QPR and Millwall.

Top goalscorer Brownhill led by illustration astatine Turf Moor against nan Blades - arsenic he has done for overmuch of this play - pinch 2 goals to thief his broadside to nan triumph that sealed Burnley's spot successful nan Premier League for nan 2025-26 campaign.

"I'm speechless. All that difficult activity this season," nan 29-year-old told Sky Sports.

"We've been written disconnected truthful galore times, group calling america boring. We've saturated our measurement to nan Premier League.

"It takes a full squad - it's not conscionable a backmost four, a goalkeeper, it takes everybody.

"I don't deliberation a batch of nan lads will sleep. I'm truthful buzzing for nan lads that haven't played Premier League football."

Head coach Parker said nan "ambition and target astatine nan commencement of nan play was to get backmost to nan Premier League".

"We've managed to do that truthful I'm hugely proud of nan squad," he told BBC Radio Lancashire.

"It's travel down to real, axenic committedness from each 1 of nan players, their dedication and nan sacrifice that they've made, that leads america to this point.

"I explained to nan lads location is emotion from maine because I spot nan committedness that everyone has brought.

"We unrecorded successful a world wherever you triumph aliases you suffer and you get judged and astatine nan extremity of nan play you're either promoted aliases not and that's really quickly group will judge it.

"I'm conscionable delighted that each that work, each that effort, each that sacrifice has been worthy it and group tin spot it. The facts are if you don't get promoted group tin spot it."

Parker was appointed Burnley leader successful nan summertime pursuing 15 months retired of management, having been sacked by Belgian broadside Club Brugge successful March 2022 aft conscionable 12 games successful charge.

The 44-year-old said his 3rd promotion arsenic a head intends "everything" and said nan travel Burnley person been connected is "nothing short of incredible".

"This 1 feels special," he told Sky Sports, having antecedently won a spot successful nan apical formation pinch Fulham and Bournemouth.

"I've had immoderate bumps successful nan roadworthy arsenic a manager, not to make this astir me. I decided to return a twelvemonth retired and came backmost to this, I knew it would beryllium a challenge.

"The spotlight often shines connected nan players and myself but nan sacrifices that families make - they afloat merit it."

There are only 2 games of nan play remaining but pinch some Leeds and Burnley tied connected 94 points, Parker says they are still aiming to triumph nan title.

"We are going to spell for it," Parker said. "That's nan purpose and that's precisely what we are going to do."

Burnley president Alan Pace described Parker arsenic a "living legend" who has "outperformed thing he could person perchance said" earlier he was hired.

"He's shown aggregate times that he knows really to grip this convention and really to bring a group of men together and execute awesome things," Pace told Sky Sports.

"Even erstwhile location was negativity astatine nan commencement of nan play from others, it ne'er stopped him.

"He's astonishing and we are so, truthful grateful, thankful and blessed to person him here."

Midfielder Josh Cullen said promotion feels "absolutely amazing" and added: "This is simply a time I'll ne'er forget."