Burnley are on their way to Wembley after comfortably disposing of Reading in the Championship play-offs. Nothing against Sheffield United but I’d like to see the Lancashire club return to England’s top flight. They haven’t been there since I was a little kid so I suppose my reasoning is partly nostalgic.

However, Owen Coyle appears to have done a fantastic job since he left Perth for England’s North West. He also has a number of Scottish players there: Graham Alexander, Steven Caldwell, Kevin McDonald and the injured Russell Anderson.

I haven’t seen Burnley play this season but I understand they are a good footballing side and look forward to watching the final. It should be an interesting game against Sheffield United who I thought looked quite powerful and direct in their deserved win over Preston.

I was also amused this week by the following clip featuring a disabled fan celebrating Alexander’s first leg penalty against Reading. It reminded me of an old Alf Garnett sketch and there is the added coincidence that both support teams that play in claret and blue.