ALAN PACE: 'We're top of the Championship.
It's been a long, long road.
But there's so much more still to be done.
There's this unknown.
Is something gonna happen?
Is it going to all drastically change at any moment?
We are in a good position, but at the same time...
..people keep trying to knock you off your perch.
We need to keep going and stay calm.'
(TITLE THEME)
* I *
* I need you *
* I won't give up *
* I won't give up. *
(CHEERING)
(MUSIC ENDS)
Morning.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER AND LAUGHTER)
ALL: Ohhh!
(WHISTLE BLOWS)
PUNDIT: 'And the Championship is back in full swing
after the World Cup break.
Reports are linking manager Vincent Kompany
with the Belgium job, after their dismal showing in Qatar.'
(SHOUTS)
'Kompany is surely going to be tempted if offered a big job.'
-Fuck off! -Come on!
REPORTER: Speaking of Belgium, it wasn't probably the World Cup
that you or they would've hoped for.
Obviously now without a manager, as well,
people will throw your name into the mix.
Maybe it is something you might look to do in the future,
-international management. -No, but, you know,
I've had to think about how I'm gonna position myself
when these questions are asked. I'll try and give you an answer
in the future when you ask me about whether
I'm worried about my position and all these kind of questions.
You get it both sides, right? You get worried about your position
and rumours about the other club as well.
I think the way I'm gonna handle it in the future,
what I'd like to do is just not even answer questions about speculations.
It was true. You know, I mean,
the Belgian FA wanted him.
But he wasn't going anywhere. I mean, so...
It's like you're in a relationship
with the prettiest person...
..in town and everyone's gonna try and lead them away,
so... long may we last together as long as we can.
COMMENTATOR: 'And the Championship is back in full swing.
It's first against second in the League
as Burnley, fresh from a 3-0 win against QPR, host Middlesbrough.
Burnley will need to show they're up to the test
over this busy festive period if they are to have any ambitions
of an immediate return to the Premier League.
Still trailing to Middlesbrough 1-0.
The home side need to find a way back into the game.
Benson drops the shoulder,
comes inside, scores! What a goal!
Played in by Benson.
Oh, it's gone all the way in! And Burnley lead!
And Rodriguez was in there!'
-Whoo! -'3-1!
And Burnley will feel they've got some breathing space
now in this game.
Oh, that's a shocking challenge on Twine.'
(CROWD SHOUT)
'Twine having to come off.'
-(WHISTLE BLOWS) -'A Benson double.'
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
'And it's now two wins out of two
since the World Cup break for Burnley.'
Yeah!
-Oh! -Yeah!
(ALL CHEERING)
Aghh!
Vince has instilled into this team,
and into kind of the whole organisation,
the sense of gelling, that coming together.
'A wet and windy Turf Moor plays host to Burnley
and their visitors, Birmingham City.
Benson. Spots Roberts on the overlap.
Cut back. Zaroury!
1-0 up within a minute!
What a start for Burnley! Anass Zaroury!
Roberts. Good touch. Oh, that's a terrific finish.
Connor Roberts. Tella's run clear here.
Cuts across his man! Has he got the finish?'
(CHEERING)
'It's three!'
PUNDIT: Vincent, a 3-0 win, clean sheet, the 50-point mark.
-Is that a perfect night? -VINCENT: Goals at Turf Moor
are a good way to send the fans home during the festive season.
'Burnley are three points clear at the top.'
How big of a party?
On the balcony? No!
-How? -Well...
Like, leave him inside up top?
No!
-Have you been a good boy? -Yeah.
Keep scoring goals.
'Comes inside. Looks for the shot. Blocked on the line.
It's come off the keeper. It's in!
Cullen with a goal! Stoke City 0, Burnley 1.
A huge result to end the year on
and they go three points clear of Sheffield United.'
We get to continue
this little something we're on now, this little journey we're on.
It takes a lot of hard work.
PUNDIT: 'The first team, they have that momentum.
The way they're playing is obviously exciting,
it's really reinvigorating the fans here at Burnley.'
-What do you say? -Thank you.
Alright, pleasure.
'Burnley versus Coventry City.
Burnley have won all of their last six League games.
Gudmundsson with the corner.
Oh, it's a free header and it's there!'
(CHEERING)
'A wicked corner from Gudmundsson.
Burnley have left it late but take all three points again.'
Alan, did you expect to be where we are at this point of the season?
I think our expectation was to be in the top six,
but our excitement is to how we're doing now.
So we're still cautiously optimistic that we can continue
to keep it in the momentum cos I think they're doing a great job.
So, no, it'd be very naive to say,
"This is what we expected. We were always hoping..."
-We'd be lying. -(LAUGHS)
RADIO: '..the winter transfer window opens, we'll keep you up to date
with all the comings and goings across the leagues.'
'We've gotta get to Spurs cos Jamie O'Hara is here with us,
and last night, we didn't think...'
(INDISTINCT VOICE ON PHONE)
Yeah, so we will begin...
Yeah, I'll instruct our lawyers to draft the transfer agreement.
We've still not agreed personal terms with the player, so...
ALAN: 'Transfer windows are the two periods in the year
that we are able to actually bring in and exit players.
They are during the summer for a number of weeks
and then in the winter for about four weeks.
The winter periods for windows are hard. You tend to only get
players that are either unhappy and not playing somewhere
or are completely locked in.
It makes it difficult to get a deal done.'
Yeah, no, it's fair. Cheers. Bye.
We have an injury at centre-back.
So we're gonna take a centre-back.
Hopefully, we'll be done with that
here in the next few hours, maybe tomorrow.
We can, er, kick back...
I've got Ameen.
-You alright? -I'm doing fine.
-Good to see you. Good flight yesterday? -Yeah.
-Long day with the medicals? -Yeah, I'd just landed.
-Long day. Everything OK? -Everything went fine.
Good. Good. So we've got, uh,
-Home Office for your visa application at 9:30. -OK.
So we'll get some breakfast, get a drink now.
As soon as they're here, we'll get that done.
Then there's some more, erm... screenings from physical tests
that sports science need to do. And hopefully by 11 o'clock,
we'll be in a position to get all the paperwork signed,
submitted and for you to play in the squad tomorrow.
-OK. -OK? Top man.
-Thank you. -Cheers.
Out. One, two, three. Inside. One...
-Kev, is the boardroom free? -Yeah.
Player care. We want to sit down and talk about
where you want to live, the type of apartment or house,
whether you want to be in the city centre, in the countryside,
and she'll arrange for you to have various viewings
of apartments next week or the week after.
-You OK? -I'm good.
-Body's good? -Everything's good.
-The blood is good? Yeah? -Yes.
I'm just conscious of time. Sorry to rush.
Oh, no, no. We want more money.
-(ALL LAUGH) -You can want.
Leave it on. I'll get a pay rise, saving money.
Everything's good club to club. I just need the player contract.
These are prints of everything that we've already approved.
Yes. 100%. That's fine.
Do we trust them? We trust them? Yeah? OK.
-Erm... -I haven't got the time to...
I haven't got time to start changing things.
No, Matt's been very helpful.
Other than the playing contract,
the next most important document for a player is the bonuses.
-Where we are in the table, it's that much per win. -Yeah.
And that much per draw.
That applies to everyone in the starting 11
and every substitute that's used.
If you're an unused substitute, it's half.
If we're in the Premier League...
-Sorry, when we're in the Premier League... -Yeah.
..the bonuses will be, from point one to ten,
it's that much per point. 11 to 30, that much per point.
-31 points plus. So times by three when you win. -Yeah.
-So it's the same for every... -Every player across the entire club
is on the same. I'll just go through it.
-That's you done. -Thank you very much.
You hold that side of the shirt and then Vinnie's gonna stand here
and hold that side of the shirt! Now you've got it!
Lovely. Then you can do a shake your hands one.
I'll take that. Perfect.
-Thank you, Vinnie. -Thank you.
-Ameen, welcome again. -Thank you.
Keep that smile on your face. Enjoy.
-Thank you. -Bye.
NEWS: 'From the classroom and on to the picket line.
Today marks the first of 16 strike days at schools in Scotland.
Teachers in England and Wales...'
ALAN: We'll get it for you guys up on the screen,
he'll plug it in and...
-How we doing? -Good, good, good.
George, can you do me a favour?
Do you know there's like a stats page with all the scores
that the analysts use? You might know which one that is.
And you can see all the results run yellow to green to red,
based on winning and losing, you know?
What I'm saying is, this is, for me, predictable because
I can play four different formations in one game now.
I can change six different pressing systems, six different...
Nobody really notices it to the naked eye,
but we change four or five times per game
and the players understand it.
But before they get to this level of understanding,
you're four months deep, five months, six months deep.
We talked about this before. Our break point is 120 sessions
and 100 meetings until we see the cohesion.
120 training sessions, 100 meetings.
That's it. So you can see that process is happening here.
I just went back through when I felt it clicked...
-Yeah. -..each year.
-Roughly around that? -Yeah. Each year.
What we do is, we actually ram information down the throat
and every kind of, you know, opening we can find.
And then in the beginning, it's like,
"OK, lots and lots and lots,"
and then by the end, it just turns into something right.
We're comfortable doing it. We don't have to think about it anymore.
-Player zone? -Yeah.
If you'd like to follow me in.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Yes, lights out.
Look at West Brom, when they press...
..and you will see that back four usually stays quite intact.
They're willing to jump, that's not a problem,
but they're not initially.
And then that line of...
So that line of one, two, three, four is the midfield,
and that line are the two strikers.
They've got this very well oiled.
They don't concede a lot of goals.
They're quite compact, they're happy with what the shape does.
And within the 4-4-2,
they're quite happy to solve a lot of problems.
But this is basically what happens.
Again, it's a very compact, very narrow 4-4-2,
very similar to what we faced against Coventry in the first half.
And then the winger protects the middle,
so if you receive the ball there, they can double up
and they can put pressure really aggressive.
Then as you play the ball back, what's going to happen now?
Bastien, when they play the ball back, what's going to happen?
-We press. -Yeah. So when they play the ball back, it's pressing.
He's ready, he goes. He goes...
It's an honest team is what I said.
Everybody's getting back.
They're getting the numbers back,
they've got pressure on the ball,
they've got some experienced guys who can win headers,
who can put blocks in.
One thing you do have is they're very compact,
they're very narrow and they've got a high line.
They wouldn't like angles, short distances,
little passes, bounce passes.
So when you're in the middle,
keeping the ball a little bit longer
in the middle is not bad against them.
Bouncing with the six is not bad against them.
Pretending to go right, turning, going left
is not bad against them.
Rob, lights.
Boys, let's go.
'Burnley looking to extend their winning streak
to eight in a row.
But they're up against a West Brom side in form, as well,
having won nine of their last ten.'
Vinnie, you're in great form, but so are West Brom,
so how do you see the challenge ahead of you tonight?
Toughest game. Toughest game of the season probably.
'And, yeah, I said it in the press conference before,
I think one of the very few games
where I know we're not favourite.'
Come out with the ball and then fucking duels all over the pitch.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Come on, lads. Come on, then.
That's it, let's go. Boys, form a circle.
Boys, this journey we've been on together.
And I'm telling you now,
the game you're gonna play now against these boys,
forget about the result, do not make it about the result.
Make it about much more than that.
You are fucking wearing the shirt, boys.
It's a fucking privilege.
And the fucking privilege is earned with only one thing.
Blood, fucking sweat and tears. But it's fucking needed.
So all I'm asking, boys, that once you are wearing the shirt right now,
fucking represent us. We don't lose when we're together.
Go represent us with your fucking attitude and your heart.
This is this team, boys. And we go, we beat them,
and we beat whatever comes after, as well.
That's the journey we're on.
-OK, boys? Let's fucking go! -(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
'A battle between two seen as likely contenders for
the promotion prizes at the start of the season.'
(CROWD SING)
'The hosts conceding an early corner.'
'I do think this is an area that West Brom can profit from, set-pieces.'
'Oh, an opportunity and Furlong takes it!
A stunning start for West Bromwich Albion!'
(CHEERING)
'And Turf Moor almost silent.'
'Really poor goal for the home side to give away.'
'Maatsen! And Barnes!'
-(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) -'Offside.'
'Wallace waiting. And so is Dike!
Vital block there by Cullen.
It's crossed again. Brownhill. Barnes!
Oh, on the frame of the goal again.
Good ball for Tella.
Pieters and Darnell Furlong getting there.
That's certainly... The referee is looking at that.'
'It looks like he had been fouled, Tella,
but clearly, by the way the West Brom players are reacting,
-they feel very differently.' -Boo!
'Well, it's been eventful. And it's the team in sixth place
who lead the League leaders at Turf Moor at half-time.
It's Burnley 0, West Bromwich Albion 1.'
I wanna see those replays. What am I missing?
'And a teasing delivery, defended again by Yokuslu.
Was fired in by Tella and now by Benson.'
(CROWD SING)
'Tella's in behind here.'
(CHEERING)
'And an outpouring of joy and relief.
They may just have preserved their unbeaten record.
A change for each side here.
Nathan Tella replaced by Scott Twine,
whose Burnley career is yet to truly start
after difficulties with injury.
Brownhill. Cullen.
Oh, now then, the decision is that
it's right on the edge of the penalty area.'
What?!
'As far as West Brom are concerned, it's the right side of the line.
Twine wants a piece of the action. He would love to truly
get his Burnley career off and running.
The window of opportunity opened wide.'
-Come on, Scott! -Come on, Scott.
'And the end product is absolutely beautiful.'
(CHEERING)
'Well, his Burnley career is finally up and running.'
-(CHEERING) -'Listen to the Turf Moor roar.'
Yeah!
'It is incredibly difficult to get the ball up and over a wall
with pace, to keep it away from the goalkeeper.'
'And the whistle greeted with delight.
Scott Twine...
stealing the headline.'
'All their players went straight up to him after the end of the game.
They'll have known what he's been through.'
(CHEERING AND CHANTING)
Oh-ay-oh-ay-oh-ay!
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(ALL CHEERING)
(ALL CHANTING)
Twiney, you might as well carry on. You give the speech.
Go on, Twiney!
Listen, boys, just one thing and then I will leave.
Twiney, you've got about a minute to find your words
because you will be the one speaking after this.
Listen, boys, erm...
..you know, I'm speechless, I've gotta be honest.
The only thing I can say is, erm,
people like, well, as well as myself,
Jacko, everyone in the staff,
we've been in the game for a long time and these type of seasons,
whether it's Championship, it doesn't matter,
but these type of experiences as a group,
it took us fucking 15 years to happen. You know?
Like, it took me, in my career, 13 years,
and then I had two years of it, what you're experiencing now,
and then it was gone. You know?
That's how precious it is, what you're experiencing now.
So I'm just asking you,
make the effort for the group.
Keep doing it. Keep making the sacrifice for the group
and keep this thing going as long as you can.
If it doesn't work out, fucking hell, we're having a great time.
We fight to have it again. OK?
(APPLAUSE)
Er... Yeah, it's been good.
(LAUGHTER)
I think we've, er, earned our Christmas do.
-We didn't have one in December. -(LAUGHTER)
We've won every League game till now from December
so let's get pissed up on the weekend.
(LAUGHTER)
(APPLAUSE)
(LAUGHS) I told you it was gonna be tough.
Yeah, you weren't kidding. (LAUGHS)
-Keep going. Keep going for the next one. -Keep going.
Like I said, you guys, it took me 13 years
to experience a season like this in my career.
So it's so rare, what they're experiencing now.
They've gotta hold on and protect it. It's so rare.
'Eight consecutive wins for Burnley
take them five points clear of second
and 19 points clear of third.'
I'm sure that Vince isn't thinking about any of that.
-Well, not... -You heard him last night.
He's saying, promotion or not, this year promoted,
winning the League, he's saying outwardly,
"I'm not worried about winning the League."
And then we're working on raising money.
We've re-tooled our club in the January window.
We'll have to do some more in the July window,
but those are kind of all the things we're thinking about.
Alan's onto the swing, talking to investors,
preparation for saying,
"Hey, get in now, cos the train's leaving.
If we do get promoted and win the League, it's gonna be good news."
The investors we had there yesterday couldn't be happier, right?
-KEALIA: Hi. Back again. -(CHUCKLES)
-Good to see you again. -Good to see you, yes.
Good to see you, man. How are you?
-Welcome. You picked a wonderful day. -Thank you.
It's beautiful outside. We love the snow.
It was nice to see some snow last night.
I'm sure you guys didn't like it as much.
-You didn't have that much in Houston. -No, not quite, not quite.
-Can I trouble you for a photograph together? -Sure, of course.
-Alright, ready? -(CAMERA CLICKS)
-So, are you coming in on the club? -I think so, yes.
-You think so? -Yeah, we are enjoying our trip.
-Was that a sensitive question? -I never know how to answer it
just because we have, like, ten cameras.
MORGAN: 'JJ is extremely unique
in terms of our investor base.'
He's one of the most recognisable athletes from the NFL
or maybe in the world. He has, I've been told, 20 million followers.
So that's many multiples of the number of followers
that Burnley Football Club has. He's actually quite smart.
I think football players often get this,
you know, a cliche of, you know, they're just big guys.
And JJ's a big guy, but he also has a big heart and a big mind.
And the good news is he's in for the long haul.
You get a bit of a closer feel for the Barnfield Stand.
That's where most of our noise will come from today.
When you invest in a football club, you're not just investing
in players on the pitch and the manager.
You're investing in history, tradition.
You're investing in the town and the people.
And you wanna honour that history and take that passion
and try and leave it in a better place than you found it.
One of our goals is to try and help tell the story
on a more global level, especially in North America, Mexico.
I'm curious as to, if you could curate that message,
what would you want the world to know about Burnley?
How would you describe this place
and how would you want people to view the club?
Yeah, I think, erm...
First, the way I know this club is it's still,
I can't go past the fact it's still a family club,
as well, you know?
I think we represent, as well, in the north-west,
some of the hard work is core.
You can see the leftovers of the old mills and everything here.
This was a proper working-class area.
So I think the hidden side, because I think our football
gets seen as quite academic,
but none of it matters here without
-an underlying core of just hard-working people. -Right.
(CHATTER)
ALAN: 'I wouldn't call it just simply growing a brand.
I would call it, you know,
enhancing your opportunities with an audience
and helping them to see the potential of what you're doing
and being part of that same journey.
So think about, you know, having a party,
and do you want the party to be just friends and family?
Do you want it to be a block party and it's all your neighbours?
Or do you want it to be a rave?'
And what you're seeing is we want to connect with people
at a completely different level. We wanna throw a rave.
So we start at the very beginning of the season with a full playbook.
And so during, basically, pre-season training...
-How big is it? -It's huge. I mean...
So, how many hours you spend in a meeting room like this?
I would say, in a meeting room during a game week,
we're probably spending...
five hours a day.
It's important, as well, for the players to be around, you know,
and if you can explain to them that you need
-four or five hours of meetings. -Yeah.
When I do my half an hour...
-(BOTH LAUGH) -That sounds a lot better.
I can help you a lot in that capacity. Yeah.
In football, that's a huge amount.
So I think up to this point, we've had, this season,
130 training sessions out on grass,
and then probably 110 meetings or something.
It's simple. I'll talk to you about the three shapes.
I wanna see whoever's on the first side through the middle! Here we go.
PUNDIT: 'When I've had the occasions to watch over the first team session,
the intensity and the work rate,
the ethics and the quality of that is phenomenal.'
The attention to detail that goes in in everything,
'from passing, to running, to making angles.
I feel like they've, sort of, got that down to a tee.'
Anass. Anass to me.
'I open up. Go that way.'
COMMENTATOR: 'He'll find Zaroury with it.'
-(CHEERING) -'Zaroury capitalised!
It's nine successive League wins now.'
ALAN: 'The Championship is an unbelievably brutal,
repetitive grind.'
VINCENT: 'That's our team. You wear the shirt, that's what you do.
You come back, you defend as a team.'
It's Saturday, Tuesday, Saturday, Tuesday.
You have to... Once one game's gone, get on with the next one.
Are you gonna bring us some luck? What are we gonna score?
-2-0. -2-0. I love it.
'It's Barnes.
And that's Tella!
Nathan Tella has won it for Burnley!'
It's tough. We've had to grind out
so many results this season already. You know?
Eyes on the ball! Let's go!
JACK: 'And you just have to have that mentality where,
We have to do it. We have to get through it.'
I think that's just a credit to all of us lads, as well,
is how hard we've been working on the training ground
for that resilience to keep coming and to win every game.
Ah!
Wash what?
Wash me...
(ALL LAUGH)
'Turf Moor today, Lancashire derby action,
with Burnley facing Preston North End.'
'What Kompany's done with all the staff in the first team,
they do a lot of video analysis, give us a lot of information,
and at the start of the season, it was a lot to take on.
I feel like we're really starting to get used to it now.'
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(ALL SING)
'Burnley looking to equal the League record
of ten wins in a row.
That's a decent ball in.
That's Tella, 1-0! Header at the near post.
And Burnley have scored for the 27th League game in a row.
Tella looks to have a shot. Can he get it away left-footed?
It's in! It's Nathan Tella again, who's got his second.
Burnley's football a delight to watch.
It's there for Tella. He's on for a hat-trick.
A hat-trick for Nathan Tella. He is on fire!
3-0 Burnley. And it is Nathan Tella's day.
Burnley the winners in the Lancashire derby.
Three goals to nil. The stadium is bouncing.
That's ten successive wins in the League.'
(CROWD SING)
(MEN SING)
Boys, er...
Yeah, of course, can we give a round of applause for Nathan?
(APPLAUSE)
One week ago, we were going off the pitch crying.
Not crying, but moaning. You know.
But moaning. And seven days later, you scored five goals.
Thank you. Loving that chat.
(LAUGHTER)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(CHATTER)
I think you wanna get, like, a little bit of everything.
You guys have a second?
We got a... We just got a note that, erm,
we're gonna be under a transfer embargo
for filing our paperwork late regarding our accounts.
How did it happen? Why did we miss?
We switched our auditors out.
The workflow of the audit schedule right now
is pretty backed up for auditors, as they've told us.
You know, getting a group to be able to work on this,
and staff, it just didn't start until January.
There's a lot of messaging that we have to do, you know?
The outgoing press.
-We've gotta approach our board. -Yeah.
I will let Vince know, as well,
so that he doesn't get caught off-guard
when he's doing press this week.
RADIO: 'Breaking news from the world of football.
Burnley have released a statement.
"We would like to share with our supporters the disappointing news
that the EFL are placing the club
under an immediate transfer embargo."'
I like to address these things
because we have momentum in everything we do.
So I'll explain to you what happened.
Every club is a limited entity, yeah? So it's like a business.
And in any business, you make...
you have revenues...
Yeah? That's money.
And you have... costs.
Alright? That's to keep it extremely simple.
And at the end of the year, you decide whether you made
a loss...
or a... profit. Right?
At the end of the year, all of this...
you have to go and tell the EFL,
"Hey, look, this is what we've done.
"Look how," you know,
"look at our accounts." And you can prove it.
Now, what's happened is the people who have to put this report together
are usually external firms, like an accountant, accountancy firms.
The guys who filed the reports in the past
were linked to the previous ownership.
New owners came in and said, "You know what?
We're gonna use different guys to file those reports."
And the problem happened here,
as they transitioned to different guys,
they are late presenting the report.
And then if you're late to present the report,
the EFL gives you a little slap on the wrist and they say,
"Well, you cannot transfer then in March."
And then when we file our reports...
..everything goes back to...
By the way, you're the only club in the Championship who's profitable.
Every other club will be there. Alright?
So we move on.
TV: 'Good morning, everybody. There are fresh revelations
over the former Health Secretary Matt Hancock's handling
of the COVID pandemic. The Daily Telegraph has published...'
So, big month in April, right?
We're looking to hopefully lock down promotion.
You have several things that you're chasing.
You're chasing promotion, number one.
Two, potentially to win the League.
And at this point, we're fifth round FA Cup.
The fans would hope for a semi-final place at least,
because that takes us to Wembley.
FA Cup, possibly for Wembley,
which would be good.
'Good evening. Welcome to Turf Moor.
FA Cup fifth round tonight with Burnley facing Fleetwood Town.
A quarter-final place is at stake tonight.'
MAN: I've been Bournemouth. I've been Norwich. I've been every...
-Now we're going to Wembley. -Oh, I hope!
I hope I see you there!
'The winner this evening will find themselves
just one game away from a Wembley semi-final.'
This week, I had a feeling that football is only football.
But fucking life is life.
Guys, enjoy the fucking game and kill them.
'The FA Cup is, of course, a competition steeped in history.
And everyone wants the chance to play at Wembley.'
'It's just so exciting. You talk about the FA Cup as a distraction.
It is not a distraction. It is exciting.'
'Taylor. Good effort. Good save. Tella.
They're keeping it alive. Vitinho with the final touch!'
(CHEERING)
(CROWD SING)
'Burnley are through to the quarter-finals
for the first time in 20 years.'
'It's a good draw for us here, as well, if it comes out.
And hopefully, with the luck of the draw, we can ride it.'
-'What would you want?' -'Anything. Any game. The quarter-finals of the FA Cup.'
'Just avoid Man City away perhaps?'
-'Maybe not Man City.' -'We've had Man City away
a few times, haven't we?'
'With the exception of Man City away, yeah!'
You know, eyes wide open and with the intention to go and win.
Get yourself one more game and you're in Wembley.
The best stadium in the world.
My experience, it's the best stadium I've ever been in,
I've ever been fortunate to play in.
It's the best stadium in the world. One game. One more game.
-'Number?' -'Number six.'
'Number six. Manchester City, the first team out.
And they are at home.
And going to the Etihad will be?'
-'Number eight.' -ALL: Ohhhh!
No way!
(MEN SHOUT)
What did I say?
Believe, lads, believe.
-They're fucking jinxing us! -Don't show that in the documentary!
-Come on, lads! We'll beat them. -Yeah, City, yeah!
(ALL CHEERING)
The draw must have been made.
'Manchester City against the Championship leaders, Burnley,
who will return to Manchester City for Vincent Kompany.'
And in terms of the draw, you get rewarded with a trip back to your old club.
It's a double feeling, you know, because...
it's still very much is my club, you know?
After 11 years and what I've known there.
But I'll be on the other side.
And there's a little bit of excitement about this, but...
I know it's one of the toughest places in world football to go to,
so we'll focus on the Championship first,
and then we'll get the chance to prepare for this game.
What happens is the ball goes back around
and you are doing like this. That's fine.
But you can also just stay there and he stays here.
If the full-back's not coming, maybe I'll play in behind.
If not, I come back to the middle and then, Nathan, you're back wide,
and you stay wide, and you stay wide, OK?
Alright, let's go.
-(WHISTLE BLOWS) -Come on. 30 more seconds. Go!
VINCENT: 'The FA Cup was personally my first trophy in English football.
And I think this trophy has always meant more
than any other club competition in the world.'
One, two, three. Well done.
'Being where we are in the quarter-finals
is obviously a very good achievement for us as a club
to just compete, you know, compete at that level.
My main focus is on getting the best performance
we can have on the day and then we'll see.'
'Welcome to the Etihad, where Burnley are set to play
in their first FA Cup quarter-final for 20 years.'
We weren't expecting to have to
play against Man City until next year.
So the fact that we're going in right now
'is an opportunity to, you know, hopefully,
show that we can compete.'
It's another chance to play a Premier League club.
'In fact, the reigning champion.
So, yeah, of course I want that challenge.'
MIKE: 'It's a question of where do I stand
relative to some of the best in the world?'
And it will be a good metric for them.
It will be a good metric for us as a club
'in seeking to achieve promotion to understand where are we really?
We have nothing to lose. It's just a question of
how hard we're gonna fight. But I'm actually excited for it.'
(MEN SING)
(CHATTER AND LAUGHTER)
'Vincent Kompany returns to Manchester City,
where he won four Premier League titles and two FA Cups.'
VINCENT: 'You cannot come to these type of places
with any show of fear.'
We show full commitment.
And do me one favour, guys.
No matter what,
try to show me that you enjoy this game.
-Yeah? Let's fucking go! -(ALL SHOUT AND CLAP)
-ANNOUNCER: Please welcome back Vincent Kompany! -(CHEERING)
VINCENT: 'It's always a place where I'm proud to come back.
But I'm also proud to come here with Burnley.'
'Here come the teams now, led by captains Kevin De Bruyne
and Josh Cullen. It's top of the Championship
versus second in the Premier League.
And Vincent Kompany embraces his mentor, Pep Guardiola.
We're almost good to go here at the Etihad.
Manchester City against Burnley.'
(CHEERING)
'This will be a real test for Burnley.'
(CROWD SING)
ALAN: 'One of the players the other day, when I asked him
how he was feeling, he said, "Unstoppable."'
(WHISTLE BLOWS)
VINCENT: 'It's not winning without pressure.
Let it hurt.'
CRAIG: Every game's a fucking derby.
Maybe everything's lined up the way we need it to be.
We're ready for the next game. We go and fucking battle.
We go and fucking fight.
We don't fucking change.
I don't feel a trophy between our hands at the moment.
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