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Alan's notes ahead of today's game

2024-05-19T10:00:00.000Z

A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN (2024, 12)

Alan's notes ahead of today's game

2024-05-19T10:00:00.000Z

Alan's notes ahead of today's game

Good afternoon and welcome to our final game of the season against Nottingham Forest.

The result at Spurs last weekend was not what we had hoped for, and like you I was bitterly disappointed that we could not retain our Premier League status.

Now that the dust has settled slightly, I have mixed emotions.

Vincent spoke eloquently after the game about the learnings we can take from the past season and using this time for reflection and growth. As he put it, ‘Today the Premier League is over, but tomorrow is a new day to get back.’

And this is how we will approach it; we can’t change what’s happened, but we can learn from it, keep building, working hard and strive for success next season.

Many of you will have heard me refer to the project, I understood when I arrived that success would not come overnight. I know it takes time and that we will face setbacks – that’s the reality not just in football but in life - however we have a young, talented manager, fantastic staff and players who I have full faith in.

I also want to take this opportunity to thank you, the fans, for your unwavering support. Home or away you’ve been there for us, and that means everything.

Stick with us, I truly believe that together we will enjoy good times again.

In some Academy news, I want to congratulate our U21s who won the Central League Cup at Pride Park last week. The team did fantastically well to come back from two-nil down against Derby County to clinch the win on the day and I was pleased to be there to see the squad lift the trophy. Well done, you did us all proud!

Finally, yesterday was a special day as it marked 142 years of Burnley Football Club.

I’m proud to be Chairman of a Club steeped in such rich history. So many of our values today remain the same as they were at our inception, and we will be drawing on this as we begin our next chapter.

As one of the 12 founding members of the Football League we’ve known hard times. We’ve punched above our weight. We’ve enjoyed amazing highs, challenging lows and everything in between. And we’ve done it all the Burnley way.

I am in absolutely no doubt that we will regroup and come back stronger.

Enjoy today’s game and next season we go again!

I wish you all a lovely summer.

UTC!

Alan

@AlanPaceBFC