His Burnley career may have only lasted two years over a century ago but the impact of former Claret Jimmy Hogan on European football is huge.
We might still be looking for our first win of the season but in the last half hour of Saturday’s defeat to Arsenal there were plenty of positive signs.
Burnley fans got their first glimpse of new record signing Maxwel Cornet but he couldn't prevent them from falling to a 1-0 defeat to Arsenal at Turf Moor.
THIS all feels like it’s a bit in vain doesn’t it?
IT MIGHT not have been the most attractive game of football – and that’s putting in mildly! – but the point at Newcastle was another splendid result for the Clarets.
FROM the doom and gloom of a few weeks ago, we’re now – only half-jokingly – talking about another European campaign.
THEY say that patience is a virtue and in Matej Vydra’s case, he’s had to be more patient than most to get his chance.
I GUESS they always say there’s never a dull week in football and despite the Clarets having a week off for the new mid-winter break, we haven’t got through it without incident.
I DON’T know why but I’m always so surprised how upset fans - and now managers - of so-called bigger teams get when they don’t get their own way against Burnley.
SO the cup run I was hoping for hasn’t materialised but I’m not sure where all the negativity came from last weekend.
