ANXIETY is the natural state of the football supporter. If there is something to worry about, we'll worry. In fact, if there's nothing to worry about, we'll worry.

Results, league position, squad size, price of pies ... you name it, we worry about it.

So when news broke on Saturday evening that Burnley had taken the decision to sell Turf Moor and Gawthorpe to a private company on a lease-back deal, and that board member Bob Blakeborough would not be standing for re-election at December's AGM, Clarets supporters found themselves with a couple of other things to get worked up about.

The sale of a football club's assets and the loss of board members are usually linked with clubs in crisis. Yet in both instances here supporters fears may be misplaced.

The primary reason to be cheerful is that Burnley FC is now debt-free.

In the words of Barry Kilby, the sale, "enables the club to avoid the crippling effect of capital repayments that were due to commence under the agreement brokered last year."

In other words, no one will be knocking on the doors down Harry Potts Way with a winding up order in the foreseeable future.

The other good news is that the majority shareholder in the private company behind the deal, is none other than the chairman himself.

And given the fact that during his time at the helm, Barry Kilby has consistently acted with Burnley FC's best interests at heart, the fears of most fans should be allayed.

Not only that, but a clause has been written into the deal allowing current or future club directors to re-purchase the assets when funds become available.

Should this mean that the chairman makes a profit on the deal at some point in the future, then good luck to him. Kilby has dipped into his own pocket on enough occasions in the past. Some form of recompense would not be undeserved.

As regards movement in the board room, again, the chairman must be trusted to enrol the services of someone who can somehow benefit the club.

If you're reading, Barry, we'd like a Burnley supporter with very deep pockets who is hellbent on pumping money into the club.

In closing, congratulations to Steve Cotterill and the players on Saturday's victory.

There's no getting away from the fact that it was a dour, scrappy affair. Yet there's also no getting away from the fact that it was our third consecutive 1-0 win, which elevated us to eighth in the table.

Here's hoping we can bring something back from Plymouth next weekend.