BURNLEY fans were today celebrating the famous cup win at Chelsea.

  • Sales up

Clarets officials confirmed there was an immediate increase in shirt sales at the club shop todday, particularly those with Ade Akinbiyi and Brian Jensen’s names on.

They added that there had been ‘quite a few’ ticket sales since the win, which they expected to increase once the travelling fans recovered from their celebrations.

  • Alastair Campbell

Alastair Campbell hailed Burnley’s Carling Cup win as one of his ‘best ever moments’ as a lifelong Clarets fan.

The 51-year-old former spin doctor, author and journalist was at Stamford Bridge to witness Burnley’s success.

He said: “I would say it is right up there in terms of Burnley experiences in my lifetime, partly because Chelsea are such a massive club and also because they put out a proper team with some of their best players.

“I’m really proud of our players and I thought they were absolutely brilliant — and when it came to the penalties we didn’t bottle it.

"If we get Blackburn Rovers in the next round that would be hunky dory.”

  • Clarets Clouter

A Burnley butcher celebrated his team’s heroic Carling Cup win — by inventing new sausages.

George Heys, who runs a butcher’s shop in Lyndhurst Road, today unveiled his unique Clarets Clouter bangers, so called because they’re “little sausages with a big kick”.

Mr Heys, 55, who runs his business with his wife and son, has blended Lancashire pork with paprika, chili, sage and mustard seed to form a prime sausage to take its place among his other efforts, including the Towneley Taster and the Worsthorne Nibbler.

“It all came together this morning after the game,” said Mr Heys.

“If customers like it, we will carry on selling it.”

  • Fans around the world

One Clarets fan, in Houston, Texas, explained on a message board how they are celebrating having ‘bragging rights’ despite feeling slightly ‘isolated.’ And the supporter said the team should now have ‘no fear’.

Another message from a teacher in Mexico described how they were up at 4am to follow the match.

They joked the content of their classes for all age groups today would be the history of Burnley FC, with a section showing photographs from the match and a special Clarets homework assignment.

Lancashire Telegraph deputy editor Alan Simpson’s 17-year-old daughter Hannah broke the news of Burnley’s sensational win to Iraq.

She was keeping her elder brother Mark, serving with the RAF in Baghdad, in touch with what was happening in the game on Facebook.

And as soon as Burnley’s goalkeeper saved the vital penalty Hannah sent a victorious message.

Mark’s reply was: “Thanks Hannah, it’s fantastic. You have just broken the news to Iraq!”

  • Facebook

A Facebook group dedicated to celebrating the win, was set up just hours after the event. It is called Who are Chelsea??? We’re Burnley...Super Burnley...From the North!!!

It says the ‘gates opened to a whole new era of football for Burnley Football Club’ and features further messages of support as well as links to TV pundits’ reactions.