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• RT @sniffpetrol: #F1 BREAKING NEWS: Badoer has definitely left the hotel and is on his way to the track. #
• #F1 #BrawnGP Ross more interested in the cricket score than winning the race, typical Brit #
• We are Burnley, Super Burnley. Come on you Clarets! #BurnleyFC #
• 8 down! #ashes #
• 9 down! #ashes #
• Clarke out for a duck, Harmy on a hatrick for the ashes! #
• Swan takes final wicket! Hussey out. We've WON THE ASHES! #ashes #
• Did well to avoid the banana skin of Hartlepool there… #
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• hehe, f1.com Europe race edit radio transmission to Rubens: "Hamilton has f**ked up his stop" http://bit.ly/L2N2G #
• Somebody call the police, Arsenal appear to have been robbed! #

Slightly delayed with writing this up, and it appears I haven’t updated the blog with real content in a while so you’ve had to put up with Twitter weekly updates. Sorry about that, I hope to get some regular posting going soon. For now, enjoy the story below .

Unless you’ve been living under a rock or not reading properly you’ll know by now that I’m a Burnley FC supporter. You’ll also probably be aware that we achieved promotion to the Premier League, the top flight football league in England (and quite possibly the world ), in May.

Well, what a baptism of fire we have had back in the top flight. Playing 4 of the top 5 teams within out first 5 games including Manchester United, Everton, Chelsea and Liverpool along with Stoke right at the very start of the season.

We didn’t have the best of starts, going down 2-0 at the Britannia on our season day opener but I’m delighted to say that things have just got better and better from there. Our Wednesday evening fixture against Man Utd on the 19th was attended by over 18,000 clarets who saw their team come out victorious in a 1-0 win against the champions of English football. I’m also proud to say “I was there” among the fans, cheering the team on to eventual glory. It really was a sight to behold and something that you can’t really describe, literally a cauldron of noise that even the United manager, the legendary Sir Alex Ferguson commented on.

Not only did we beat Man Utd 1-0, we did exactly the same to Everton on Sunday. Two scalps in a week, and people think this division is hard to play in…

We’ve had two excellent results but there is still plenty of hard work to go. However, Burnley seem to be back where we belong . Come on you Clarets!

• Back at the turf watching top flight football feels great. #

• Still alive… don't seem to have much to tweet about these days… #
• #welovethenhs We love the NHS. SImple. That is all. #
• Come on you Clarets! #BurnleyFC #
• We're on Match of the Day, woop woop! #BurnleyFC #Clarets #

• Strange ending to Top Gear tonight… #topgear #
• Season ticket has arrived. Yay! #BurnleyFC #clarets #
• RT @sil: All out for 102. My nan could do better, and she's been dead twenty years. #cricket #
• Good old England, back to our usual quality self… #cricket #ashes #

• #f1 #bbcf1 Brundle grid walk with EJ… should be fun #
• @sniffpetrol Ted Kravitz is actually the Stig #tedkravitzfacts #
• Hamilton ACTUALLY WINS A RACE! #f1 #
• Charity shop looking trophies dished out #f1 #
• Ted Kravitz already knew the result of the GP before it started #tedkravitzfacts #
• #f1 #formula1 RT @sarahholtf1: [...] Breaking news though: Renault are suspended from European GP after Alonso ran with loose wheel #
• Ted Kravitz needs to mobile his army in order to get #tedkravitzfacts as a trending topic… #
• Ted Kravitz actually owns the trademark to the term 'Pit Lane' #tedkravitzfacts #
• http://bit.ly/o8nVa Excellent column by Brundle about Massa and F1 safety etc. #f1 #formula1 #massa #
• http://bit.ly/2IgU7x I'd love to see him back for a final swan song #f1 #formula1 #schumacher #
• Slightly depressing 2-2 draw against Accy… nevermind, get all the banana skins out of the way before the season starts I suppose #Clarets #
• Schumi is back! #f1 #formula1 #ferrari #