"League. Despite the defeat, Burnley finished in seventh place, their best finish in English football since 1973–74. This meant they would be entered into the second qualifying round of the Europa League, their first competitive European football campaign in 50 years. Their strong finish led to manager Sean Dyche and defender James Tarkowski being nominated for the Premier League Manager of the Season and Premier League Player of the Season awards respectively. Stoke City were the first team to be relegated to the EFL Championship when they lost 1–2 to Crystal Palace in their penultimate game. Although Stoke were only"
"their best finish to a top flight season since a sixth placed finish back in 1974. Dyche grew up in Kettering, Northamptonshire. His father was a management consultant for British Steel Corporation, working in Egypt, India, and Corby. He has two brothers. Dyche and his wife Jane have two children. Chesterfield Bristol City Millwall Northampton Town Burnley Individual Sean Dyche Sean Mark Dyche (; born 28 June 1971) is an English former professional footballer, who is currently the manager of Premier League team Burnley, a position he has held since October 2012. During his playing career, Dyche played as a"
"Sean Dyche Sean Mark Dyche (; born 28 June 1971) is an English former professional footballer, who is currently the manager of Premier League team Burnley, a position he has held since October 2012. During his playing career, Dyche played as a centre-back, making his professional debut in 1990 and representing Chesterfield – whom he captained and scored for in an FA Cup semi-final – Bristol City, Luton Town, Millwall, Watford and Northampton Town. He was promoted with four of his six clubs. After retiring as a player in 2007 he coached at Watford, including a stint as manager between"
"as caretaker assistant manager to Sean McAuley before the arrival of Brian Laws and Russ Wilcox on 6 November 2006. Following Brian Laws' appointment as manager of Premier League side Burnley in January 2010, Billy followed Brian alongside Russ Wilcox and joined the Clarets' backroom staff. Billy Mercer (footballer, born 1969) William Mercer (born 22 May 1969 in Liverpool, England) is an English retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Mercer is currently goalkeeping coach at Burnley. Mercer was born at Cantril Farm in 1969 and joined local club Liverpool as a trainee and turned professional at the age of"
"a team representing The Football League to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care in honour of his mother – who died in 2010 – and his father – who died of cancer in 2011. In June 2014, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree by the University of Ulster. Rodgers speaks Spanish and Italian. His nickname is ""Buck Rodgers"", after the comic strip character Buck Rogers. Swansea City Celtic Individual Brendan Rodgers Brendan Rodgers (born 26 January 1973) is a Northern Irish football coach and former player who is the manager of Scottish Premiership"
"1996 and he then took up his current post as LMA chief executive in July 1996. Barnwell is now a life Vice President of the LMA, and is involved in various businesses related to football. He describes his passion as ' The game, the people in it, and its future General Specific John Barnwell John Barnwell (born 24 December 1938) is an English former football player and manager. He was the chief executive of the League Managers Association. Born in Newcastle, Barnwell first played as an amateur for Whitley Bay and Bishop Auckland before moving to Arsenal in 1955; turning"
"Brendan Flood Brendan Flood is an English businessman and entrepreneur. Through his family trust he is one of the owners and a Director of Burnley F.C. which was recently promoted to the Premier League. In 2009 Flood published ""Big Club, Small Town and Me"" an autobiographical account of his experiences as a director of Burnley FC and its rise to the Premier League. He is also the co-founder of Orlando City Soccer Club. which will join the Major League Soccer (MLS) in Florida USA. Florida will be the home of two MLS franchises following the announcement that David Beckham had"
"Nicky Law (footballer, born 1961) Nicholas Law (born 8 September 1961) is an English former professional footballer and football manager who is currently the Head of Youth Recruitment at Premier League side Burnley. He previously played as a defender notably for Barnsley, Rotherham United and Chesterfield. He became manager of the latter between 2000 and 2001 and later went on to take charge at Bradford City, Grimsby Town and Buxton. Law played as a defender between 1981 and 1997 for Barnsley, Blackpool, Plymouth Argyle, Notts County, Scarborough, Rotherham United, Chesterfield and Hereford United. Law was made Football in the Community"
"Eddie Howe Edward John Frank Howe (; born 29 November 1977) is an English professional football manager and former player. He is the manager of club AFC Bournemouth. A defender before retirement who spent much of his career at Bournemouth, he was the youngest manager in the Football League when appointed Bournemouth manager in January 2009. Howe rescued Bournemouth from relegation out of the Football League in his first season in charge, after the club started the season on minus 17 points, then led them to promotion the next. After a brief spell as manager at Burnley, Howe returned to"
"Cramlington, England. He died on 30 October 2014 in Burnley following a long illness at the age of 85. Joe Brown (footballer, born 1929) Joseph Brown (26 April 1929 – 30 October 2014) was an English footballer and manager. Brown started his career with First Division Middlesbrough, where he came through from the juniors team. He joined Burnley in August 1952, but his time at the club was restricted to just six appearances because of a serious back injury. Picking up a slipped disc in his back at age seventeen, he recovered after the operation to salvage his playing career."
"John Barnwell John Barnwell (born 24 December 1938) is an English former football player and manager. He was the chief executive of the League Managers Association. Born in Newcastle, Barnwell first played as an amateur for Whitley Bay and Bishop Auckland before moving to Arsenal in 1955; turning professional in November 1956. A regular in the Arsenal youth side, gaining England youth and an England under 23 caps, he made his debut for the Arsenal first team against Sunderland on 13 April 1957. Soon after Barnwell was called up for National Service, and did not play again for Arsenal till"
"Borussia Dortmund Liverpool Individual Jürgen Klopp Jürgen Norbert Klopp (; born 16 June 1967) is a German football manager and former professional player who is the current manager of Premier League club Liverpool. Klopp spent most of his 15-year playing career at Mainz 05, before going on to become their longest-serving manager from 2001 to 2008, during which time they achieved promotion to the Bundesliga. In 2008, Klopp joined Borussia Dortmund, leading them to back-to-back Bundesliga wins in 2011 and 2012, as well as the DFB-Pokal in 2012, the DFL-Supercup in 2013 and 2014, and their second appearance in a"
"role alongsided his current management duties of the club's U17 side. ""As of 24 May 2007."" Alan Buckley Alan Peter Buckley (born 20 April 1951) is an English former professional footballer turned football manager. As a player, he was a forward from 1967 to 1987 for Nottingham Forest, Walsall, Birmingham City, Stourbridge and Tamworth. He moved into management and has been in charge of Walsall, Kettering Town, West Bromwich Albion, Lincoln City and Rochdale. He gained renown for his three stints as manager of Grimsby Town between 1988 and 2008, where his accolades have made him the club's most successful"
"national recruitment for 17-23 year olds. Nicky Law (footballer, born 1961) Nicholas Law (born 8 September 1961) is an English former professional footballer and football manager who is currently the Head of Youth Recruitment at Premier League side Burnley. He previously played as a defender notably for Barnsley, Rotherham United and Chesterfield. He became manager of the latter between 2000 and 2001 and later went on to take charge at Bradford City, Grimsby Town and Buxton. Law played as a defender between 1981 and 1997 for Barnsley, Blackpool, Plymouth Argyle, Notts County, Scarborough, Rotherham United, Chesterfield and Hereford United. Law"
"for seven years, scoring 62 goals in 244 games, and is an inductee of the club's Hall of Fame. He finished his career as player-manager of Boston United. Gordon Bolland Gordon Edward Bolland (born 12 August 1943 in Boston, Lincolnshire) is an English retired footballer and manager. A striker, Bolland joined Londoners Chelsea as a teenager, and was a member of the sides which won the FA Youth Cup in 1960 and 1961, alongside the likes of Peter Bonetti, Ron Harris, Terry Venables and Bobby Tambling. Despite this, he only made two appearances for the first team and was released"
"left the club in January 2017, following the sacking of head coach Mike Phelan. Bury Burnley Stan Ternent Francis Stanley ""Stan"" Ternent (born 16 June 1946) is an English former footballer and manager. He managed Blackpool, Hull City, Bury, Burnley, Gillingham and Huddersfield Town. He was a scout for Hull City until January 2017. In his playing days, Ternent donned the colours of Burnley and Carlisle United. He finished his career with Sunderland, but did not make a league appearance for the club. Upon retiring, he became a coach at Sunderland, firstly, then Blackpool, assisting Bob Stokoe. Ternent himself became"
"deceived over her age. Following their own investigations both the English Football Association and the Scottish Football Association cleared him to continue working with youngsters. In 2018 following complaints to IPSO both the ""Daily Record"" and ""Daily Mail"" altered their reporting of the incident with ""MailOnline"" adding an apology to their article reporting his appointment at Grimsby Town. Stirling University Burnley Under-23's Michael Jolley Michael Jolley (born 30 March 1977), is an English professional football coach and football manager. He is the manager of League Two club Grimsby Town. Jolley is a Cambridge University graduate with an MSc in Economics"
"Burnley was promoted into the Barclays Premier League for the first time in 34 years. In late 2011 he resigned this position to take up a new role as Managing Director (and co-founder, with Burnley Director Brendan Flood) of UCFB (University & College of Football Business) located at Turf Moor Stadium. In 2011 UCFB won a FA Football Award for ""Most innovative use of a football stadium on non-matchdays"". In February 2013 UCFB announced its second campus in partnership with Wembley Stadium. In 2014 UCFB relocated from Turf Moor Burnley to The Etihad Stadium Manchester. Both campuses now (in February"
"On 4 December 2018, Downes took over after Neal Ardley left by mutual consent. His assistant manager is Glyn Hodges. Wally Downes Walter John Downes (born 9 June 1961) is an English former football player and manager and coach. He is currently the manager of League One side AFC Wimbledon. As a footballer he played for Wimbledon, Newport County, Sheffield United and Hayes. He was the manager of Brentford between 2002 and 2004. He is the nephew of former world middleweight boxing champion Terry Downes. Downes started out as an apprentice with Wimbledon and was their first ever full-time Football"
"2012, but the following month became manager of Burnley, succeeding Eddie Howe, who had left the club to rejoin A.F.C. Bournemouth. Dyche was named Championship manager of the month for September 2013, and led Burnley to their best start to a season since they were founded in 1882. The team broke a number of long-standing club records, and won promotion to the Premier League, after a four-year absence. Their spell in the top flight lasted only a single season, as they were relegated with two games to spare. On 5 February 2016, Dyche signed a contract extension. Dyche guided Burnley"
"appointed manager of newly promoted National League club Salford City on 14 May 2018 on a four-year contract, after the departures of Bernard Morley and Anthony Johnson. Graham Alexander Graham Alexander (born 10 October 1971) is a former professional footballer who is the manager of National League club Salford City. In a lengthy playing career, Alexander represented Scunthorpe United, Luton Town, Preston North End and Burnley. He also made 40 international appearances for Scotland. For most of his career, Coventry-born Alexander played as a specialist at right back, but was also deployed in defensive midfield, as he did early on"
"Michael Jolley Michael Jolley (born 30 March 1977), is an English professional football coach and football manager. He is the manager of League Two club Grimsby Town. Jolley is a Cambridge University graduate with an MSc in Economics from Downing College and Postgraduate Diploma PGDip/MSc in Sports Coaching at the University of Stirling. Jolley holds a UEFA Pro Licence, the highest-level managerial qualification in association football in Europe. He started coaching in 2004. He has previously held coaching positions at five professional clubs, including Burnley, Nottingham Forest, Crystal Palace, Lincoln City and Crewe Alexandra. He was most recently the manager"
"David Parker (football manager) David Parker (born 27 April 1984) is an English football manager. He was the manager of Birmingham City Ladies in the FA Women's Super League from 2011 to 2016. Aged 26 he became the youngest manager in English football and one of the youngest ever to hold the FA – UEFA A Licence. By the age of 21 Parker had completed his UEFA B Licence and published two articles on the football industry; his first explored the motivational techniques of Brian Clough, (2005), ""A Report on the Motivational Theories of Brian Clough (1935–2004)"", and the second"
"Jerry Gill Jeremy Morley ""Jerry"" Gill (born 8 September 1970) is an English former professional footballer who is currently manager of National League South club Bath City. Despite his late entry into the professional game – he made his debut in the Football League at the age of 27 – and a career-threatening injury sustained five years later, Gill played more than 250 Football League matches, for Birmingham City, Northampton Town and Cheltenham Town, and was still playing in Football League One, the third tier of English football, three weeks after his 38th birthday. He usually played at right-back, but"
"in the first week of February. Luke Medley Luke Anthony Cleve Medley (born 21 June 1989) is a former English footballer who is currently manager of Greenwich Borough. As a junior, he was on the books of Welwyn Garden City, Barnet and Tottenham Hotspur. He joined Bradford City in 2007, and later the same year scored with his first touch in league football. He played on loan for Cambridge City, but left Bradford after just one season to return to London, and re-signed for Barnet. During his time with Barnet, he had loan spells twice at Havant & Waterlooville and"
"Graham Alexander Graham Alexander (born 10 October 1971) is a former professional footballer who is the manager of National League club Salford City. In a lengthy playing career, Alexander represented Scunthorpe United, Luton Town, Preston North End and Burnley. He also made 40 international appearances for Scotland. For most of his career, Coventry-born Alexander played as a specialist at right back, but was also deployed in defensive midfield, as he did early on in his career with Scunthorpe. He is the fourth oldest player to score in Premier League history. He was also a penalty kick specialist. On 16 April"
"role as first-team coach. Under Coyle's stewardship Burnley won promotion to the Premier League. In January 2010, Davis was made caretaker manager of Burnley for a matter of days before joining the backroom staff at Coyle's new club, Bolton Wanderers. During this spell he never took charge of a first team game. He was sacked by the Npower Championship side on 9 October. Steve Davis (footballer, born 1968) Stephen Mark Davis (born 30 October 1968 ) is an English former footballer who played as a defender. He had three spells with Burnley, and has subsequently coached for them. He was"
"John Haworth John Haworth (8 May 1876 – 4 December 1924) was an English football manager. After playing amateur football as a youth, he was appointed manager of Accrington Stanley in 1897. He was in charge of the team for 13 years, leading them to two Lancashire Combination titles, before moving to nearby Burnley in July 1910. His 14-year spell as secretary-manager of Burnley was highly successful and guided the team to an FA Cup victory and a Football League championship. Haworth is the only Burnley manager to date to have won the FA Cup. Haworth was born in Accrington,"
"Adam Hinshelwood Adam Hinshelwood (born 8 January 1984) is an English football manager and former player who is the current manager of Worthing. He is the son of ex-England under-21 and Crystal Palace footballer Paul Hinshelwood. His grandfather Wally Hinshelwood was also a professional footballer. Hinshelwood was born in Oxford and joined Brighton & Hove Albion as a trainee. He turned professional in August 2002, while his uncle, Martin Hinshelwood was Brighton manager. He made his league debut on 10 August 2002 in a 3–1 victory away to Burnley, picking up man-of-the-match honours from the sports press. He made more"
"2015, Wilkin was appointed manager of National League North club Brackley Town. Kevin Wilkin Kevin Wilkin (born 1 October 1967) is an English manager and former professional footballer. He is the current manager of Brackley Town. Born in Cambridge but raised in the Cambridgeshire village of Milton, Wilkin started his career with hometown side Cambridge City, before moving into the Football League and turning professional with Northampton Town. Later spells followed with Rushden and Diamonds, Nuneaton Borough, Cambridge City and Grantham Town, before returning to Nuneaton as player/assistant manager to Roger Ashby in 2004. Following the sacking of Ashby in"
"Tony Burns Anthony John Burns (born 27 March 1944 in Edenbridge, Kent, England) is an English goalkeeping coach and former football goalkeeper and manager. Burns played for non-league Tonbridge Angels before being signed by Arsenal in March 1963. He progressed through the Arsenal youth ranks, before making his league debut against Burnley on 17 October 1964. He went on to be a regular in the side, playing for 24 consecutive league games between October 1964 and March 1965, but conceded 47 goals in his time there and he was eventually dropped in favour of Jim Furnell. He had sporadic appearances"
"June 2011 and July 2012. Whilst manager of Burnley, Dyche has successfully guided the club to two promotions to the Premier League in three seasons, the latter following relegation back to the Championship in 2014–15. Dyche was a youth-team player at Nottingham Forest in the late 1980s, while Brian Clough was manager. When he joined Forest he was and weighed 10 stone, but grew to and 12 stone after a year. He broke his leg early in his career, which Dyche claims held him back. It also left him with a permanent bend in his leg. He left Forest in"
"summer of 2012, Woan and Tony Loughlan departed Watford after Gianfranco Zola's appointment as manager. On 30 October 2012, Woan linked up with former management partner Sean Dyche at Burnley The pair signed a three-year deal. Ian Woan Ian Simon Woan (born 14 December 1967) is an English former footballer and current assistant manager at Burnley. He played as a midfielder from 1985 until 2004, starting in non-league football. Signed by Nottingham Forest in 1990, he played for the club for 10 years, including a spell in the Premier League. After leaving the club he played for a number of"