BURNLEY fan Iain Beattie proved he was a true Clarets supporter by getting to the match despite having two bandaged feet.

And although his team crashed to a 5-2 defeat by Reading, he said it was still worth all the effort.

The 45-year-old season ticket holder had an operation on Thursday to remove extra bone which was growing out of both his big toes.

But he was so determined to see Burnley play at Turf Moor on Saturday he organised his day out within hours of leaving hospital.

He managed to arrange transport from his home in Crosshills, near Keighley, borrowed a wheelchair and got disability seating at the ground for the game.

Iain, a member of Colne Clarets, usually has a front row seat at Turf Moor.

He said: "I can't put any pressure on my toes and they are both bandaged up, so if I'm using crutches. I have to walk on my heels, so I managed to borrow a wheelchair off someone.

"I have to keep the bandages on for two weeks, so the away game at Coventry could be a problem, too, but I am hoping to get there.

"Burnley did not play well and it was a bad score but it is always worth going to see them whether they win or lose.

"I'm just hoping that if I get to the next match they play better."

Iain, who works as a quality technician at MB Aerospace in Burnley, goes to the majority of home and away games.

He said: "A little thing like not being able to walk would not stop me."

He has supported Burnley since the age of nine when he used to go to the game with his uncle and, in the same tradition, he now takes his nephew.

His sister, Ann Greene, said she thought her brother must be one of Burnley's most staunch supporters.

She said: "When he had the operation we were all placing bets on whether he could get to the football.

"We thought he wouldn't possibly get there but he somehow begged a wheelchair and rang the club to have disabled seating. He won't miss it for the world."