AND to think, seven days ago we were all fretting over whether or not the Clarets had enough in them to finish the job off.

Fast forward one week and those doubts have been emphatically brushed aside. Not only have Burnley booked their place back at the domestic game’s top table, they’ve gone up as champions – and with four points to spare.

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Stattos everywhere were quick to hone in on the uncanny resemblance between the Clarets’ league record this season and their vital statistics from the last promotion campaign in 2013/14.

On both occasions Burnley recorded 26 wins, 15 draws and a quintet of defeats, scoring 72 goals along the way and picking up 93 points.

All of which proves precisely nothing, other than the fact that Sean Dyche knows his onions when it comes to getting out of the Championship.

But whereas Dyche will be justifiably proud of replicating his record in the second tier, he will be keen to avoid a carbon copy of the Clarets’ unfortunate experience last time out in the Premier League. Everyone will have their own version of what went wrong in 2014/15, but here are five lessons which need to be learned from last time out.

Lesson One: Recruitment is key. Burnley suffered two disastrous transfer windows last time out. No one was expecting a string of Galacticos to rock up at Turf Moor two years ago, but the likes of Marvin Sordell, Lucas Jutkiewicz and Steven Reid hardly had the rest of the top flight casting envious glances in our direction.

Lesson Two: Post a win early doors. The Clarets took 10 games to register their first victory last time out – a 1-0 win over Hull City. Prior to that Burnley picked up just four points between mid-August and early November. When you’re the bookies’ favourites for relegation, the last thing you want to be doing is playing catch-up from the get-go.

Lesson Three: Score more goals. The Clarets twice broke their own club record for the length of time without a top-flight goal in 14/15. Managing 28 strikes in 38 games was never going to be enough.

Lesson Four: Pick up points against fellow strugglers. Of the eight teams who spent extended periods at the wrong end of the table, Burnley managed just 16 points from the 48 available. Enough said.

Lesson Five: Have quality in reserve. When Dean Marney’s season was ended against West Bromwich Albion in early February, so was the Clarets’, with David Jones being the only recognised central midfielder at the club.

Here’s hoping for a successful 2016/17. In the meantime, bask in the glory of being champions and enjoy the summer.