JACK Cork wants to see Burnley make the most of their unique home advantage at Turf Moor - having been one of the few players to leave East Lancashire with a victory last season.

The Clarets won 10 Premier League games in front of their own fans in 2016/17, but Cork’s Swansea claimed all three points on the opening day of the season.

But Cork revealed it hadn’t been an easy trip, saying the heating had been turned up in the away dressing room despite it being August.

Now the 28-year-old is back in the home changing rooms at Turf Moor he is happy to see any advantage the Clarets can get being used.

Cork spent a season-and-a-half on loan at Burnley in 2010 and 2011, and while the home dressing room is bigger and better now, little has changed for visiting teams.

“They put the heating up when we played here last year! I was sweating in there.”

He added: “They’ve knocked through the home dressing room. “The season I was here or the one after was the one Sir Alex Ferguson complained, wasn’t it? That it was small.

“The home room they’ve knocked through to what was the manager’s office. The physio room is where the changing was and the showers are bigger.”

The Clarets made Turf Moor work for them last season with their home form the basis for survival in the top flight.

And Cork believes the ground can work in Burnley’s favour again this time around.

“Maybe a lot of people in the Premier League aren’t used to a stadium which is a bit slanted and the pitch is quite close to the stands,” he said.

“It is a tough place to go. The fans help and the players make it aggressive on the pitch. It’s always had that reputation.”

The away dressing room is one of the few areas of the club that hasn’t changed in Cork’s time away.

The most striking improvement comes at the training ground, with the £10.6million Barnfield Training Centre a far cry from the facilities on offer when Cork was on loan from Chelsea with the Clarets.

“It’s completely changed from getting changed at the stadium, driving into training to do your work there and then driving back to the gym underneath one of the stands and eating in one of the boxes,” he said of his experiences in 2010/11.

“The new facilities and pitches are really good quality - Premier League standard. It’s good to see how it’s changed.”

Burnley will aim to make sure they remain Premier League standard on the pitch this season, starting with a trip to his former club Chelsea on Saturday.

Cork brings nearly 200 games worth of top flight experience to Turf Moor and insists he won’t be getting carried away this season, however Burnley start.

“It’s a tough league. What I’ve learned is not to get carried away,” the former Swansea and Southampton midfielder said.

“I’ve been at clubs before where you’ve had a good start or good season before and you set ridiculous targets. They’re just not doable. For us to stay up and improve would be a great year. We really need to fight and go from there.”