Burnley closing in on European qualification
11:00am Tuesday 16th March 2010 in
BURNLEY are closing the gap on Fulham in their bid to qualify for Europe via the Fair Play League – increasing the possibility that they could start next season before the World Cup has even finished.
The latest rankings published this week show that the Clarets remain in with a realistic chance of playing in the Europa League next season – even if they are relegated.
England are currently on course to be handed a fair play place in Europe next season, providing they remain among the continent’s fairest three nations.
They are currently third in the rankings.
Fulham have been the most likely candidates to take that fair play place for some time but Burnley are their nearest challengers and new figures show that they halved the deficit during the month of February, having fared better in the categories of positive play, respect towards the referee and opponents in that period.
Burnley sit sixth in the Fair Play League but Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham and Chelsea look set to qualify for Europe anyway.
Qualification would mean having to start on July 1 in the first qualifying round – 10 days before this summer’s World Cup final.
Comments(10)
Mike Costa
says...
12:33pm Tue 16 Mar 10
Have I got the date wrong? Is it April 1st?
What nonsense the Fair Play League is. Its basically rewarding either ineptitude or those top of the table teams that get away with everything (ie Man U, Chelsea etc).
Thank goodness Rovers wont be taking their eye off the ball in trying to qualify for Europe in this ridiculous way!
philipmorris
says...
1:34pm Tue 16 Mar 10
Last time we were in Europe must be pushing on for 50 years ago!.So long ago a few Accy Pals 9 wotkld War 1 veterans)went on the trips.
Ossy Claret
midas
says...
3:09pm Tue 16 Mar 10
.
When was the last time we went to the IoM?
philipmorris
says...
5:36pm Tue 16 Mar 10
Dont worry we will beheading back there soon!
Ossy Claret
superheavy
says...
10:53am Wed 17 Mar 10
philipmorris wrote:i went when they played in europe and they did very well, not the embaressment of trelliborg and was there when they won the first division , all british lads and all played international, what a team, most of them cost nowt all brought up fromschool lads, yes they had the glory days which i saw
This must be an LT p*** s take. The nearest we will get to Europe is the pre-season Isle of Man Festival, where as per usual we will experience the humiliation of losing to the Manx national team ( bakers, butchers and bin-men etc). Last time we were in Europe must be pushing on for 50 years ago!.So long ago a few Accy Pals 9 wotkld War 1 veterans)went on the trips. Ossy Claret
phoebesgrandad
says...
11:12am Wed 17 Mar 10
philipmorris
says...
12:40pm Wed 17 Mar 10
I d ont give a flying f***k about Trelleborgs or anything else concerning them. What I do have very serious concerns about is our club and its longer-term future with those two ( Kilby and Flood) running it .
We are, believe me, at very serious risk of League 1 football within 5 years. This is no exaggeration.
Ossy Claret
superheavy
says...
8:18am Thu 18 Mar 10
philipmorris wrote:i dont beleive you one bit, there will be a club in burnley in many years to come as others fall by the wayside with vast overspending i am a ossier and am very well known and i mean well known, i know the claret fans and i like lots of others think your a rovers fan in disguise, the way you did not like the name ofTRELLIBOURG gave it away, true claret of supporting for 60 years
Yeah thats right re the 1960s. Just a few questions. Who is wearing that shirt now and how do you think its seen in the wider football world? When was the last time we were in Europe?. When was the last time we produced players like that?. I d ont give a flying f***k about Trelleborgs or anything else concerning them. What I do have very serious concerns about is our club and its longer-term future with those two ( Kilby and Flood) running it . We are, believe me, at very serious risk of League 1 football within 5 years. This is no exaggeration. Ossy Claret
philipmorris
says...
12:21pm Thu 18 Mar 10
I notice you totally failed to answer those very pertinent questions!
Ossy Claret
More Football stories
- FULL-TIME: Burnley 2 Barnsley 0
- TEAM NEWS: Burnley v Barnsley
- Trippier’s ready to put Clarets before any Olympic 2012 dreams
- Howe wants his Clarets to show their true colours at Turf
- Clarets midfielder to be monitored before Barnsley game
- Howe calls for immediate response after Clarets crash to defeat at Saints
- Grant: We’re still good enough for top six spot
- Clarets Blog: Let's hope below par display was a one-off for Clarets
- Poor first half cost Clarets, says manager Howe
- FULL-TIME: Southampton 2, Burnley 0
Most popular
Local Information
Enter your postcode, town or place name
Joey99 says...
12:12pm Tue 16 Mar 10