MANAGER'S OPINION
SKIPPER OF BURNLEY
IT has been a tremendous season here at Burnley
Football Club, and there can be no finer way of
rounding it off than by playing a match against
tonight's visitors Ajax of Amsterdam, a team who
last week won the UEFA Cup.
They are one of the most famous clubs in the game,
and the entertainment they have given people all
over the world has been among the most exciting
the game of football has ever seen.
For us to be able to stage a match against one of
Europe's finest sides is a sure sign of the ways things are going here at Burnley
Football Club.
It would be true to say that just a few short years ago we would never have been
able to dream about a game like tonight's, never mind stage it. But now we have
started to take the first steps along the road to putting Burnley right back on the
footballing map.
We hope that the Fourth Division Championship was just a start, and that it was
success we can build on.
But we are not taking anything for granted and will learn with every game we play.
I cannot say how big a thrill it is for us to have Ajax here at Turf Moor tonight.
When I heard that there was a chance of the game being played I was delighted
you have to be a good side to reach the final of the UEFA Cup, and that's
just what Ajax have done this season.
Since I have been at Burnley Football Club we have had friendlies against good
Russian teams in the shape of Dynamo Brest and Dynamo Stavropol but
tonight's opponents are in a different league, and I am sure that there is a lot
we can learn from them.
It's another fixture we should attract a bumper crowd and I know you will all enjoy
the game have a great night.
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