WHAT a day we had on Saturday. From a personal point of view it was the most amazing day in FA Cup history.

The top three teams in the Premier League all beaten and who would have believed it? Not me, or thousands of other fans.

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To me that amazing day in the FA Cup just tells a story that this old trophy is the best cup still being played for in the world.

Can you believe lots of Premier League teams have been knocked out and we have only just completed the fourth round?

The manager of Chelsea, Jose Mourinho, who was asked after being knocked out by the Bantams of Bradford, He had the decency to go into their dressing room to congratulate them on their 4-2 victory.

I am sure he had to swallow his pride for he has not been known for his generosity.

Obviously, I have not mentioned Burnley Football Club as they have had a weekend off and I’m sure the manager will have been busy down Gawthorpe getting his squad ready for the run-in to the Premier League season.

Everyone I have spoken to has asked me the same question: will we survive? Well, as Gloria Gaynor used to sing in that song I’ll say ‘we will survive’.

Joking aside I’m confident we will stay up.

Now then, our neighbours who are currently in our shadows had a dig about our gate on a freezing cold night against Spurs in the FA Cup at Turf Moor.

Well the ball is in their court now after 5,928 turned up at Ewood Park for their match against Premier League opponents Swansea.

What goes around comes around.

I was saddened to hear that Ian Towers, who played in the club for the 60s, has died.

He was the first sub for Burnley and no guesses who he replaced?

It was yours truly.

Rest in peace Ian, you were a great servant to the club.

Next up we are away at Sunderland and this is a game I feel we can win.

Sunderland are right down there with us and I’m sure that the players do not need to be told how important it is for them to turn up on the day.

Their vocal backing will play a big part in this game and the Clarets have got a great following making the trip to the Stadium of Light.

In my playing days the playing staff at Burnley was around 80 per cent north east lads, and they couldn’t understand my Irish twang when I spoke.

I had to sing what I wanted to say, and I was a terrible singer believe me, but I had to sing to the coaches like Harry Potts, Joe Brown and the rest just so they could understand the point that I was trying to make.