THEY say there are no easy games in the Premier League, which might be right to a degree, but when you’ve just played the top eight teams in the table on the bounce, any fixture against a lower placed club is a welcome respite.

In fifty years of watching Burnley I can never remember having such a daunting run in any division. I said at the start of the task ahead I would take a meagre six points from the 24 on offer given the quality of the opposition.

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As it is we fell just one point short of that target, but more importantly, didn’t get thrashed once, gave a good account of ourselves in each and tested our mentality against some of the world’s best footballers.

If that self-same determined manner is maintained in the forthcoming matches when we take on the so called “lesser lights” it will stand us in good stead.

Arsenal had to scrap for the spoils at Turf Moor at the weekend, and it was their similar one and two touch passing adopted by Chelsea, which shone out above anything else.

For me, those are the best two teams that I have seen this campaign, and both deserve to be in their current top two positions.

Our next game at Everton’s Goodison Park pits us against a team that has blown hot and cold. An “Arctic” performance against us will suffice.

Incidentally, for all those dedicated followers of fashion I will be dusting down my 33-piece denim suit, of which the jacket is circa 1968, to commemorate my 41 years consecutive attendance at each and every competitive Burnley game.

As long as I maintain my own personal record it will always get an airing at the first away match after that fateful date on April 10, when the hastily arranged fixture at Newcastle United was eventually played without my knowledge in 1974.

If Gok Wan cares to pop down the road to Liverpool on Saturday he is invited to view a clothing ensemble at the very cutting edge of men’s de rigueur.

It may be more skid row than savile row, but in terms of historical nostalgia it’s priceless.