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  1. Blackburn Rovers boss Michael O'Neill sits in the Oxford United dugout at the Kassam Stadium

  3. 'Championship will be a competitive league'

    Natalie Bromley
    Fan writer

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    Thoughts that have been dominating my mind this week: my goodness, the Championship next season is going to be tough.

    Let's back up for a moment and recap on Burnley's success story in the Championship. Starting with their first promotion to the Premier League in 2009, the Clarets have spent 10 seasons out of 17 in the top flight, a statistic that is often overlooked. In their past four seasons in the second tier, they have finished first twice and second twice.

    Two of those seasons have ended with points totalling over 100.

    It is perhaps not unreasonable to assume that Scott Parker's side will simply run over the Championship again next season, before their biennial return to the Premier League.

    Except... will they?

    Assuming that Wolves and Burnley are to be relegated in the next couple of weeks, they will be joined by one of West Ham,Nottingham Forest,Leeds or, dare we imagine it, Spurs.Crystal Palace are probably safe now.

    Add to that roster Ipswich,Southampton,Wrexham,Millwall etc - only one of which can get through the last ever four-team play-off - and you have got yourself one heck of a competitive league.

    Burnley's board should be worried, especially as they risk going into that campaign with low morale and a fractured relationship between manager and fan base.

    While we expect that most, if not all, of the current squad will once again depart Turf Moor in the summer, one player I am keen to hold onto is Zian Flemming. With eight goals in 14 starts in his first ever season in the top flight, he can be proud of his step-up. We are most definitely going to need those goals next season.

    Find more from Natalie Bromley at No Nay Never podcast

  4. The four-storey Furness College campus building is a mixture of brown and white cube shapes. The front cube juts over the entrance. There are rows of rectangular windows. There are cars parked and benches in the courtyard on the right.

  5. Pace bowler Mitch Perry tosses a ball up in the air as he walks back to his mark.

  6. Brightly painted eggs at Easter in a cardboard carton.

  7. Edith Rigby shown in a black and white photo. Image payable per use, one use only, no cloning.

  8. Blackpool tower, a crowd gathers outside a church in Prescot and a singer plays a guitar in Bootle

  9. Inaayah Makda, wearing a brown furry jacket and a headscarf, smiles at the camera as she stands next to a water fountain in the shape of a star.

  10. Fans hold a bedsheet banner saying 'The Fans Expect The Best' in a football stadium.

  11. Visualisation of rock headlands along the beach. They are long stretches of grey rocks edging from the steps to the beach towards the sea. Blackpool's coastline can be seen in the background, with the tower to the left.

  12. The Petit Bras of the Seine at Argenteuil depicts a tranquil scene on a winter day on the outskirts of a small, suburban town, portraying two figures by the side of the River Seine.

  13. Stuart Scott and his wife Jill. Stuart has grey hair and is wearing a brown jumper. He is sitting at a dining table in a house while his wife who has brown hair tied back and a cream, grey and black patterned top. She is standing to the side of him bending down with her face touching his. They are both smiling.

  14. Police view debris in a rural garden after the blast

  15. A mixed group of men and women wear a range of Burnley United Football Club's shirts - dark red body, light blue sleeves - or red and blue clothing. They stand in front of a group of red balloons, and bunting of small Burnley United football shirts.

  16. Two pigeons sitting on a stone windowsill.

  17. Small black and white dog strains on the lead outside a polling station, which has a large sign outside.

  18. Blackpool's CJ Hamilton celebrates his winner against Burton

  19. A photo of an EFL ball in the back of the net

  20. Close up of a Lancashire Police parked up close to a motorway in Lancashire.

  21. Sir David Beckham, stands with his wife Lady Beckham, after he was made a Knight Bachelor at an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle, Berkshire. November 4, 2025.

  22. Ormskirk High Street Heritage Action Zone, Lancashire, 2021.