Burnley secured a place in the premiership after thirty three years without being in the top flight, thanks to Wade Elliott’s 25 yard stunner. Burnley started off pretty shaky in the first ten minutes, with Sheffield United having most of the possession. That was soon not the case as Elliott’s dazzling run against the run of play saw him net an absolute screamer, in the top left corner from 25 yards out, to send 36,000 thousand Claret fans wild. On the 27th minute mark Burnley’s Chris McCann saw his dream shattered as he had picked up a leg injury, he tried to shake it off but was forced to be replaced by Joey Gudjonsson. A few minutes later, Burnley’s Martin Paterson nearly doubled the Clarets lead with a curling effort which went just wide of the post. Fifteen minutes later Burnley had another chance when Steve Thompson’s header just dipped wide of the post. After that it was half time. Two minutes into the second half Burnley won a corner. Robbie Blake whipped a ball in and Steve Thompson’s flick on to Mike Duff almost saw the Clarets score, but it fell too long for him; eight minutes later Burnley had a golden chance to wrap up the win when Steve Thompson’s header squared to Joey Gudjonsson and he flicked it towards goal but Sheffield’s Nick Montgomery’s lucky match saving block, prevented the Clarets to put the game beyond reach. Ten minutes on, Burnley’s Steve Thompson broke the offside trap and squared the ball to Robbie Blake, only for the Blades teenage sensation Kyle Walker to make a stunning block. Blake felt the side-affects of the challenge and was forced to come off for Chris Eagles three minutes later. A couple of minutes later Burnley’s Steve Thompson came off for another teenage prodigy, Jay Rodriguez. Meanwhile the Blades finally put Burnley under pressure with Kyle Walker breaking into the Clarets box, only for Christian Kalvenes to barge the teenager to the floor. Criticized by United’s boss Kevin Blackwell in midweek, referee Mike Dean waved the appeals away, which angered some of the United fans. Five minutes later, one of the fans favourite Chris Eagles set Martin Paterson up, but his shot was blocked by Kyle Naughton, another one of the Blades young prospects. On the eighty minute mark Burnley were being put under pressure by Sheffield, but their day was to turn from bad to worse as their young striker Jamie Ward appeared to handle for the second time in the game as he tried to control the ball, he was given his second yellow of the match by Mike Dean. With the 90th minute looming the Clarets gave away a free-kick in a dangerous position, only for Greg Halford to blast straight into a Burnley player. The fourth official indicated that there would be a minimum of five nail biting minutes for both sets of fans. Burnley were trying to hold the ball up, causing some of United’s players to get frustrated, giving away silly free kicks. The Clarets sealed the win when Martin Paterson kicked for the corner to ensure that Burnley would be playing premier league football next season, playing against the likes of Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and of course the fans favourite, a fierce derby with Blackburn Rovers. After the match Owen Coyle expressed his delight at the club’s victory and pledged his future to Turf Moor, fending off interest from Celtic.
   By Jacob Farnaby age: 11