Oppos Viewpoint – Burnley

A bit about you:

Name:   Peter Pike, Chair – Clarets Trust

Current home town:  Burnley have lived there most of my life and was MP for Burnley

Birthplace:   Ware  Hertfordshire  – but my mother came from Burnley

How long have you supported your team?  Since 1946/7

Overview of your club

Favourite thing about your home ground:   Integral to town been our ground since 1883 is next to Town Centre

Favourite match played by your team & why:  Against Spurs at White Hart Lane in 1960s when we fought back to draw 4 – 4   The two greatest teams playing great attractive football.

Favourite player of all time who played for your club:  Jimmy McIlroy – but he had a great team to play with

About our forthcoming match against you:

Your favourite current player in your squad and why?   Ings – scoring some great goals

Player in your squad we should most fear and why?   Trippier great in defence and moving forward and delivers precision passes forward time after time

Player in our squad you most fear and why?  Several!

Where do you think you'll finish this season?  After start we have had hopefully in automatic promotions spots but we have a small squad so can be vulnerable to injuries etc., – at worse in play offs

How do you think you'll do against us?  Tough one to call and would settle for a draw but on our day we can take it