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• Nickname:Clarets
• Founded:1882
• Manager:Owen Coyle

• Ground:Turf Moor
• Capacity:22,546

Coyle calls for Clarets focus

13 May 2009 - 07:44:22

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Burnley manager Owen Coyle was keen to keep celebrations to a minimum following Tuesday's play-off semi-final victory over Reading.

Goals from Martin Paterson and Steven Thompson ensured the Clarets won the second leg 2-0 at the Madejski Stadium to book their passage to the Wembley final 3-0 on aggregate.

But with Sheffield United standing in the way of a place in the Premier League, Coyle has warned his players that there is still plenty of hard work left to do.

"The prize is a place in the Premier League and that is what everyone wants, but there is no place for celebration yet," he warned.

"We recognise we have not achieved our goal yet. We have earned ourselves a chance against Sheffield United which will be a formidable hurdle.

"But we have now played 60 games, used the least amount of players in the Championship, our average attendance is in the bottom three, our turnover is in the bottom four but we put ourselves on the line for each other and that is what this team is all about.

"We have gifted individuals but we achieve nothing without our work ethic."