Burnley broke by way of the 100-point mark on the ultimate day of their Championship-winning season due to a snug 3-0 win for Vincent Kompany’s staff over Cardiff.
The victory featured objectives from Josh Brownhill, Scott Twine and Ashley Barnes, the 33-year-old striker making his final look for the membership after almost a decade at Turf Moor.
The day marked the top of a wildly profitable marketing campaign for Burnley, relegated from the Premier League 12 months in the past, who will return there with 101 factors, essentially the most within the division since Leicester gained the Championship with another in 2014.
The trophy presentation adopted the ultimate whistle as new minority proprietor JJ Watt, the previous American soccer star, have been amongst these house followers celebrating.
It additionally capped a productive spell for Burnley possession who, on Friday, signed Kompany to a brand new five-year contract.
Chelsea are only one membership to have been closely linked with a transfer for Kompany, on the again of the previous Manchester City captain’s achievements in revitalising Burnley.
They misplaced simply one among their final 26 league video games in storming to promotion with seven video games nonetheless remaining.
Kompany and his gamers loved a deserved lap of honour after their remaining sport of a season by which they solely misplaced thrice and gained 16 of their 23 league matches at Turf Moor.
The remaining victory was by no means doubtful from the second Brownhill tapped the ball over the road at hand the hosts the lead in weird trend after 27 minutes.
Defender Andy Rinomhota saved the ball in play as he tried to dispossess Anass Zaroury by pushing it into his space together with his palms.
That enabled Zaroury to cross the ball for Brownhill to attain from shut vary, regardless of Cardiff protests.
The guests, who began the day 5 factors above the relegation zone, have been additionally answerable for Burnley’s second purpose which put the end result past their attain 4 minutes later.
Brownhill’s cross was met by defender Mahlon Romeo who chested the ball into the trail of Barnes and he buried a superb first-time end.
It marked a preferred, and becoming finish to Barnes’ Burnley profession as he leaves them sure for the Premier League, the place he himself spent seven of his 10 seasons with the membership.
In the second half it shortly turned merely a query of what number of the rampant Clarets would rating, with Twine losing an early alternative as he raced clear and shot effectively over.
He made no such mistake after 58 minutes, nonetheless, when he lodged a superbly-hit right-foot free-kick from the sting of the field into the Cardiff internet.
And Kompany’s resolution to take Barnes off after 75 minutes, ensured he obtained a rousing send-off from house supporters.
