Burnley Turf Moor 5/10/2024 https://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/ MANAGER please log in to view this image Scott Matthew Parker (born 13 October 1980) is an English professional football coach and former player who is head coach of EFL Championship club Burnley Fulham 2018–19: First-team coach and caretaker manager Shortly after his retirement from playing, Parker returned to Tottenham Hotspur, coaching their under-18 squad, as well as being announced as a club ambassador.[76] In July 2018, Parker left Tottenham to return to Fulham, who had just gained promotion back to the Premier League, serving as first-team coach, linking up with former manager Slaviša Jokanović.[77] He was retained in his coaching position after Claudio Ranieri was brought in to replace a dismissed Jokanović that November.[78] Ranieri was dismissed on 28 February 2019, having overseen no improvement to the team's results, leaving the club in a relegation battle.[79] Parker was then appointed as caretaker manager that same day, the club now sat nineteenth in the Premier League table.[80] He took charge of the team for the first time three days later, where they lost 2–1 to visitors Chelsea.[81] Fulham were relegated to the Championship after a disappointing returning league campaign, their relegation confirmed after a 4–1 thrashing by Watford, with five games remaining.[82] 2019–21: Premier League promotion and relegation After speculation arose over who would replace Ranieri on a permanent basis following relegation, chairman Shahid Khan appointed Parker as manager permanently on a two-year contract.[83] Parker was able to retain the majority of his players, despite relegation, with star striker Aleksandar Mitrović signing a new contract during the summer.[84] During his first season in charge, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in all English sport being suspended from March until June 2020; Fulham ultimately finished the season in fourth place, missing out on automatic promotion by two points, thus qualifying to the promotion play-offs. After defeating Cardiff City over two legs in the semi-finals, they beat Brentford in the play-off final to achieve promotion back to the Premier League at the first time of asking.[85] Fulham's return to the Premier League however did not begin smoothly: they lost their first four games and failed to win until November, when they beat relegation rivals West Bromwich Albion 2–0 at Craven Cottage.[86] Towards the end of the 2020–21 season, Parker reportedly became a surprise contender for the Tottenham Hotspur managerial vacancy, after José Mourinho was dismissed, but he remained at the club.[87] Parker's side were relegated to the Championship once again in May 2021 after suffering defeat to Burnley, who were above them in the Premier League table.[88] Following relegation, Parker said that Fulham must try to break the cycle of relegation and promotion and establish themselves in the top flight.[89] On 28 June, the club announced that Parker had left by mutual consent.[90] AFC Bournemouth The same day his departure from Fulham was finalised, Parker was appointed as head coach of AFC Bournemouth, replacing Jonathan Woodgate on a three-year contract.[91] After guiding the club to 13 points from a possible 15, Parker was awarded the league's Manager of the Month award for September 2021.[92] Parker won the award again in October after leading Bournemouth to five wins in five matches, conceding just one goal in the process.[93] Parker guided Bournemouth to promotion back to the Premier League after two years away in his first season as manager. The side finished as runners-up to Fulham sealing second place on 3 May, with one game remaining in the season, with a 1–0 win against fourth-placed Nottingham Forest.[94] Bournemouth won their first game back in the top flight, defeating Aston Villa 2–0 at home on 6 August. After that win, the team lost its next three games by an aggregate score of 16–0, losing 4–0 to Manchester City, 3–0 to Arsenal, before a 9–0 loss away at Liverpool on 27 August, a joint-record for the largest score margin in Premier League history.[95] Following the Liverpool match, Parker expressed his frustrations with the club's transfer policy, stating they were currently "unequipped" for the Premier League.[96] Three days after the Liverpool match, Bournemouth announced they had parted company with Parker.[97] Club Brugge On 31 December 2022, Parker was appointed manager of Belgian champions Club Brugge, succeeding Carl Hoefkens at a team in fourth place and 12 points off the lead.[98][99] His first game on 8 January was a 3–1 loss at leaders Genk in the Pro League.[100] Parker inherited a team that had reached the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League, where his team lost 7–1 on aggregate to Benfica. On 8 March, the day after the 5–1 second leg defeat at the Estádio da Luz, and having won twice in 12 overall games to fall to 21 points off the lead, he was dismissed.[101] Burnley On 5 July 2024, Burnley confirmed the appointment of Parker as head coach on a three-year contract.[102] IN FORM please log in to view this image Brownhill ex North Ender NEWBIES please log in to view this image MYSTIC MACS FORM GUIDE DINGLES 14 PNE 6 PREVIOUS please log in to view this image OTHER GAMES AND TABLE please log in to view this image please log in to view this image INTERESTING BITS please log in to view this image The Singing Ringing Tree is a wind powered sound sculpture resembling a tree set in the landscape of the Pennine hill range overlooking Burnley, in Lancashire, England. Completed in 2006, it is part of the series of four sculptures within the Panopticons arts and regeneration project created by the East Lancashire Environmental Arts Network (ELEAN). The project was set up to erect a series of 21st-century landmarks, or Panopticons (structures providing a comprehensive view), across East Lancashire as symbols of the renaissance of the area. Designed by architects Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu of Tonkin Liu, the Singing Ringing Tree is a 3-metre (10 ft) tall construction comprising pipes of galvanised steel which harness the energy of the wind to produce a slightly discordant and penetrating choral sound covering a range of several octaves. Some of the pipes are primarily structural and visual elements, while others have been cut across their width enabling the sound. The harmonic and singing qualities of the tree were produced by tuning the pipes according to their length by adding holes to the underside of each. In 2007, the sculpture won (along with 13 other candidates) the National Award of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) for architectural excellence. In March 2017, a second Singing Ringing Tree was set on the outskirts of Austin, Texas in the United States in the rural area of a small town called Manor. While the exact location is unknown, Tonkin Liu also helped in the creation of a third sculpture which is found somewhere in Saudi Arabia. The "Singing Ringing Tree" sculpture was donated to the City of Abilene in July 2022 by its owner in the Austin, Texas, area. The anonymous donor covered the installation and moving costs, which were arranged by the Abilene Cultural Affairs Council. The council contracted with JK Welding to dismantle and reassemble the sculpture, which is composed of nearly 27 tons of pipes, east of the Frontier Texas! museum in the grassy median where Treadaway Boulevard splits and flows into South 1st St. The sculpture's position has been optimized to maximize the wind blowing across the pipes, taking advantage of wind channeled through two nearby underpasses. However, the sculpture is mostly silent in the Abilene location, with director of the Abilene Cultural Affairs Council admitting that “most [visitors] haven’t heard it yet.” The reason why the tubes have failed to consistently produce noise is unknown. MACS VIEW Diffiult game, equally difficult trying to leave the place, the land of Zak and Seth and the extra digit. Second in the table do not think they are as good as when Vinny took them up, but expect them to be close to going up at the end o the season. We are getting better although this may be a setback, take a point.
Burnley 0 Preston North End 0 please log in to view this image [align=left][align=right] please log in to view this image A point would be considered a good result at the Turf, slightly disappointed we didn't get three, probably our best performance of the season,a sit seems with last week, two Millwall goals were apparantly offside, we had one which today was disallowed supposed to be offside. Two changes Riis and Potts in for Os and Thor, started brightly quick free kick ball in net from Riis apparently this now constitutes offisde please log in to view this image The home were extremely sloppy passes wayward and some slightly dodgy keeping, we harried them out of their stride allowed them just one chance, think it was Anthony sold Storey a dummy before firing in a shot well saved by Wooman. Following the scare McCann should have scored hit a shot from 12 yards into the ground and watched it bounce over the bar and on the stroke of half time Mads F cross was met by a KKH voley hit the bar. The second half didn't flow like the first more home pressure but in saying that Woodman didn't have to make a save, it did get a bit feisty a couple of handbag scenarios plus there was a Burnley shout for a penalty, could quite easily have been given. Great atmosphere in the away end, teams on the up still a long way to go but take the point move on until next week when it's International break. Hecky Paul Heckingbottom felt no one could have begrudged his side if they would have left Turf Moor with all three points. PNE put in an impressive performance against Lancashire rivals Burnley to return to Preston with a point following a goalless draw. On another day, they might have gone back to Deepdale with the victory, based on how they played but also given they had a goal wrongfully disallowed for offside. Hecky said: “The performance was excellent. From start to finish we were really, really good. “I think if we’d have come away with three points no one could have begrudged us that. That’s how good the performance was against a good side. “I thought the first half had everything. We were really good without the ball and really good with the ball. We created chances and could have possibly created more as well. “We were really dominant and then in the second half we were just as good with the ball. Burnley changed a few things and played a bit higher, but we kept them in front of us. They didn’t create anything which is good and we didn’t manage to create the same opportunities. “We didn’t get behind as often which sometimes you have to take because the opposition change things, which is fine. The final pass, the final detail didn’t allow us to create as many opportunities as you’d like. With the set plays, we didn’t get the first contact or the second. They defended those pretty well. “They probably thought they played pretty well in the second half and stopped us, and we certainly stopped them so it became a bit of a war of attrition in the second half.” There were a number of opportunities created by North End in the opening 45, including a couple of chances for Ali McCann inside the 18-yard box and Kaine Kesler-Hayden’s effort which struck the bar. The biggest, though, fell for Emil Riis just five minutes in as he sent a brilliant finish into the far corner after a clever quick free-kick, but he was flagged for offside, when replays suggested he was a few yards on. Hecky said: “I haven’t seen it back but everyone I’ve spoken to has said it’s a blatant error and it’s frustrating because if we win that game with that goal, it’s fantastic from the players’ point of view. “It’s well worked. They’ve recognised the opportunity from the training ground, executed it and scored. “Like I said, if we had come away with three points, no one could have really begrudged that.” Burnley were sat second in the Championship at the start of the day and not many teams will head to Turf Moor and take the game to the Clarets like PNE did. That’s something which Hecky said his side will always look to do. He said: “We could have sat in and denied them space, but you could see in the first and second half, when the opportunity’s there to go and be really aggressive, to win the ball back high, we do it. “It’s the best place to win the ball back. Likewise, when we have to defend in our own third, we do that really well. They had one shot on target in 90 minutes, so without the ball, one to 11 and the boys who came off the bench were fantastic.” Parker Head Coach reflects on goalless clash with North End Scott Parker admits although there is 'disappointment' following the 0-0 draw with Preston, the Clarets boss says there are positives to take away from the Lancashire derby. Both sides had chances across the 90 minutes to break the deadlock, but neither team could just quite find the back of the net, as Burnley extended their unbeaten league run to six games and secured a fifth clean sheet of the campaign. Speaking post-match at Turf Moor, Parker said: "There’s a little bit of disappointment there for sure. We came here with aspirations of trying to win the game and get three points, but in the first-half the game was sticky for us, there’s no denying that. We had some challenges, for sure. "Preston obviously came here with a plan and caused us some problems, although we also had our moments for sure. In the second-half we knocked on the door really without fully kicking it down, I think that’s fair to say. “In the end it finishes 0-0. There are positives, it’s another clean sheet for us with a very young backline, but also as I’ve said many a time before there are areas where we can all recognise where we need to be a little bit better as well.” The Burnley boss added: "It’s obviously been a busy week for us and a lot of effort has gone into the three games, but I decided to keep the same team. “Look, the game looked a bit lethargic for us for sure, but the players gave absolutely everything. We faced up to the battle which was clearly there in terms of how Preston came and approached the game, and disrupted it in the second-half, which just took the wind out of the game in certain moments. “Overall I was very pleased with the general attitude, but of course there are elements we need to improve.” The result saw the Clarets seal another clean sheet and keep the unbeaten home record going and Parker applauded his young defence once again following their impressive display. “For sure they will learn a lot from this game and it is a young team. Put things into perspective and look deeper than ‘it’s Burnley coming out of the Premier League’. “That back four must be one of the youngest back fours in the Championship. In terms of experience, I don’t think there’s many games in that back four, but that back four has now kept three straight clean sheets. “At times they are learning on the job, so I have nothing but admiration for all of them and as a group as well. It is a very young team. It’s a young team in age, it’s a young team in development as well, so I back them all the way.”
