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  1. Mad Bikey hands Burnley win

    Mad Bikey hands Burnley win

    A late penalty by Graham Alexander gave Burnley a 1-0 win in the first-leg of their Championship play-off semi-final. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Burnley
    • Reading
    • 90+4 That's the final whistle and Andre Bikey's stupidity has cost his side parity and a player going into the second leg of this semi-final.
    • 90+3 Bikey stamps on the knee of Blake for no apparent reason AND BIKEY IS SHOWN A STRAIGHT RED CARD! And he's completely lost it! He rips the shirt from his back and is screaming in rage and Hahnemann has to push him off the pitch! Surely he can only be angry with himself.
    • 90+1 Free-kick sent in but a foul in the box by a Reading player, Burnley free-kick.
    • 90' Kitson and Duff tangle, Kitson is angry and makes to slap Duff but pulls away at the last.
    • 88' Kalvenes with a long-range effort but just over!!
    • 86' BURNLEY SUB: Rodriguez on for Paterson.
    • 85' READING SUB: Cisse on for Gunnarsson.
    • 84' Graham Alexander to take and he hammers it into the top right with Hahnemann going the other way, 1-0!
    • 83' Ball over the top catches Bikey out and he flagrantly pulls Thompson back, just inside the box and it is a penalty!! Bikey is furious but it was obvious.
    • 81' Ball wide to Kebe who takes a brilliant touch to take out Carlisle and he's in but takes another touch and Caldwell is across and KITSON IS FREE but Kebe opts to shoot and it's blocked! Poor decision, that was the chance!
    • 80' Alexander can start an attack but, oh jeepers, he launches it long and straight down Hahnemann's throat.
    • 78' Reading make a meal of clearing that corner but finally they can and Kebe breaks. Good tackle from Caldwell though.
    • 77' Carlisle's clearance lands at the feet of McCann who shoots, deflected, over.
    • 76' Jensen spills the ball from Rosenior's cross but there's a push from Kitson, his arm went into his neck area.
    • 75' Hahnemann launches the ball upfield. Now Harding has it on the leftm wider to Keve who crosses but cleared by Caldwell. Tabb puts it back in but Kitson can't control and Jensen clears.
    • 73' Harding with a poor cross from the left after a short throw.
    • 72' It moves! Four passes from Reading, now five as Kebe finds Kitson but he turns away from goal and goes wide to Rosenior, Long on the ball, wide again to Rosenior and the cross is headed away for a throw by Carlisle.
    • - Here is a photo of Chris Eagles challenging Dan Harding. It's quite nice to look at because Harding seems to be pulling Eagles's jaw off. Eagles challenges Harding
    • 67' Reading have had 60 per cent of possession but have done pretty much naff all with it.
    • 65' This is a terrible, terrible match. I wish I could it was tense as well, but it isn't. I'm sorry Burnley and Reading fans, no offence intended but it's like a pre-season friendly.
    • 63' Bit of a scramble from that corner but Reading clear through Bikey.
    • 62' Burnley have a throw on the left. Taken short, worked wide left and Thompson wins a corner.
    • 59' Handball from Gunnarsson. It seems Eagles has a thigh problem.
    • 57' BURNLEY SUB: Chris Eagles comes off for Steven Thompson.
    • 55' The Burnley fans are still pretty quiet, maybe the sunshine is blunting their edge?
    • 53' A problem for McCann, who slipped in the build-up to Paterson's effort. Seems to be an ankle turn.
    • 52' Paterson robs Gunnarsson and moves towards goal, Duberry stands off him and the Scot shoots but parried by Hahnemann.
    • 50' In a two-minute passage of play, the most consecutive passes put together are three, by Reading, with the final cross headed clear, while most passes barely make their destination.
    • 48' No sign of the kick-and-run pattern of this match changing as no more than two passes are strung together in succession.
    • 46' Second half underway!!
    • 45+3 A dull first half comes to a close, goalless at Turf Moor.
    • 45+2 Alexander through to McDonald, right to Eagles who wins a throw after Harding comes across. Duff puts it in, Paterson heads it across goal but no-one attacks it and Hahnemann has time and space to gather.
    • 45+1 In the first of two minutes added time.
    • 45' Kalvenes gets it back from the short through but as Long air-kicks the ball in trying to clear, Kalvenes goes through him and Reading somewhat fortuitously get a free-kick.
    • 44' Kalvenes with a clearance and Burnley break, McCann on the left wins a throw which Kalvenes takes short...
    • 43' McDonald is penalised for a push after some more head-tennis.
    • 42' The ball is back with Jensen in what, a couple of incidents aside, has been a dreary first half.
    • 39' READING SUB: Bad news for Reading, top-scorer Kevin Doyle is hurt and limps off for Dave Kitson.
    • 38' Reading come forward with Doyle slipping it left to Kebe, who cuts inside and lets rip with his right but it flies just over!
    • 37' Matejovsky is booked for clattering Pateron.
    • 36' Kalvenes is lucky not to give away a penalty after a high ball claimed by Jensen is followed by Long tumbling to the ground.
    • 35' Corner to Reading then, swung in from the right AND BIKEY RISES A FOOT ABOVE THE REST BUT A TERRIFIC REFLEX SAVE FROM JENSEN AND DOYLE CAN POKE IT IN BUT OFF THE LINE BY PATERSON!
    • 34' Good block by Carlisle after Rosenior and Tabb combined. Corner.
    • 33' Long ball almost sets Paterson through but Bikey blocks him off.
    • 30' The ball is bouncing around in the Reading box and Blake drills it low but a super block by Rosenior, corner.
    • 28' Duberry has a shot from distance that goes about 10 yards over the bar. Some would call that ambitious, some would call it rubbish.
    • 26' The crowd are pretty subdued given the importance of this fixture, but the players are giving them little to cheer. Another wayward long ball goes out of play.
    • 24' Rosenior with a cross that's blocked, swung in long by the Matejovsky, Long at the far post picks it up and now plays it back to Tabb and a great save by Jensen, but Long gets it back on the left and fires on goal again but another good stop by Jensen!
    • 23' Blake gets the ball on the left of the Reading box and he drills in a low shot but just wide. Hahnemann had it covered anyway.
    • 21' BURNLEY SUB: Gudjonsson is still feeling the effects of that Duberry foul and he comes off for Kevin McDonald.
    • 20' A long one almost sets Kebe free but Carlisle intercepts and puts it out for a throw.
    • 19' Wasted, wasted, wasted. Pointless corner to the near post cleared easily by Reading. These teams are very nervous.
    • 18' Throw in to Burnley on the right which Eagles works to win a corner off Harding, who kicks out at him after the ball went.
    • 16' Long again from Reading, into the left channel this time. Out for a throw. This is not the kind of slug-fest one would expect.
    • 14' Eagles think's he has won a corner off Doyle but a goal-kick is awarded.
    • 12' Reading have a throw on the right which Rosenior will take quickly, he gets it back but the cross is blocked. Still really scrappy, must be the tension of the occasion.
    • 11' Poor delivery, low to the near post and the now-recovered Gudjohnsson heads powerfully clear.
    • 10' Carlisle hacks it out for a corner after a dangerous Reading counter attack left Burnley short at the back.
    • 8' Gudjohnsson is down after Duberry clattered into him but only a chat and not a booking.
    • 6' Doye comes forward, now Kebe on the left but a terrible cross with only Long waiting.
    • 4' A scrappy passage of play with the ball skewing away off Duff's clearance and bundled out of play for a throw by Tabb.
    • 3' The ball has barely touched the ground in these opening minutes with both sides launching it, not in keeping with the style they normally play.
    • 1' Match underway!!
    • - Referee: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire)
    • - Reading team: Hahnemann, Rosenior, Duberry, Bikey, Harding, Kebe, Matejovsky, Gunnarsson, Tabb, Long, Doyle; Subs: Federici, Cisse, Stephen Hunt, Kitson, Karacan
    • - Burnley team: Jensen, Duff, Carlisle, Caldwell, Kalvenes, Gudjonsson, Alexander, McCann, Eagles, Paterson, Blake; Subs: Penny, McDonald, Rodrigue, Jordan, Thompson
    • - Burnley host Reading in the first leg of their Championship play-off semi-final at Turf Moor: LIVE from 17:20 UK time!

  • Summary

    • 90+3 Bikey stamps on the knee of Blake for no apparent reason AND BIKEY IS SHOWN A STRAIGHT RED CARD! And he's completely lost it! He rips the shirt from his back and is screaming in rage and Hahnemann has to push him off the pitch! Surely he can only be angry with himself.
    • 84' Graham Alexander to take and he hammers it into the top right with Hahnemann going the other way, 1-0!
    • 81' Ball wide to Kebe who takes a brilliant touch to take out Carlisle and he's in but takes another touch and Caldwell is across and KITSON IS FREE but Kebe opts to shoot and it's blocked! Poor decision, that was the chance!
    • 52' Paterson robs Gunnarsson and moves towards goal, Duberry stands off him and the Scot shoots but parried by Hahnemann.
    • 38' Reading come forward with Doyle slipping it left to Kebe, who cuts inside and lets rip with his right but it flies just over!
    • 35' Corner to Reading then, swung in from the right AND BIKEY RISES A FOOT ABOVE THE REST BUT A TERRIFIC REFLEX SAVE FROM JENSEN AND DOYLE CAN POKE IT IN BUT OFF THE LINE BY PATERSON!
    • 30' The ball is bouncing around in the Reading box and Blake drills it low but a super block by Rosenior, corner.
    • 24' Rosenior with a cross that's blocked, swung in long by the Matejovsky, Long at the far post picks it up and now plays it back to Tabb and a great save by Jensen, but Long gets it back on the left and fires on goal again but another good stop by Jensen!
    • - Burnley host Reading in the first leg of their Championship play-off semi-final at Turf Moor: LIVE from 17:20 UK time!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Martin Atkinson

  • Burnley

    Manager: Owen Coyle

    Starting line-up

    • B. Jensen
    • M. Duff
    • C. Carlisle
    • S. Caldwell
    • C. Kalvenes
    • J. Gudjonsson Substitution Out (21′)
    • C. McCann
    • G. Alexander
    • C. Eagles Substitution Out (58′)
    • M. Paterson Substitution Out (86′)
    • R. Blake

    Subs

    • S. Thompson Substitution In58′
    • S. Jordan
    • D. Penny
    • K. McDonald Substitution In21′
    • J. Rodriguez Substitution In86′

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Reading

    Manager: Steve Coppell

    Starting line-up

    • M. Hahnemann
    • L. Rosenior
    • M. Duberry
    • A. Bikey Red Card
    • D. Harding
    • J. Kebe
    • M. Matejovsky Yellow Card
    • B. Gunnarsson Substitution Out (85′)
    • J. Tabb
    • K. Doyle Substitution Out (39′)
    • S. Long

    Subs

    • S. Hunt
    • D. Kitson Substitution In39′
    • A. Federici
    • K. Cisse Substitution In85′
    • J. Karacan

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

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  1. come on burnley

    From Bogdan, on Sat 9 May 3:13PM

  2. come on burnly make me som money!!!

    From j.savy, on Sat 9 May 2:40PM

  3. watch out BURNLEY cos we are gonna burst ya bubbles 3-0­ win today for the ROYALS.......

    From m3junction6, on Sat 9 May 2:02PM

  4. Am so looking forward to tues home match at reading, to­ see the burnley supporters go all that way home in­ floods of tears lol....

    From pro amor, on Sat 9 May 12:44PM

  5. Time for the clarets to even the scores.

    From northerngeez, on Sat 9 May 12:16PM

  6. HA HA BLUES ARE UP, BEAT THE SCUM FROM READING ITS NOT­ THAT HARD GOOD LUCK BURNLEY
    DAVE BCFC (PREM)BLUE­ NOSE

    From DAVID, on Sat 9 May 12:12PM
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    Y foreskins

    From Broome Clarets, on Thu 7 May 2:59PM

  8. cheese

    From katherine.devlin, on Thu 7 May 8:17AM

  9. I think Coppell should go and watch his son graduate in­ the USA. That will only happend once in his­ lifetime.....He can do the play-offs again next season­ and probably the one after with Reading.......

    Go on­ Stevie, family first....

    From Broome Clarets, on Thu 7 May 6:14AM

  10. jack

    From Jack, on Wed 6 May 7:21PM

  11. robbi blake hat trick

    From Jack, on Wed 6 May 7:21PM

  12. chris you know thats not guna happen cause u are going­ dwn .BURNLEY TILL I DIE COME ON U CLARETS!!!

    From morville007, on Tue 5 May 11:46AM
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    Come on Burnley get promoted so Rovers can woop your­ ar*es.
    Rovers til I die......

    From Chris, on Mon 4 May 11:08AM
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