article_snippet.sent: The veteran Burnley defender made a nonsense of the relegation favourites' tag to lead the Clarets to an unlikely promotion from the Championship to the top flight last season.
article_snippet.sent: This term they are attempting to defy the odds again and with eight games remaining they have a fighting chance of survival in the Premier League.
article_snippet.sent: Burnley are next in action on Sunday when Burnley host Tottenham.
article_snippet.sent: Most of our players have played the majority of our players careers in the Championship or lower than that and our are competing against multi, multi-million pound squads and our are alive and kicking. '
article_snippet.sent: The high point of Burnley's season, so far, is the 1-0 defeat of defending champions Manchester City .
highlights_snippet.sent: first class'
  Former Northern Ireland international has played in top eight divisions .
  