Preston have announced that manager Phil Brown has left the club with immediate effect.

Stuart Gray has been placed in caretaker charge of Burnley following the departure of Brian Laws.

Aston Villa 2 Burnley 1 (after extra-time)

Burnley striker Steven Thompson has agreed a new one-year deal with the option of a further 12-month extension at Turf Moor.

FT: Birmingham 2 Burnley 1

Burnley 0 Liverpool 4

THREE points for Burnley and plenty of bullish rhetoric from both sides, but results elsewhere suggest that both these sides will still be plying their trade in the Championship next season.

Hull 1 Burnley 4

Burnley 1 Manchester City 6

Burnley 0 Blackburn 1

Burnley manager Brian Laws admits he is not yet in a position to make long-term decisions over some of his players’ contracts.

Wigan 1 Burnley 0

Burnley 1 Wolves 2

DAVID NUGENT regained his scoring touch for the second match in a row but Burnley had to settle for a point when what they really needed was a victory.

Burnley 1 Stoke 1

Graham Alexander is poised to make his return from injury when Burnley host Portsmouth in the Premier League tomorrow.

Burnley defender Leon Cort is expected to be fit for Sunday’s Barclays Premier League trip to Aston Villa.

Stephen Jordan is pushing to be in contention for Burnley’s trip to Fulham tomorrow night in the Barclays Premier League.

New signings Leon Cort and Nicky Weaver will be included in Burnley’s squad to face Chelsea at Turf Moor tomorrow.

BRIAN LAWS has promised to make it an uncomfortable trip to unfashionable Burnley tomorrow for Premier League aristocrats Chelsea – starting with Turf Moor’s notorious dressing rooms.

Bolton manager Owen Coyle refused to gloat after getting the better of his former club Burnley.

OWEN COYLE achieved his first points as Bolton manager and against a club he left only weeks ago.

Bolton 1 Burnley 0

Reading 1 Burnley 0

Burnley have named former Sheffield Wednesday boss Brian Laws as their new manager.

PORTSMOUTH boss Avram Grant admits it is becoming tough for his players to ignore the cash-strapped club’s off-the-field issues.

Speculation over the future of Burnley manager Owen Coyle intensified after he missed the press conference following the Clarets’ 2-1 FA Cup win at MK Dons.

MK Dons 1 Burnley 2

Everton 2 Burnley 0

Wolves 2 Burnley 0

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger expressed his frustration with the Premier League fixture planners and Wolves boss Mick McCarthy after his side were held at Burnley last night.

ARSENAL showed that if they had turned a corner with their gritty win at Liverpool, it was straight into a cul-de-sac, as they buckled and threw away a chance to keep touch in the title race by giving away a great position at Turf Moor.

Burnley 1 Arsenal 1

Burnley 1 Aston Villa 1

PERHAPS there is something in the Eastlands water.

Manchester City 3 Burnley 3

PHIL BROWN has been given another week to prove he can breathe new life into Hull City by the club’s incoming chairman Adam Pearson.

Burnley 2 Hull 0

Manager Phil Brown hopes Hull’s off-the-field difficulties in October prove to be in direct contrast to their fortunes on the pitch.

Burnley 1 Wigan 3

OVER 30 years had passed since England’s top flight last played host to an east Lancashire derby, but for Blackburn supporters, at least, the wait was worthwhile.

Blackburn 3 Burnley 2

DAVID NUGENT hogged the headlines after his stunning late double sunk Sunderland at Turf Moor but Burnley boss Owen Coyle insists a strong team ethic remains crucial to more Barclays Premier League success.

Burnley 3 Sunderland 1