Burnley: ‘We bored our way to the Premier League’ – Josh Brownhill

“I’m speechless. All that hard work this season,” the 29-year-old told Sky Sports.

“We’ve been written off so many times, people calling us boring. We’ve bored our way to the Premier League.

“It takes a whole team – it’s not just a back four, a goalkeeper, it takes everybody.

“I don’t think a lot of the lads will sleep. I’m so buzzing for the lads that haven’t played Premier League football.”

Head coach Parker said the “ambition and target at the start of the season was to get back to the Premier League”.

“We’ve managed to do that so I’m hugely proud of the squad,” he told BBC Radio Lancashire.

“It’s come down to real, pure commitment from every one of the players, their dedication and the sacrifice that they’ve made, that leads us to this point.

“I explained to the lads there is emotion from me because I see the commitment that everyone has brought.

“We live in a world where you win or you lose and you get judged and at the end of the season you’re either promoted or not and that’s how quickly people will judge it.

“I’m just delighted that all that work, all that effort, all that sacrifice has been worth it and people can see it. The facts are if you don’t get promoted people can see it.”