May 6th and another last game of the season: win it and Burnley would be promoted to the Championship after manager Stan Ternent had turned things round and assembled a team of winners. We were in Birmingham at a wedding party but disappeared to our room in the hotel to sit glued to Ceefax. The Championship beckoned after years of grubbing about in the lower divisions: there was shock and horror for those who were there when Scunthorpe took the lead - after all that meant no promotion. But the Burnley side rallied and scored twice; so the game went to the final whistle with a fragile Burnley lead, beating hearts, chewed finger nails, every second a mini drama until frayed nerves were replaced by joyous fans streaming onto the pitch. This was exactly 40 years since the Maine Road title win. So much water had passed under the bridge during those years, so many heartaches, near disasters, tears and frustrations, and now the club was back in a proper division. We danced the night away saying over and again, the championship, were up in the championship.
