When Vincent Kompany and Burnley won the Championship with 101 points and followed it with a summer of spending more than £90m on players, few in Lancashire could have anticipated the club having something in common with the 1970-71 Newport team of the fourth division but after seven straight home defeats to the start of the season they certainly do as they match the Welsh club’s record for the worst start to an English league season.
Burnley’s appalling form at Turf Moor continued with defeat to West Ham despite leading until the 86th minute but a Dara O’Shea own goal and Tomas Soucek’s volley settled the match late on. Jay Rodriguez had scored from the spot to put the hosts ahead after Luca Koleosho was brought down in the box, some would argue for a second time, to give the fans hope of witnessing a first Turf Moor victory of the season.
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