You look back and think, Bloody hell'... but I'd be lying if I said I enjoyed it all. We only had 12 points at Christmas and were excited about Italy or Spain - we ended up at Aberdeen on the North Sea' Sean Dyche on getting Burnley into Europe

"The high point of Sean Dyche's ten-year stint as Burnley boss was the 2017/18 campaign which saw the Clarets finish seventh in the Premier League and earn a Europa League spot. This meant that the Lancashire side - who had been playing Championship football two years earlier - were going on a European adventure for the first time in more than half a century."

"That's probably for someone else to answer, he tells FourFourTwo. But for a club of our size and with our budget to finish seventh in the Premier League, I can look back at it now and, yes, I can say that is some achievement. You look back and think, Bloody hell. There are examples. Look at what Forest did last season, but there was massive investment there."

Sean Dyche's high point as Burnley boss came in 2017/18 when Burnley finished seventh in the Premier League and qualified for the Europa League. The club had been in the Championship two years earlier and then embarked on a rare European campaign that began against Aberdeen and included Istanbul Basaksehir before a play-off with Olympiacos that ended in a 4-2 aggregate defeat. For a club of Burnley's size and budget, finishing seventh is regarded as a significant achievement and a source of growing pride. The European run required an early July start, stretched squad resources, created logistical difficulties, and contributed to a 15th-place league finish, limiting enjoyment of the accomplishment.

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