sportbible homepage
sportbible homepage
  • Football
  • Boxing
  • UFC
  • Home
  • Football
    • Premier League
    • Champions League
    • World Cup
    • England
    • Transfer News
    • Manchester United
    • Liverpool
    • Arsenal
    • Real Madrid
    • Barcelona
  • Formula 1
    • Red Bull
    • Ferrari
    • McLaren
    • Mercedes
    • Max Verstappen
    • Lewis Hamilton
    • Lando Norris
    • George Russell
    • Charles Leclerc
  • Boxing
  • UFC
  • More Sport
    • Tennis
    • Golf
    • NBA
    • NFL
    • Darts
    • Athletics
    • Rugby
    • Wrestling
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Archive
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Snapchat
TikTok
Threads
YouTube
Submit Your Content Here
  • LADbible
  • Tyla
  • GAMINGbible
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • FOODbible
  • UNILAD Tech
Burnley's promotion celebrations descend into chaos as players clash during pitch invasion

Home> Football> Football News

Updated 21:54 21 Apr 2025 GMT+1Published 21:41 21 Apr 2025 GMT+1

Burnley's promotion celebrations descend into chaos as players clash during pitch invasion

Burnley secured promotion to the Premier League following their win over Sheffield United.

Ben McCrum

Ben McCrum

google discoverFollow us on Google Discover

Burnley's celebrations for securing promotion to the Premier League descended into chaos and players clashed while fans invaded the Turf Moor pitch.

In a highly dramatic day of football in the Championship, both Leeds United and Burnley secured promotion to the Premier League with season defining wins on Easter Monday.

Leeds produced a 6-0 win over Stoke City at Elland Road to boost their chances of promotion, before it was later confirmed as Burnley's 2-1 win over Sheffield United meant that the Blades could no longer catch their promotion-chasing rivals.

The news led to fans and players from both clubs immediately celebrating their huge achievement, but some Burnley players took things too far as they clashed at the Turf Moor as fans invaded the pitch.

Advert

With both Leeds and Burnley winning on Monday, they each reach a points tally of 94 for the season, two more than Sheffield United can reach even if they were to win their two remaining fixtures this season.

And it's clear that this fact wasn't lost on Burnley fans in attendance at Turf Moor as, once the full-time whistle confirming their promotion was blown, they immediately got onto the pitch.

But it wasn't all positive from the Burnley fans, as a clip that has gone viral online shows one fan approaching and goading Hamza Choudhury, a defensive midfielder currently on loan at Sheffield United from Leicester City.

Given the security risk posed by opposition players being on the pitch with fans, Choudhury and his teammates were quickly being escorted off the pitch when the fan approached him with his phone camera.

The Leicester City loanee appeared to be furious at the moment and, while Sky Sports cameras quickly panned away, a report from The Star claims that he later had to be 'dragged' down the tunnel by security.

With Leeds and Burnley both guaranteed to be in the Premier League next season having secured first and second in the Championship, all eyes will turn to third to sixth place in the league to see which teams secure a spot in the play-offs.

As it stands, those spots are occupied by Sheffield United, Sunderland, Bristol City and Coventry.

Featured Image Credit: Sky Sports

Topics: Burnley, Premier League, Football, Leeds United

Ben McCrum
Ben McCrum

Ben is a sports journalist who specialises in football, Formula One and MMA. He has written for publications such as Manchester Evening News, WiganToday, Manchester World and beIN Sports. Throughout his career, he has interviewed top athletes including Gareth Southgate, Luke Littler, Tom Aspinall and Jenson Button.

X

@benmcc14

Recommended reads

Dennis Taylor interview: Why snooker legend is playing in brand-new event... and how he saved someone's lifeGettyRanking the top 10 best golfers of all time as Nicklaus v Woods GOAT debate settledGetty ImagesDavid Munyua and Peter Wachiuri interview: 'We wish for major PDC players to come and visit Kenya'Getty / Instagram/@wachiuridartsMark Selby lifts lid on backstage talks over Crucible as landmark agreement reachedGetty

Advert

Choose your content:

14 mins ago
10 hours ago
13 hours ago
14 hours ago
  • Getty Images
    14 mins ago

    Spurs' first post after winning first Premier League game of 2026 has divided supporters

    Spurs won their first Premier League game of 2026.

    Football
  • Getty
    10 hours ago

    Chelsea vs Leeds United: Inside a brutal rivalry built on hatred, hooliganism and chaos

    The sides will go head to head in the FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley on Sunday.

    Football
  • X
    13 hours ago

    York City star punches fan after being pinned to floor during promotion celebrations

    The incident occurred during York's celebrations after securing promotion to League Two.

    Football
  • Getty Images
    14 hours ago

    Never mind the Premier League, the Polish title race is the most ridiculous in the world

    There is a title race in the Premier League between Manchester City and Arsenal but it does not compare to the battle in the Ekstraklasa.

    Football
  • Troy Deeney is sent off on Baller League debut as fans slam ex-Watford striker for his actions
  • Alan Shearer names TWO teams who he thinks will miss out on Champions League qualification
  • Premier League flop received accidental 680% wage increase in transfer talks after club's embarrassing error
  • Jamie Carragher claimed Liverpool would've won Premier League instead of Man Utd during his career if they had TWO players