Beginning his new life in the north, Tim Davies had no idea about the secret of his recently bought house when he moved into a terraced street next to one of English football’s famous old grounds.

A four-year-old girl was hit by a car in Preston last night. Police and ambulance crews were called to the scene in St George’s Road, Deepdale where the youngster was struck at around 3.39pm.

With Burnley's defence having been such an extraordinary hard nut to crack recently prior to this game starting I was ...