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David Fishwick Stand Comes To Life!       Pictured is the David Fishwick stand that housed the 5000 fans from Tottenham who left the Burnley Fans broken hearted on Wednesday evening. Burnley were almost written off prior to the 2nd leg of the Carling Cup Semi Final, having lost 4 - 1 in the 1st leg. With a 3 goal deficit to overcome the Clarets were facing there biggest challenge of the season. Having come through the qualifing rounds on the back of wins against Premier League sides Fulham, Chelsea and Arsenal this was the last hurdle with a trip to Wembley awaiting the winners. Gooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaalllllllllll - Robbie Blake fires in with a 35 yards free kick 1 down 2 to go Goooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllll - Chris McCann slots home after Robbie Blake crossed from the left 2 down 1 to go Goooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllll - Super Sub Jay Rodriguez picks up on a drop ball from the keeper, thank you very much. Job done - well not quite we now had to hold this result 4 - 4 for another 30 minutes and then and only then would our away goal at White Hart Lane come into effect. The rest is history Burnley held on until the 28th minute of extra time and wham Spurs score. Down but defiantly not out, the overall performance of the Burnley team this night was second to non they were outstanding and couldn"t have worn the Burnley shirt with more pride, passion, commitment or honour, David Fishwick"s are proud sponsors of Burnley Football Club and back them all the way to the Premiership