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'He gets a lot of stick because he looks like a nightclub bouncer': Burnley assistant Ian Woan opens up on why Sean Dyche is far from the hard-man image many believe

When people talk about Sean Dyche giving Burnley a makeover, a particular memory comes to his trusted assistant and flatmate, Ian Woan.

‘I was lying on the couch the morning before we played Arsenal. Then I heard the Hoover go on and Sean walks in with a baggy T-shirt and baggy boxer shorts,’ recalls Woan.

‘We’re playing a Premier League game and he’s tidying. I said, “I bet Arsene Wenger isn’t doing this right now”. That’s Sean though, proper level-headed. He’s the boss at work and chief hooverer at home.