BURNLEY, England — They tell the old war stories quite often at Burnley nowadays, and with a certain amount of nostalgic glee.
They remember the days — not so very long ago — when instead of an ice bath to soothe weary legs, the club had a trash can filled with freezing cold water. These memories are shared with perhaps not actual fondness, but something quite close.
They can see the absurdity in the fact that — again, in very much the recent past — Burnley’s training facility was so rudimentary that players used to have to get changed at the club’s stadium, Turf Moor, and then drive themselves 20 minutes or so to training sessions.