There are not many stories that begin with ‘oh yeah, the pigeon’ but here we are, sitting inside a school gymnasium half a mile from Turf Moor, as Jack Cork explains how he escapes from football.
Cork has just finished a PE lesson at St Peter’s Primary, a session he throws himself into and one which includes a fair amount of playful chat from Burnley manager Sean Dyche.
The community project is light relief from the Premier League’s daily rigours, the sort of respite Cork knows he needs.
He is a deep thinker and admits to over-analysing results.