Burnley to be re-nickmaned ''The non stop losers''

Soon not to be Premier League outfit Burnley, have changed their club nickname by deed poll to 'cash in' on their losing run!.

The Lancashire team who have lost 10 of their last 9 games took the decision after yet another loss last Sunday to Liverpool. Manager Brian Laws [pictured above] spoke to Sports In Shorts after the 4-0 defeat.

''It's a right laugh here at Burnley to be honest!, the management don't really take it seriously and neither do the board.........I mean if they did, why would they have appointed me??....I'm gonna be the only manager to have relegated 2 teams in the same season if Sheffield Wednesday get relemergated as well!. If they do, I did the donkey work for it so I don't want Alan (Irvine) to get the credit!.

So we just have a laugh with it, a couple of us got lagered up in Wetherspoon's and went down to the deed poll office and changed the nickname from 'The Clarets' to 'The Non Stop Losers'......how goods that!!!.....only cost me £36 as well.....reet bargain!.....and the way I see it is, if we're called 'The Non Stop Losers' how can I be fired if we lose??.......it's our nickname!!....gettit?''.

For the last couple of games I'm gonna play Graham Alexander in goal and Brian Jensen up front as well, you know...have a bit of a laugh with it....... football takes itself too seriously, at least here I can just be myself.......a right joker.........honestly, I'm mental, ask anyone here!. Whilst I was down there I also changed my name to Brain Lawmaker''.