ALAN PACE had to escape a hate mob yelling at him to “Eff off and go die” the last time he sat through a Premier League game.
That scary experience for the Burnley chairman marked his club’s relegation after a 2-1 home defeat by Newcastle.
Footage shows how shocked, shaken and speechless the son of a Mormon missionary was as he took refuge within a Turf Moor suite.
On Friday night, one record-busting promotion campaign later, he will feel a lot safer and far more secure.
For he and his fellow directors will be entertaining their Manchester City counterparts at the start of a new top-flight campaign with the good times back.