On this showing, it is hard to see how either side can avoid having toplay Championship football next season - Portsmouth by virtue of the nine-point penalty that administration brings and the 14 points adrift of safety that it will leave them, and Burnley on account of their desperate defence and goal-shy attack.
She asked him how he was and how his day had been, and Mr Love, though a bit shy, politely told her how much he was looking forward to watching Scotland playfootball that evening.