Watch as Leeds United’s Captain Ethan Ampadu shuts up Burnley uproar over Natasha Bedingfield clip
Leeds United captain Ethan Ampadu was enjoying the promotion and title celebrations more than most on Monday, and a few moments from the skipper appear to have triggered the Burnley fanbase strangely.
As is the case with every side that win promotion back to the Premier League, there are going to be those outside the Championship’s top two that end up getting caught in the crossfire.
Burnley joining in with ‘falling apart’ chants, plus Hannibal Mejbri and Jeremy Sarmiento giving it the big ‘un after their September win at Elland Road meant they weren’t going to be immune from Leeds celebrating the title win at their expense over the weekend.
Burnley take exception to Ethan Ampadu and Patrick Bamford signing Natasha Bedingfield’s ‘Unwritten’ during celebrations
Burnley’s celebrations of each big win during their staggering 33-game unbeaten run brought dressing room footage of the squad and staff singing popular Natasha Bedingfield tune ‘Unwritten’.
Their affinity with the song culminated in the artist herself being in attendance for their final game of the season at home to Millwall, singing with the players shortly after they realised Leeds had snatched the title in the last minutes at Plymouth.
However, when footage emerged of Leeds skipper Ethan Ampadu and ex-Burnley man Patrick Bamford singing the same song back at Elland Road on Monday, those of a Burnley persuasion were strangely really unhappy.
Ethan Ampadu rubbishes Burnley uproar by clearing up drunken Leeds United celebrations
Ampadu appeared intoxicated from the moment the LUTV livestream of the parade commenced, and that reflected in some of his comments on the mic throughout the day.
However, he was absolutely not having this uproar from the Burnley side of things, believing he has every right to sing a song that he and Bamford enjoyed before the Clarets made it their promotion anthem:
“Ok I know I have a sore head right now. Me and Pat actually sang this song together in pre season,” Ampadu wrote on X.
Harmless promotion banter is fine between Leeds United and Burnley
Burnley didn’t invent Natasha Bedingfield or her 2004 song ‘Unwritten’ – it’s a British anthem that everyone knows.
It’s a great song and while it’s superb how they’ve grown a connection to it to the point where the woman herself is there to join in, they don’t own it.
Ampadu was having a laugh, and while his on-the-bus comments about Burnley were bizarre, it’s really not something that Burnley fans should be getting up in arms over.
