PAUL MERSON was left visibly confused as Burnley lifted the Championship trophy.

The Clarets ran away with the second tier title under boss Vincent Kompany, finished ten points ahead of second-placed Sheffield United.

Burnley secured top spot last month with a win over bitter rivals Blackburn.

But they opted to lift their trophy on the final day of the season in front of a jubilant sell-out crowd at Turf Moor.

Yet second-placed Blades were also handed a cup of their own for finishing second in the league, and sealing automatic promotion to the Premier League, last week.

And that left Merson confused on Soccer Saturday when Burnley stars celebrated, saying: "Sheffield United were lifting the trophy last week."

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Host Jeff Stelling tried to explain: "That was the second-place trophy."

To which Merson asked: "How do they pick that up before the first place people?"

Stelling then replied: "Because they were at home last week and Burnley were away, so they wanted to have the trophy in front of their own fans.

"Cause otherwise there might not be many celebrations.

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"If they had given it to them at Blackburn [Burnley's rivals] that would not have gone down too well."

Merson finally understood after a few chuckles with his fellow pundits.

It was one of Stelling's last times hosting the Sky Sports show.

The TV favourite announced his decision to quit the popular programme last month.

The 68-year-old has been in the hotseat for 25 years.

And Stelling’s final show will come on May 28, with Adam Smith in pole position to take over.

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