BURNLEY Under-23s will get their Premier League Cup campaign up and running with a trip to Newcastle on Friday.

Michael Duff's side face the Magpies, managed by Peter Beardsley, at the home of the Northumberland Football Association in Benton at 1pm.

The Clarets' first home game of the competition will take place against Colchester United at Curzon Ashton on Thursday, November 2 (7pm), before they are on the road again against Swansea City at their training ground on Monday, December 4 (1pm).

The return fixture against Newcastle will take place at Stockport's Edgeley Park on Thursday, January 18 (2pm), before Duff's side face Colchester at the Weston Homes Community Stadium on Friday, February 9 (7pm).

The group stage, with the top two qualifying for the knockout round, will conclude with a home game against Swansea City at Curzon Ashton on Monday, February 26 (2pm).

As a result of the PL Cup games Burnley have had some of their Professional Development League games moves, starting with the home game against Barnsley will now take place on Thursday, November 16 (7pm) at Curzon Ashton.

The home clash with Birmingham City will now take place on Thursday, February 15 (12pm) at the Barnfield Training Centre.

Duff's Under-23 side secured their first away point of the season at Hull City on Monday night, drawing 0-0 with the Tigers at North Ferriby's Grange Lane, and the boss was delighted with the fight on show.

“You can’t question any of them for effort,” Duff said.

“We have played better than that and got beaten recently, so the determination, the organisation and the attitude to defend a point was good.

“We lacked a bit of quality, but they get spoiled by playing on absolute bowling greens every day.

“They have come to a non-league pitch with a bit of grass on it, which was a little bit soft and a bit bobbly and it looked like they didn’t trust each enough with the ball.

“But there are positives to take. You learn something from every game.

“It’s the first time they’ve come up against a (genuine) under-23s and it’s good they are competing amongst their peers, even though they were slightly older.

“It wasn’t like an Academy game. It was competitive and if you want to be a footballer, that’s a start point.

“After the last three or four weeks when we’ve had some real positives with the ball, this was the other way around, the positives were without the ball.

“It was a good, strong, together performance.”