Magilton, who was schooled at Liverpool, before spells as a player with Oxford, Southampton, Sheffield Wednesday and the Tractor Boys, felt his side's defensive display was enough to merit the win.

But he acknowledges that the Clarets remain dangerous, despite starting the season pointless, shipping seven goals in two games.

The former Northern Ireland international midfielder said: "They're a threat, they've got a lot of good footballers and we know that if you give them time and space they can really hurt you.

"Richard (Wright) has earned his corn again, but I thought, overall, defensively we were pretty solid and limited them to shots outside the box, which was pleasing for us.

"We had a few scary moments in the 90 minutes, but you're going to get that with the players they have.

"Credit to Burnley, they kept in the game and kept trying to pass the ball – I'm sure that's the way Owen will want them to continue."

Last season, Town had to wait until February for their first away win, at the 15th attempt, and he was happy to get up and running, after the chaos of the delayed kick-off: "It was surreal for both of us, I have to say.

"I don't think either of us are going to make excuses but it certainly didn't help preparation. You've got these lads all ready for a three o'clock kick-off, then there was a lot of confusion surrounding kick-off time.

"We managed to get the game underway, but it wasn't a classic by any means, but it was important for us to get off the mark, and it was based on a real defensive display.

"It was a real, whole-hearted defensive display from everybody.
"We took the limited chances that we created and managed to hang in there.

"We know they're a good footballing side and we knew that for 20 minutes they were going to come at us. We had to stop them playing and then come out with a little bit more.

"When we were positive and got the ball down and played we looked half decent.

"There are things to work on. At 2-0 up we should be able to control the ball better than what we did. I thought we were poor and sloppy in possession at times, we didn't take enough care of the ball at times, but three points is a start for us.

"It's a long way to go, but it's a good start."

Magilton admitted he envisaged having to come back later in the season to replay the fixture: "There was a moment I thought we wouldn't get a game, and there were moments when I wanted to strangle a few people.

"To be fair to Burnley and the referee they were pretty insistent that the game went ahead.

"I was getting fed up though, I have to say.
"There's only so much time you can motivate lads - when they're ready to go they're ready to go.

"In fact, Liam Trotter was asleep in the dressing room!"