2002–03 Burnley F.C. season

Burnley

2002–03 season
Chairman	Barry Kilby
Manager	Stan Ternent
First Division	16th
League Cup	Fourth round
FA Cup	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: Gareth Taylor (16) All: Gareth Taylor (17)
Highest home attendance	22,034 (vs. Manchester United, 3 December)
Lowest home attendance	5,436 (vs. Grimsby Town, 14 January)
Average home league attendance	14,200[1]

The 2002–03 season was Burnley's 3rd season in the second tier of English football. They were managed by Stan Ternent in his fifth full season since he replaced Chris Waddle at the beginning 1998–99 campaign.

Season summary

Four straight losses at the beginning of the season saw Burnley bottom of the First Division, before a ten-match unbeaten run lifted the Clarets to the brink of the play-off places. However, that would be as good as it got for the Lancashire club, who spent most of the season hovering in mid-table. A poor finish to the season - 10 losses in the club's final 14 matches - saw them fall to 16th.^[2] Burnley's downfall was their poor defense, which was the worst in the league: 5 goals conceded against both Grimsby and Reading, 6 against Rotherham, 7 against Sheffield Wednesday and Watford, and 89 overall, the worst in the First Division and third-worst in the entire Football League.

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division		League Cup		FA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Nikolaos Michopoulos	14	0	13	0	0	0	1	0
2	DF		Dean West	49	5	41	4	3	1	5	0
3	DF		Drissa Diallo	18	2	14	1	0	0	4	1
5	DF		Steve Davis	32	5	25+3	4	3	1	0+1	0
6	DF		Gordon Armstrong	7	0	1+5	0	0	0	0+1	0
7	MF		Glen Little	40	7	28+5	5	2+1	0	1+3	2
8	MF		Paul Cook	31	1	21+2	0	1+1	0	5+1	1
9	FW		Gareth Taylor	48	17	38+2	16	3+1	0	4	1
10	FW		Andy Payton	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
11	MF		Matthew O'Neill	7	0	2+5	0	0	0	0	0
12	MF		Tony Grant	44	1	24+10	1	3+1	0	6	0
14	DF		Ian Cox	33	1	23+3	1	2	0	4+1	0
15	MF		Graham Branch	41	0	31+1	0	2+1	0	6	0
16	FW		Ian Moore	52	11	35+9	8	2	0	6	3
17	FW		Anthony Shandran	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Paul Weller	40	1	26+8	0	3	0	1+2	1
19	DF		Lee Briscoe	41	2	32+1	2	4	0	4	0
20	MF		Brad Maylett	6	0	1+5	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW		Mark Rasmussen	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK		Marlon Beresford	43	0	33+1	0	4	0	5	0
23	DF		Mark McGregor	37	1	25+5	1	3	0	2+2	0
25	MF		Lenny Johnrose	6	0	5+1	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF		Arthur Gnohéré	40	2	31+2	2	4	0	3	0
27	FW		Robbie Blake	49	16	34+7	13	4	1	3+1	2
28	MF		Alan Moore	36	3	14+13	1	1+2	0	5+1	2
29	FW		Dimitrios Papadopoulos	40	6	7+27	3	0+4	3	1+1	0
30	MF		Richard Chaplow	5	0	2+3	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF		Joel Pilkington	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF		Earl Davis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF		Andy Waine	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF		Andrew Leeson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

In

#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date
22	GK	Marlon Beresford	York City	Free	5 September 2002
3	DF	Drissa Diallo	KV Mechelen	Free	10 January 2003

Out

#	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date
	MF	Lenny Johnrose		Released	24 April 2002
	MF	Kevin Ball		Retired	24 April 2002
	DF	John Williamson		Released	24 April 2002
	GK	Luigi Cennamo		Released	24 April 2002
	DF	Mitchell Thomas		Retired	24 April 2002
	MF	Paul Gascoigne		Released	16 August 2002
	MF	Tony Ellis	Leigh RMI	Free	16 August 2002
1	GK	Nikolaos Michopoulos	Crystal Palace	Loan	28 September 2002
25	MF	Lenny Johnrose	Bury	Free	4 October 2002
32	DF	Earl Davis	Stalybridge Celtic	Loan	26 November 2002
17	FW	Anthony Shandran	York City	Loan	31 January 2003
32	DF	Earl Davis	Southport	Loan	7 March 2003
20	MF	Brad Maylett	Swansea City	Loan	15 March 2003
7	MF	Glen Little	Reading	Loan	1 April 2003

Results

First Division

Burnley v Brighton & Hove Albion

10 August 2002 3:00pm	Burnley	1 – 3	Brighton & Hove Albion	Turf Moor, Burnley
	Briscoe  90'	(Report)	Melton  29' Brooker  65' Zamora  67'	Attendance: 14,738 Referee: Anthony Bates

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Burnley

17 August 2002 5:35pm	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3 – 0	Burnley	Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton
	Blake  2' Irwin  49' Cooper  88'	(Report)		Attendance: 25,031 Referee: Jeff Winter

Burnley v Sheffield United

24 August 2002 3:00pm	Burnley	0 – 1	Sheffield United	Turf Moor, Burnley
		(Report)	Onuora  35'	Attendance: 12,868 Referee: R Pearson

Reading v Burnley

27 August 2002 3:00pm	Reading	3 – 0	Burnley	Madejski Stadium, Reading
	Cureton  55', 90' Butler  87'	(Report)		Attendance: 12,009 Referee: Paul Taylor

Burnley v Crystal Palace

31 August 2002 3:00pm	Burnley	0 – 0	Crystal Palace	Turf Moor, Burnley
		(Report)		Attendance: 12,407 Referee: M Fletcher

Derby County v Burnley

7 September 2002 3:00pm	Derby County	1 – 2	Burnley	Pride Park Stadium, Burnley
	Bolder  8'	(Report)	Blake  51' (pen.) Barton  55' (o.g.)	Attendance: 22,343 Referee: A Hall

Burnley v Stoke City

14 September 2002 3:00pm	Burnley	2 – 1	Stoke City	Turf Moor, Burnley
	Gnohéré  76' Papadopoulos  81'	(Report)	Guðjónsson  74'	Attendance: 14,244 Referee: D Pugh

Burnley v Millwall

17 September 2002 7:45pm	Burnley	2 – 2	Millwall	Turf Moor, Burnley
	West  18' (pen.) I. Moore  85'	(Report)	Livermore  31' Davies  64'	Attendance: 11,878 (0 away fans) Referee: Howard Webb

Bradford City v Burnley

21 September 2002 3:00pm	Bradford City	2 – 2	Burnley	Valley Parade, Bradford
	Gray  17' Proctor  90'	(Report)	Blake  57' Taylor  76'	Attendance: 14,561 Referee: Mike Dean

Burnley v Wimbledon

28 September 2002 3:00pm	Burnley	1 – 0	Wimbledon	Turf Moor, Burnley
	Little  51'	(Report)		Attendance: 12,259 Referee: S Mathieson

Sheffield Wednesday v Burnley

5 October 2002 3:00pm	Sheffield Wednesday	1 – 3	Burnley	Hillsborough, Sheffield
	Donnelly  67'	(Report)	Taylor  8' Little  57' I. Moore  60'	Attendance: 17,004 Referee: T Parkes

Burnley v Walsall

12 October 2002 3:00pm	Burnley	2 – 1	Walsall	Turf Moor, Burnley
	Blake  42' Davis  69'	(Report)	Birch  79'	Attendance: 12,907 Referee: B Curson

Leicester City v Burnley

19 October 2002 3:00pm	Leicester City	0 – 1	Burnley	Walkers Stadium, Leicester
		(Report)	I. Moore  55'	Attendance: 26,254 Referee: K Hill

Ipswich Town v Burnley

22 October 2002 7:45pm	Ipswich Town	2 – 2	Burnley	Portman Road, Ipswich
	McGreal  2' Ambrose  16'	(Report)	Gnohéré  6' Papadopoulos  90'	Attendance: 22,736 Referee: Phil Joslin

Burnley v Portsmouth

26 October 2002 3:00pm	Burnley	0 – 3	Portsmouth	Turf Moor, Burnley
		(Report)	Quashie  21' Todorov  58' Harper  86'	Attendance: 15,788 Referee: M Clattenburg

Grimsby Town v Burnley

29 October 2002 7:45pm	Grimsby Town	6 – 5	Burnley	Blundell Park, Grimsby
	Kabba  3', 31' Livingstone  28' Campbell  36' Pouton  56' (pen.) Ford  72'	(Report)	Taylor  22', 49' I. Moore  31' Blake  45', 83' (pen.)	Attendance: 5,620 Referee: Paul Danson

Preston North End v Burnley

2 November 2002 5:35pm	Preston North End	3 – 1	Burnley	Deepdale, Preston
	Fuller  3', 66' McKenna  62'	(Report)	Taylor  51'	Attendance: 16,046 Referee: G Cain

Burnley v Coventry City

9 November 2002 3:00pm	Burnley	3 – 1	Coventry City	Turf Moor, Burnley
	Blake  15' (pen.) Grant  35' Davenport  86' (o.g.)	(Report)	McAllister  66' (pen.)	Attendance: 13,470 Referee: Mike Jones

Rotherham United v Burnley

16 November 2002 3:00pm	Rotherham United	0 – 0	Burnley	Millmoor, Rotherham
		(Report)		Attendance: 7,575 Referee: A Hall

Burnley v Norwich City

23 November 2002 3:00pm	Burnley	2 – 0	Norwich City	Turf Moor, Burnley
	McGregor  59' Little  85'	(Report)		Attendance: 16,282 Referee: P Prosser

Watford v Burnley

30 November 2002 3:00pm	Watford	2 – 1	Burnley	Vicarage Road, Watford
	Helguson  40' Smith  72' (pen.)	(Report)	Taylor  76'	Attendance: 13,977 Referee: Ray Olivier

Burnley v Nottingham Forest

7 December 2002 3:00pm	Burnley	1 – 0	Nottingham Forest	Turf Moor, Burnley
	Briscoe  28'	(Report)		Attendance: 13,869 Referee: L Cable

Burnley v Rotherham United

14 December 2002 3:00pm	Burnley	2 – 6	Rotherham United	Turf Moor, Burnley
	Davis  67', 78'	(Report)	Lee  12', 59' Mullin  27', 30' Byfield  84', 89'	Attendance: 14,121 Referee: Chris Foy

Gillingham v Burnley

20 December 2002 12:30pm	Gillingham	4 – 2	Burnley	Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham
	Wallace  17' Smith  41', 45' King  64'	(Report)	Taylor  28' Blake  76' (pen.)	Attendance: 7,905 Referee: G Hegley

Burnley v Wolverhampton Wanderers

26 December 2002 3:00pm	Burnley	2 – 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Turf Moor, Burnley
	Taylor  24' West  32'	(Report)	Butler  85'	Attendance: 18,641 Referee: M Messias

Brighton & Hove Albion v Burnley

28 December 2002 3:00pm	Brighton & Hove Albion	2 – 2	Burnley	Withdean Stadium, Brighton
	Sidwell  88', 89'	(Report)	Little  44' I. Moore  71'	Attendance: 6,502 Referee: T Parkes

Burnley v Ipswich Town

11 January 2003 3:00pm	Burnley	1 – 1	Ipswich Town	Turf Moor, Burnley
	Blake  66' (pen.)	(Report)	Couñago  22'	Attendance: 15,501 Referee: A Hall

Crystal Palace v Burnley

18 January 2003 3:00pm	Crystal Palace	1 – 1	Burnley	Selhurst Park, London
	Popovic  62' (pen.)	(Report)	Taylor  44'	Attendance: 16,344 Referee: M Cooper

Burnley v Reading

1 February 2003 3:00pm	Burnley	2 – 5	Reading	Turf Moor, Burnley
	I. Moore  55' West  90'	(Report)	Sidwell  37', 79' Salako  45', 52' Henderson  90'	Attendance: 14,420 Referee: R Pearson

Coventry City v Burnley

8 February 2003 3:00pm	Coventry City	0 – 1	Burnley	Highfield Road, Coventry
		(Report)	Cox  35'	Attendance: 13,659 Referee: G Cain

Burnley v Derby County

22 February 2003 3:00pm	Burnley	2 – 0	Derby County	Turf Moor, Burnley
	I. Moore  8' Taylor  23'	(Report)		Attendance: 15,063 Referee: D Crick

Stoke City v Burnley

1 March 2003 3:00pm	Stoke City	0 – 1	Burnley	Britannia Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent
		(Report)	West  56'	Attendance: 12,874 Referee: Phil Joslin

Millwall v Burnley

4 March 2003 7:45pm	Millwall	1 – 1	Burnley	The New Den, London
	Sadlier  84'	(Report)	I. Moore  18'	Attendance: 6,045 Referee: M Cooper

Sheffield United v Burnley

12 March 2003 7:45pm	Sheffield United	4 – 2	Burnley	Bramall Lane, Sheffield
	Brown  17', 36' Ndlovu  66', 72'	(Report)	Taylor  64' Blake  90'	Attendance: 17,359 Referee: A Butler

Walsall v Burnley

15 March 2003 3:00pm	Walsall	3 – 2	Burnley	Bescot Stadium, Walsall
	Leitão  24' Carbon  33' Matías  66'	(Report)	Blake  74' (pen.) Little  90'	Attendance: 6,327 Referee: Peter Walton

Burnley v Leicester City

18 March 2003 7:45pm	Burnley	1 – 2	Leicester City	Turf Moor, Burnley
	Sinclair  90' (o.g.)	(Report)	Dickov  79' Benjamin  65'	Attendance: 14,544 Referee: A Kaye

Burnley v Grimsby Town

22 March 2003 3:00pm	Burnley	1 – 1	Grimsby Town	Turf Moor, Burnley
	A. Moore  52'	(Report)	Campbell  43'	Attendance: 13,445 Referee: F Stretton

Burnley v Bradford City

25 March 2003 7:45pm	Burnley	0 – 2	Bradford City	Turf Moor, Burnley
		(Report)	Jørgensen  18' Gray  89'	Attendance: 11,095 Referee: C Webster

Burnley v Watford

5 April 2003 3:00pm	Burnley	4 – 7	Watford	Turf Moor, Burnley
	Taylor  15', 39', 45' Davis  35'	(Report)	Brown  13' Hyde  16' Cox  26' Chopra  29', 40', 61', 90'	Attendance: 10,208 Referee: Phil Dowd

Burnley v Preston North End

8 April 2003 7:45pm	Burnley	2 – 0	Preston North End	Turf Moor, Burnley
	Papadopoulos  42' Blake  61'	(Report)		Attendance: 12,245 Referee: Mark Halsey

Norwich City v Burnley

12 April 2003 3:00pm	Norwich City	2 – 0	Burnley	Carrow Road, Norwich
	Nedergaard  3' Abbey  67'	(Report)		Attendance: 20,026 Referee: S Tomlin

Portsmouth v Burnley

15 April 2003 7:45pm	Portsmouth	1 – 0	Burnley	Fratton Park, Portsmouth
	Todorov  73'	(Report)		Attendance: 19,221 Referee: B Curson

Burnley v Gillingham

19 April 2003 3:00pm	Burnley	2 – 0	Gillingham	Turf Moor, Burnley
	Taylor  28' Diallo  50'	(Report)		Attendance: 14,031 Referee: Steve Baines

Nottingham Forest v Burnley

21 April 2003 3:00pm	Nottingham Forest	2 – 0	Burnley	City Ground, Nottingham
	Dawson  75' Johnson  90'	(Report)		Attendance: 25,403 Referee: Anthony Bates

Burnley v Sheffield Wednesday

26 April 2003 1:30pm	Burnley	2 – 7	Sheffield Wednesday	Turf Moor, Burnley
	Blake  42' (pen.)  53'	(Report)	McLaren  3' Westwood  5' Wood  32' Evans  47' Haslam  66' Gnohéré  73' (o.g.) Quinn  80'	Attendance: 17,435 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Wimbledon v Burnley

4 May 2003 1:30pm	Wimbledon	2 – 1	Burnley	Selhurst Park, London
	Connolly  55', 81'	(Report)	Taylor  27'	Attendance: 1,972 Referee: P Armstrong

League Cup

Burnley v Blackpool

10 September 2002 7:45pm 1	Burnley	3 – 0	Blackpool	Turf Moor, Burnley
	West  13' Papadopoulos  63', 75'	(Report)		Attendance: 7,448 (2,226 away) Referee: C Webster

Huddersfield Town v Burnley

1 October 2002 7:45pm 2	Huddersfield Town	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Burnley	Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield
		(Report)	Papadopoulos  104'	Attendance: 5,887 (2,296 away) Referee: G Laws

Burnley v Tottenham Hotspur

6 November 2002 7:45pm 3	Burnley	2 – 1	Tottenham Hotspur	Turf Moor, Burnley
	Blake  57' Davis  61'	(Report)	Poyet  17'	Attendance: 13,512 (1,800 away) Referee: D Gallagher

Burnley v Manchester United

3 December 2002 7:45pm 4	Burnley	0 – 2	Manchester United	Turf Moor, Burnley
		(Report)	Forlán  35' Solskjær  65'	Attendance: 22,034 (4,150 away) Referee: N Barry

FA Cup

Grimsby Town v Burnley

4 January 2003 3:00pm 3	Grimsby Town	2 – 2	Burnley	Blundell Park, Grimsby
	Cooke  57' (pen.) Mansaram  87'	(Report)	A. Moore  14' Weller  73'	Attendance: 5,350 (1,126 away) Referee: Graham Laws

Burnley v Grimsby Town

14 January 2003 7:45pm 3 (replay)	Burnley	4 – 0	Grimsby Town	Turf Moor, Burnley
	I. Moore  25', 90' Little  79' Blake  86' (pen.)	(Report)		Attendance: 5,436 (379 away) Referee: Graham Laws

Brentford v Burnley

25 January 2003 3:00pm 4	Brentford	0 – 3	Burnley	Griffin Park, London
		(Report)	Blake  52' Cook  86' Little  89'	Attendance: 9,563 (1,732 away) Referee: K Hill

Fulham v Burnley

16 February 2003 3:00pm D	Fulham	1 – 1	Burnley	Loftus Road, London
	Malbranque  45'	(Report)	A. Moore  4'	Attendance: 13,062 (2,910 away) Referee: Graham Poll

Burnley v Fulham

26 February 2003 7:45pm 5 (replay)	Burnley	3 – 0	Fulham	Turf Moor, Burnley
	Taylor  27' I. Moore  35' Diallo  52'	(Report)		Attendance: 11,635 (303 away) Referee: Phil Dowd

Watford v Burnley

9 March 2003 1:30pm Quarter-final	Watford	2 – 0	Burnley	Vicarage Road, Watford
	Smith  74' Glass  80'	(Report)		Attendance: 20,336 (4,494 away) Referee: Alan Wiley

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