2003–04 Burnley F.C. season

Burnley
2003–04 season
Chairman Barry Kilby
Manager Stan Ternent
First Division 19th
League Cup Third round
FA Cup Fifth round
Top goalscorer League:
Robbie Blake (19)
All:
Robbie Blake (22)
Highest home attendance 18,852 (vs. Sunderland, 9 May)
Lowest home attendance 9,473 (vs. Reading, 25 November)
Average home league attendance 12,424

The 2003–04 season was Burnley's fourth season in the second tier of English football. They were managed by Stan Ternent in his sixth full season since he replaced Chris Waddle at the beginning 1998-99 campaign.

Season summary

Burnley struggled all season, and finished the season in 19th, two points above the relegation zone.[1] As with the previous season, Burnley's defense was their downfall - the team conceded 77 goals, bettered in the First Division only by bottom club Wimbledon and in the entire Football League by Second Division side Notts County.

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalFirst DivisionLeague CupFA Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Denmark Brian Jensen 5204603030
2 DF England Lee Roche 30121+411+1030
3 DF Guinea Mo Camara 510450302+10
4 DF England Paul Weller 37025+80201+10
5 DF England David May 39434+141030
6 DF England Graham Branch 41330+83200+10
7 MF England Glen Little 38333+132020
8 FW England Robbie Blake 512244+1193132
9 FW Wales Gareth Taylor 00000000
9 FW Nigeria Dele Adebola (on loan) 310+310000
10 FW England Ian Moore 451338+292133
11 MF Republic of Ireland Alan Moore 1705+80101+20
12 MF England Tony Grant 42034+302030
14 DF England Mark McGregor 26120+310030
15 DF England Dean West 35125+712+1000
16 MF Republic of Ireland Gareth Farrelly (on loan) 1409+301+1000
16 DF England Jay McEveley (on loan) 500+400010
16 MF England Lenny Johnrose 704+300000
17 DF Ivory Coast Arthur Gnohéré 16112+212000
18 MF England Luke Chadwick (on loan) 40623+135211+10
19 FW Grenada Delroy Facey (on loan) 16512+252000
19 GK England Nathan Abbey 00000000
20 MF England Richard Chaplow 44530+951+1030
21 MF England Matthew O'Neill 400+400000
22 MF England Joel Pilkington 100+100+000+00
23 DF England Paul Scott 200+200000
24 DF England Andy Todd (on loan) 80701000
24 MF England Bradley Orr (on loan) 401+300000
24 DF Australia Ryan Townsend 100+100000
25 MF England Neil Wood (on loan) 1118+210010
26 GK United States Paul Rachubka (on loan) 00000000
26 MF England Marc Pugh 00000000

Transfers

In

# Pos Player From Fee Date
3DFGuinea Mo CamaraWolverhampton WanderersFree23 May 2003
2DFEngland Lee RocheManchester UnitedFree26 June 2003
1GKDenmark Brian JensenWest Bromwich AlbionFree30 June 2003
18MFEngland Luke ChadwickManchester UnitedLoan10 July 2003
16MFRepublic of Ireland Gareth FarrellyBolton WanderersLoan1 September 2003
19FWGrenada Delroy FaceyBolton WanderersLoan1 September 2003
24DFEngland Andy ToddBlackburn RoversLoan4 September 2003
16DFEngland Jay McEveleyBlackburn RoversLoan11 December 2003
19GKEngland Nathan AbbeyIpswich TownFree16 January 2004
24MFEngland Bradley OrrNewcastle UnitedLoan28 January 2004
26GKUnited States Paul RachubkaCharlton AthleticLoan29 January 2004
25MFEngland Neil WoodManchester UnitedLoan29 January 2004
9FWNigeria Dele AdebolaCoventry CityLoan25 March 2004
16MFEngland Lenny JohnroseSwansea CityFree25 March 2004

Out

# Pos Player To Fee Date
FWEngland Anthony ShandranSpennymoor UnitedFree20 May 2003
GKGreece Nikolaos MichopoulosOmonia NicosiaFree20 May 2003
MFEngland Mark RasmussenAccrington StanleyFree20 May 2003
DFEngland Earl DavisSwansea CityFree20 May 2003
DFEngland Andrew LeesonBlyth SpartansFree20 May 2003
MFEngland Paul CookAccrington StanleyFree23 May 2003
DFGuinea Drissa DialloIpswich TownFree4 June 2003
DFTrinidad and Tobago Ian CoxGillinghamFree5 June 2003
MFEngland Gordon ArmstrongAccrington StanleyFree5 June 2003
FWEngland Andy PaytonStalybridge CelticFree17 June 2003
MFEngland Brad MaylettSwansea CityFree18 June 2003
DFEngland Steve DavisBlackpoolFree2 July 2003
FWGreece Dimitrios PapadopoulosPanathinaikos£200k4 July 2003
DFEngland Lee BriscoePreston North EndFree22 July 2003
MFEngland Andy WaineAccrington StanleyFree23 July 2003
9FWWales Gareth TaylorNottingham Forest£500,00027 August 2003
7MFEngland Glen LittleBolton WanderersLoan1 September 2003
17DFIvory Coast Arthur GnohéréQueens Park RangersLoan5 September 2003
GKEngland Marlon BeresfordBradford CityFree15 September 2003
17DFIvory Coast Arthur GnohéréQueens Park RangersFree19 February 2004

Results

First Division

Burnley 2 – 3 Crystal Palace
Blake  11'
Roche  19'		 (Report) Freedman  6' (pen.)  32'  67'
Attendance: 12,976
Referee: C Foy
West Bromwich Albion 4 – 1 Burnley
Šakiri  31'
Hulse  59'
Hughes  88'  89'		 (Report) Blake  28'
Attendance: 22,489
Referee: M Clattenburg
Burnley 0 – 2 Wigan Athletic
(Report) Kennedy  13'
Ellington  77'
Attendance: 13,231
Referee: A Butler
Gillingham 0 – 3 Burnley
(Report) I. Moore  27'
West  30'
Blake  77'
Attendance: 7,645
Referee: M Halsey
Burnley 1 – 0 Crewe Alexandra
Chaplow  52' (Report)
Attendance: 11,495
Referee: G Laws
Stoke City 1 – 2 Burnley
Asaba  53' (Report) May  18'
Chadwick  27'
Attendance: 14,876
Referee: M Cooper
Norwich City 2 – 0 Burnley
Crouch  58'
Roberts  90'		 (Report)
Attendance: 16,407
Referee: C Penton
Burnley 0 – 3 Nottingham Forest
(Report) Harewood  7'
Reid  76'
Taylor  82'
Attendance: 12,530
Referee: A Kaye
Burnley 4 – 0 Bradford City
I. Moore  43'
Chadwick  54'  60'
Blake  68'		 (Report)
Attendance: 12,719
Referee: M Dean
Wimbledon 2 – 2 Burnley
Holdsworth  66'
Agyemang  71'		 (Report) Blake  21'  37'
Attendance: 5,639
Referee: M Warren
Watford 1 – 1 Burnley
Fitzgerald  45' (Report) Chadwick  54'
Attendance: 11,573
Referee: A Hall
Burnley 3 – 1 Walsall
Facey  4'  82'  87' (Report) Merson  24'
Attendance: 10,532
Referee: M Jones
Ipswich Town 6 – 1 Burnley
Couñago  20'  22'
Wright  28'
Bart-Williams  30'
Chaplow  40' (o.g.)
Kuqi  90'		 (Report) Facey  49'
Attendance: 22,048
Referee: P Joslin
West Ham United 2 – 2 Burnley
Connolly  20'
Hutchison  86'		 (Report) Facey  38'
I. Moore  82'
Attendance: 31,474
Referee: I Williamson
Burnley 1 – 1 Millwall
I. Moore  60' (Report) Whelan  53'
Attendance: 10,435
Referee: A Bates
Burnley 1 – 1 Cardiff City
Chaplow  52' (Report) Earnshaw  76'
Attendance: 10,886
Referee: H Webb
Sheffield United 1 – 0 Burnley
Tonge  45' (Report)
Attendance: 20,967
Referee: G Cain
Derby County 2 – 0 Burnley
Morris  20'
Taylor  90' (pen.)		 (Report)
Attendance: 21,960
Referee: U Rennie
Burnley 1 – 1 Rotherham United
Blake  35' (Report) Mullin  51'
Attendance: 12,928
Referee: R Olivier
Burnley 3 – 0 Reading
Blake  5'
Chaplow  47'
Chadwick  54'		 (Report)
Attendance: 9,473
Referee: M Pike
Sunderland 1 – 1 Burnley
Kyle  39' (Report) I. Moore  72'
Attendance: 29,852
Referee: A Kaye
Burnley 3 – 2 Sheffield United
Blake  17'  45' (pen.)
I. Moore  34'		 (Report) Montgomery  24'
Whitlow  31'
Attendance: 11,452
Referee: N Barry
Burnley 1 – 2 Coventry City
Blake  53' (Report) Suffo  8'
Weller  40' (o.g.)
Attendance: 10,358
Referee: M Fletcher
Preston North End 5 – 3 Burnley
Fuller  18'  71'  82'
Lewis  60'
Healy  88'		 (Report) I. Moore  24'
Gnohéré  64'
Blake  78' (pen.)
Attendance: 18,802
Referee: M Dean
Crewe Alexandra 3 – 1 Wigan Athletic
Ashton  37'
S. Jones  55'  90'		 (Report) Blake  89' (pen.)
Attendance: 9,512
Referee: T Parkes
Burnley 0 – 1 Stoke City
(Report) Akinbiyi  52'
Attendance: 12,812
Referee: D Gallagher
Crystal Palace 0 – 0 Burnley
(Report)
Attendance: 15,276
Referee: A Wiley
Burnley 1 – 1 West Bromwich Albion
Blake  68' (Report) Horsfield  73'
Attendance: 13,106
Referee: N Miller
Wigan Athletic 0 – 0 Burnley
(Report)
Attendance: 11,147
Referee: U Rennie
Burnley 1 – 0 Gillingham
Little  83' (Report)
Attendance: 10,400
Referee: P Danson
Burnley 4 – 2 Ipswich Town
Little  26'
May  28'
Chaplow  61'
Blake  90'		 (Report) Westlake  65'
Reuser  88'
Attendance: 11,343
Referee: M Dean
Reading 2 – 2 Burnley
Owusu  19'
Harper  90'		 (Report) I. Moore  23'
May  67'
Attendance: 10,543
Referee: A Penn
Millwall 2 – 0 Burnley
Ifill  12'
Sweeney  52'		 (Report)
Attendance: 10,148
Referee: A Butler
Burnley 1 – 1 West Ham United
Branch  31' (Report) Connolly  36' (pen.)
Attendance: 12,440
Referee: P Dowd
Burnley 1 – 1 Preston North End
Blake  19' (Report) Alexander  58' (pen.)
Attendance: 15,837
Referee: D Pugh
Coventry City 4 – 0 Burnley
Joachim  10'
McSheffrey  33'  39' (pen.)
Konjić  78'		 (Report)
Attendance: 12,953
Referee: A Bates
Nottingham Forest 1 – 1 Burnley
Taylor  80' (Report) Chaplow  15'
Attendance: 26,885
Referee: R Olivier
Bradford City 1 – 2 Burnley
Cadamarteri  18' (Report) Blake  8'
I. Moore  90'
Attendance: 13,667
Referee: G Laws
Burnley 3 – 5 Norwich City
Wood  7'
May  30'
Blake  38'		 (Report) Svensson  14'  62'
Huckerby  32'  89'
McKenzie  51'
Attendance: 12,417
Referee: A Hall
Walsall 0 – 1 Burnley
(Report) Blake  56' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,769
Referee: S Bennett
Burnley 2 – 3 Watford
McGregor  30'
Adebola  86'		 (Report) Devlin  39' (pen.)
Helguson  55'
Cook  84'
Attendance: 11,413
Referee: C Boyeson
Cardiff City 2 – 0 Burnley
Langley  78' (pen.)
Campbell  80'		 (Report)
Attendance: 13,525
Referee: M Jones
Burnley 2 – 0 Wimbledon
Branch  26'
Ntimban-Zeh  45' (o.g.)		 (Report)
Attendance: 13,555
Referee: G Cain
Burnley 1 – 0 Derby County
Branch  42' (Report)
Attendance: 16,189
Referee: E Evans
Rotherham United 3 – 0 Burnley
Butler  15'
Stockdale  39'
Proctor  85' (pen.)		 (Report)
Attendance: 9,157
Referee: P Walton
Burnley 1 – 2 Sunderland
Little  11' (Report) Breen  37'
Kyle  66'
Attendance: 18,852
Referee: K Hill

Final league position

Pos Team Games played Won Drawn Lost Goals for Goals against Points
19 Burnley 46 13 14 19 60 77 53

League Cup

First round

Chesterfield 0 – 0
(a.e.t.)		 Burnley
Report
Penalties
Brandon
Payne
Hudson
Hurst
Evatt 		2 – 3 Weller
West
Blake
Little
Attendance: 2,928
Referee: P Robinson

Second round

Scunthorpe United 2 – 3 Burnley
MacLean  32'
Beagrie  85'		 Report Chadwick  22'
Blake  42'
I. Moore  77'
Attendance: 2,915
Referee: M Fletcher

Third round

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 – 0 Burnley
Miller  48'
Craddock  81'		 Report
Attendance: 18,548
Referee: Chris Foy

FA Cup

Third round

Mansfield Town 0 – 2 Burnley
Report I. Moore  30', 73'
Attendance: 8,290
Referee: P Prosser

Fourth round

Burnley 3 – 1 Gillingham
I. Moore  30'
Blake  33', 64'		 Report Henderson  71'
Attendance: 9,735
Referee: Graham Laws

Fifth round

Millwall 1 – 0 Burnley
Dichio  70' Report
Attendance: 10,420
Referee: Howard Webb

References

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