1995–96 Burnley F.C. season

Burnley
1995–96 season
Chairman	Frank Teasdale
Manager	Jimmy Mullen; (until February 1996); Clive Middlemass; (caretaker manager); Adrian Heath; (from March 1996)
Second Division	17th
League Cup	Second Round
FA Cup	First Round
Football League Trophy	Northern Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: Kurt Nogan (20); All: Kurt Nogan (26)
Highest home attendance	10,613 v Hull City (16 September 1995)
Lowest home attendance	3,225 v Chester City (7 November 1995)
Average home league attendance	8,416
	Home colours
	Home colours

The 1995–96 season was Burnley's first season in the third tier of English football.

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division		League Cup		FA Cup		FL Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF		Derek Adams	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK		Marlon Beresford	45	0	36+0	0	4+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
	DF		Charlie Bishop (on loan)	9	0	9+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		John Borland	4	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	DF		Chris Brass	11	0	7+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	FW		Andy Cooke	28	5	10+13	5	0+0	0	0+1	0	2+2	0
	DF		Wayne Dowell	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		David Eyres	48	7	39+3	6	3+0	0	1+0	1	2+0	0
	FW		John Francis	29	2	4+18	2	0+3	0	0+1	0	0+3	0
	GK		Jimmy Glass (on loan)	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Alan Harper	4	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Gerry Harrison	42	1	35+0	1	2+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
	MF		Adrian Heath	9	0	5+2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	FW		Ian Helliwell	4	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Jamie Hoyland	28	0	21+2	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
	MF		Warren Joyce	50	5	42+1	5	4+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
	FW		Paul Mahorn (on loan)	8	1	3+5	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Paul McDonald (on loan)	11	1	8+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	MF		Ted McMinn	11	0	7+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	FW		Kurt Nogan	55	26	46+0	20	4+0	3	1+0	0	4+0	3
	DF		Gary Parkinson	36	0	29+0	0	4+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
	FW		Nathan Peel	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		John Pender	2	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Tony Philliskirk	11	1	7+1	1	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Franny Powell	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Adrian Randall	19	0	12+3	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	FW		Liam Robinson	17	2	11+5	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	GK		Wayne Russell	10	0	10+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Paul Smith	10	0	3+7	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Peter Swan	39	5	31+1	5	2+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
	MF		Steve Thompson	18	0	18+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Chris Vinnicombe	44	2	35+0	2	4+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
	MF		Paul Weller	28	1	24+1	1	1+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	DF		Mark Winstanley	53	3	45+0	3	3+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0

Transfers

In

Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date
FW	Andy Cooke	Newtown	Undisclosed	1 May 1995
FW	Peter Swan	Plymouth Argyle	£200k	4 August 1995
DF	Paul McDonald	Southampton	Loan	15 September 1995
GK	Jimmy Glass	Crystal Palace	Loan	1 February 1996
DF	Charlie Bishop	Barnsley	Loan	28 March 1996
FW	Paul Mahorn	Tottenham Hotspur	Loan	28 March 1996

Out

Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date
	Tony McCluskey		Released	31 May 1995
DF	Steve Davis	Luton Town	£750k	13 July 1995
MF	John Mullin	Sunderland	£40k	12 August 1995
DF	John Pender	Wigan Athletic	£30k	21 August 1995
MF	Franny Powell	Rochdale	Released	18 September 1995
FW	Tony Philliskirk	Carlisle United	Loan	23 October 1995
FW	Nathan Peel	Mansfield Town	Loan	27 October 1995
DF	Alan Harper	Cardiff City	Loan	24 November 1995
FW	Tony Philliskirk	Cardiff City	£60k	6 December 1995
MF	Adrian Randall	York City	£140k	27 December 1995
FW	Nathan Peel	Doncaster Rovers	Loan	23 February 1996
DF	Wayne Dowell	Carlisle United	Loan	29 March 1996

Matches

Second Division

12 August 1995

Burnley	2–1	Rotherham United
Eyres 25' (pen.) Philliskirk 39'	(Report)	Goater 10'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 10,478

19 August 1995

Stockport County	0–0	Burnley
	(Report)

Edgeley Park, Stockport

Attendance: 8,463

26 August 1995

Burnley	1–0	Brentford
Nogan 11'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 9,586

29 August 1995

Bristol Rovers	1–0	Burnley
Taylor 49'	(Report)

Memorial Stadium, Bristol

Attendance: 5,646

6 September 1995

Burnley	1–1	Walsall
Joyce 90'	(Report)	Lightbourne 77'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 8,778

9 September 1995

Carlisle United	2–0	Burnley
Aspinall Conway	(Report)

Brunton Park, Carlisle

Attendance: 7,318

12 September 1995

York City	1–1	Burnley
Barnes 71'	(Report)	Cooke 38'

Bootham Crescent, York

Attendance: 4,684

16 September 1995

Burnley	2–1	Hull City
Nogan 40' Allison 89' (o.g.)	(Report)	Fewings 90'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 10,613

23 September 1995

Chesterfield	4–2	Burnley
Hewitt Lormor Morris Robinson	(Report)	Nogan 17' Eyres 44' (pen.)

Saltergate, Chesterfield

Attendance: 4,933

30 September 1995

Burnley	3–0	Swansea City
Nogan 15' Joyce 53' Eyres 79'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 8,068

7 October 1995

Burnley	1–1	Wycombe Wanderers
Joyce 40'	(Report)	Williams 64'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 8,029

14 October 1995

Bournemouth	0–2	Burnley
	(Report)	Vinnicombe 6' Nogan 78'

Dean Court, Bournemouth

Attendance: 4,954

21 October 1995

Burnley	3–0	Brighton & Hove Albion
Eyres 4' Swan 33' Nogan 36'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 9,016

28 October 1995

Bradford City	2–2	Hull City
Hamilton Mitchell	(Report)	Harrison 24' Swan 86'

Valley Parade, Bradford

Attendance: 8,356

31 October 1995

Peterborough United	0–2	Burnley
	(Report)	McDonald 11' Swan 33'

London Road, Peterborough

Attendance: 4,737

16 September 1995

Burnley	3–4	Notts County
Nogan 3' 85' Cooke 69'	(Report)	Arkins Baraclough Devlin

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 10,511

18 November 1995

Shrewsbury Town	3–0	Burnley
Evans Scott	(Report)

Gay Meadow, Shrewsbury

Attendance: 3,914

25 November 1995

Burnley	2–2	Wrexham
Nogan 59' Joyce 65'	(Report)	Skinner Ward

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 8,710

2 December 1995

Burnley	2–0	Carlisle United
Nogan 38' 57'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 8,297

9 December 1995

Burnley	2–2	Chesterfield
Nogan 21' 81'	(Report)	Davies Lormor

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 8,459

16 December 1995

Swansea City	2–4	Burnley
Hurst Torpey	(Report)	Eyres 32' Nogan 54' Cooke 75' 87'

Vetch Field, Swansea

Attendance: 2,078

23 December 1995

Burnley	0–0	Bristol City
	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 9,327

13 January 1996

Burnley	4–3	Stockport County
Vinnicombe 6' Cooke 17' Nogan 69' Francis 79'	(Report)	Bound Flynn Helliwell o.g.'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 9,113

20 January 1996

Rotherham United	1–0	Burnley
Berry 85'	(Report)

Millmoor, Rotherham

Attendance: 4,018

30 January 1996

Burnley	0–2	Oxford United
	(Report)	Allen Massey

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 6,815

3 February 1996

Brentford	1–0	Burnley
Forster 61'	(Report)

Griffin Park, London

Attendance: 5,195

10 February 1996

Burnley	0–1	Crewe Alexandra
	(Report)	Edwards 21'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 9,153

17 February 1996

Burnley	3–3	York City
Winstanley 50' Francis 60' Nogan 67'	(Report)	Murty Naylor Pepper

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 8,731

24 February 1996

Hull City	3–0	Burnley
Davison Peacock	(Report)

Boothferry Park, Kingston upon Hull

Attendance: 4,206

2 March 1996

Burnley	0–1	Blackpool
	(Report)	Preece 62'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 10,082

9 March 1996

Bristol City	0–1	Burnley
	(Report)	Nogan 84'

Ashton Gate, Bristol

Attendance: 6,612

12 March 1996

Blackpool	3–1	Burnley
Bonner Ellis Mellon	(Report)	Nogan 28'

Bloomfield Road, Blackpool

Attendance: 8,941

16 March 1996

Burnley	0–0	Swindon Town
	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 9,360

19 March 1996

Crewe Alexandra	3–1	Burnley
Adebola Garvey Rivers	(Report)	Winstanley 65'

Gresty Road, Crewe

Attendance: 3,393

23 March 1996

Oxford United	5–0	Burnley
Aldridge Beauchamp Moody	(Report)

Manor Ground, Oxford

Attendance: 6,629

30 March 1996

Wycombe Wanderers	4–1	Burnley
de Souza Farrell Ryan	(Report)	Mahorn 54'

Adams Park, High Wycombe

Attendance: 4,921

2 April 1996

Burnley	0–0	Bournemouth
	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 7,941

6 April 1996

Burnley	2–3	Bradford City
Robinson 54' Eyres 69' (pen.)	(Report)	Kiwomya Tolson Winstanley o.g.'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 10,613

9 April 1996

Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	Burnley
Rowe 19'	(Report)

Goldstone Ground, Brighton

Attendance: 5,954

13 April 1996

Burnley	2–1	Peterborough United
Joyce 52' Swan 66'	(Report)	Heald 68'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 8,393

17 April 1996

Swindon Town	0–0	Burnley
	(Report)

County Ground, Swindon

Attendance: 10,480

20 April 1996

Notts County	1–1	Burnley
Battersby 65'	(Report)	Swan 31'

Meadow Lane, Nottingham

Attendance: 5,697

23 April 1996

Burnley	0–1	Bristol Rovers
	(Report)	Stewart 64'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 9,368

30 April 1996

Walsall	3–1	Burnley
Lightbourne Platt Wilson	(Report)	Nogan 51'

Bescot Stadium, Walsall

Attendance: 3,411

4 May 1996

Burnley	2–1	Shrewsbury Town
Weller 14' Winstanley 73'	(Report)	Stevens 42'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 9,729

Final league position

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
15	Brentford	46	15	13	18	43	49	−6	58
16	Rotherham United	46	14	14	18	54	62	−8	56
17	Burnley	46	14	13	19	56	68	−12	55
18	Shrewsbury Town	46	13	14	19	58	70	−12	53
19	Peterborough United	46	13	13	20	59	66	−7	52

Source:

League Cup

1st Round First Leg

15 August 1995

Mansfield Town	0–1	Burnley
	(Report)	Nogan 28'

Field Mill, Mansfield

Attendance: 2,544

1st Round Second Leg

22 August 1995

Burnley	3–1	Mansfield Town
Randall 8' Nogan 59' 68'	(Report)	Peters 61'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 4,673

2nd Round First Leg

2 September 1995

Leicester City	2–0	Burnley
Joachim Robins	(Report)

Filbert Street, Leicester

Attendance: 11,142

2nd Round Second Leg

20 September 1995

Burnley	0–2	Leicester City
	(Report)	Robins 79' 87'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 4,553

FA Cup

1st round

10 November 1995

Burnley	1–3	Walsall
Eyres 25'	(Report)	Bradley Houghton Wilson

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 6,525

Football League Trophy

Northern Section 1st Round Group stage

17 October 1995

Rotherham United	1–1	Burnley
Hayward 67'		Nogan 44'

Millmoor, Rotherham

Attendance: 1,539

Northern Section 1st Round Group stage

7 November 1995

Burnley	1–1	Chester City
Nogan 43'		Richardson 54'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 3,225

Northern Section 1st Round Group stage

29 November 1995

Crewe Alexandra	0–1	Burnley
		Nogan 105'

Gresty Road, Crewe

Attendance: 2,596

Northern Section Quarter-final

6 January 1996

Carlisle United	5–0	Burnley
Edmondson 12', 14' Reeves 30', 49', 89'

Brunton Park, Carlisle

Attendance: 5,169

References

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