2002–03 Burnley F.C. season

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.

Burnley
2002–03 season
Chairman Barry Kilby
Manager Stan Ternent
First Division16th
League CupFourth round
FA CupQuarter-final
Top goalscorerLeague:
Gareth Taylor (16)
All:
Gareth Taylor (17)
Highest home attendance22,034 (vs. Manchester United, 3 December)
Lowest home attendance5,436 (vs. Grimsby Town, 14 January)
Average home league attendance14,200[1]

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 TotalFirst DivisionLeague CupFA Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Nikolaos Michopoulos 1401300010
2 DF Dean West 4954143150
3 DF Drissa Diallo 1821410041
5 DF Steve Davis 32525+34310+10
6 DF Gordon Armstrong 701+50000+10
7 MF Glen Little 40728+552+101+32
8 MF Paul Cook 31121+201+105+11
9 FW Gareth Taylor 481738+2163+1041
10 FW Andy Payton 200+10000+10
11 MF Matthew O'Neill 702+500000
12 MF Tony Grant 44124+1013+1060
14 DF Ian Cox 33123+31204+10
15 MF Graham Branch 41031+102+1060
16 FW Ian Moore 521135+982063
17 FW Anthony Shandran 00000000
18 MF Paul Weller 40126+80301+21
19 DF Lee Briscoe 41232+124040
20 MF Brad Maylett 601+500000
21 FW Mark Rasmussen 200+200000
22 GK Marlon Beresford 43033+104050
23 DF Mark McGregor 37125+51302+20
25 MF Lenny Johnrose 605+100000
26 DF Arthur Gnohéré 40231+224030
27 FW Robbie Blake 491634+713413+12
28 MF Alan Moore 36314+1311+205+12
29 FW Dimitrios Papadopoulos 4067+2730+431+10
30 MF Richard Chaplow 502+300000
31 MF Joel Pilkington 00000000
32 DF Earl Davis 00000000
33 MF Andy Waine 200+200000
34 DF Andrew Leeson 00000000

Transfers

In
# Pos Player From Fee Date
22GK Marlon BeresfordYork CityFree5 September 2002
3DF Drissa DialloKV MechelenFree10 January 2003

Out
# Pos Player To Fee Date
MF Lenny JohnroseReleased24 April 2002
MF Kevin BallRetired24 April 2002
DF John WilliamsonReleased24 April 2002
GK Luigi CennamoReleased24 April 2002
DF Mitchell ThomasRetired24 April 2002
MF Paul GascoigneReleased16 August 2002
MF Tony EllisLeigh RMIFree16 August 2002
1GK Nikolaos MichopoulosCrystal PalaceLoan28 September 2002
25MF Lenny JohnroseBuryFree4 October 2002
32DF Earl DavisStalybridge CelticLoan26 November 2002
17FW Anthony ShandranYork CityLoan31 January 2003
32DF Earl DavisSouthportLoan7 March 2003
20MF Brad MaylettSwansea CityLoan15 March 2003
7MF Glen LittleReadingLoan1 April 2003

Results

First Division
10 August 2002
3:00pm 		Burnley1 – 3Brighton & Hove AlbionTurf Moor, Burnley
Briscoe  90' (Report) Melton  29'
Brooker  65'
Zamora  67'		 Attendance: 14,738
Referee: Anthony Bates
17 August 2002
5:35pm 		Wolverhampton Wanderers3 – 0BurnleyMolineux Stadium, Wolverhampton
Blake  2'
Irwin  49'
Cooper  88'		 (Report) Attendance: 25,031
Referee: Jeff Winter
24 August 2002
3:00pm 		Burnley0 – 1Sheffield UnitedTurf Moor, Burnley
(Report) Onuora  35' Attendance: 12,868
Referee: R Pearson
27 August 2002
3:00pm 		Reading3 – 0BurnleyMadejski Stadium, Reading
Cureton  55', 90'
Butler  87'		 (Report) Attendance: 12,009
Referee: Paul Taylor
31 August 2002
3:00pm 		Burnley0 – 0Crystal PalaceTurf Moor, Burnley
(Report) Attendance: 12,407
Referee: M Fletcher
7 September 2002
3:00pm 		Derby County1 – 2BurnleyPride Park Stadium, Burnley
Bolder  8' (Report) Blake  51' (pen.)
Barton  55' (o.g.)		 Attendance: 22,343
Referee: A Hall
14 September 2002
3:00pm 		Burnley2 – 1Stoke CityTurf Moor, Burnley
Gnohéré  76'
Papadopoulos  81'		 (Report) Guðjónsson  74' Attendance: 14,244
Referee: D Pugh
17 September 2002
7:45pm 		Burnley2 – 2MillwallTurf Moor, Burnley
West  18' (pen.)
I. Moore  85'		 (Report) Livermore  31'
Davies  64'		 Attendance: 11,878 (0 away fans)
Referee: Howard Webb
21 September 2002
3:00pm 		Bradford City2 – 2BurnleyValley Parade, Bradford
Gray  17'
Proctor  90'		 (Report) Blake  57'
Taylor  76'		 Attendance: 14,561
Referee: Mike Dean
28 September 2002
3:00pm 		Burnley1 – 0WimbledonTurf Moor, Burnley
Little  51' (Report) Attendance: 12,259
Referee: S Mathieson
5 October 2002
3:00pm 		Sheffield Wednesday1 – 3BurnleyHillsborough, Sheffield
Donnelly  67' (Report) Taylor  8'
Little  57'
I. Moore  60'		 Attendance: 17,004
Referee: T Parkes
12 October 2002
3:00pm 		Burnley2 – 1WalsallTurf Moor, Burnley
Blake  42'
Davis  69'		 (Report) Birch  79' Attendance: 12,907
Referee: B Curson
19 October 2002
3:00pm 		Leicester City0 – 1BurnleyWalkers Stadium, Leicester
(Report) I. Moore  55' Attendance: 26,254
Referee: K Hill
22 October 2002
7:45pm 		Ipswich Town2 – 2BurnleyPortman Road, Ipswich
McGreal  2'
Ambrose  16'		 (Report) Gnohéré  6'
Papadopoulos  90'		 Attendance: 22,736
Referee: Phil Joslin
26 October 2002
3:00pm 		Burnley0 – 3PortsmouthTurf Moor, Burnley
(Report) Quashie  21'
Todorov  58'
Harper  86'		 Attendance: 15,788
Referee: M Clattenburg
29 October 2002
7:45pm 		Grimsby Town6 – 5BurnleyBlundell 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
2 November 2002
5:35pm 		Preston North End3 – 1BurnleyDeepdale, Preston
Fuller  3', 66'
McKenna  62'		 (Report) Taylor  51' Attendance: 16,046
Referee: G Cain
9 November 2002
3:00pm 		Burnley3 – 1Coventry CityTurf Moor, Burnley
Blake  15' (pen.)
Grant  35'
Davenport  86' (o.g.)		 (Report) McAllister  66' (pen.) Attendance: 13,470
Referee: Mike Jones
16 November 2002
3:00pm 		Rotherham United0 – 0BurnleyMillmoor, Rotherham
(Report) Attendance: 7,575
Referee: A Hall
23 November 2002
3:00pm 		Burnley2 – 0Norwich CityTurf Moor, Burnley
McGregor  59'
Little  85'		 (Report) Attendance: 16,282
Referee: P Prosser
30 November 2002
3:00pm 		Watford2 – 1BurnleyVicarage Road, Watford
Helguson  40'
Smith  72' (pen.)		 (Report) Taylor  76' Attendance: 13,977
Referee: Ray Olivier
7 December 2002
3:00pm 		Burnley1 – 0Nottingham ForestTurf Moor, Burnley
Briscoe  28' (Report) Attendance: 13,869
Referee: L Cable
14 December 2002
3:00pm 		Burnley2 – 6Rotherham UnitedTurf Moor, Burnley
Davis  67', 78' (Report) Lee  12', 59'
Mullin  27', 30'
Byfield  84', 89'		 Attendance: 14,121
Referee: Chris Foy
20 December 2002
12:30pm 		Gillingham4 – 2BurnleyPriestfield Stadium, Gillingham
Wallace  17'
Smith  41', 45'
King  64'		 (Report) Taylor  28'
Blake  76' (pen.)		 Attendance: 7,905
Referee: G Hegley
26 December 2002
3:00pm 		Burnley2 – 1Wolverhampton WanderersTurf Moor, Burnley
Taylor  24'
West  32'		 (Report) Butler  85' Attendance: 18,641
Referee: M Messias
28 December 2002
3:00pm 		Brighton & Hove Albion2 – 2BurnleyWithdean Stadium, Brighton
Sidwell  88', 89' (Report) Little  44'
I. Moore  71'		 Attendance: 6,502
Referee: T Parkes
11 January 2003
3:00pm 		Burnley1 – 1Ipswich TownTurf Moor, Burnley
Blake  66' (pen.) (Report) Couñago  22' Attendance: 15,501
Referee: A Hall
18 January 2003
3:00pm 		Crystal Palace1 – 1BurnleySelhurst Park, London
Popovic  62' (pen.) (Report) Taylor  44' Attendance: 16,344
Referee: M Cooper
1 February 2003
3:00pm 		Burnley2 – 5ReadingTurf Moor, Burnley
I. Moore  55'
West  90'		 (Report) Sidwell  37', 79'
Salako  45', 52'
Henderson  90'		 Attendance: 14,420
Referee: R Pearson
8 February 2003
3:00pm 		Coventry City0 – 1BurnleyHighfield Road, Coventry
(Report) Cox  35' Attendance: 13,659
Referee: G Cain
22 February 2003
3:00pm 		Burnley2 – 0Derby CountyTurf Moor, Burnley
I. Moore  8'
Taylor  23'		 (Report) Attendance: 15,063
Referee: D Crick
1 March 2003
3:00pm 		Stoke City0 – 1BurnleyBritannia Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent
(Report) West  56' Attendance: 12,874
Referee: Phil Joslin
4 March 2003
7:45pm 		Millwall1 – 1BurnleyThe New Den, London
Sadlier  84' (Report) I. Moore  18' Attendance: 6,045
Referee: M Cooper
12 March 2003
7:45pm 		Sheffield United4 – 2BurnleyBramall Lane, Sheffield
Brown  17', 36'
Ndlovu  66', 72'		 (Report) Taylor  64'
Blake  90'		 Attendance: 17,359
Referee: A Butler
15 March 2003
3:00pm 		Walsall3 – 2BurnleyBescot Stadium, Walsall
Leitão  24'
Carbon  33'
Matías  66'		 (Report) Blake  74' (pen.)
Little  90'		 Attendance: 6,327
Referee: Peter Walton
18 March 2003
7:45pm 		Burnley1 – 2Leicester CityTurf Moor, Burnley
Sinclair  90' (o.g.) (Report) Dickov  79'
Benjamin  65'		 Attendance: 14,544
Referee: A Kaye
22 March 2003
3:00pm 		Burnley1 – 1Grimsby TownTurf Moor, Burnley
A. Moore  52' (Report) Campbell  43' Attendance: 13,445
Referee: F Stretton
25 March 2003
7:45pm 		Burnley0 – 2Bradford CityTurf Moor, Burnley
(Report) Jørgensen  18'
Gray  89'		 Attendance: 11,095
Referee: C Webster
5 April 2003
3:00pm 		Burnley4 – 7WatfordTurf 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
8 April 2003
7:45pm 		Burnley2 – 0Preston North EndTurf Moor, Burnley
Papadopoulos  42'
Blake  61'		 (Report) Attendance: 12,245
Referee: Mark Halsey
12 April 2003
3:00pm 		Norwich City2 – 0BurnleyCarrow Road, Norwich
Nedergaard  3'
Abbey  67'		 (Report) Attendance: 20,026
Referee: S Tomlin
15 April 2003
7:45pm 		Portsmouth1 – 0BurnleyFratton Park, Portsmouth
Todorov  73' (Report) Attendance: 19,221
Referee: B Curson
19 April 2003
3:00pm 		Burnley2 – 0GillinghamTurf Moor, Burnley
Taylor  28'
Diallo  50'		 (Report) Attendance: 14,031
Referee: Steve Baines
21 April 2003
3:00pm 		Nottingham Forest2 – 0BurnleyCity Ground, Nottingham
Dawson  75'
Johnson  90'		 (Report) Attendance: 25,403
Referee: Anthony Bates
26 April 2003
1:30pm 		Burnley2 – 7Sheffield WednesdayTurf 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
4 May 2003
1:30pm 		Wimbledon2 – 1BurnleySelhurst Park, London
Connolly  55', 81' (Report) Taylor  27' Attendance: 1,972
Referee: P Armstrong

Final league position
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
14 Crystal Palace 46 14 17 15 59 52 +7 59
15 Rotherham United 46 15 14 17 62 62 0 59
16 Burnley 46 15 10 21 65 89 −24 55
17 Walsall 46 15 9 22 57 69 −12 54
18 Derby County 46 15 7 24 55 74 −19 52
Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2003. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

League Cup
10 September 2002
7:45pm 1		Burnley3 – 0BlackpoolTurf Moor, Burnley
West  13'
Papadopoulos  63', 75'		 (Report) Attendance: 7,448 (2,226 away)
Referee: C Webster
1 October 2002
7:45pm 2		Huddersfield Town0 – 1
(a.e.t.)		BurnleyGalpharm Stadium, Huddersfield
(Report) Papadopoulos  104' Attendance: 5,887 (2,296 away)
Referee: G Laws
6 November 2002
7:45pm 3		Burnley2 – 1Tottenham HotspurTurf Moor, Burnley
Blake  57'
Davis  61'		 (Report) Poyet  17' Attendance: 13,512 (1,800 away)
Referee: D Gallagher
3 December 2002
7:45pm 4		Burnley0 – 2Manchester UnitedTurf Moor, Burnley
(Report) Forlán  35'
Solskjær  65'		 Attendance: 22,034 (4,150 away)
Referee: N Barry

FA Cup
4 January 2003
3:00pm 3		Grimsby Town2 – 2BurnleyBlundell Park, Grimsby
Cooke  57' (pen.)
Mansaram  87'		 (Report) A. Moore  14'
Weller  73'		 Attendance: 5,350 (1,126 away)
Referee: Graham Laws
14 January 2003
7:45pm 3 (replay)		Burnley4 – 0Grimsby TownTurf Moor, Burnley
I. Moore  25', 90'
Little  79'
Blake  86' (pen.)		 (Report) Attendance: 5,436 (379 away)
Referee: Graham Laws
25 January 2003
3:00pm 4		Brentford0 – 3BurnleyGriffin Park, London
(Report) Blake  52'
Cook  86'
Little  89'		 Attendance: 9,563 (1,732 away)
Referee: K Hill
16 February 2003
3:00pm D		Fulham1 – 1BurnleyLoftus Road, London
Malbranque  45' (Report) A. Moore  4' Attendance: 13,062 (2,910 away)
Referee: Graham Poll
26 February 2003
7:45pm 5 (replay)		Burnley3 – 0FulhamTurf Moor, Burnley
Taylor  27'
I. Moore  35'
Diallo  52'		 (Report) Attendance: 11,635 (303 away)
Referee: Phil Dowd
9 March 2003
1:30pm Quarter-final		Watford2 – 0BurnleyVicarage Road, Watford
Smith  74'
Glass  80'		 (Report) Attendance: 20,336 (4,494 away)
Referee: Alan Wiley

References
  1. Simpson (2007), p. 466
  2. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/burnley/2002-2003
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