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2003–04 Burnley F.C. season

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.

Burnley
2003–04 season
ChairmanBarry Kilby
ManagerStan Ternent
First Division19th
League CupThird round
FA CupFifth round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Robbie Blake (19)
All:
Robbie Blake (22)
Highest home attendance18,852 (vs. Sunderland, 9 May)
Lowest home attendance9,473 (vs. Reading, 25 November)
Average home league attendance12,424

Season summary edit

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 edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division League Cup FA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   DEN Brian Jensen 52 0 46 0 3 0 3 0
2 DF   ENG Lee Roche 30 1 21+4 1 1+1 0 3 0
3 DF   GUI Mo Camara 51 0 45 0 3 0 2+1 0
4 DF   ENG Paul Weller 37 0 25+8 0 2 0 1+1 0
5 DF   ENG David May 39 4 34+1 4 1 0 3 0
6 DF   ENG Graham Branch 41 3 30+8 3 2 0 0+1 0
7 MF   ENG Glen Little 38 3 33+1 3 2 0 2 0
8 FW   ENG Robbie Blake 51 22 44+1 19 3 1 3 2
9 FW   WAL Gareth Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW   NGA Dele Adebola (on loan) 3 1 0+3 1 0 0 0 0
10 FW   ENG Ian Moore 45 13 38+2 9 2 1 3 3
11 MF   IRL Alan Moore 17 0 5+8 0 1 0 1+2 0
12 MF   ENG Tony Grant 42 0 34+3 0 2 0 3 0
14 DF   ENG Mark McGregor 26 1 20+3 1 0 0 3 0
15 DF   ENG Dean West 35 1 25+7 1 2+1 0 0 0
16 MF   IRL Gareth Farrelly (on loan) 14 0 9+3 0 1+1 0 0 0
16 DF   ENG Jay McEveley (on loan) 5 0 0+4 0 0 0 1 0
16 MF   ENG Lenny Johnrose 7 0 4+3 0 0 0 0 0
17 DF   CIV Arthur Gnohéré 16 1 12+2 1 2 0 0 0
18 MF   ENG Luke Chadwick (on loan) 40 6 23+13 5 2 1 1+1 0
19 FW   GRN Delroy Facey (on loan) 16 5 12+2 5 2 0 0 0
19 GK   ENG Nathan Abbey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF   ENG Richard Chaplow 44 5 30+9 5 1+1 0 3 0
21 MF   ENG Matthew O'Neill 4 0 0+4 0 0 0 0 0
22 MF   ENG Joel Pilkington 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 DF   ENG Paul Scott 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF   ENG Andy Todd (on loan) 8 0 7 0 1 0 0 0
24 MF   ENG Bradley Orr (on loan) 4 0 1+3 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF   AUS Ryan Townsend 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF   ENG Neil Wood (on loan) 11 1 8+2 1 0 0 1 0
26 GK   USA Paul Rachubka (on loan) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF   ENG Marc Pugh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Transfers edit

In edit

# Pos Player From Fee Date
3 DF   Mo Camara Wolverhampton Wanderers Free 23 May 2003
2 DF   Lee Roche Manchester United Free 26 June 2003
1 GK   Brian Jensen West Bromwich Albion Free 30 June 2003
18 MF   Luke Chadwick Manchester United Loan 10 July 2003
16 MF   Gareth Farrelly Bolton Wanderers Loan 1 September 2003
19 FW   Delroy Facey Bolton Wanderers Loan 1 September 2003
24 DF   Andy Todd Blackburn Rovers Loan 4 September 2003
16 DF   Jay McEveley Blackburn Rovers Loan 11 December 2003
19 GK   Nathan Abbey Ipswich Town Free 16 January 2004
24 MF   Bradley Orr Newcastle United Loan 28 January 2004
26 GK   Paul Rachubka Charlton Athletic Loan 29 January 2004
25 MF   Neil Wood Manchester United Loan 29 January 2004
9 FW   Dele Adebola Coventry City Loan 25 March 2004
16 MF   Lenny Johnrose Swansea City Free 25 March 2004

Out edit

# Pos Player To Fee Date
FW   Anthony Shandran Spennymoor United Free 20 May 2003
GK   Nikolaos Michopoulos Omonia Nicosia Free 20 May 2003
MF   Mark Rasmussen Accrington Stanley Free 20 May 2003
DF   Earl Davis Swansea City Free 20 May 2003
DF   Andrew Leeson Blyth Spartans Free 20 May 2003
MF   Paul Cook Accrington Stanley Free 23 May 2003
DF   Drissa Diallo Ipswich Town Free 4 June 2003
DF   Ian Cox Gillingham Free 5 June 2003
MF   Gordon Armstrong Accrington Stanley Free 5 June 2003
FW   Andy Payton Stalybridge Celtic Free 17 June 2003
MF   Brad Maylett Swansea City Free 18 June 2003
DF   Steve Davis Blackpool Free 2 July 2003
FW   Dimitrios Papadopoulos Panathinaikos £200k 4 July 2003
DF   Lee Briscoe Preston North End Free 22 July 2003
MF   Andy Waine Accrington Stanley Free 23 July 2003
9 FW   Gareth Taylor Nottingham Forest £500,000 27 August 2003
7 MF   Glen Little Bolton Wanderers Loan 1 September 2003
17 DF   Arthur Gnohéré Queens Park Rangers Loan 5 September 2003
GK   Marlon Beresford Bradford City Free 15 September 2003
17 DF   Arthur Gnohéré Queens Park Rangers Free 19 February 2004

Results edit

First Division edit

Burnley2 – 3Crystal Palace
Blake   11'
Roche   19'		 (Report) Freedman   6' (pen.)   32'   67'
Attendance: 12,976
Referee: C Foy
West Bromwich Albion4 – 1Burnley
Šakiri   31'
Hulse   59'
Hughes   88'   89'		 (Report) Blake   28'
Attendance: 22,489
Referee: M Clattenburg
Burnley0 – 2Wigan Athletic
(Report) Kennedy   13'
Ellington   77'
Attendance: 13,231
Referee: A Butler
Gillingham0 – 3Burnley
(Report) I. Moore   27'
West   30'
Blake   77'
Attendance: 7,645
Referee: M Halsey
Burnley1 – 0Crewe Alexandra
Chaplow   52' (Report)
Attendance: 11,495
Referee: G Laws
Stoke City1 – 2Burnley
Asaba   53' (Report) May   18'
Chadwick   27'
Attendance: 14,876
Referee: M Cooper
Norwich City2 – 0Burnley
Crouch   58'
Roberts   90'		 (Report)
Attendance: 16,407
Referee: C Penton
Burnley0 – 3Nottingham Forest
(Report) Harewood   7'
Reid   76'
Taylor   82'
Attendance: 12,530
Referee: A Kaye
Burnley4 – 0Bradford City
I. Moore   43'
Chadwick   54'   60'
Blake   68'		 (Report)
Attendance: 12,719
Referee: M Dean
Wimbledon2 – 2Burnley
Holdsworth   66'
Agyemang   71'		 (Report) Blake   21'   37'
Attendance: 5,639
Referee: M Warren
Watford1 – 1Burnley
Fitzgerald   45' (Report) Chadwick   54'
Attendance: 11,573
Referee: A Hall
Burnley3 – 1Walsall
Facey   4'   82'   87' (Report) Merson   24'
Attendance: 10,532
Referee: M Jones
Ipswich Town6 – 1Burnley
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 United2 – 2Burnley
Connolly   20'
Hutchison   86'		 (Report) Facey   38'
I. Moore   82'
Attendance: 31,474
Referee: I Williamson
Burnley1 – 1Millwall
I. Moore   60' (Report) Whelan   53'
Attendance: 10,435
Referee: A Bates
Burnley1 – 1Cardiff City
Chaplow   52' (Report) Earnshaw   76'
Attendance: 10,886
Referee: H Webb
Sheffield United1 – 0Burnley
Tonge   45' (Report)
Attendance: 20,967
Referee: G Cain
Derby County2 – 0Burnley
Morris   20'
Taylor   90' (pen.)		 (Report)
Attendance: 21,960
Referee: U Rennie
Burnley1 – 1Rotherham United
Blake   35' (Report) Mullin   51'
Attendance: 12,928
Referee: R Olivier
Burnley3 – 0Reading
Blake   5'
Chaplow   47'
Chadwick   54'		 (Report)
Attendance: 9,473
Referee: M Pike
Sunderland1 – 1Burnley
Kyle   39' (Report) I. Moore   72'
Attendance: 29,852
Referee: A Kaye
Burnley3 – 2Sheffield United
Blake   17'   45' (pen.)
I. Moore   34'		 (Report) Montgomery   24'
Whitlow   31'
Attendance: 11,452
Referee: N Barry
Burnley1 – 2Coventry City
Blake   53' (Report) Suffo   8'
Weller   40' (o.g.)
Attendance: 10,358
Referee: M Fletcher
Preston North End5 – 3Burnley
Fuller   18'   71'   82'
Lewis   60'
Healy   88'		 (Report) I. Moore   24'
Gnohéré   64'
Blake   78' (pen.)
Attendance: 18,802
Referee: M Dean
Crewe Alexandra3 – 1Wigan Athletic
Ashton   37'
S. Jones   55'   90'		 (Report) Blake   89' (pen.)
Attendance: 9,512
Referee: T Parkes
Burnley0 – 1Stoke City
(Report) Akinbiyi   52'
Attendance: 12,812
Referee: D Gallagher
Crystal Palace0 – 0Burnley
(Report)
Attendance: 15,276
Referee: A Wiley
Burnley1 – 1West Bromwich Albion
Blake   68' (Report) Horsfield   73'
Attendance: 13,106
Referee: N Miller
Wigan Athletic0 – 0Burnley
(Report)
Attendance: 11,147
Referee: U Rennie
Burnley1 – 0Gillingham
Little   83' (Report)
Attendance: 10,400
Referee: P Danson
Burnley4 – 2Ipswich Town
Little   26'
May   28'
Chaplow   61'
Blake   90'		 (Report) Westlake   65'
Reuser   88'
Attendance: 11,343
Referee: M Dean
Reading2 – 2Burnley
Owusu   19'
Harper   90'		 (Report) I. Moore   23'
May   67'
Attendance: 10,543
Referee: A Penn
Millwall2 – 0Burnley
Ifill   12'
Sweeney   52'		 (Report)
Attendance: 10,148
Referee: A Butler
Burnley1 – 1West Ham United
Branch   31' (Report) Connolly   36' (pen.)
Attendance: 12,440
Referee: P Dowd
Burnley1 – 1Preston North End
Blake   19' (Report) Alexander   58' (pen.)
Attendance: 15,837
Referee: D Pugh
Coventry City4 – 0Burnley
Joachim   10'
McSheffrey   33'   39' (pen.)
Konjić   78'		 (Report)
Attendance: 12,953
Referee: A Bates
Nottingham Forest1 – 1Burnley
Taylor   80' (Report) Chaplow   15'
Attendance: 26,885
Referee: R Olivier
Bradford City1 – 2Burnley
Cadamarteri   18' (Report) Blake   8'
I. Moore   90'
Attendance: 13,667
Referee: G Laws
Burnley3 – 5Norwich City
Wood   7'
May   30'
Blake   38'		 (Report) Svensson   14'   62'
Huckerby   32'   89'
McKenzie   51'
Attendance: 12,417
Referee: A Hall
Walsall0 – 1Burnley
(Report) Blake   56' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,769
Referee: S Bennett
Burnley2 – 3Watford
McGregor   30'
Adebola   86'		 (Report) Devlin   39' (pen.)
Helguson   55'
Cook   84'
Attendance: 11,413
Referee: C Boyeson
Cardiff City2 – 0Burnley
Langley   78' (pen.)
Campbell   80'		 (Report)
Attendance: 13,525
Referee: M Jones
Burnley2 – 0Wimbledon
Branch   26'
Ntimban-Zeh   45' (o.g.)		 (Report)
Attendance: 13,555
Referee: G Cain
Burnley1 – 0Derby County
Branch   42' (Report)
Attendance: 16,189
Referee: E Evans
Rotherham United3 – 0Burnley
Butler   15'
Stockdale   39'
Proctor   85' (pen.)		 (Report)
Attendance: 9,157
Referee: P Walton
Burnley1 – 2Sunderland
Little   11' (Report) Breen   37'
Kyle   66'
Attendance: 18,852
Referee: K Hill

Final league position edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
17 Rotherham United 46 13 15 18 53 61 −8 54
18 Crewe Alexandra 46 14 11 21 57 66 −9 53
19 Burnley 46 13 14 19 60 77 −17 53
20 Derby County 46 13 13 20 53 67 −14 52
21 Gillingham 46 14 9 23 48 67 −19 51
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

League Cup edit

First round edit

Chesterfield0 – 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 edit

Scunthorpe United2 – 3Burnley
MacLean   32'
Beagrie   85'		 Report Chadwick   22'
Blake   42'
I. Moore   77'
Attendance: 2,915
Referee: M Fletcher

Third round edit

Wolverhampton Wanderers2 – 0Burnley
Miller   48'
Craddock   81'		 Report
Attendance: 18,548
Referee: Chris Foy

FA Cup edit

Third round edit

Mansfield Town0 – 2Burnley
Report I. Moore   30', 73'
Attendance: 8,290
Referee: P Prosser

Fourth round edit

Burnley3 – 1Gillingham
I. Moore   30'
Blake   33', 64'		 Report Henderson   71'
Attendance: 9,735
Referee: Graham Laws

Fifth round edit

Millwall1 – 0Burnley
Dichio   70' Report
Attendance: 10,420
Referee: Howard Webb

References edit

  1. ^ "Burnley 2003-2004 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
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