1999–2000 Burnley F.C. season

Burnley

1999–2000 season
Chairman	Barry Kilby
Manager	Stan Ternent
Second Division	2nd (Promoted)
League Cup	1st Round
FA Cup	4th Round
Football League Trophy	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Andy Payton (27) All: Andy Payton (27)
Highest home attendance	22,310 v Preston North End (4 March 2000)
Lowest home attendance	3,647 v Manchester City (24 August 2000)
Average home league attendance	12,373[1]
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 season was Burnley's 5th season in the third tier of English football. They were managed by Stan Ternent in his second full season since he replaced Chris Waddle at the beginning 1998–99 campaign.

Burnley won promotion at Scunthorpe United on the final day of the season, reaching 2nd place for the first time that season and pipping Gillingham who had looked certainties for automatic promotion down the final stretch. Selling their 2,500 ticket allocation at Glanford Park, there were also 7,000 Clarets watching from the Longside Stand at Turf Moor as the game was beamed back onto a big screen in the centre of the pitch.

Appearances and goals[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division		League Cup		FA Cup		FL Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Paul Crichton	53	0	46+0	0	2+0	0	4+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF		Dean West	41	0	30+4	0	1+1	0	4+0	0	1+0	0
3	DF		Mitchell Thomas	51	0	44+0	0	2+0	0	4+0	0	1+0	0
4	MF		Micky Mellon	48	3	33+9	3	2+0	0	4+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF		Steve Davis	48	7	42+0	7	1+0	0	4+0	0	1+0	0
6	DF		Gordon Armstrong	27	1	22+0	1	1+0	0	3+1	0	0+0	0
7	MF		Glen Little	48	3	36+5	3	2+0	0	4+0	0	1+0	0
8	MF		Paul Cook	49	5	43+0	3	1+0	0	4+0	2	1+0	0
9	FW		Andy Cooke	41	8	34+3	7	0+0	0	4+0	1	0+0	0
10	FW		Andy Payton	47	27	39+2	27	1+0	0	4+0	0	1+0	0
11	MF		Lenny Johnrose	39	2	28+7	2	2+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
12	FW		Ronnie Jepson	36	2	1+30	2	0+2	0	0+3	0	0+0	0
13	GK		Craig Mawson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	DF		Chris Brass	9	0	4+3	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
15	FW		Graham Branch	50	3	31+13	3	2+0	0	0+3	0	1+0	0
16	DF		Tom Cowan	11	0	5+3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
17	MF		Paul Smith	24	0	17+6	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF		Paul Weller	8	1	1+6	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
19	MF		Mark Robertson	3	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
20	MF		Brad Maylett	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	DF		Chris Scott	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	DF		John Williamson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	DF		Matthew Heywood	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	DF		Michael Devenney	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	FW		Stephen Grant	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
26	MF		Alex Kevan	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	MF		Eamonn Kelly	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	DF		Peter Swan	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	FW		Alan Lee	20	1	2+13	0	1+1	0	0+2	0	1+0	1
30	MF		John Mullin	42	6	27+10	5	0+0	0	4+0	1	1+0	0
31	FW		Anthony Shandran	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	DF		Ian Cox	17	1	17+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	FW		Ian Wright	15	4	4+11	4	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
34	DF		Gerry Harrison (on loan)	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Transfers[]

In[]

#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date
3	DF	Mitchell Thomas	Luton Town	Free	1 July 1999
8	MF	Paul Cook	Stockport County	Free	1 July 1999
2	DF	Dean West	Bury	Free	1 July 1999
29	FW	Alan Lee	Aston Villa	£200k	7 July 1999
30	MF	John Mullin	Sunderland	Free	13 July 1999
33	DF	Ian Cox	Bournemouth	£500k	4 February 2000
33	FW	Ian Wright	Celtic	Free	14 February 2000
34	FW	Gerry Harrison	Sunderland	Loan	23 March 2000

Out[]

#	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date
	FW	Colin Carr-Lawton	Berwick Rangers	Free	14 May 1999
	MF	Mark Ford	Lommel	Free	14 May 1999
	DF	Neil Moore	Macclesfield Town	Free	14 May 1999
	DF	Gareth West		Released	14 May 1999
	MF	Paul Graham		Released	14 May 1999
	DF	Carl Smith	Worksop Town	Free	14 May 1999
	DF	Ally Pickering	Altrincham	Free	14 May 1999
	GK	Frank Petter-Kval	Løv-Ham	Free	14 May 1999
	DF	Brian Reid	Dunfermline	Free	8 June 1999
	FW	Kevin Henderson	Hartlepool United	Free	11 June 1999
	DF	Mark Winstanley	Shrewsbury Town	Free	1 July 1999
	DF	Steve Morgan	Hull City	Free	1 July 1999
	FW	Phil Eastwood	Morecambe	Free	29 July 1999
25	FW	Stephen Grant	Finn Harps	Free	1 September 1999
	DF	Rune Vindheim	Hartlepool United	Free	16 September 1999
16	DF	Tom Cowan	Cambridge United	Loan	22 February 2000
28	DF	Peter Swan	York City	Free	1 March 2000
19	MF	Mark Robertson	Wollongong Wolves	Loan	13 March 2000

Matches[]

Second Division[]

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Final league position[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Preston North End	46	28	11	7	74	37	+37	95	Division Champions, promoted
2	Burnley	46	25	13	8	69	47	+22	88	Promoted
3	Gillingham	46	25	10	11	79	48	+31	85	Promoted through play-offs
4	Wigan Athletic	46	22	17	7	72	38	+34	83	Participated in play-offs
5	Millwall	46	23	13	10	76	50	+26	82

League Cup[]

1st Round First Leg[]

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1st Round Second Leg[]

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FA Cup[]

1st Round[]

2nd Round[]

3rd Round[]

4th Round[]

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Football League Trophy[]

Northern Section 1st Round[]

References[]