2002–03 Burnley F.C. season

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Burnley
2002–03 season
ChairmanEngland Barry Kilby
ManagerEngland 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]

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.

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 defence, 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 Total First Division League Cup FA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Greece GRE Nikolaos Michopoulos 14 0 13 0 0 0 1 0
2 DF England ENG Dean West 49 5 41 4 3 1 5 0
3 DF Guinea GUI Drissa Diallo 18 2 14 1 0 0 4 1
5 DF England ENG Steve Davis 32 5 25+3 4 3 1 0+1 0
6 DF England ENG Gordon Armstrong 7 0 1+5 0 0 0 0+1 0
7 MF England ENG Glen Little 40 7 28+5 5 2+1 0 1+3 2
8 MF England ENG Paul Cook 31 1 21+2 0 1+1 0 5+1 1
9 FW Wales WAL Gareth Taylor 48 17 38+2 16 3+1 0 4 1
10 FW England ENG Andy Payton 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0
11 MF England ENG Matthew O'Neill 7 0 2+5 0 0 0 0 0
12 MF England ENG Tony Grant 44 1 24+10 1 3+1 0 6 0
14 DF Trinidad and Tobago TRI Ian Cox 33 1 23+3 1 2 0 4+1 0
15 MF England ENG Graham Branch 41 0 31+1 0 2+1 0 6 0
16 FW England ENG Ian Moore 52 11 35+9 8 2 0 6 3
17 FW England ENG Anthony Shandran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF England ENG Paul Weller 40 1 26+8 0 3 0 1+2 1
19 DF England ENG Lee Briscoe 41 2 32+1 2 4 0 4 0
20 MF England ENG Brad Maylett 6 0 1+5 0 0 0 0 0
21 FW England ENG Mark Rasmussen 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
22 GK England ENG Marlon Beresford 43 0 33+1 0 4 0 5 0
23 DF England ENG Mark McGregor 37 1 25+5 1 3 0 2+2 0
25 MF England ENG Lenny Johnrose 6 0 5+1 0 0 0 0 0
26 DF Ivory Coast CIV Arthur Gnohéré 40 2 31+2 2 4 0 3 0
27 FW England ENG Robbie Blake 49 16 34+7 13 4 1 3+1 2
28 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Alan Moore 36 3 14+13 1 1+2 0 5+1 2
29 FW Greece GRE Dimitrios Papadopoulos 40 6 7+27 3 0+4 3 1+1 0
30 MF England ENG Richard Chaplow 5 0 2+3 0 0 0 0 0
31 MF England ENG Joel Pilkington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DF England ENG Earl Davis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 MF England ENG Andy Waine 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
34 DF England ENG Andrew Leeson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Transfers[]

In[]

# Pos Player From Fee Date
22 GK England Marlon Beresford York City Free 5 September 2002
3 DF Guinea Drissa Diallo KV Mechelen Free 10 January 2003

Out[]

# Pos Player To Fee Date
MF England Lenny Johnrose Released 24 April 2002
MF England Kevin Ball Retired 24 April 2002
DF England John Williamson Released 24 April 2002
GK Greece Luigi Cennamo Released 24 April 2002
DF England Mitchell Thomas Retired 24 April 2002
MF England Paul Gascoigne Released 16 August 2002
MF England Tony Ellis Leigh RMI Free 16 August 2002
1 GK Greece Nikolaos Michopoulos Crystal Palace Loan 28 September 2002
25 MF England Lenny Johnrose Bury Free 4 October 2002
32 DF England Earl Davis Stalybridge Celtic Loan 26 November 2002
17 FW England Anthony Shandran York City Loan 31 January 2003
32 DF England Earl Davis Southport Loan 7 March 2003
20 MF England Brad Maylett Swansea City Loan 15 March 2003
7 MF England Glen Little Reading Loan 1 April 2003

Results[]

First Division[]

10 August 2002
3:00pm 		Burnley 1 – 3 Brighton & Hove Albion Turf Moor, Burnley
Briscoe Goal 90' (Report) Melton Goal 29'
Brooker Goal 65'
Zamora Goal 67'		 Attendance: 14,738
Referee: Anthony Bates
17 August 2002
5:35pm 		Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 – 0 Burnley Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton
Blake Goal 2'
Irwin Goal 49'
Cooper Goal 88'		 (Report) Attendance: 25,031
Referee: Jeff Winter
24 August 2002
3:00pm 		Burnley 0 – 1 Sheffield United Turf Moor, Burnley
(Report) Onuora Goal 35' Attendance: 12,868
Referee: R Pearson
27 August 2002
3:00pm 		Reading 3 – 0 Burnley Madejski Stadium, Reading
Cureton Goal 55', 90'
Butler Goal 87'		 (Report) Attendance: 12,009
Referee: Paul Taylor
31 August 2002
3:00pm 		Burnley 0 – 0 Crystal Palace Turf Moor, Burnley
(Report) Attendance: 12,407
Referee: M Fletcher
7 September 2002
3:00pm 		Derby County 1 – 2 Burnley Pride Park Stadium, Burnley
Bolder Goal 8' (Report) Blake Goal 51' (pen.)
Barton Goal 55' (o.g.)		 Attendance: 22,343
Referee: A Hall
14 September 2002
3:00pm 		Burnley 2 – 1 Stoke City Turf Moor, Burnley
Gnohéré Goal 76'
Papadopoulos Goal 81'		 (Report) Guðjónsson Goal 74' Attendance: 14,244
Referee: D Pugh
17 September 2002
7:45pm 		Burnley 2 – 2 Millwall Turf Moor, Burnley
West Goal 18' (pen.)
I. Moore Goal 85'		 (Report) Livermore Goal 31'
Davies Goal 64'		 Attendance: 11,878 (0 away fans)
Referee: Howard Webb
21 September 2002
3:00pm 		Bradford City 2 – 2 Burnley Valley Parade, Bradford
Gray Goal 17'
Proctor Goal 90'		 (Report) Blake Goal 57'
Taylor Goal 76'		 Attendance: 14,561
Referee: Mike Dean
28 September 2002
3:00pm 		Burnley 1 – 0 Wimbledon Turf Moor, Burnley
Little Goal 51' (Report) Attendance: 12,259
Referee: S Mathieson
5 October 2002
3:00pm 		Sheffield Wednesday 1 – 3 Burnley Hillsborough, Sheffield
Donnelly Goal 67' (Report) Taylor Goal 8'
Little Goal 57'
I. Moore Goal 60'		 Attendance: 17,004
Referee: T Parkes
12 October 2002
3:00pm 		Burnley 2 – 1 Walsall Turf Moor, Burnley
Blake Goal 42'
Davis Goal 69'		 (Report) Birch Goal 79' Attendance: 12,907
Referee: B Curson
19 October 2002
3:00pm 		Leicester City 0 – 1 Burnley Walkers Stadium, Leicester
(Report) I. Moore Goal 55' Attendance: 26,254
Referee: K Hill
22 October 2002
7:45pm 		Ipswich Town 2 – 2 Burnley Portman Road, Ipswich
McGreal Goal 2'
Ambrose Goal 16'		 (Report) Gnohéré Goal 6'
Papadopoulos Goal 90'		 Attendance: 22,736
Referee: Phil Joslin
26 October 2002
3:00pm 		Burnley 0 – 3 Portsmouth Turf Moor, Burnley
(Report) Quashie Goal 21'
Todorov Goal 58'
Harper Goal 86'		 Attendance: 15,788
Referee: M Clattenburg
29 October 2002
7:45pm 		Grimsby Town 6 – 5 Burnley Blundell Park, Grimsby
Kabba Goal 3', 31'
Livingstone Goal 28'
Campbell Goal 36'
Pouton Goal 56' (pen.)
Ford Goal 72'		 (Report) Taylor Goal 22', 49'
I. Moore Goal 31'
Blake Goal 45', 83' (pen.)		 Attendance: 5,620
Referee: Paul Danson
2 November 2002
5:35pm 		Preston North End 3 – 1 Burnley Deepdale, Preston
Fuller Goal 3', 66'
McKenna Goal 62'		 (Report) Taylor Goal 51' Attendance: 16,046
Referee: G Cain
9 November 2002
3:00pm 		Burnley 3 – 1 Coventry City Turf Moor, Burnley
Blake Goal 15' (pen.)
Grant Goal 35'
Davenport Goal 86' (o.g.)		 (Report) McAllister Goal 66' (pen.) Attendance: 13,470
Referee: Mike Jones
16 November 2002
3:00pm 		Rotherham United 0 – 0 Burnley Millmoor, Rotherham
(Report) Attendance: 7,575
Referee: A Hall
23 November 2002
3:00pm 		Burnley 2 – 0 Norwich City Turf Moor, Burnley
McGregor Goal 59'
Little Goal 85'		 (Report) Attendance: 16,282
Referee: P Prosser
30 November 2002
3:00pm 		Watford 2 – 1 Burnley Vicarage Road, Watford
Helguson Goal 40'
Smith Goal 72' (pen.)		 (Report) Taylor Goal 76' Attendance: 13,977
Referee: Ray Olivier
7 December 2002
3:00pm 		Burnley 1 – 0 Nottingham Forest Turf Moor, Burnley
Briscoe Goal 28' (Report) Attendance: 13,869
Referee: L Cable
14 December 2002
3:00pm 		Burnley 2 – 6 Rotherham United Turf Moor, Burnley
Davis Goal 67', 78' (Report) Lee Goal 12', 59'
Mullin Goal 27', 30'
Byfield Goal 84', 89'		 Attendance: 14,121
Referee: Chris Foy
20 December 2002
12:30pm 		Gillingham 4 – 2 Burnley Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham
Wallace Goal 17'
Smith Goal 41', 45'
King Goal 64'		 (Report) Taylor Goal 28'
Blake Goal 76' (pen.)		 Attendance: 7,905
Referee: G Hegley
26 December 2002
3:00pm 		Burnley 2 – 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Turf Moor, Burnley
Taylor Goal 24'
West Goal 32'		 (Report) Butler Goal 85' Attendance: 18,641
Referee: M Messias
28 December 2002
3:00pm 		Brighton & Hove Albion 2 – 2 Burnley Withdean Stadium, Brighton
Sidwell Goal 88', 89' (Report) Little Goal 44'
I. Moore Goal 71'		 Attendance: 6,502
Referee: T Parkes
11 January 2003
3:00pm 		Burnley 1 – 1 Ipswich Town Turf Moor, Burnley
Blake Goal 66' (pen.) (Report) Couñago Goal 22' Attendance: 15,501
Referee: A Hall
18 January 2003
3:00pm 		Crystal Palace 1 – 1 Burnley Selhurst Park, London
Popovic Goal 62' (pen.) (Report) Taylor Goal 44' Attendance: 16,344
Referee: M Cooper
1 February 2003
3:00pm 		Burnley 2 – 5 Reading Turf Moor, Burnley
I. Moore Goal 55'
West Goal 90'		 (Report) Sidwell Goal 37', 79'
Salako Goal 45', 52'
Henderson Goal 90'		 Attendance: 14,420
Referee: R Pearson
8 February 2003
3:00pm 		Coventry City 0 – 1 Burnley Highfield Road, Coventry
(Report) Cox Goal 35' Attendance: 13,659
Referee: G Cain
22 February 2003
3:00pm 		Burnley 2 – 0 Derby County Turf Moor, Burnley
I. Moore Goal 8'
Taylor Goal 23'		 (Report) Attendance: 15,063
Referee: D Crick
1 March 2003
3:00pm 		Stoke City 0 – 1 Burnley Britannia Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent
(Report) West Goal 56' Attendance: 12,874
Referee: Phil Joslin
4 March 2003
7:45pm 		Millwall 1 – 1 Burnley The New Den, London
Sadlier Goal 84' (Report) I. Moore Goal 18' Attendance: 6,045
Referee: M Cooper
12 March 2003
7:45pm 		Sheffield United 4 – 2 Burnley Bramall Lane, Sheffield
Brown Goal 17', 36'
Ndlovu Goal 66', 72'		 (Report) Taylor Goal 64'
Blake Goal 90'		 Attendance: 17,359
Referee: A Butler
15 March 2003
3:00pm 		Walsall 3 – 2 Burnley Bescot Stadium, Walsall
Leitão Goal 24'
Carbon Goal 33'
Matías Goal 66'		 (Report) Blake Goal 74' (pen.)
Little Goal 90'		 Attendance: 6,327
Referee: Peter Walton
18 March 2003
7:45pm 		Burnley 1 – 2 Leicester City Turf Moor, Burnley
Sinclair Goal 90' (o.g.) (Report) Dickov Goal 79'
Benjamin Goal 65'		 Attendance: 14,544
Referee: A Kaye
22 March 2003
3:00pm 		Burnley 1 – 1 Grimsby Town Turf Moor, Burnley
A. Moore Goal 52' (Report) Campbell Goal 43' Attendance: 13,445
Referee: F Stretton
25 March 2003
7:45pm 		Burnley 0 – 2 Bradford City Turf Moor, Burnley
(Report) Jørgensen Goal 18'
Gray Goal 89'		 Attendance: 11,095
Referee: C Webster
5 April 2003
3:00pm 		Burnley 4 – 7 Watford Turf Moor, Burnley
Taylor Goal 15', 39', 45'
Davis Goal 35'		 (Report) Brown Goal 13'
Hyde Goal 16'
Cox Goal 26'
Chopra Goal 29', 40', 61', 90'		 Attendance: 10,208
Referee: Phil Dowd
8 April 2003
7:45pm 		Burnley 2 – 0 Preston North End Turf Moor, Burnley
Papadopoulos Goal 42'
Blake Goal 61'		 (Report) Attendance: 12,245
Referee: Mark Halsey
12 April 2003
3:00pm 		Norwich City 2 – 0 Burnley Carrow Road, Norwich
Nedergaard Goal 3'
Abbey Goal 67'		 (Report) Attendance: 20,026
Referee: S Tomlin
15 April 2003
7:45pm 		Portsmouth 1 – 0 Burnley Fratton Park, Portsmouth
Todorov Goal 73' (Report) Attendance: 19,221
Referee: B Curson
19 April 2003
3:00pm 		Burnley 2 – 0 Gillingham Turf Moor, Burnley
Taylor Goal 28'
Diallo Goal 50'		 (Report) Attendance: 14,031
Referee: Steve Baines
21 April 2003
3:00pm 		Nottingham Forest 2 – 0 Burnley City Ground, Nottingham
Dawson Goal 75'
Johnson Goal 90'		 (Report) Attendance: 25,403
Referee: Anthony Bates
26 April 2003
1:30pm 		Burnley 2 – 7 Sheffield Wednesday Turf Moor, Burnley
Blake Goal 42' (pen.) Goal 53' (Report) McLaren Goal 3'
Westwood Goal 5'
Wood Goal 32'
Evans Goal 47'
Haslam Goal 66'
Gnohéré Goal 73' (o.g.)
Quinn Goal 80'		 Attendance: 17,435
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
4 May 2003
1:30pm 		Wimbledon 2 – 1 Burnley Selhurst Park, London
Connolly Goal 55', 81' (Report) Taylor Goal 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		 Burnley 3 – 0 Blackpool Turf Moor, Burnley
West Goal 13'
Papadopoulos Goal 63', 75'		 (Report) Attendance: 7,448 (2,226 away)
Referee: C Webster
1 October 2002
7:45pm 2		 Huddersfield Town 0 – 1
(a.e.t.)		 Burnley Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield
(Report) Papadopoulos Goal 104' Attendance: 5,887 (2,296 away)
Referee: G Laws
6 November 2002
7:45pm 3		 Burnley 2 – 1 Tottenham Hotspur Turf Moor, Burnley
Blake Goal 57'
Davis Goal 61'		 (Report) Poyet Goal 17' Attendance: 13,512 (1,800 away)
Referee: D Gallagher
3 December 2002
7:45pm 4		 Burnley 0 – 2 Manchester United Turf Moor, Burnley
(Report) Forlán Goal 35'
Solskjær Goal 65'		 Attendance: 22,034 (4,150 away)
Referee: N Barry

FA Cup[]

4 January 2003
3:00pm 3		 Grimsby Town 2 – 2 Burnley Blundell Park, Grimsby
Cooke Goal 57' (pen.)
Mansaram Goal 87'		 (Report) A. Moore Goal 14'
Weller Goal 73'		 Attendance: 5,350 (1,126 away)
Referee: Graham Laws
14 January 2003
7:45pm 3 (replay)		 Burnley 4 – 0 Grimsby Town Turf Moor, Burnley
I. Moore Goal 25', 90'
Little Goal 79'
Blake Goal 86' (pen.)		 (Report) Attendance: 5,436 (379 away)
Referee: Graham Laws
25 January 2003
3:00pm 4		 Brentford 0 – 3 Burnley Griffin Park, London
(Report) Blake Goal 52'
Cook Goal 86'
Little Goal 89'		 Attendance: 9,563 (1,732 away)
Referee: K Hill
16 February 2003
3:00pm D		 Fulham 1 – 1 Burnley Loftus Road, London
Malbranque Goal 45' (Report) A. Moore Goal 4' Attendance: 13,062 (2,910 away)
Referee: Graham Poll
26 February 2003
7:45pm 5 (replay)		 Burnley 3 – 0 Fulham Turf Moor, Burnley
Taylor Goal 27'
I. Moore Goal 35'
Diallo Goal 52'		 (Report) Attendance: 11,635 (303 away)
Referee: Phil Dowd
9 March 2003
1:30pm Quarter-final		 Watford 2 – 0 Burnley Vicarage Road, Watford
Smith Goal 74'
Glass Goal 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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