1997–98 Burnley F.C. season

Burnley
1997–98 season
Chairman Frank Teasdale
Manager Chris Waddle
Second Division 20th
League Cup 2nd Round
FA Cup 1st Round
Football League Trophy Northern Section Final
Top goalscorer League: Andy Cooke (16)
All: Andy Cooke (20)
Highest home attendance 18,811 v Plymouth Argyle
(2 May 1998)
Lowest home attendance 2,442 v Notts County
(27 January 1998)
Average home attendance 9,340[1]
Home colours
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–1998 season was Burnley's 3rd season in the third tier of English football. They were managed by Chris Waddle in his only full season since he replaced Adrian Heath at the beginning of the campaign.

Contents

Appearances and goals

No. Nat Pos Player Total Second Division League Cup FA Cup FL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FW Paul Barnes 30 6 24+1 6 3+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
GK Marlon Beresford 43 0 34+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
DF Steve Blatherwick 28 0 13+7 0 3+0 0 1+1 0 3+0 0
DF Chris Brass 49 1 37+3 1 3+0 0 2+0 0 3+1 0
FW Colin Carr-Lawton 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Andy Cooke 43 20 26+8 16 2+0 1 2+0 1 5+0 2
MF Gordon Cowans 9 0 5+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
FW Gerry Creaney (on loan) 11 8 9+1 8 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Ian Duerden 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Phil Eastwood 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF David Eyres 17 2 13+0 1 4+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Mark Ford 44 1 32+4 1 2+0 0 0+1 0 4+1 0
DF Marco Gentile 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Nigel Gleghorn 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Gerry Harrison 40 0 33+2 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 3+0 0
FW Kevin Henderson 10 2 0+7 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+3 1
DF Lee Howey 29 1 21+2 0 3+0 1 2+0 0 0+1 0
MF Jamie Hoyland 12 0 2+6 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+1 0
DF Richard Huxford 7 0 4+0 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Andy Kiwomya (on loan) 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Glen Little 29 5 19+5 4 0+2 0 0+0 0 3+0 1
MF Damian Matthew 33 1 21+6 1 3+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF Neil Moore 48 4 38+2 3 2+0 0 2+0 1 4+0 0
MF John Mullin (on loan) 6 0 6+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Tony Parks 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Andy Payton 24 12 19+0 9 0+0 0 0+0 0 5+0 3
MF Paul Smith 19 0 8+7 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 3+0 0
DF Chris Vinnicombe 30 1 20+3 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 3+1 1
MF Chris Waddle 36 1 26+5 1 2+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
MF Paul Weller 47 3 32+7 2 2+1 0 2+0 1 2+1 0
FW Mike Williams 19 1 13+1 1 2+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
FW Mark Winstanley 33 0 27+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
GK Chris Woods 14 0 12+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0

Transfers

In

Pos Player From Fee Date
DF Marco Gentile MVV Maastricht Free 4 June 1997
DF Steve Blatherwick Nottingham Forest £125k 1 August 1997
MF Gordon Cowans Stockport County Free 1 August 1997
MF Mark Ford Leeds United £250k 1 August 1997
DF Lee Howey Sunderland £200k 11 August 1997
FW Andy Kiwomya Bradford City Loan 2 September 1997
FW Gerry Creaney Manchester City Loan 19 September 1997
FW Kevin Henderson Morpeth Town Free 1 December 1997
FW Andy Payton Huddersfield Town Swap 16 January 1998
MF John Mullin Sunderland Loan 26 March 1998

Out

Pos Player To Fee Date
MF Adrian Heath Retired 31 May 1997
FW Liam Robinson Scarborough Free 31 May 1997
MF Steve Thompson Rotherham United Free 31 May 1997
GK Wayne Russell Ebbw Vale Free 31 May 1997
DF Gary Parkinson Preston North End Free 1 August 1997
DF Peter Swan Bury £50k 8 August 1997
DF Vince Overson Shrewsbury Town Loan 19 September 1997
MF David Eyres Preston North End £80k 29 October 1997
DF Marco Gentile FC Volendam Free 31 October 1997
FW Ian Helliwell Doncaster Rovers Loan 3 November 1997
FW Nigel Gleghorn Brentford Loan 17 November 1997
MF Jamie Hoyland Carlisle United Loan 20 November 1997
FW Paul Barnes Huddersfield Town Swap 16 January 1998
FW Phil Eastwood Telford United Loan 7 February 1998
FW Nigel Gleghorn Northampton Town Loan 12 February 1998
GK Tony Parks Doncaster Rovers Loan 13 February 1998
DF Richard Huxford Dunfermline Athletic Loan 13 February 1998
GK Marlon Beresford Middlesbrough Free 10 March 1998

Matches

Second Division

9 August 1997
 Watford 1 – 0 Burnley Vicarage Road, Watford
Attendance: 11,155
Referee: P Danson
Lee  30' (Report)
16 August 1997
 Burnley 0 – 0 Gillingham Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 11,811
Referee: G Laws
(Report)
23 August 1997
 Southend United 1 – 0 Burnley Roots Hall, Southend
Attendance: 4,218
Referee: M Halsey
Boere  6' (Report)
30 August 1997
 Burnley 0 – 0 Bristol Rovers Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 9,887
Referee: T Heilbron
(Report)
2 September 1997
 Burnley 0 – 0 Oldham Athletic Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 11,189
Referee: P Robinson
(Report)
7 September 1997
 Chesterfield 1 – 0 Burnley Saltergate, Chesterfield
Attendance: 7,406
Referee: D Laws
Lormor  3' (Report)
13 September 1997
 York City 3 – 1 Burnley Bootham Crescent, York
Attendance: 5,424
Davis  62'
Rowe  64'
Tolson  82'		 (Report) Barnes  12'
20 September 1997
 Burnley 1 – 1 Preston North End Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 13,809
Referee: E Wolstenholme
Cooke  80' (Report) Nogan  19'
27 September 1997
 Brentford 2 – 1 Burnley Griffin Park, London
Attendance: 4,548
Referee: R Styles
Hutchings  2'
Rapley  89'		 (Report) Ford  57'
4 October 1997
 Burnley 2 – 2 Wycombe Wanderers Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 9,057
Referee: D Pugh
Creaney  3'  73' (Report) Cornforth  12' (pen.)
Scott  54'
11 October 1997
 Burnley 3 – 1 Carlisle United Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 10,687
Referee: A Wiley
Barnes  18'
Creaney  67'  71'		 (Report) Couzens  34'
18 October 1997
 Wrexham 0 – 0 Burnley Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
Attendance: 5,132
Referee: G Cain
(Report)
21 October 1997
 Plymouth Argyle 2 – 2 Burnley Home Park, Plymouth
Attendance: 3,006
Referee: P Rejer
Jean  40'
Heathcote  47'		 (Report) Eyres  8' (pen.)
Creaney  58'
25 October 1997
 Burnley 2 – 2 Bournemouth Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 9,501
Referee: M Dean
Waddle  45'
Creaney  65'		 (Report) Howe  58'
Vincent  68'
1 November 1997
 Burnley 2 – 1 Walsall Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 9,293
Referee: E Lomas
Barnes  27'
Cooke  80'		 (Report) Viveash  79'
4 November 1997
 Luton Town 2 – 3 Burnley Kenilworth Road, Luton
Attendance: 5,315
Referee: B Knight
Alexander  32'  35' (Report) Williams  25'
Creaney  62'
Barnes  65'
8 November 1997
 Blackpool 2 – 1 Burnley Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
Attendance: 7,429
Referee: J Brandwood
Clarkson  41'
Preece  74'		 (Report) Creaney  14'
18 November 1997
 Burnley 1 – 2 Millwall Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 8,834
Referee: M Pike
Cooke  29' (Report) Bowry  2'
Savage  63'
22 November 1997
 Grimsby Town 4 – 1 Burnley Blundell Park, Grimsby
Attendance: 4,829
Referee: A Butler
Groves  19'
Widdrington  59'
Lester  73'
Nogan  78'		 (Report) Weller  16'
29 November 1997
 Burnley 2 – 1 Northampton Town Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 8,369
Referee: M Messias
Moore  76'
Barnes  82'		 (Report) Gibb  49'
2 December 1997
 Bristol City 3 – 1 Burnley Ashton Gate, Bristol
Attendance: 11,136
Referee: A Bates
Goodridge  48'  83'
Bell  71' (pen.)		 (Report) Barnes  29'
13 December 1997
 Burnley 0 – 2 Wigan Athletic Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 9,520
Referee: P Richards
(Report) Lee  13'
Jones  44'
19 December 1997
 Fulham 1 – 0 Burnley Craven Cottage, London
Attendance: 5,096
Referee: P Danson
Cullip  89' (Report)
26 December 1997
 Burnley 0 – 0 Chesterfield Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 10,861
Referee: T Heilbron
(Report)
3 January 1998
 Gillingham 2 – 0 Burnley Priestfield, Gillingham
Attendance: 5,886
Referee: S Bennett
Butler  10'
Smith  68'		 (Report)
10 January 1998
 Burnley 2 – 0 Watford Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 9,551
Referee: R Pearson
Cooke  13'  35' (Report)
17 January 1998
 Bristol Rovers 1 – 0 Burnley Memorial Stadium, Bristol
Attendance: 7,208
Referee: R Styles
Cureton  50' (Report)
24 January 1998
 Burnley 1 – 0 Southend United Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 9,386
Referee: P Rejer
Payton  43' (Report)
31 January 1998
 Burnley 7 – 2 York City Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 9,975
Referee: E Lomas
Moore  40'
Barras  43' (o.g.)
Brass  46'
Cooke  49'  58'  88'
Payton  81'		 (Report) Pouton  34'
Barras  76'
7 February 1998
 Preston North End 2 – 3 Burnley Deepdale, Preston
Attendance: 12,263
Referee: F Stretton
Nogan  34'
Jackson  61'		 (Report) Payton  48'
Cooke  57'
Moore  90'
14 February 1998
 Wycombe Wanderers 2 – 1 Burnley Adams Park, High Wycombe
Attendance: 5,926
Referee: S Baines
Brown  32'
McCarthy  57'		 (Report) Cooke  88'
21 February 1998
 Burnley 1 – 1 Brentford Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 10,097
Referee: M Jones
Little  77' (Report) Taylor  50'
24 February 1998
 Burnley 1 – 2 Wrexham Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 8,576
Referee: T Heilbron
Cooke  30' (Report) Roberts  11'
Wilson  64'
28 February 1998
 Carlisle United 2 – 1 Burnley Brunton Park, Carlisle
Attendance: 7,192
Referee: S Mathieson
Stevens  18'
Smart  88'		 (Report) Cooke  50'
7 March 1998
 Walsall 0 – 0 Burnley Bescot Stadium, Walsall
Attendance: 5,212
Referee: G Laws
(Report)
14 March 1998
 Burnley 1 – 1 Luton Town Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 9,656
Referee: M Dean
Payton  60' (Report) Thomas  79'
21 March 1998
 Millwall 1 – 0 Burnley The New Den, London
Attendance: 7,582
Referee: J Brandwood
Grant  21' (Report)
28 March 1998
 Burnley 2 – 1 Grimsby Town Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 8,256
Referee: J Kirkby
Little  12'
Payton  80'		 (Report) Lester  16'
4 April 1998
 Northampton Town 0 – 1 Burnley Sixfields, Northampton
Attendance: 7,264
Referee: A Hall
(Report) Payton  16'
7 April 1998
 Burnley 2 – 1 Blackpool Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 13,413
Referee: K Lynch
Payton  13' (Report) Clarkson  45'
Bent  51'
11 April 1998
 Burnley 1 – 0 Bristol City Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 10,600
Referee: A Butler
Payton  7' (pen.) (Report)
13 April 1998
 Wigan Athletic 5 – 1 Burnley Springfield Park, Wigan
Attendance: 4,926
Referee: P Robinson
Barlow  31'
Lowe  43'  87'
Warne  77'
Kilford  80'		 (Report) Little  47'
18 April 1998
 Burnley 2 – 1 Fulham Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 9,745
Referee: D Pugh
Cooke  2'
Payton  83'		 (Report) Moody  35'
25 April 1998
 Bournemouth 2 – 1 Burnley Dean Court, Bournemouth
Attendance: 6,527
Referee: D Crick
Robinson  56' (pen.)
Fletcher  61'		 (Report) Matthew  72' (pen.)
28 April 1998
 Oldham Athletic 3 – 3 Burnley Boundary Park, Oldham
Attendance: 9,781
Referee: B Burns
Jepson  27'
Rickers  76'
Allott  77'		 (Report) Cooke  26'
Weller  32'
Little  38'
2 May 1998
 Burnley 2 – 1 Plymouth Argyle Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 18,811
Referee: P Taylor
Cooke  12'  41' (Report) Saunders  25'

Final league position

Pos Team Games played Won Drawn Lost Goals for Goals against Points
20 Burnley 46 13 13 20 55 65 52

League Cup

1st Round First Leg

12 August 1997
 Lincoln City 1 – 1 Burnley Sincil Bank, Lincoln
Attendance: 3,010
Referee: S Baines
Stant  39' (Report) Howey  77'

1st Round Second Leg

26 August 1997
 Burnley 2 – 1 Lincoln City Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 4,644
Referee: C Foy
Cooke  1'
Eyres  16' (pen.)		 (Report) Ainsworth  25'

2nd Round First Leg

16 September 1997
 Burnley 0 – 4 Stoke City Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 4,175
(Report) Thorne  37'  62'
Kavanagh  68'  80'

2nd Round Second Leg

24 September 1997
 Stoke City 2 – 0 Burnley Britannia Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent
Attendance: 6,041
Referee: A D'Urso
Keen  26'
Thorne  71'		 (Report)

FA Cup

1st Round

15 November 1997
 Rotherham United 3 – 3 Burnley Millmoor, Rotherham
Attendance: 5,709
Referee: F Stretton
Roscoe  17'  66'
Knill  36'		 (Report) Cooke  24'
Moore  37'
Weller  55'

1st Round Replay

25 November 1997
 Burnley 0 – 3 Rotherham United Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 3,118
Referee: F Stretton
(Report) White  24'
Berry  68'
Garner  88'

Football League Trophy

Northern Section 2nd Round

27 January 1998
 Burnley 2 – 0 Notts County Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 2,442
Referee: T Jones
Little  22'
Cooke  61'		 (Report)

Northern Section Quarter Final

3 February 1998
 Burnley 4 – 1 Carlisle United Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 4,573
Referee: R Furnandiz
Payton  18'
Vinnicombe  61'
Cooke  73'
Henderson  89'		 (Report) Prokas  55'

Northern Section Semi Final

17 February 1998
 Burnley 1 – 0 Preston North End Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 10,079
Referee: E Wolstenholme
Payton  39' (Report)

Northern Section Final First Leg

10 March 1998
 Grimsby Town 1 – 1 Burnley Blundell Park, Grimsby
Attendance: 6,064
Referee: E Wolstenholme
Groves  78' (Report) Payton  23'

Northern Section Final Second Leg

17 March 1998
 Burnley 0 – 2 Grimsby Town Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 10,257
Referee: A Wiley
(Report) Nogan  10'
Donovan  57'

References

  1. ^ Simpson (2007), p. 446
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