2003–04 Burnley F.C. season

Burnley
2003–04 season
Chairman Barry Kilby
Manager Stan Ternent
First Division 19th
League Cup 3rd Round
FA Cup 5th Round
Top goalscorer League: Robbie Blake (19)
All: Robbie Blake (22)
Highest home attendance 18,852 v Sunderland
(9 May 2004)
Lowest home attendance 9,473 v Reading
(25 November 2003)
Average home attendance 12,424
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 season was Burnley's 4th 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.

Contents

Appearances and goals

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

Transfers

In

# 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 James 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

# 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 £500k 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

Matches

First Division

9 August 2003
3:00 pm
 Burnley 2 – 3 Crystal Palace Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 12,976
Referee: C Foy
Blake  11'
Roche  19'		 (Report) Freedman  6' (pen.)  32'  67'
16 August 2003
5:35 pm
 West Bromwich Albion 4 – 1 Burnley The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
Attendance: 22,489
Referee: M Clattenburg
Šakiri  31'
Hulse  59'
Hughes  88'  89'		 (Report) Blake  28'
23 August 2003
3:00 pm
 Burnley 0 – 2 Wigan Athletic Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 13,231
Referee: A Butler
(Report) Kennedy  13'
Ellington  77'
25 August 2003
3:00 pm
 Gillingham 0 – 3 Burnley Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham
Attendance: 7,645
Referee: M Halsey
(Report) I. Moore  27'
West  30'
Blake  77'
30 August 2003
3:00 pm
 Burnley 1 – 0 Crewe Alexandra Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 11,495
Referee: G Laws
Chaplow  52' (Report)
6 September 2003
3:00 pm
 Stoke City 1 – 2 Burnley Britannia Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent
Attendance: 14,876
Referee: M Cooper
Asaba  53' (Report) May  18'
Chadwick  27'
13 September 2003
3:00 pm
 Norwich City 2 – 0 Burnley Carrow Road, Norwich
Attendance: 16,407
Referee: C Penton
Crouch  58'
Roberts  90'		 (Report)
16 September 2003
7:45 pm
 Burnley 0 – 3 Nottingham Forest Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 12,530
Referee: A Kaye
(Report) Harewood  7'
Reid  76'
Taylor  82'
20 September 2003
3:00 pm
 Burnley 4 – 0 Bradford City Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 12,719
Referee: M Dean
I. Moore  43'
Chadwick  54'  60'
Blake  68'		 (Report)
27 September 2003
3:00 pm
 Wimbledon 2 – 2 Burnley National Hockey Stadium, Milton Keynes
Attendance: 5,639
Referee: M Warren
Holdsworth  66'
Agyemang  71'		 (Report) Blake  21'  37'
30 September 2003
7:45 pm
 Watford 1 – 1 Burnley Vicarage Road, Watford
Attendance: 11,573
Referee: A Hall
Fitzgerald  45' (Report) Chadwick  54'
4 October 2003
3:00 pm
 Burnley 3 – 1 Walsall Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 10,532
Referee: M Jones
Facey  4'  82'  87' (Report) Merson  24'
14 October 2003
7:45 pm
 Ipswich Town 6 – 1 Burnley Portman Road, Ipswich
Attendance: 22,048
Referee: P Joslin
Couñago  20'  22'
Wright  28'
Bart-Williams  30'
Chaplow  40' (o.g.)
Kuqi  90'		 (Report) Facey  49'
18 October 2003
3:00 pm
 West Ham United 2 – 2 Burnley Boleyn Ground, London
Attendance: 31,474
Referee: I Williamson
Connolly  20'
Hutchison  86'		 (Report) Facey  38'
I. Moore  82'
25 October 2003
3:00 pm
 Burnley 1 – 1 Millwall Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 10,435
Referee: A Bates
I. Moore  60' (Report) Whelan  53'
1 November 2003
1:00 pm
 Burnley 1 – 1 Cardiff City Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 10,886
Referee: H Webb
Chaplow  52' (Report) Earnshaw  76'
8 November 2003
3:00 pm
 Sheffield United 1 – 0 Burnley Bramall Lane, Sheffield
Attendance: 20,967
Referee: G Cain
Tonge  45' (Report)
15 November 2003
3:00 pm
 Derby County 2 – 0 Burnley Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 21,960
Referee: U Rennie
Morris  20'
Taylor  90' (pen.)		 (Report)
22 November 2003
3:00 pm
 Burnley 1 – 1 Rotherham United Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 12,928
Referee: R Olivier
Blake  35' (Report) Mullin  51'
25 November 2003
7:45 pm
 Burnley 3 – 0 Reading Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 9,473
Referee: M Pike
Blake  5'
Chaplow  47'
Chadwick  54'		 (Report)
29 November 2003
3:00 pm
 Sunderland 1 – 1 Burnley Stadium of Light, Sunderland
Attendance: 29,852
Referee: A Kaye
Kyle  39' (Report) I. Moore  72'
6 December 2003
3:00 pm
 Burnley 3 – 2 Sheffield United Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 11,452
Referee: N Barry
Blake  17'  45' (pen.)
I. Moore  34'		 (Report) Montgomery  24'
Whitlow  31'
13 December 2003
3:00 pm
 Burnley 1 – 2 Coventry City Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 10,358
Referee: M Fletcher
Blake  53' (Report) Suffo  8'
Weller  40' (o.g.)
20 December 2003
12:30 pm
 Preston North End 5 – 3 Burnley Deepdale, Preston
Attendance: 18,802
Referee: M Dean
Fuller  18'  71'  82'
Lewis  60'
Healy  88'		 (Report) I. Moore  24'
Gnohéré  64'
Blake  78' (pen.)
26 December 2003
3:00 pm
 Crewe Alexandra 3 – 1 Wigan Athletic Gresty Road, Crewe
Attendance: 9,512
Referee: T Parkes
Ashton  37'
S. Jones  55'  90'		 (Report) Blake  89' (pen.)
28 December 2003
3:00 pm
 Burnley 0 – 1 Stoke City Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 12,812
Referee: D Gallagher
(Report) Akinbiyi  52'
10 January 2004
3:00 pm
 Crystal Palace 0 – 0 Burnley Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 15,276
Referee: A Wiley
(Report)
17 January 2004
3:00 pm
 Burnley 1 – 1 West Bromwich Albion Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 13,106
Referee: N Miller
Blake  68' (Report) Horsfield  73'
31 January 2004
3:00 pm
 Wigan Athletic 0 – 0 Burnley JJB Stadium, Wigan
Attendance: 11,147
Referee: U Rennie
(Report)
7 February 2004
3:00 pm
 Burnley 1 – 0 Gillingham Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 10,400
Referee: P Danson
Little  83' (Report)
21 February 2004
3:00 pm
 Burnley 4 – 2 Ipswich Town Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 11,343
Referee: M Dean
Little  26'
May  28'
Chaplow  61'
Blake  90'		 (Report) Westlake  65'
Reuser  88'
24 February 2004
8:00 pm
 Reading 2 – 2 Burnley Madejski Stadium, Reading
Attendance: 10,543
Referee: A Penn
Owusu  19'
Harper  90'		 (Report) I. Moore  23'
May  67'
28 February 2004
3:00 pm
 Millwall 2 – 0 Burnley The New Den, London
Attendance: 10,148
Referee: A Butler
Ifill  12'
Sweeney  52'		 (Report)
2 March 2004
7:45 pm
 Burnley 1 – 1 West Ham United Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 12,440
Referee: P Dowd
Branch  31' (Report) Connolly  36' (pen.)
6 March 2004
3:00 pm
 Burnley 1 – 1 Preston North End Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 15,837
Referee: D Pugh
Blake  19' (Report) Alexander  58' (pen.)
13 March 2004
3:00 pm
 Coventry City 4 – 0 Burnley Highfield Road, Coventry
Attendance: 12,953
Referee: A Bates
Joachim  10'
McSheffrey  33'  39' (pen.)
Konjić  78'		 (Report)
17 March 2004
7:45 pm
 Nottingham Forest 1 – 1 Burnley City Ground, Nottingham
Attendance: 26,885
Referee: R Olivier
Taylor  80' (Report) Chaplow  15'
27 March 2004
3:00 pm
 Bradford City 1 – 2 Burnley Valley Parade, Bradford
Attendance: 13,667
Referee: G Laws
Cadamarteri  18' (Report) Blake  8'
I. Moore  90'
3 April 2004
3:00 pm
 Burnley 3 – 5 Norwich City Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 12,417
Referee: A Hall
Wood  7'
May  30'
Blake  38'		 (Report) Svensson  14'  62'
Huckerby  32'  89'
McKenzie  51'
10 April 2004
3:00 pm
 Walsall 0 – 1 Burnley Bescot Stadium, Walsall
Attendance: 7,769
Referee: S Bennett
(Report) Blake  56' (pen.)
12 April 2004
3:00 pm
 Burnley 2 – 3 Watford Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 11,413
Referee: C Boyeson
McGregor  30'
Adebola  86'		 (Report) Devlin  39' (pen.)
Helguson  55'
Cook  84'
17 April 2004
3:00 pm
 Cardiff City 2 – 0 Burnley Ninian Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 13,525
Referee: M Jones
Langley  78' (pen.)
Campbell  80'		 (Report)
20 April 2004
7:45 pm
 Burnley 2 – 0 Wimbledon Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 13,555
Referee: G Cain
Branch  26'
Ntimban-Zeh  45' (o.g.)		 (Report)
24 April 2004
3:00 pm
 Burnley 1 – 0 Derby County Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 16,189
Referee: E Evans
Branch  42' (Report)
1 May 2004
3:00 pm
 Rotherham United 3 – 0 Burnley Millmoor, Rotherham
Attendance: 9,157
Referee: P Walton
Butler  15'
Stockdale  39'
Proctor  85' (pen.)		 (Report)
9 May 2004
1:00 pm
 Burnley 1 – 2 Sunderland Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 18,852
Referee: K Hill
Little  11' (Report) Breen  37'
Kyle  66'

Final league position

Pos Team Games played Won Drawn Lost Goals for Goals against Points
19 Burnley 46 13 14 19 60 77 53

League Cup

1st round

12 August 2003
7:45 pm
 Chesterfield 0 – 0
(a.e.t.)		 Burnley Saltergate, Chesterfield
Attendance: 2,928
Referee: P Robinson
(Report)
  Penalties  
Brandon
Payne
Hudson
Hurst
Evatt		 2 – 3 Weller
West
Blake
Little

2nd round

23 September 2003
7:30 pm
 Scunthorpe United 2 – 3 Burnley Glanford Park, Scunthorpe
Attendance: 2,915
Referee: M Fletcher
MacLean  32'
Beagrie  85'		 (Report) Chadwick  22'
Blake  42'
I. Moore  77'

3rd round

28 October 2003
7:45 pm
 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 – 0 Burnley Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton
Attendance: 18,548
Referee: C Foy
Miller  48'
Craddock  81'		 (Report)

FA Cup

3rd round

3 January 2004
3:00 pm
 Mansfield Town 0 – 2 Burnley Field Mill, Mansfield
Attendance: 8,290
Referee: P Prosser
(Report) I. Moore  30'  73'

4th round

24 January 2004
3:00 pm
 Burnley 3 – 1 Gillingham Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 9,735
Referee: G Laws
I. Moore  30'
Blake  33'  64'		 (Report) Henderson  71'

5th round

14 February 2004
3:00 pm
 Millwall 1 – 0 Burnley The New Den, London
Attendance: 10,420
Referee: H Webb
Dichio  70' (Report)

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