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.

Season summary

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

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

#	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

First Division

Burnley v Crystal Palace

9 August 2003
3:00 pm

Burnley	2 – 3	Crystal Palace
Blake 11' Roche 19'	(Report)	Freedman 6' (pen.) 32' 67'

Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 12,976
Referee: C Foy

West Bromwich Albion v Burnley

16 August 2003
5:35 pm

West Bromwich Albion	4 – 1	Burnley
Šakiri 31' Hulse 59' Hughes 88' 89'	(Report)	Blake 28'

The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
Attendance: 22,489
Referee: M Clattenburg

Burnley v Wigan Athletic

23 August 2003
3:00 pm

Burnley	0 – 2	Wigan Athletic
	(Report)	Kennedy 13' Ellington 77'

Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 13,231
Referee: A Butler

Gillingham v Burnley

25 August 2003
3:00 pm

Gillingham	0 – 3	Burnley
	(Report)	I. Moore 27' West 30' Blake 77'

Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham
Attendance: 7,645
Referee: M Halsey

Burnley v Crewe Alexandra

30 August 2003
3:00 pm

Burnley	1 – 0	Crewe Alexandra
Chaplow 52'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 11,495
Referee: G Laws

Stoke City v Burnley

6 September 2003
3:00 pm

Stoke City	1 – 2	Burnley
Asaba 53'	(Report)	May 18' Chadwick 27'

Britannia Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent
Attendance: 14,876
Referee: M Cooper

Norwich City v Burnley

13 September 2003
3:00 pm

Norwich City	2 – 0	Burnley
Crouch 58' Roberts 90'	(Report)

Carrow Road, Norwich
Attendance: 16,407
Referee: C Penton

Burnley v Nottingham Forest

16 September 2003
7:45 pm

Burnley	0 – 3	Nottingham Forest
	(Report)	Harewood 7' Reid 76' Taylor 82'

Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 12,530
Referee: A Kaye

Burnley v Bradford City

20 September 2003
3:00 pm

Burnley	4 – 0	Bradford City
I. Moore 43' Chadwick 54' 60' Blake 68'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 12,719
Referee: M Dean

Wimbledon v Burnley

27 September 2003
3:00 pm

Wimbledon	2 – 2	Burnley
Holdsworth 66' Agyemang 71'	(Report)	Blake 21' 37'

National Hockey Stadium, Milton Keynes
Attendance: 5,639
Referee: M Warren

Watford v Burnley

30 September 2003
7:45 pm

Watford	1 – 1	Burnley
Fitzgerald 45'	(Report)	Chadwick 54'

Vicarage Road, Watford
Attendance: 11,573
Referee: A Hall

Burnley v Walsall

4 October 2003
3:00 pm

Burnley	3 – 1	Walsall
Facey 4' 82' 87'	(Report)	Merson 24'

Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 10,532
Referee: M Jones

Ipswich Town v Burnley

14 October 2003
7:45 pm

Ipswich Town	6 – 1	Burnley
Couñago 20' 22' Wright 28' Bart-Williams 30' Chaplow 40' (o.g.) Kuqi 90'	(Report)	Facey 49'

Portman Road, Ipswich
Attendance: 22,048
Referee: P Joslin

West Ham United v Burnley

18 October 2003
3:00 pm

West Ham United	2 – 2	Burnley
Connolly 20' Hutchison 86'	(Report)	Facey 38' I. Moore 82'

Boleyn Ground, London
Attendance: 31,474
Referee: I Williamson

Burnley v Millwall

25 October 2003
3:00 pm

Burnley	1 – 1	Millwall
I. Moore 60'	(Report)	Whelan 53'

Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 10,435
Referee: A Bates

Burnley v Cardiff City

1 November 2003
1:00 pm

Burnley	1 – 1	Cardiff City
Chaplow 52'	(Report)	Earnshaw 76'

Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 10,886
Referee: H Webb

Sheffield United v Burnley

8 November 2003
3:00 pm

Sheffield United	1 – 0	Burnley
Tonge 45'	(Report)

Bramall Lane, Sheffield
Attendance: 20,967
Referee: G Cain

Derby County v Burnley

15 November 2003
3:00 pm

Derby County	2 – 0	Burnley
Morris 20' Taylor 90' (pen.)	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 21,960
Referee: U Rennie

Burnley v Rotherham United

22 November 2003
3:00 pm

Burnley	1 – 1	Rotherham United
Blake 35'	(Report)	Mullin 51'

Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 12,928
Referee: R Olivier

Burnley v Reading

25 November 2003
7:45 pm

Burnley	3 – 0	Reading
Blake 5' Chaplow 47' Chadwick 54'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 9,473
Referee: M Pike

Sunderland v Burnley

29 November 2003
3:00 pm

Sunderland	1 – 1	Burnley
Kyle 39'	(Report)	I. Moore 72'

Stadium of Light, Sunderland
Attendance: 29,852
Referee: A Kaye

Burnley v Sheffield United

6 December 2003
3:00 pm

Burnley	3 – 2	Sheffield United
Blake 17' 45' (pen.) I. Moore 34'	(Report)	Montgomery 24' Whitlow 31'

Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 11,452
Referee: N Barry

Burnley v Coventry City

13 December 2003
3:00 pm

Burnley	1 – 2	Coventry City
Blake 53'	(Report)	Suffo 8' Weller 40' (o.g.)

Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 10,358
Referee: M Fletcher

Preston North End v Burnley

20 December 2003
12:30 pm

Preston North End	5 – 3	Burnley
Fuller 18' 71' 82' Lewis 60' Healy 88'	(Report)	I. Moore 24' Gnohéré 64' Blake 78' (pen.)

Deepdale, Preston
Attendance: 18,802
Referee: M Dean

Crewe Alexandra v Wigan Athletic

26 December 2003
3:00 pm

Crewe Alexandra	3 – 1	Wigan Athletic
Ashton 37' S. Jones 55' 90'	(Report)	Blake 89' (pen.)

Gresty Road, Crewe
Attendance: 9,512
Referee: T Parkes

Burnley v Stoke City

28 December 2003
3:00 pm

Burnley	0 – 1	Stoke City
	(Report)	Akinbiyi 52'

Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 12,812
Referee: D Gallagher

Crystal Palace v Burnley

10 January 2004
3:00 pm

Crystal Palace	0 – 0	Burnley
	(Report)

Selhurst Park, London
Attendance: 15,276
Referee: A Wiley

Burnley v West Bromwich Albion

17 January 2004
3:00 pm

Burnley	1 – 1	West Bromwich Albion
Blake 68'	(Report)	Horsfield 73'

Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 13,106
Referee: N Miller

Wigan Athletic v Burnley

31 January 2004
3:00 pm

Wigan Athletic	0 – 0	Burnley
	(Report)

JJB Stadium, Wigan
Attendance: 11,147
Referee: U Rennie

Burnley v Gillingham

7 February 2004
3:00 pm

Burnley	1 – 0	Gillingham
Little 83'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 10,400
Referee: P Danson

Burnley v Ipswich Town

21 February 2004
3:00 pm

Burnley	4 – 2	Ipswich Town
Little 26' May 28' Chaplow 61' Blake 90'	(Report)	Westlake 65' Reuser 88'

Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 11,343
Referee: M Dean

Reading v Burnley

24 February 2004
8:00 pm

Reading	2 – 2	Burnley
Owusu 19' Harper 90'	(Report)	I. Moore 23' May 67'

Madejski Stadium, Reading
Attendance: 10,543
Referee: A Penn

Millwall v Burnley

28 February 2004
3:00 pm

Millwall	2 – 0	Burnley
Ifill 12' Sweeney 52'	(Report)

The New Den, London
Attendance: 10,148
Referee: A Butler

Burnley v West Ham United

2 March 2004
7:45 pm

Burnley	1 – 1	West Ham United
Branch 31'	(Report)	Connolly 36' (pen.)

Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 12,440
Referee: P Dowd

Burnley v Preston North End

6 March 2004
3:00 pm

Burnley	1 – 1	Preston North End
Blake 19'	(Report)	Alexander 58' (pen.)

Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 15,837
Referee: D Pugh

Coventry City v Burnley

13 March 2004
3:00 pm

Coventry City	4 – 0	Burnley
Joachim 10' McSheffrey 33' 39' (pen.) Konjić 78'	(Report)

Highfield Road, Coventry
Attendance: 12,953
Referee: A Bates

Nottingham Forest v Burnley

17 March 2004
7:45 pm

Nottingham Forest	1 – 1	Burnley
Taylor 80'	(Report)	Chaplow 15'

City Ground, Nottingham
Attendance: 26,885
Referee: R Olivier

Bradford City v Burnley

27 March 2004
3:00 pm

Bradford City	1 – 2	Burnley
Cadamarteri 18'	(Report)	Blake 8' I. Moore 90'

Valley Parade, Bradford
Attendance: 13,667
Referee: G Laws

Burnley v Norwich City

3 April 2004
3:00 pm

Burnley	3 – 5	Norwich City
Wood 7' May 30' Blake 38'	(Report)	Svensson 14' 62' Huckerby 32' 89' McKenzie 51'

Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 12,417
Referee: A Hall

Walsall v Burnley

10 April 2004
3:00 pm

Walsall	0 – 1	Burnley
	(Report)	Blake 56' (pen.)

Bescot Stadium, Walsall
Attendance: 7,769
Referee: S Bennett

Burnley v Watford

12 April 2004
3:00 pm

Burnley	2 – 3	Watford
McGregor 30' Adebola 86'	(Report)	Devlin 39' (pen.) Helguson 55' Cook 84'

Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 11,413
Referee: C Boyeson

Cardiff City v Burnley

17 April 2004
3:00 pm

Cardiff City	2 – 0	Burnley
Langley 78' (pen.) Campbell 80'	(Report)

Ninian Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 13,525
Referee: M Jones

Burnley v Wimbledon

20 April 2004
7:45 pm

Burnley	2 – 0	Wimbledon
Branch 26' Ntimban-Zeh 45' (o.g.)	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 13,555
Referee: G Cain

Burnley v Derby County

24 April 2004
3:00 pm

Burnley	1 – 0	Derby County
Branch 42'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 16,189
Referee: E Evans

Rotherham United v Burnley

1 May 2004
3:00 pm

Rotherham United	3 – 0	Burnley
Butler 15' Stockdale 39' Proctor 85' (pen.)	(Report)

Millmoor, Rotherham
Attendance: 9,157
Referee: P Walton

Burnley v Sunderland

9 May 2004
1:00 pm

Burnley	1 – 2	Sunderland
Little 11'	(Report)	Breen 37' Kyle 66'

Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 18,852
Referee: K Hill

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

First round

Chesterfield v Burnley

12 August 2003
7:45 pm

Chesterfield	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Burnley
	Report
	Penalties
Brandon Payne Hudson Hurst Evatt	2 – 3	Weller West Blake Little

Saltergate, Chesterfield
Attendance: 2,928
Referee: P Robinson

Second round

Scunthorpe United v Burnley

23 September 2003
7:30 pm

Scunthorpe United	2 – 3	Burnley
MacLean 32' Beagrie 85'	Report	Chadwick 22' Blake 42' I. Moore 77'

Glanford Park, Scunthorpe
Attendance: 2,915
Referee: M Fletcher

Third round

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Burnley

28 October 2003
7:45pm

Wolverhampton Wanderers	2 – 0	Burnley
Miller 48' Craddock 81'	Report

Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton
Attendance: 18,548
Referee: Chris Foy

FA Cup

Third round

Mansfield Town v Burnley

3 January 2004
3:00 pm

Mansfield Town	0 – 2	Burnley
	Report	I. Moore 30', 73'

Field Mill, Mansfield
Attendance: 8,290
Referee: P Prosser

Fourth round

Burnley v Gillingham

24 January 2004
3:00 pm

Burnley	3 – 1	Gillingham
I. Moore 30' Blake 33', 64'	Report	Henderson 71'

Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 9,735
Referee: Graham Laws

Fifth round

Millwall v Burnley

14 February 2004
3:00 pm

Millwall	1 – 0	Burnley
Dichio 70'	Report

The New Den, London
Attendance: 10,420
Referee: Howard Webb

References

↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/burnley/2003-2004

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