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

24 August 2002
3:00pm
Burnley 0 – 1 Sheffield United Turf Moor, Burnley
(Report) Onuora File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' Attendance: 12,868
Referee: R Pearson
31 August 2002
3:00pm
Burnley 0 – 0 Crystal Palace Turf Moor, Burnley
(Report) Attendance: 12,407
Referee: M Fletcher
28 September 2002
3:00pm
Burnley 1 – 0 Wimbledon Turf Moor, Burnley
Little File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' (Report) Attendance: 12,259
Referee: S Mathieson
19 October 2002
3:00pm
Leicester City 0 – 1 Burnley Walkers Stadium, Leicester
(Report) I. Moore File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Attendance: 26,254
Referee: K Hill
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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 59'
Little File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'
(Report) Attendance: 16,282
Referee: P Prosser
7 December 2002
3:00pm
Burnley 1 – 0 Nottingham Forest Turf Moor, Burnley
Briscoe File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' (Report) Attendance: 13,869
Referee: L Cable
11 January 2003
3:00pm
Burnley 1 – 1 Ipswich Town Turf Moor, Burnley
Blake File:Soccerball shade.svg 66' (pen.) (Report) Couñago File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' Attendance: 15,501
Referee: A Hall
18 January 2003
3:00pm
Crystal Palace 1 – 1 Burnley Selhurst Park, London
Popovic File:Soccerball shade.svg 62' (pen.) (Report) Taylor File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' Attendance: 16,344
Referee: M Cooper
8 February 2003
3:00pm
Coventry City 0 – 1 Burnley Highfield Road, Coventry
(Report) Cox File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' Attendance: 13,659
Referee: G Cain
22 February 2003
3:00pm
Burnley 2 – 0 Derby County Turf Moor, Burnley
I. Moore File:Soccerball shade.svg 8'
Taylor File:Soccerball shade.svg 23'
(Report) Attendance: 15,063
Referee: D Crick
4 March 2003
7:45pm
Millwall 1 – 1 Burnley The New Den, London
Sadlier File:Soccerball shade.svg 84' (Report) I. Moore File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' Attendance: 6,045
Referee: M Cooper
22 March 2003
3:00pm
Burnley 1 – 1 Grimsby Town Turf Moor, Burnley
A. Moore File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' (Report) Campbell File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' Attendance: 13,445
Referee: F Stretton
25 March 2003
7:45pm
Burnley 0 – 2 Bradford City Turf Moor, Burnley
(Report) Jørgensen File:Soccerball shade.svg 18'
Gray File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'
Attendance: 11,095
Referee: C Webster
15 April 2003
7:45pm
Portsmouth 1 – 0 Burnley Fratton Park, Portsmouth
Todorov File:Soccerball shade.svg 73' (Report) Attendance: 19,221
Referee: B Curson
4 May 2003
1:30pm
Wimbledon 2 – 1 Burnley Selhurst Park, London
Connolly File:Soccerball shade.svg 55', 81' (Report) Taylor File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 13'
Papadopoulos File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 104' Attendance: 5,887 (2,296 away)
Referee: G Laws

FA Cup

14 January 2003
7:45pm
3 (replay)
Burnley 4 – 0 Grimsby Town Turf Moor, Burnley
I. Moore File:Soccerball shade.svg 25', 90'
Little File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'
Blake File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'
Cook File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'
Little File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'
Attendance: 9,563 (1,732 away)
Referee: K Hill
16 February 2003
3:00pm
D
Fulham 1 – 1 Burnley Loftus Road, London
Malbranque File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' (Report) A. Moore File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 27'
I. Moore File:Soccerball shade.svg 35'
Diallo File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'
Glass File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'
(Report) Attendance: 20,336 (4,494 away)
Referee: Alan Wiley

References

  1. Simpson (2007), p. 466
  2. "Burnley 2002-2003 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2012.