2002–03 Burnley F.C. season

Burnley
2002–03 season
Chairman England Barry Kilby
Manager England Stan Ternent
First Division 16th
League Cup Fourth round
FA Cup Quarter-final
Top goalscorer League:
Gareth Taylor (16)

All:
Gareth Taylor (17)
Highest home attendance 22,034 (vs. Manchester United, 3 December)
Lowest home attendance 5,436 (vs. Grimsby Town, 14 January)
Average home league attendance 14,200[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 defense, 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 TotalFirst Division League Cup FA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Greece Nikolaos Michopoulos 14 0 13 0 0 0 1 0
2 DF England Dean West 49 5 41 4 3 1 5 0
3 DF Guinea Drissa Diallo 18 2 14 1 0 0 4 1
5 DF England Steve Davis 32 5 25+3 4 3 1 0+1 0
6 DF England Gordon Armstrong 7 0 1+5 0 0 0 0+1 0
7 MF England Glen Little 40 7 28+5 5 2+1 0 1+3 2
8 MF England Paul Cook 31 1 21+2 0 1+1 0 5+1 1
9 FW Wales Gareth Taylor 48 17 38+2 16 3+1 0 4 1
10 FW England Andy Payton 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0
11 MF England Matthew O'Neill 7 0 2+5 0 0 0 0 0
12 MF England Tony Grant 44 1 24+10 1 3+1 0 6 0
14 DF Trinidad and Tobago Ian Cox 33 1 23+3 1 2 0 4+1 0
15 MF England Graham Branch 41 0 31+1 0 2+1 0 6 0
16 FW England Ian Moore 52 11 35+9 8 2 0 6 3
17 FW England Anthony Shandran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF England Paul Weller 40 1 26+8 0 3 0 1+2 1
19 DF England Lee Briscoe 41 2 32+1 2 4 0 4 0
20 MF England Brad Maylett 6 0 1+5 0 0 0 0 0
21 FW England Mark Rasmussen 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
22 GK England Marlon Beresford 43 0 33+1 0 4 0 5 0
23 DF England Mark McGregor 37 1 25+5 1 3 0 2+2 0
25 MF England Lenny Johnrose 6 0 5+1 0 0 0 0 0
26 DF Ivory Coast Arthur Gnohéré 40 2 31+2 2 4 0 3 0
27 FW England Robbie Blake 49 16 34+7 13 4 1 3+1 2
28 MF Republic of Ireland Alan Moore 36 3 14+13 1 1+2 0 5+1 2
29 FW Greece Dimitrios Papadopoulos 40 6 7+27 3 0+4 3 1+1 0
30 MF England Richard Chaplow 5 0 2+3 0 0 0 0 0
31 MF England Joel Pilkington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DF England Earl Davis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 MF England Andy Waine 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
34 DF England Andrew Leeson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Transfers

In

# Pos Player From Fee Date
22GKEngland Marlon Beresford York City Free 5 September 2002
3DFGuinea Drissa Diallo KV Mechelen Free 10 January 2003

Out

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

Results

First Division

Final league position

Pos Team Games played Won Drawn Lost Goals for Goals against Points
16 Burnley 46 15 10 21 65 89 55

League Cup

FA Cup

References

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