1998–99 Burnley F.C. season

The 1998–99 season was Burnley's 4th successive season in the third tier of English football. They were managed by Stan Ternent in his first full season since he replaced Chris Waddle at the beginning of the campaign.

Burnley

1998–99 season
Chairman	Frank Teasdale
Manager	Stan Ternent
Second Division	15th
League Cup	1st Round
FA Cup	1st Round
Football League Trophy	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Andy Payton (20) All: Andy Payton (23)
Highest home attendance	17,251 v Manchester City (9 March 1999)
Lowest home attendance	5,453 v Bury (18 August 1998)
Average home league attendance	10,604[1]
Home colours
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Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division		League Cup		FA Cup		FL Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	DF	ENG	Gordon Armstrong	40	1	40+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Steve Blatherwick	5	0	3+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Graham Branch	20	1	14+6	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Chris Brass	38	0	33+1	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	FW	ENG	Colin Carr-Lawton	7	0	2+2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	ENG	Paul Cook (on loan)	12	1	12+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Andy Cooke	38	10	36+0	9	1+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	SCO	Tom Cowan (on loan)	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Tom Cowan	11	0	11+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	ENG	Paul Crichton (on loan)	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	ENG	Paul Crichton	29	0	28+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	ENG	Steve Davis	19	4	19+0	4	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Michael Devenney	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	FW	ENG	Phil Eastwood	15	1	6+7	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	ENG	Mark Ford	14	0	11+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
	MF	ENG	Paul Graham	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Kevin Henderson	10	1	0+7	1	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	MF	ENG	Matthew Hewlett (on loan)	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	ENG	Matthew Heywood	15	0	11+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	ENG	Lee Howey	5	0	3+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Ronnie Jepson	17	1	3+12	1	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Lenny Johnrose	12	1	9+3	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	NOR	Frank-Petter Kval	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Glen Little	37	5	32+2	5	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	ENG	Craig Mawson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Brad Maylett	18	0	0+17	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	SCO	Micky Mellon	20	2	20+0	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Neil Moore	14	0	10+2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Steve Morgan	20	0	17+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	John O'Kane (on loan)	8	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	ENG	Tony Parks	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Andy Payton	42	23	39+1	20	1+0	1	1+0	2	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Ally Pickering	21	1	21+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Brian Reid	33	3	30+1	3	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	AUS	Mark Robertson	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Chris Scott	15	0	9+5	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Paul Smith	14	0	11+1	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Carl Smith	11	0	5+5	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Peter Swan	17	0	11+6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	NOR	Rune Vindheim	10	2	8+0	2	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	GK	ENG	Gavin Ward (on loan)	17	0	17+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Paul Weller	2	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Mike Williams	3	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	John Williamson	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Mark Winstanley	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Transfers

In

#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date
	FW	Ronnie Jepson	Oldham Athletic	Free	1 July 1998
	GK	Paul Crichton	West Bromwich Albion	Loan	7 August 1998
	GK	Paul Crichton	West Bromwich Albion	Loan	12 August 1998
	GK	Gavin Ward	Bolton Wanderers	Loan	15 August 1998
	DF	Gordon Armstrong	Bury	£40k	28 August 1998
	DF	Peter Swan	Bury	Free	28 August 1998
	DF	John O'Kane	Everton	Loan	23 October 1998
	GK	Paul Crichton	West Bromwich Albion	£100k	18 November 1998
	MF	Matthew Hewlett	Bristol City	Loan	26 November 1998
	DF	Ally Pickering	Stoke City	Free	17 December 1998
	DF	Steve Davis	Luton Town	£750k	30 December 1998
	FW	Graham Branch	Stockport County	Free	1 January 1999
	MF	Micky Mellon	Tranmere Rovers	£350k	8 January 1999
	MF	Lenny Johnrose	Bury	£225k	12 February 1999
	MF	Paul Cook	Stockport County	Loan	12 March 1999
	DF	Tom Cowan	Huddersfield Town	Loan	12 March 1999
	DF	Tom Cowan	Huddersfield Town	£20k	16 March 1999

Out

#	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date
	FW	Ian Duerden	Halifax Town	Free	31 May 1998
	MF	Chris Waddle	Torquay United	Free	31 May 1998
	FW	Ian Helliwell	Ilkeston Town	Free	31 May 1998
	FW	Nigel Gleghorn	Altrincham	Free	31 May 1998
	DF	Jason Heffernan		Released	31 May 1998
	DF	Vince Overson	Halifax Town	Free	31 May 1998
	DF	Chris Vinnicombe	Wycombe Wanderers	Free	31 May 1998
	FW	Damian Matthew	Northampton Town	Free	1 June 1998
	GK	Chris Woods		Retired	3 July 1998
	MF	Jamie Hoyland	Scarborough	Free	3 July 1998
	DF	Richard Huxford	Dunfermline Athletic	Free	3 July 1998
	MF	Gerry Harrison	Sunderland	Free	7 July 1998
	GK	Tony Parks	Doncaster Rovers	Free	31 August 1998
	DF	Steve Blatherwick	Chesterfield	Loan	18 September 1998
	DF	Mark Winstanley	Shrewsbury Town	Loan	18 September 1998
	DF	Lee Howey	Northampton Town	Loan	6 November 1998
	DF	Steve Blatherwick	Chesterfield	£50k	1 December 1998
	DF	Mark Winstanley	Scunthorpe United	Loan	24 December 1998
	FW	Phil Eastwood	Kettering Town	Loan	11 February 1999
	DF	Lee Howey	Northampton Town	£50k	19 February 1999
	DF	Mark Winstanley	Preston North End	Loan	22 March 1999
	FW	Mike Williams	Oxford United	Free	22 March 1999

Matches

Second Division

8 August 1998

Burnley	2 – 1	Bristol Rovers
Payton 2' 31'	(Report)	Cureton 8'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 11,781

Referee: J Kirkby

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15 August 1998

Chesterfield	1 – 0	Burnley
Reeves 89' (pen.)	(Report)

Saltergate, Chesterfield

Attendance: 5,426

Referee: M Jones

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22 August 1998

Burnley	0 – 1	York City
	(Report)	Connelly 32'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 9,715

Referee: A Bates

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29 August 1998

Walsall	3 – 1	Burnley
Brissett 34' Wrack 88' 90' (pen.)	(Report)	Armstrong 69'

Bescot Stadium, Walsall

Attendance: 4,599

Referee: M Dean

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1 September 1998

Burnley	2 – 1	Millwall
Cooke 21' 30'	(Report)	Shaw 88'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 8,526

Referee: D Pugh

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5 September 1998

Luton Town	1 – 0	Burnley
Douglas 47'	(Report)

Kenilworth Road, Luton

Attendance: 5,554

Referee: K Leach

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9 September 1998

Reading	1 – 1	Burnley
Williams 28'	(Report)	Payton 76'

Madejski Stadium, Reading

Attendance: 10,080

Referee: P Danson

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12 September 1998

Burnley	1 – 1	Wycombe Wanderers
Payton 6'	(Report)	Stallard 37'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 9,120

Referee: M Pike

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19 September 1998

Gillingham	2 – 1	Burnley
Galloway 11' Taylor 86'	(Report)	Payton 31'

Priestfield, Gillingham

Attendance: 5,702

Referee: A Butler

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26 September 1998

Burnley	1 – 1	Wigan Athletic
Reid 68'	(Report)	McGibbon 90'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 10,183

Referee: G Frankland

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3 October 1998

Manchester City	2 – 2	Burnley
Goater 8' Allsopp 85'	(Report)	Payton 34' Cooke 54'

Maine Road, Manchester

Attendance: 30,722 (3,132 away)

Referee: R Furnandiz

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9 October 1998

Colchester United	0 – 4	Burnley
	(Report)	Payton 2' 11' Vindheim 50' Cooke 72'

Layer Road, Colchester

Attendance: 5,532

Referee: D Crick

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17 October 1998

Burnley	1 – 1	Notts County
Vindheim 90'	(Report)	Pearce 8'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 10,559

Referee: M Warren

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20 October 1998

Burnley	1 – 0	Oldham Athletic
Cooke 64'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 9,539

Referee: G Frankland

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24 October 1998

Macclesfield Town	2 – 1	Burnley
Sedgemore 18' Smith 84'	(Report)	Little 71'

Moss Rose, Burnley

Attendance: 3,995

Referee: A Hall

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31 October 1998

Burnley	2 – 1	Wrexham
Payton 29' 55'	(Report)	Ridler 46'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 10,109

Referee: M Fletcher

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7 November 1998

Preston North End	4 – 1	Burnley
Rankine 23' Nogan 46' Eyres 49' Byfield 57'	(Report)	Eastwood 15'

Deepdale, Preston

Attendance: 15,888

Referee: E Lomas

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10 November 1998

Burnley	0 – 2	Stoke City
	(Report)	Lightbourne 47' Thorne 62'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 10,575

Referee: G Laws

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21 November 1998

Bournemouth	5 – 0	Burnley
Warren 55' Robinson 60' (pen.) 69' Stein 74' 89'	(Report)

Dean Court, Bournemouth

Attendance: 5,907

Referee: J Brandwood

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28 November 1998

Burnley	1 – 0	Blackpool
Payton 67' (pen.)	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 11,925

Referee: P Rejer

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12 December 1998

Fulham	4 – 0	Burnley
Morgan 27' 38' Hayles 57' Peschisolido 73'	(Report)

Craven Cottage, London

Attendance: 9,983

Referee: R Olivier

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19 December 1998

Burnley	0 – 2	Northampton Town
	(Report)	Wilkinson 71' Corazzin 81'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 8,783

Referee: A Hall

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26 December 1998

York City	3 – 3	Burnley
Hall 54' Rowe 61' 72'	(Report)	Payton 23' 87' Robertson 58'

Bootham Crescent, York

Attendance: 5,630

Referee: S Mathieson

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28 December 1998

Burnley	1 – 1	Lincoln City
Henderson 81'	(Report)	Finnigan 72'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 9,635

Referee: P Dowd

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2 January 1999

Burnley	0 – 0	Walsall
	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 10,892

Referee: T Jones

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9 January 1999

Bristol Rovers	3 – 4	Burnley
Cureton 24' Roberts 35' Lee 45'	(Report)	Davis 15' Branch 30' Payton 44' Cooke 54'

Memorial Stadium, Bristol

Attendance: 7,129

Referee: A Wiley

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16 January 1999

Burnley	1 – 2	Chesterfield
Cooke 86'	(Report)	Pickering 30' (o.g) Beaumont 65'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 10,985

Referee: S Mathieson

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23 January 1999

Millwall	1 – 2	Burnley
Sadlier 86'	(Report)	Cooke 11' Davis 80'

The New Den, London

Attendance: 7,407

Referee: M Fletcher

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30 January 1999

Lincoln City	1 – 1	Burnley
Gordon 32'	(Report)	Reid 66'

Sincil Bank, Lincoln

Attendance: 6,361

Referee: B Burns

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6 February 1999

Burnley	1 – 2	Luton Town
Mellon 29'	(Report)	Fotiadis 34' Doherty 87'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 10,285

Referee: P Walton

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13 February 1999

Burnley	1 – 1	Reading
Reid 9'	(Report)	Caskey 54'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 9,366

Referee: K Lynch

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20 February 1999

Wycombe Wanderers	2 – 0	Burnley
Simpson 51' Scott 52'	(Report)

Adams Park, Wycombe

Attendance: 5,195

Referee: B Coddington

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27 February 1999

Burnley	0 – 5	Gillingham
	(Report)	Taylor 14' 27' 41' 43' (pen.) 48'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 8,981

Referee: T Heilbron

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9 March 1999

Burnley	0 – 6	Manchester City
	(Report)	Horlock 17' Morrison 41' Goater 50' 59' 65' Allsopp 82'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 17,251

Referee: J Kirkby

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14 March 1999

Burnley	0 – 1	Preston North End
	(Report)	Nogan 61'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 11,561

Referee: C Wilkes

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20 March 1999

Wrexham	1 – 1	Burnley
Brammer 14'	(Report)	Mellon 75'

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Attendance: 4,151

Referee: M Warren

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28 March 1999

Burnley	4 – 3	Macclesfield Town
Little 17' Davis 57' 90' Payton 79'	(Report)	Durkan 9' 63' Askey 14'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 10,500

Referee: D Laws

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3 April 1999

Notts County	0 – 0	Burnley
	(Report)

Meadow Lane, Nottingham

Attendance: 6,625

Referee: A D'Urso

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5 April 1999

Burnley	3 – 1	Colchester United
Johnrose 57' Payton 82' 89'	(Report)	Gregory 26'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 10,747

Referee: G Cain

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10 April 1999

Oldham Athletic	1 – 1	Burnley
Tipton 37'	(Report)	Payton 52'

Boundary Park, Oldham

Attendance: 8,542

Referee: R Pearson

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13 April 1999

Blackpool	0 – 2	Burnley
	(Report)	Payton 26' Little 57'

Bloomfield Road, Blackpool

Attendance: 5,658

Referee: K Leach

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17 April 1999

Burnley	0 – 0	Bournemouth
	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 9,802

Referee: E Lomas

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24 April 1999

Stoke City	1 – 4	Burnley
Crowe 31'	(Report)	Pickering 5' Payton 11' Little 68' 90'

Britannia Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent

Attendance: 10,965

Referee: D Crick

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1 May 1999

Burnley	1 – 0	Fulham
Jepson 82'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 13,086

Referee: P Rejer

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3 May 1999

Wigan Athletic	0 – 0	Burnley
	(Report)

Springfield Park, Wigan

Attendance: 5,528

Referee: B Burns

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8 May 1999

Northampton Town	2 – 2	Burnley
Savage 7' Howey 80'	(Report)	Cook 69' (pen.) Cooke 88'

Sixfields Stadium, Northampton

Attendance: 7,435

Referee: A Butler

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Final league position

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Bristol Rovers	46	13	17	16	65	56	+9	56
14	Blackpool	46	14	14	18	44	54	−10	56
15	Burnley	46	13	16	17	54	73	−19	55
16	Notts County	46	14	12	20	52	61	−9	54
17	Wrexham	46	13	14	19	43	62	−19	53

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference

League Cup

1st round first leg

11 August 1998

Bury	1 – 1	Burnley
Matthews 17'	(Report)	Cooke 29'

Gigg Lane, Bury

Attendance: 3,927

Referee: G Cain

1st round second leg

18 August 1998

Burnley	1 – 4	Bury
Payton 42'	(Report)	D'Jaffo 45' Daws 51' Armstrong 70' Matthews 78'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 5,453

Referee: C Foy

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FA Cup

1st round

17 November 1998

Darlington	3 – 2	Burnley
Atkinson 81' Dorner 87' Barnard 90'	(Report)	Payton 37' 55' (pen.)

Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough

Attendance: 5,059

Referee: B Coddington

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Football League Trophy

Northern Section 1st round

8 December 1998

Burnley	0 – 1	Preston North End
	(Report)	Macken 57'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 3,366

Referee: D Pugh