2000–01 Burnley F.C. season

The 2000–01 season was Burnley's 1st season in the second tier of English football since 1994/95. They were managed by Stan Ternent in his third full season since he replaced Chris Waddle at the beginning 1998–99 campaign.

Burnley

2000–01 season
Chairman	Barry Kilby
Manager	Stan Ternent
First Division	7th
League Cup	2nd Round
FA Cup	3rd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Andy Payton (9) All: Andy Payton (15)
Highest home attendance	21,369 v Blackburn Rovers (17 December 2000)
Lowest home attendance	3,319 v Hartlepool United (22 August 2000)
Average home league attendance	16,234[1]
Home colours
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Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division		League Cup		FA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Paul Crichton	10	0	7+1	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Dean West	7	0	6+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Mitchell Thomas	49	0	41+2	0	4+0	0	2+0	0
4	MF	SCO	Micky Mellon	26	0	19+4	0	1+1	0	1+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Steve Davis	50	6	44+0	5	4+0	1	2+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Gordon Armstrong	21	0	14+5	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
7	MF	ENG	Glen Little	39	3	27+7	3	3+0	0	0+2	0
8	MF	ENG	Paul Cook	46	3	38+2	3	3+1	0	2+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Andy Cooke	15	5	10+1	2	4+0	3	0+0	0
9	FW	WAL	Gareth Taylor (on loan)	15	4	15+0	4	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	FW	ENG	Andy Payton	46	15	18+22	9	2+2	5	1+1	1
11	MF	ENG	Lenny Johnrose	21	2	9+10	1	0+0	0	1+1	1
12	FW	ENG	Ronnie Jepson	15	0	0+13	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
13	GK	ENG	Craig Mawson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	DF	ENG	Chris Brass	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	MF	ENG	Graham Branch	41	5	26+9	5	2+2	0	2+0	0
16	FW	NIR	Phil Gray	8	1	5+0	1	2+1	0	0+0	0
16	FW	ENG	Ian Moore	29	6	26+1	5	0+0	0	2+0	1
17	MF	ENG	Paul Smith	15	1	10+4	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
18	MF	ENG	Paul Weller	48	3	39+5	3	2+0	0	2+0	0
19	DF	ENG	Lee Briscoe	32	0	25+4	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
20	MF	ENG	Brad Maylett	14	0	2+10	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
21	DF	ENG	Chris Scott	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	DF	ENG	John Williamson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	DF	ENG	Matthew Heywood	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	DF	ENG	Michael Devenney	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	MF	ENG	Alex Kevan	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	DF	ENG	John Boardman	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	MF	ENG	Kevin Ball	45	2	40+0	2	4+0	0	1+0	0
29	FW	IRL	Alan Lee	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	MF	ENG	John Mullin	37	3	11+23	3	1+0	0	1+1	0
31	FW	ENG	Anthony Shandran	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	DF	TRI	Ian Cox	44	1	35+3	1	4+0	0	2+0	0
33	MF	ENG	Scott Oakes	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
34	GK	GRE	Nikolaos Michopoulos	43	0	39+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
35	FW	ENG	Paul Robinson (on loan)	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Transfers

In

#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date
27	DF	John Boardman	Liverpool	Free	7 June 2000
19	DF	Lee Briscoe	Sheffield Wednesday	Free	12 June 2000
16	FW	Phil Gray	Luton Town	Free	17 June 2000
28	MF	Kevin Ball	Fulham	Free	24 June 2000
33	MF	Scott Oakes	Sheffield Wednesday	Free	1 August 2000
34	GK	Nikolaos Michopoulos	PAOK Salonika	Free	25 August 2000
35	FW	Paul Robinson	Wimbledon	Loan	9 October 2000
16	FW	Ian Moore	Stockport County	£1m	20 November 2000
9	FW	Gareth Taylor	Manchester City	Loan	19 February 2001

Out

#	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date
	MF	Eamonn Kelly		Released	22 May 2000
	FW	Ian Wright		Retired	7 June 2000
	DF	Tom Cowan	Cambridge United	Free	18 June 2000
	MF	Mark Robertson	Swindon Town	Free	22 August 2000
29	FW	Alan Lee	Rotherham United	Loan	21 September 2000[2]
24	DF	Michael Devenney	Leigh RMI	Loan	22 September 2000[2]
17	MF	Paul Smith	Oldham Athletic	Loan	22 September 2000
21	DF	Chris Scott	Leigh RMI	Loan	22 September 2000[2]
14	DF	Chris Brass	Halifax Town	Loan	22 September 2000[2]
13	GK	Craig Mawson	Lincoln City	Loan	28 September 2000
33	MF	Scott Oakes	Cambridge United	Free	30 October 2000
16	FW	Phil Gray	Oxford United	Free	10 November 2000
29	FW	Alan Lee	Rotherham United	£150k	15 November 2000
9	FW	Andy Cooke	Stoke City	£300k	1 December 2000
23	DF	Matthew Heywood	Swindon Town	Free	22 January 2001
13	GK	Craig Mawson	Halifax Town	Free	16 February 2001
4	MF	Micky Mellon	Tranmere Rovers	Loan	5 March 2001
4	MF	Micky Mellon	Tranmere Rovers	Free	8 March 2001
14	DF	Chris Brass	York City	Free	15 March 2001

Matches

First Division

12 August 2000
3:00 p.m.

Bolton Wanderers	1 – 1	Burnley
Frandsen 28' (pen.)	(Report)	Gray 56'

Reebok Stadium, Bolton

Attendance: 20,662 (5,500 away)

Referee: B Burns

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19 August 2000
3:00 p.m.

Burnley	1 – 0	Wimbledon
Weller 27'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 15,124 (357 away)

Referee: S Baines

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26 August 2000
3:00 p.m.

Wolverhampton Wanderers	1 – 0	Burnley
Sedgley 74'	(Report)

Molineux, Wolverhampton

Attendance: 20,156 (2,682 away)

Referee: M Jones

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28 August 2000
3:00 p.m.

Burnley	1 – 1	Gillingham
Ashby 70' (o.g.)	(Report)	Asaba 66'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 15,611 (517 away)

Referee: P Jones

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9 September 2000
3:00 p.m.

Crystal Palace	0– 1	Burnley
	(Report)	Branch 77'

Selhurst Park, London

Attendance: 18,531 (1,600 away)

Referee: J Winter

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12 September 2000
7:45 p.m.

Fulham	3 – 1	Burnley
Goldbæk 53' Saha 64' 81'	(Report)	Payton 90'

Craven Cottage, London

Attendance: 11,863 (1,410 away)

Referee: T Parkes

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16 September 2000
3:00 p.m.

Burnley	1 – 1	Grimsby Town
Cooke 18'	(Report)	Butterfield 11'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 15,413 (166 away)

Referee: P Dowd

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23 September 2000
3:00 p.m.

Huddersfield Town	0 – 1	Burnley
	(Report)	Payton 17'

Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield

Attendance: 14,016 (3,988 away)

Referee: U Rennie

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30 September 2000
3:00 p.m.

Burnley	1 – 1	Portsmouth
Weller 88'	(Report)	Claridge 74'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 15,494 (653 away)

Referee: R Pearson

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6 October 2000
7:45 p.m.

Tranmere Rovers	2 – 3	Burnley
Koumas 57' Hill 64'	(Report)	Davis 45' 55' Payton 90'

Prenton Park, Birkenhead

Attendance: 10,153 (2,500 away)

Referee: P Jones

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14 October 2000
3:00 p.m.

Burnley	2 – 1	Stockport County
Payton 20' Branch 25'	(Report)	Tod 56'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 16,107 (949 away)

Referee: M Riley

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17 October 2000
7:45 p.m.

Burnley	1 – 0	Sheffield Wednesday
Davis 74'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 16,372 (959 away)

Referee: P Danson

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21 October 2000
3:00 p.m.

Queens Park Rangers	0 – 1	Burnley
	(Report)	Mullin 70'

Loftus Road, London

Attendance: 11,427 (1,800 away)

Referee: R Olivier

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25 October 2000
7:45 p.m.

Nottingham Forest	5 – 0	Burnley
Bart-Williams 4' 54' (pen.) Johnson 45' Rogers 76' Scimeca 89'	(Report)

City Ground, Nottingham

Attendance: 17,915 (2,400 away)

Referee: S Mathieson

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31 October 2000
7:45 p.m.

Burnley	1 – 0	Crewe Alexandra
Cooke 39'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 13,189 (800 away)

Referee: A Hall

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4 November 2000
3:00 p.m.

West Bromwich Albion	1 – 1	Burnley
Roberts 87'	(Report)	Branch 23'

The Hawthorns, West Bromwich

Attendance: 17,828 (2,458 away)

Referee: B Jordan

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11 November 2000
3:00 p.m.

Burnley	2 – 0	Sheffield United
Payton 55' (pen.) 67'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 16,635 (1,084 away)

Referee: G Laws

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18 November 2000
3:00 p.m.

Birmingham City	3 – 2	Burnley
Adebola 48' O'Connor 50' Burchill 86'	(Report)	Cox 61' Weller 90'

St Andrew's, Birmingham

Attendance: 19,641 (2,725 away)

Referee: G Cain

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21 November 2000
7:45 p.m.

Burnley	2 – 0	Norwich City
Payton 56' Davis 66'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 15,017 (369 away)

Referee: M Pike

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2 December 2000
3:00 p.m.

Burnley	1 – 0	Nottingham Forest
Payton 79' (pen.)	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 17,876 (1,948 away)

Referee: T Jones

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9 December 2000
3:00 p.m.

Preston North End	2 – 1	Burnley
Macken 51' Alexander 67'	(Report)	Moore 26'

Deepdale, Preston

Attendance: 17,355 (2,700 away)

Referee: C Wilkes

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17 December 2000
4:00 p.m.

Burnley	0 – 2	Blackburn Rovers
	(Report)	McAteer 45' Bent 90'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 21,369 (3,277 away)

Referee: G Stretton

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23 December 2000
3:00 p.m.

Burnley	0 – 2	Bolton Wanderers
	(Report)	Ricketts 53' 72'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 19,552 (3,782 away)

Referee: P Richards

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26 December 2000
3:00 p.m.

Barnsley	1 – 0	Burnley
Morgan 90'	(Report)

Oakwell, Barnsley

Attendance: 18,725 (5,165 away)

Referee: M Warren

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1 January 2001
1:00 p.m.

Burnley	1 – 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Branch 9'	(Report)	Proudlock 28' Naylor 85'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 15,483 (1,127 away)

Referee: R Furnandiz

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13 January 2001
3:00 p.m.

Gillingham	0 – 0	Burnley
	(Report)

Priestfield, Gillingham

Attendance: 9,331 (864 away)

Referee: P Dowd

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20 January 2001
3:00 p.m.

Burnley	2 – 1	Barnsley
Johnrose 23' Payton 61'	(Report)	Hayward 77'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 15,380 (836 away)

Referee: C Webster

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3 February 2001
3:00 p.m.

Crewe Alexandra	4 – 2	Burnley
Street 5' Smith 40' (pen.) 44' (pen.) Ashton 85'	(Report)	Branch 12' Cook 60' (pen.)

Gresty Road, Crewe

Attendance: 6,994 (1,630 away)

Referee: A Kaye

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10 February 2001
3:00 p.m.

Burnley	1 – 2	Crystal Palace
Cook 13'	(Report)	Forssell 75' Morrison 90'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 14,973 (619 away)

Referee: B Burns

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17 February 2001
3:00 p.m.

Grimsby Town	1 – 0	Burnley
Enhua 55'	(Report)

Blundell Park, Grimsby

Attendance: 6,044 (1,432 away)

Referee: U Rennie

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20 February 2001
7:45 p.m.

Burnley	2 – 1	Fulham
Moore 73' Little 88'	(Report)	Hayles 49'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 15,737 (527 away)

Referee: S Lodge

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24 February 2001
3:00 p.m.

Burnley	1 – 0	Huddersfield Town
Davis 48'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 16,191 (1,409 away)

Referee: D Crick

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3 March 2001
3:00 p.m.

Portsmouth	2 – 0	Burnley
Nightingale 56' Panopoulos 69' (pen.)	(Report)

Fratton Park, Portsmouth

Attendance: 12,941 (1,104 away)

Referee: N Barry

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6 March 2001
7:45 p.m.

Stockport County	0 – 0	Burnley
	(Report)

Edgeley Park, Stockport

Attendance: 7,087 (2,030 away)

Referee: R Beeby

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13 March 2001
7:45 p.m.

Watford	0 – 1	Burnley
	(Report)	Taylor 73'

Vicarage Road, Watford

Attendance: 13,653 (1,098 away)

Referee: G Laws

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17 March 2001
3:00 p.m.

Sheffield Wednesday	2 – 0	Burnley
Hendon 42' Sibon 70' (pen.)	(Report)

Hillsborough, Burnley

Attendance: 20,184 (3,266 away)

Referee: P Rejer

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24 March 2001
1:00 p.m.

Burnley	2 – 1	Queens Park Rangers
Smith 13' Taylor 42'	(Report)	Bignot 56'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 14,018 (446 away)

Referee: D Pugh

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1 April 2001
12:00 p.m.

Blackburn Rovers	5 – 0	Burnley
Short 15' Davis 25' Jansen 55' 70' Hignett 82'	(Report)

Ewood Park, Blackburn

Attendance: 23,442 (5,100 away)

Referee: A Butler

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6 April 2001
7:45 p.m.

Burnley	3 – 0	Preston North End
Moore 3' Ball 45' Little 73'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 16,591 (2,900 away)

Referee: A Leake

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10 April 2001
7:45 p.m.

Wimbledon	0 – 2	Burnley
	(Report)	Taylor 1' Moore 45'

Selhurst Park, London

Attendance: 6,132 (746 away)

Referee: J Brandwood

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14 April 2001
3:00 p.m.

Burnley	1 – 1	West Bromwich Albion
Little 46'	(Report)	Taylor 84'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 18,199 (2,739 away)

Referee: C Foy

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16 April 2001
3:00 p.m.

Norwich City	2 – 3	Burnley
Notman 13' Roberts 38' (pen.)	(Report)	Ball 24' Taylor 48' Moore 62'

Carrow Road, Norwich

Attendance: 17,507 (1,213 away)

Referee: M Messias

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21 April 2001
3:00 p.m.

Burnley	0 – 0	Birmingham City
	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 17,057 (1,312 away)

Referee: R Furnandiz

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24 April 2001
7:45 p.m.

Burnley	2 – 1	Tranmere Rovers
Roberts 23' (o.g.) Mullin 59'	(Report)	Yates 20'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 13,717 (314 away)

Referee: P Taylor

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28 April 2001
3:00 p.m.

Sheffield United	2 – 0	Burnley
Ndlovu 21' Asaba 89'	(Report)

Bramall Lane, Sheffield

Attendance: 20,013 (2,752 away)

Referee: D Laws

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6 May 2001
1:30 p.m.

Burnley	2 – 0	Watford
Payton 74' Mullin 90'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 18,283

Referee: M Fletcher

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Final league position

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Birmingham City	46	23	9	14	59	48	+11	78	Qualification for the First Division play-offs
6	West Bromwich Albion	46	21	11	14	60	52	+8	74
7	Burnley	46	21	9	16	50	54	−4	72
8	Wimbledon	46	17	18	11	71	50	+21	69
9	Watford	46	20	9	17	76	67	+9	69

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

League Cup

1st round first leg

22 August 2000
7:45 p.m.

Burnley	4 – 1	Hartlepool United
Payton 63' (pen.) 69' 90' Davis 87'	(Report)	Miller 37'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 3,319 (150 away)

Referee: A Kaye

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1st round second leg

5 September 2000
7:30 p.m.

Hartlepool United	3 – 2	Burnley
Miller 30' (pen.) Fitzpatrick 38' Stephenson 90'	(Report)	Cooke 18' Payton 82'

Victoria Park, Hartlepool

Attendance: 1,090 (188 away)

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2nd round first leg

19 September 2000
7:45 p.m.

Burnley	2 – 2	Crystal Palace
Cooke 68' Payton 83' (pen.)	(Report)	Forssell 17' Black 47'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 5,889 (190 away)

Referee: M Dean

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2nd round second leg

26 September 2000
7:45 p.m.

Crystal Palace	1 – 1	Burnley
Linighan 90'	(Report)	Cooke 45'

Selhurst Park, London

Attendance: 5,720 (403 away)

Referee: M Halsey

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FA Cup

3rd round

6 January 2001
3:00 p.m.

Burnley	2 – 2	Scunthorpe United
Moore 45' Johnrose 90'	(Report)	Hodges 2' Ipoua 47'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 8,054 (1,236 away)

Referee: G Frankland

3rd round replay

23 January 2001
7:45 p.m.

Scunthorpe United	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Burnley
Dawson 82'	(Report)	Payton 73'
Penalties
Morrison Stamp Dawson Ipoua Lárusson Wilcox	5 – 4	Davis Armstrong Little Moore Mullin Ball

Glanford Park, Scunthorpe

Attendance: 4,709 (1,018 away)

Referee: G Frankland