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.

Burnley

2003–04 season
Chairman	Barry Kilby
Manager	Stan Ternent
First Division	19th
League Cup	Third round
FA Cup	Fifth round
Top goalscorer	League: Robbie Blake (19) All: Robbie Blake (22)
Highest home attendance	18,852 (vs. Sunderland, 9 May)
Lowest home attendance	9,473 (vs. Reading, 25 November)
Average home league attendance	12,541
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

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
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	DEN	Brian Jensen	52	0	46	0	3	0	3	0
2	DF	ENG	Lee Roche	30	1	21+4	1	1+1	0	3	0
3	DF	GUI	Mo Camara	51	0	45	0	3	0	2+1	0
4	DF	ENG	Paul Weller	37	0	25+8	0	2	0	1+1	0
5	DF	ENG	David May	39	4	34+1	4	1	0	3	0
6	DF	ENG	Graham Branch	41	3	30+8	3	2	0	0+1	0
7	MF	ENG	Glen Little	38	3	33+1	3	2	0	2	0
8	FW	ENG	Robbie Blake	51	22	44+1	19	3	1	3	2
9	FW	WAL	Gareth Taylor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	NGA	Dele Adebola (on loan)	3	1	0+3	1	0	0	0	0
10	FW	ENG	Ian Moore	45	13	38+2	9	2	1	3	3
11	MF	IRL	Alan Moore	17	0	5+8	0	1	0	1+2	0
12	MF	ENG	Tony Grant	42	0	34+3	0	2	0	3	0
14	DF	ENG	Mark McGregor	26	1	20+3	1	0	0	3	0
15	DF	ENG	Dean West	35	1	25+7	1	2+1	0	0	0
16	MF	IRL	Gareth Farrelly (on loan)	14	0	9+3	0	1+1	0	0	0
16	DF	ENG	Jay McEveley (on loan)	5	0	0+4	0	0	0	1	0
16	MF	ENG	Lenny Johnrose	7	0	4+3	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	CIV	Arthur Gnohéré	16	1	12+2	1	2	0	0	0
18	MF	ENG	Luke Chadwick (on loan)	40	6	23+13	5	2	1	1+1	0
19	FW	GRN	Delroy Facey (on loan)	16	5	12+2	5	2	0	0	0
19	GK	ENG	Nathan Abbey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	ENG	Richard Chaplow	44	5	30+9	5	1+1	0	3	0
21	MF	ENG	Matthew O'Neill	4	0	0+4	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	ENG	Joel Pilkington	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	DF	ENG	Paul Scott	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	ENG	Andy Todd (on loan)	8	0	7	0	1	0	0	0
24	MF	ENG	Bradley Orr (on loan)	4	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	AUS	Ryan Townsend	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	ENG	Neil Wood (on loan)	11	1	8+2	1	0	0	1	0
26	GK	USA	Paul Rachubka (on loan)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	ENG	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

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

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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

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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

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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

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30 August 2003
3:00 pm

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

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 11,495

Referee: G Laws

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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30 September 2003
7:45 pm

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

Vicarage Road, Watford

Attendance: 11,573

Referee: A Hall

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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8 November 2003
3:00 pm

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

Bramall Lane, Sheffield

Attendance: 20,967

Referee: G Cain

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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26 December 2003
3:00 pm

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

Gresty Road, Crewe

Attendance: 9,512

Referee: T Parkes

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28 December 2003
3:00 pm

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

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 12,812

Referee: D Gallagher

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10 January 2004
3:00 pm

Crystal Palace	0 – 0	Burnley
	(Report)

Selhurst Park, London

Attendance: 15,276

Referee: A Wiley

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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

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31 January 2004
3:00 pm

Wigan Athletic	0 – 0	Burnley
	(Report)

JJB Stadium, Wigan

Attendance: 11,147

Referee: U Rennie

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7 February 2004
3:00 pm

Burnley	1 – 0	Gillingham
Little 83'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 10,400

Referee: P Danson

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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10 April 2004
3:00 pm

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

Bescot Stadium, Walsall

Attendance: 7,769

Referee: S Bennett

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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

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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

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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

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24 April 2004
3:00 pm

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

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 16,189

Referee: E Evans

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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

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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

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Final league position

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
17	Rotherham United	46	13	15	18	53	61	−8	54
18	Crewe Alexandra	46	14	11	21	57	66	−9	53
19	Burnley	46	13	14	19	60	77	−17	53
20	Derby County	46	13	13	20	53	67	−14	52
21	Gillingham	46	14	9	23	48	67	−19	51

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

League Cup

First round

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

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

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

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

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

14 February 2004

3:00 pm

Millwall	1 – 0	Burnley
Dichio 70'	Report

The New Den, London

Attendance: 10,420

Referee: Howard Webb