2008–09 Burnley F.C. season

The 2008–09 season was Burnley's 9th season in the second tier of English football. They were managed by Owen Coyle – his second season since he replaced Steve Cotterill on 8 November 2007. Burnley finished fifth in the league but were promoted to the Premier League after winning the Football League Championship playoffs. It was the first time the club was in the top division of English Football for 33 years.

Burnley

2008–09 season
Chairman	Barry Kilby
Manager	Owen Coyle
Championship	5th (Promotion via Play-offs)
League Cup	Semi-finalists
FA Cup	5th round
Top goalscorer	League: Martin Paterson (13) All: Martin Paterson (19)
Highest home attendance	19,533 v Tottenham (21 January 2009)
Lowest home attendance	3,760 v QPR (13 January 2009)
Average home league attendance	13,082
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First-team squad

Updated 30 June 2008.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  PER Diego Penny 2 DF  SCO Graham Alexander (vice-captain) 3 DF  NOR Christian Kalvenes 4 DF  NIR Michael Duff 5 DF  ENG Clarke Carlisle 6 DF  SCO Steven Caldwell (captain) 7 MF  SCO Kevin McDonald 8 MF  ISL Joey Guðjónsson 9 FW  NGA Ade Akinbiyi 10 FW  NIR Martin Paterson 11 MF  ENG Wade Elliott 12 GK  DEN Brian Jensen 16 MF  IRL Chris McCann

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 GK  HUN Gábor Király 18 MF  IRL Alan Mahon 19 FW  ENG Jay Rodriguez 20 FW  ENG Robbie Blake 21 DF  AUS Rhys Williams (on loan from Middlesbrough) 22 FW  ALB Besart Berisha 23 DF  ENG Stephen Jordan 24 DF  SCO Russell Anderson (on loan from Sunderland) 25 MF  ENG Adam Kay 26 MF  NED Remco van der Schaaf 27 MF  SCO Alex MacDonald 30 FW  SCO Steve Thompson 33 MF  ENG Chris Eagles

Transfers

In

Date	#	Pos	Player	From	Fee
23 June 2008[1]	10	FW	Martin Paterson	Scunthorpe United	£1.3m
24 June 2008[2]	7	MF	Kevin McDonald	Dundee	£500k
26 June 2008	3	DF	Christian Kalvenes	Dundee United	Free
27 June 2008	1	GK	Diego Penny	Coronel Bolognesi	Undisclosed
7 July 2008	26	MF	Remco van der Schaaf	Vitesse Arnhem	Free
29 July 2008	33	FW	Chris Eagles	Manchester United	Undisclosed
26 August 2008	24	DF	Russell Anderson	Sunderland	Loan
30 January 2009	21	DF	Rhys Williams	Middlesbrough	Loan

Out

Date	#	Pos	Player	To	Fee
19 June 2008[3]	17	FW	Kyle Lafferty	Rangers	£3.8m
8 August 2008	22	FW	Besart Berisha	Rosenborg	Loan
17 October 2008	N/A	MF	Steve Jones	Huddersfield Town	Loan
27 November 2008	N/A	MF	Steve Jones	Bradford City	Loan
8 January 2009	22	FW	Besart Berisha	AC Horsens	Loan
30 January 2009	17	GK	Gábor Király	Bayer Leverkusen	Loan
2 February 2009	26	MF	Remco van der Schaaf	Brøndby	Loan
17 March 2009	18	MF	Alan Mahon	Blackpool	Loan
20 March 2009	25	MF	Adam Kay	Accrington Stanley	Loan
6 April 2009	9	FW	Ade Akinbiyi	Houston Dynamo	Free

Match details

Football League Championship

Main article: 2008–09 Football League Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
3	Sheffield United	46	22	14	10	64	39	+25	80	Qualification for Championship play-offs
4	Reading	46	21	14	11	72	40	+32	77
5	Burnley (O, P)	46	21	13	12	72	60	+12	76
6	Preston North End	46	21	11	14	66	54	+12	74
7	Cardiff City	46	19	17	10	65	53	+12	74

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2009. Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Matches

Football League Championship match details

Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
9 August 2008	24th	Sheffield Wednesday	A	L	1–4	Paterson 6'	23,793	[4]
16 August 2008	24th	Ipswich Town	H	L	0–3		11,312	[5]
23 August 2008	23rd	Crystal Palace	A	D	0–0		14,071	[6]
30 August 2008	23rd	Plymouth Argyle	H	D	0–0		10,032	[7]
13 September 2008	19th	Nottingham Forest	A	W	2–1	Alexander (2) 25', 70' pen.	20,504	[8]
16 September 2008	12th	Blackpool	H	W	2–0	Paterson 60', Alexander 76' pen.	13,752	[9]
20 September 2008	13th	Swansea City	A	D	1–1	Guðjónsson 59'	13,299	[10]
27 September 2008	8th	Preston North End	H	W	3–1	Guðjónsson 33', Caldwell 64', Eagles 90'	16,276	[11]
30 September 2008	4th	Watford	H	W	3–2	Alexander 25' pen., Paterson 64', Elliott 69'	10,033	[12]
4 October 2008	9th	Reading	A	L	1–3	McCann 89'	18,621	[13]
18 October 2008	11th	Birmingham City	H	D	1–1	McCann 25'	13,809 (934 away)	[14]
21 October 2008	6th	Coventry City	A	W	3–1	Duff 52', Blake 88', Eagles 90'	14,621	[15]
25 October 2008	8th	Charlton Athletic	A	D	1–1	Thompson 13'	21,884	[16]
28 October 2008	5th	Reading	H	W	1–0	Blake 81'	11,538	[17]
1 November 2008	4th	Norwich City	H	W	2–0	Eagles (2) 55', 60'	11,353	[18]
8 November 2008	5th	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	L	0–2		23,711 (1,088 away)	[19]
15 November 2008	4th	Queens Park Rangers	A	W	2–1	Blake 34', Mahon 60'	13,226	[20]
22 November 2008	5th	Doncaster Rovers	H	D	0–0		12,173	[21]
24 November 2008	5th	Barnsley	A	L	2–3	Paterson (2) 69', 73'	10,678	[22]
29 November 2008	4th	Derby County	H	W	3–0	McDonald 6', Paterson (2) 15', 23'	11,552	[23]
6 December 2008	4th	Sheffield United	A	W	3–2	Paterson 19', Alexander 42' pen., Eagles 79'	24,702	[24]
9 December 2008	4th	Cardiff City	H	D	2–2	Blake 14', Thompson 76'	11,230	[25]
13 December 2008	4th	Southampton	H	W	3–2	Perry 4' o.g., Guðjónsson (2) 7', 11'	11,229	[26]
20 December 2008	4th	Bristol City	A	W	2–1	Paterson 57', Thompson 77'	16,108	[27]
26 December 2008	4th	Barnsley	H	L	1–2	McCann 38'	16,580	[28]
28 December 2008	5th	Doncaster Rovers	A	L	1–2	Paterson 62'	14,020	[29]
10 January 2009	7th	Swansea City	H	L	0–2		13,740	[30]
17 January 2009	7th	Preston North End	A	L	1–2	Blake 77'	15,692	[31]
27 January 2009	9th	Watford	A	L	0–3		13,193	[32]
31 January 2009	8th	Charlton Athletic	H	W	2–1	Thompson (2) 76' 90'	14,404	[33]
7 February 2009	10th	Birmingham City	A	D	1–1	Paterson 3'	16,763 (986 away)	[34]
14 February 2009	8th	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	W	1–0	McCann 6'	13,515 (1,496 away)	[35]
17 February 2009	7th	Coventry City	H	D	1–1	Eagles 90'	14,595	[36]
21 February 2009	7th	Norwich City	A	D	1–1	Thompson 36'	24,363	[37]
28 February 2009	9th	Sheffield Wednesday	H	L	2–4	McCann 53', Eagles 85'	12,449	[38]
3 March 2009	7th	Blackpool	A	W	1–0	Kalvenes 85'	7,679	[39]
11 March 2009	6th	Crystal Palace	H	W	4–2	Carlisle 39', Alexander 83' pen., Thompson 88', Rodriguez 90'	10,312	[40]
14 March 2009	5th	Nottingham Forest	H	W	5–0	Blake 19', Elliott 39', Carlisle 51', Rodriguez 55', Guðjónsson 73'	13,055	[41]
17 March 2009	5th	Ipswich Town	A	D	1–1	Elliott 19'	18,745	[42]
21 March 2009	4th	Plymouth Argyle	A	W	2–1	Caldwell 16', Blake 78'	11,246	[43]
4 April 2009	5th	Derby County	A	D	1–1	McCann 59'	33,010	[44]
11 April 2009	6th	Queens Park Rangers	H	W	1–0	Carlisle 49'	15,058	[45]
13 April 2009	6th	Cardiff City	A	L	1–3	Blake 84'	19,379	[46]
20 April 2009	5th	Sheffield United	H	W	1–0	Paterson 23'	14,884	[47]
25 April 2009	6th	Southampton	A	D	2–2	Alexander 32' pen., Carlisle 67'	23,927	[48]
3 May 2009	5th	Bristol City	H	W	4–0	Alexander (2) 42' pen., 76' pen., Elliott 44', Guðjónsson 86'	18,005	[49]

Football League Championship play-offs

Main article: 2009 Football League play-offs

Football League Championship play-off match details

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
Semi-final first leg	9 May 2009	Reading	H	W	1–0	Alexander 84' pen.	18,853	[50]
Semi-final second leg	12 May 2009	Reading	A	W	2–0	Paterson 50', Thompson 58'	19,909	[51]
Final	25 May 2009	Sheffield United	N	W	1–0	Elliott 13'	80,518 (37,000 Burnley fans)	[52]

FA Cup

Main article: 2008–09 FA Cup

FA Cup match details

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
Third round	3 January 2009	Queens Park Rangers	A	D	0–0		8,896 (775 away)	[53]
Third round replay	13 January 2009	Queens Park Rangers	H	W	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Thompson 60', Rodriguez 120'	3,760 (285 away)	[54]
Fourth round	24 January 2009	West Bromwich Albion	A	D	2–2	Alexander 25' pen., Paterson 89'	18,294 (1,354 away)	[55]
Fourth round replay	3 February 2009	West Bromwich Albion	H	W	3–1	Elliott 44', Thompson (2) 52', 88'	6,635 (652 away)	[56]
Fifth round	8 March 2009	Arsenal	A	L	0–3		57,454 (5,188 away)	[57]

Football League Cup

Main article: 2008–09 Football League Cup

Football League Cup match details

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
First round	12 August 2008	Bury	A	W	2–0	Paterson (2) 40', 90'	4,276 (2,069 away)	[58]
Second round	26 August 2008	Oldham Athletic	H	W	3–0	McCann 12', Paterson (2) 63', 79'	5,528 (1,552 away)	[59]
Third round	23 September 2008	Fulham	H	W	1–0	Rodriguez 88'	7,119 (206 away)	[60]
Fourth round	12 November 2008	Chelsea	A	D	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Akinbiyi 69'	41,369 (6,100 away)	[61]
Quarter final	2 December 2008	Arsenal	H	W	2–0	McDonald (2) 6', 57'	19,045 (2,141 away)	[62]
Semi final first leg	6 January 2009	Tottenham Hotspur	A	L	1–4	Paterson 15'	31,377 (4,212 away)	[63]
Semi final second leg	21 January 2009	Tottenham Hotspur	H	W	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Blake 34', McCann 73', Rodriguez 88'	19,533 (2,793 away)	[64]

Appearances and goals

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with names struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club with Burnley.

Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Play-offs		Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	PER	Diego Penny	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
2	MF	SCO	Graham Alexander	46	9	5	1	7	0	3	1	61	11	0	0
3	DF	NOR	Christian Kalvenes	21	1	4	0	2 (1)	0	3	0	30 (1)	1	0	0
4	DF	NIR	Michael Duff	22 (5)	1	3	0	5 (2)	0	3	0	33 (7)	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Clarke Carlisle	36	4	4	0	5	0	3	0	48	4	0	0
6	DF	SCO	Steven Caldwell	45	2	4	0	5	0	3	0	57	2	0	0
7	MF	SCO	Kevin McDonald	9 (16)	1	2	0	2 (3)	2	0 (1)	0	13 (20)	3	0	0
8	MF	ISL	Joey Guðjónsson	20 (19)	6	3 (2)	0	5 (2)	0	1 (2)	0	29 (25)	6	0	0
9	FW	NGA	Ade Akinbiyi †	1 (10)	0	0	0	0 (4)	1	0	0	1 (14)	1	0	0
10	FW	NIR	Martin Paterson	39 (4)	12	4	1	7	5	3	1	53 (4)	19	0	0
11	MF	ENG	Wade Elliott	41 (1)	4	4 (1)	1	6 (1)	0	2	1	53 (3)	6	0	0
12	GK	DEN	Brian Jensen	45	0	5	0	7	0	3	0	60	0	0	0
14	FW	NIR	Steve Jones	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	IRL	Chris McCann	44	6	4	0	7	2	3	0	58	8	0	0
17	GK	HUN	Gábor Király	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	IRL	Alan Mahon	0 (7)	1	0 (2)	0	0 (3)	0	0	0	0 (12)	1	0	0
19	FW	ENG	Jay Rodriguez	2 (23)	2	0 (4)	1	0 (3)	2	0 (3)	0	2 (33)	5	0	0
20	MF	ENG	Robbie Blake	33 (13)	8	5	0	6 (1)	1	3	0	47 (14)	9	0	0
21	DF	AUS	Rhys Williams * †	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0
22	FW	ALB	Besart Berisha	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	ENG	Stephen Jordan	26 (1)	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	34 (1)	0	0	0
24	DF	SCO	Russell Anderson * †	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
25	MF	ENG	Adam Kay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	NED	Remco van der Schaaf	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
27	MF	SCO	Alex MacDonald	0 (3)	0	0 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (6)	0	0	0
30	FW	SCO	Steven Thompson	23 (11)	7	3 (2)	3	0	0	2 (1)	1	31 (14)	11	0	0
33	MF	ENG	Chris Eagles	30 (13)	7	4	0	6 (1)	0	1 (2)	0	41 (16)	7	0	0

Player of the Year Awards 2009

#	Pos	Winner	Award
N/A	FW	Wes Fletcher	Youth Player of the Year
1	GK	Brian Jensen	League Cup Player of the Tournament
19	FW	Jay Rodriguez v Nottingham Forest, 14 March 2009	Goal of the Season
16	MF	Chris McCann	Young Player of the Year
2	DF	Graham Alexander	Players' Player of the Year
20	FW	Robbie Blake	Player of the Year