1994–95 Burnley F.C. season

Burnley
1994–95 season
Chairman	Frank Teasdale
Manager	Jimmy Mullen
First Division	22nd (Relegated)
League Cup	2nd Round
FA Cup	4th Round
Top goalscorer	League: David Eyres (8); All: David Eyres & Liam Robinson (10)
Highest home attendance	20,551 v Liverpool; (28 January 1995)
Lowest home attendance	6,390 v York City; (16 August 1994)
Average home league attendance	12,275
	← 1993–94 1995–96 →

The 1994–95 season was Burnley's 1st season back in the second tier of English football. They were managed by Jimmy Mullen in his third full season since he replaced Frank Casper during the 1991–1992 campaign.

Appearances and goals edit

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division		League Cup		FA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF	SCO	Derek Adams	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Craig Armstrong (on loan)	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	ENG	Marlon Beresford	48	0	40+0	0	4+0	0	4+0	0
	DF	ENG	Chris Brass	5	0	2+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Steve Davis	51	7	43+0	7	4+0	0	4+0	0
	MF	ENG	John Deary	21	2	12+4	1	1+2	0	1+1	1
	DF	ENG	Wayne Dowell	8	0	5+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
	MF	ENG	David Eyres	46	10	38+1	8	2+0	0	5+0	2
	MF	ENG	Andy Farrell	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	John Francis	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	FW	ENG	John Gayle	18	5	7+7	3	1+1	1	1+1	1
	DF	ENG	Alan Harper	36	0	27+0	0	4+0	0	5+0	0
	DF	ENG	Gerry Harrison	22	2	16+3	2	1+1	0	1+0	0
	MF	ENG	Adrian Heath	34	2	21+6	0	4+0	0	3+0	2
	MF	ENG	Jamie Hoyland	34	2	30+0	2	0+0	0	4+0	0
	MF	ENG	Warren Joyce	7	1	4+1	0	2+0	1	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Graham Lancashire	3	0	0+1	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Ted McMinn	28	0	17+5	0	3+0	0	1+2	0
	DF	ENG	Mark Monington	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	John Mullin	14	1	6+6	1	0+0	0	2+0	0
	FW	WAL	Kurt Nogan	15	3	11+4	3	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Gary Parkinson	52	2	42+1	2	4+0	0	5+0	0
	FW	ENG	Nathan Peel	4	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	DF	IRL	John Pender	5	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Tony Philliskirk	15	1	7+6	1	1+1	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Adrian Randall	37	2	32+0	1	0+0	0	5+0	1
	FW	ENG	Liam Robinson	48	10	29+10	7	4+0	2	5+0	1
	GK	WAL	Wayne Russell	9	0	6+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	FW	ENG	Andy Saville (on loan)	5	1	3+1	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	ENG	Paul Shaw (on loan)	9	4	8+1	4	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Paul Smith	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Paul Stewart (on loan)	4	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	MF	ENG	Steve Thompson	12	0	12+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Chris Vinnicombe	32	1	29+0	1	3+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Paul Wilson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Mark Winstanley	53	2	44+0	2	4+0	0	5+0	0

Transfers edit

In edit

Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date
DF	Chris Vinnicombe	Rangers	£200k	30 June 1994
FW	Liam Robinson	Bristol City	£250k	26 July 1994
DF	Gerry Harrison	Huddersfield Town	Free	5 August 1994
DF	Mark Winstanley	Bolton Wanderers	Undisclosed	5 August 1994
DF	Alan Harper	Luton Town	Free	11 August 1994
FW	John Gayle	Coventry City	£70k	17 August 1994
MF	Jamie Hoyland	Sheffield United	£130k	14 October 1994
DF	Craig Armstrong	Nottingham Forest	Loan	29 December 1994
FW	Andy Saville	Birmingham City	Loan	30 December 1994
MF	Derek Adams	Aberdeen	Undisclosed	24 January 1995
FW	Paul Stewart	Liverpool	Loan	8 February 1995
MF	Steve Thompson	Leicester City	£200k	24 February 1995
MF	Paul Shaw	Arsenal	Loan	23 March 1995
FW	Kurt Nogan	Brighton & Hove Albion	£250k	24 April 1995

Out edit

Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date
MF	David Campbell	Wigan Athletic	Free	31 May 1994
MF	Paul McKenzie	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Free	May 1994
DF	Neil Howarth	Macclesfield Town	Free	May 1994
MF	Roger Eli		Released	June 1994
FW	John Clayton		Retired	June 1994
MF	Nick Pickering		Retired	June 1994
GK	David Williams	Cardiff City	Free	12 August 1994
DF	Les Thompson	Accrington Stanley	Free	August 1994
MF	Andy Farrell	Wigan Athletic	£20k	22 September 1994
DF	Paul Wilson	York City	£15k	6 October 1994
DF	Chris Brass	Torquay United	Loan	14 October 1994
DF	Mark Monington	Rotherham United	Undisclosed	28 November 1994
FW	Graham Lancashire	Preston North End	£55k	23 December 1994
MF	Warren Joyce	Hull City	Loan	20 January 1995
FW	John Gayle	Stoke City	£70k	23 January 1995
MF	John Deary	Rochdale	£25k	30 January 1995
FW	Nathan Peel	Rotherham United	Loan	23 March 1995

Matches edit

First Division edit

13 August 1994

Middlesbrough	2 – 0	Burnley
Hendrie 28' 35'	(Report)

Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough

Attendance: 23,343

20 August 1994

Burnley	1 – 1	Stoke City
Davis 43'	(Report)	Dreyer 90'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 15,331

23 August 1994

Oldham Athletic	3 – 0	Burnley
McCarthy Ritchie	(Report)

Boundary Park, Oldham

Attendance: 11,310

30 August 1994

Burnley	1 – 1	Bristol City
Robinson 40'	(Report)	Allison 90'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 11,067

3 September 1994

Burnley	0 – 1	Barnsley
	(Report)	Payton 53'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 11,968

10 September 1994

Luton Town	0 – 1	Burnley
	(Report)	Robinson 44'

Kenilworth Road, Luton

Attendance: 6,911

14 September 1994

Millwall	2 – 3	Burnley
Rae Savage	(Report)	Winstanley 53' 69' Robinson 79'

The New Den, London

Attendance: 7,375

17 September 1994

Burnley	0 – 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
	(Report)	Bull 59'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 17,776

24 September 1994

West Bromwich Albion	1 – 0	Burnley
Taylor 71'	(Report)

The Hawthorns, West Bromwich

Attendance: 13,539

1 October 1994

Burnley	1 – 1	Tranmere Rovers
Eyres 70' (pen.)	(Report)	Aldridge 26'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 12,427

8 October 1994

Burnley	2 – 2	Bolton Wanderers
Davis 68' Deary 72'	(Report)	Coleman McGinlay

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 16,687

15 October 1994

Sunderland	0 – 0	Burnley
	(Report)

Roker Park, Sunderland

Attendance: 17,700

22 October 1994

Charlton Athletic	1 – 2	Burnley
Whyte 80'	(Report)	Davis 51' Robinson 62'

The Valley, London

Attendance: 9,436

29 October 1994

Burnley	2 – 1	Notts County
Eyres 7' (pen.) Hoyland 52'	(Report)	Davis 51' (o.g.)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 12,876

1 November 1994

Burnley	1 – 1	Watford
Eyres 72'	(Report)	Nogan 39'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 11,739

5 November 1994

Reading	0 – 0	Burnley
	(Report)

Elm Park, Reading

Attendance: 8,150

20 November 1994

Burnley	4 – 2	Sheffield United
Robinson 24' Hoyland 54' Gayle 71' Davis 78'	(Report)	Scott Winstanley o.g.'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 11,475

23 November 1994

Swindon Town	1 – 1	Burnley
Scott 17'	(Report)	Gayle 68'

County Ground, Swindon

Attendance: 7,654

26 November 1994

Grimsby Town	2 – 2	Burnley
Gilbert Woods	(Report)	Davis 57' Parkinson 90'

Blundell Park, Cleethorpes

Attendance: 7,084

10 December 1994

Stoke City	2 – 0	Burnley
Örlygsson 69' 84'	(Report)

Victoria Ground, Stoke-on-Trent

Attendance: 13,040

18 December 1994

Burnley	0 – 3	Middlesbrough
	(Report)	Hendrie 14' 64' 90'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 12,049

31 December 1994

Burnley	5 – 1	Southend United
Saville 27' Gayle 34' Bressington 51' (o.g.) Davis 86' Robinson 90'	(Report)	Willis 69'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 10,561

2 January 1995

Portsmouth	2 – 0	Burnley
Creaney Preki	(Report)

Fratton Park, Portsmouth

Attendance: 9,097

14 January 1995

Notts County	3 – 0	Burnley
Devlin McSwegan White	(Report)

Meadow Lane, Nottingham

Attendance: 8,702

21 January 1995

Burnley	1 – 2	Reading
Parkinson 56'	(Report)	Nogan Taylor

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 9,841

4 February 1995

Burnley	1 – 2	Swindon Town
Harrison 85'	(Report)	Thorne 43' 73'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 10,960

11 February 1995

Watford	2 – 0	Burnley
Bazeley Ramage	(Report)

Vicarage Road, Watford

Attendance: 9,297

18 February 1995

Burnley	0 – 2	Grimsby Town
	(Report)	Mendonca 25' 81'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 10,511

21 February 1995

Sheffield United	2 – 0	Burnley
Blake 44' 90'	(Report)

Bramall Lane, Sheffield

Attendance: 13,349

25 February 1995

Tranmere Rovers	4 – 1	Burnley
Aldridge Muir Nevin	(Report)	Garnett 89' (o.g.)

Prenton Park, Birkenhead

Attendance: 9,909

4 March 1995

Burnley	1 – 1	West Bromwich Albion
Robinson 89'	(Report)	Hunt 63'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 11,885

7 March 1995

Barnsley	2 – 0	Burnley
Payton Taggart	(Report)

Oakwell, Barnsley

Attendance: 5,537

11 March 1995

Burnley	2 – 1	Oldham Athletic
Nogan 7' Vinnicombe 76'	(Report)	McCarthy 47'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 11,620

15 March 1995

Derby County	4 – 0	Burnley
Gabbiadini Mills Simpson Trollope	(Report)

Baseball Ground, Derby

Attendance: 13,922

18 March 1995

Bristol City	1 – 1	Burnley
Partridge 13'	(Report)	Eyres 66'

Ashton Gate, Bristol

Attendance: 6,717

21 March 1995

Burnley	2 – 1	Luton Town
Mullin 73' Harrison 83'	(Report)	Marshall 61'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 9,551

24 March 1995

Wolverhampton Wanderers	2 – 0	Burnley
Bull Emblen	(Report)

Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton

Attendance: 25,703

28 March 1995

Burnley	4 – 3	Port Vale
Nogan 45' Randall 60' Shaw 64' Sandeman 64' (o.g.)	(Report)	Allon Foyle

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 10,058

1 April 1995

Burnley	1 – 2	Millwall
Shaw 75'	(Report)	Oldfield 38' 57'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 10,454

4 April 1995

Burnley	2 – 0	Charlton Athletic
Eyres 24' Shaw 81'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 10,045

8 April 1995

Southend United	3 – 1	Burnley
Battersby Hails Jones	(Report)	Nogan 82'

Roots Hall, Southend-on-Sea

Attendance: 5,027

15 April 1995

Burnley	3 – 1	Derby County
Eyres 12' Shaw 19' Davis 70'	(Report)	Trollope 68'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 11,534

17 April 1995

Port Vale	1 – 0	Burnley
van der Laan 40'	(Report)

Vale Park, Stoke-on-Trent

Attendance: 9,663

22 April 1995

Burnley	1 – 2	Portsmouth
Eyres 81'	(Report)	Durnin Symons

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 10,666

29 April 1995

Burnley	1 – 1	Sunderland
Eyres 36' (pen.)	(Report)	Smith 16'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 15,121

7 May 1995

Bolton Wanderers	1 – 1	Burnley
Paatelainen 90'	(Report)	Philliskirk 61'

Burnden Park, Bolton

Attendance: 16,853

Final league position edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
20	Sunderland	46	12	18	16	41	45	−4	54
21	Swindon Town (R)	46	12	12	22	54	73	−19	48	Relegation to the Second Division
22	Burnley (R)	46	11	13	22	49	74	−25	46
23	Bristol City (R)	46	11	12	23	42	63	−21	45
24	Notts County (R)	46	9	13	24	45	66	−21	40

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

League Cup edit

1st round first leg edit

16 August 1994

Burnley	1 – 0	York City
Joyce 73'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 6,390

1st round second leg edit

23 August 1994

York City	2 – 2	Burnley
Cooper Pepper	(Report)	Robinson 64' Gayle 67'

Bootham Crescent, York

Attendance: 3,089

2nd round first leg edit

21 September 1994

Liverpool	2 – 0	Burnley
Scales 42' Fowler 84'	(Report)

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 23,359

2nd round second leg edit

5 October 1994

Burnley	1 – 4	Liverpool
Robinson 84'	(Report)	Redknapp 15' 68' Fowler 51' Clough 75'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 19,032

FA Cup edit

1st round edit

12 November 1994

Burnley	2 – 1	Shrewsbury Town
Heath 28' Deary 46'	(Report)	Spink 36'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 9,269

2nd round edit

4 December 1994

Chester City	1 – 2	Burnley
Milner 76'	(Report)	Eyres 49' (pen.) Heath 85'

Deva Stadium, Chester

Attendance: 4,231

3rd round edit

7 January 1995

Cambridge United	2 – 4	Burnley
Butler 18' 86'	(Report)	Eyres 25' (pen.) Robinson 45' Randall 73' Gayle 77'

Abbey Stadium, Cambridge

Attendance: 6,275

4th round edit

28 January 1995

Burnley	0 – 0	Liverpool
	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 20,551

4th round replay edit

7 February 1995

Liverpool	1 – 0	Burnley
Barnes 44'	(Report)

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 32,109

References edit

^ Simpson (2007), p. 446

[p446-1] Simpson (2007), p. 446

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