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1996–97 Burnley F.C. season

The 1996–97 season was Burnley's 2nd successive season in the third tier of English football. They were managed by Adrian Heath in his only full season since he replaced Jimmy Mullen in March 1996.

Burnley
1996–97 season
ChairmanFrank Teasdale
ManagerAdrian Heath
Second Division9th
League Cup2nd Round
FA Cup3rd Round
Football League Trophy2nd Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Paul Barnes (24)
All: Paul Barnes (25)
Highest home attendance16,186 v Preston North End
(25 December 1996)
Lowest home attendance2,281 v Charlton Athletic
(24 September 1996)
Average home league attendance9,027[1]

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Second Division League Cup FA Cup FL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FW   ENG Paul Barnes 45 25 39+1 24 2+0 0 3+0 1 0+0 0
GK   ENG Marlon Beresford 48 0 40+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0
DF   ENG Chris Brass 48 0 37+2 0 2+1 0 3+1 0 2+0 0
FW   ENG Colin Carr-Lawton 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
FW   ENG Andy Cooke 38 14 19+12 13 1+2 1 1+2 0 1+0 0
MF   ENG David Eyres 46 8 36+0 3 4+0 3 4+0 1 2+0 1
FW   ENG Nigel Gleghorn 43 5 32+1 4 4+0 0 4+0 1 2+0 0
FW   ENG Steve Guinan (on loan) 6 0 0+6 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Gerry Harrison 42 0 32+3 0 2+0 0 4+0 0 0+1 0
MF   ENG Adrian Heath 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   AUS Doug Hodgson (on loan) 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Jamie Hoyland 31 1 24+1 1 4+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Richard Huxford 10 0 2+7 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF   ENG Glen Little 12 0 5+4 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+1 0
MF   ENG Damian Matthew 38 8 29+3 6 3+0 1 2+0 1 1+0 0
FW   WAL Kurt Nogan 38 13 30+1 10 4+0 2 2+0 0 1+0 1
DF   ENG Vince Overson 10 0 6+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF   ENG Gary Parkinson 52 1 43+0 1 4+0 0 4+0 0 1+0 0
FW   ENG Liam Robinson 11 0 3+5 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
GK   WAL Wayne Russell 8 0 6+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Paul Smith 45 4 30+7 4 1+1 0 4+0 0 2+0 0
DF   ENG Peter Swan 21 2 16+1 2 0+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
MF   ENG Steve Thompson 23 1 14+5 1 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
DF   ENG Chris Vinnicombe 8 0 6+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Paul Weller 39 2 22+9 2 1+1 0 2+2 0 2+0 0
FW   ENG Mark Winstanley 42 0 34+1 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 0+1 0

Transfers edit

In edit

Pos Player From Fee Date
MF   Damian Matthew Crystal Palace £65k 23 July 1996
DF   Vince Overson Stoke City Free 1 August 1996
MF   Nigel Gleghorn Stoke City Free 15 August 1996
FW   Paul Barnes Birmingham City £400k 6 September 1996
DF   Doug Hodgson Sheffield United Loan 16 October 1996
MF   Glen Little Glentoran £100k 29 November 1996
DF   Richard Huxford Bradford City Free 21 January 1997
FW   Steve Guinan Nottingham Forest Loan 27 March 1997

Out edit

Pos Player To Fee Date
DF   Glen Davies Hartlepool United Free 31 May 1996
MF   Ted McMinn Slough Town Free 31 May 1996
DF   Alan Harper Rotherham United Free 31 May 1996
FW   Nathan Peel Rotherham United Released 31 May 1996
  Matthew Taylor Released 31 May 1996
FW   John Francis Scunthorpe United Free 31 May 1996
MF   Warren Joyce Hull City £30k 10 July 1996
DF   Wayne Dowell Rochdale Free 25 July 1996
MF   Derek Adams Ross County Free 30 July 1996
MF   John Borland Scunthorpe United Free 16 August 1996
FW   Ian Helliwell Mansfield Town Loan 6 September 1996
FW   Ian Helliwell Chester City Loan 11 October 1996
FW   Phil Eastwood Leek Town Loan 1 November 1996
FW   Kurt Nogan Preston North End £150k 12 March 1997
FW   Ian Duerden Southport Loan 27 March 1997

Matches edit

Second Division edit

Luton Town1 – 2Burnley
Thorpe   36' (Report) Thompson   24'
Nogan   32'
Attendance: 6,484 (1,886 away)
Referee: P Rejer
Burnley2 – 1Walsall
Eyres   21'
Nogan   48'		 (Report) Wilson   43'
Attendance: 10,322
Burnley1 – 3Shrewsbury Town
Cooke   49' (Report) M. Taylor   20'
Scott   48'
Stevens   84'
Attendance: 9,072
Millwall2 – 1Burnley
Newman   70'
Neill   79'		 (Report) Nogan   75'
Attendance: 9,281
Referee: S Baines
Gillingham1 – 0Burnley
Fortune-West   80' (Report)
Attendance: 6,116
Burnley2 – 0Blackpool
Gleghorn   60'
Nogan   76'		 (Report)
Attendance: 13,599
Referee: D Laws
Burnley2 – 1Wycombe Wanderers
Nogan   23'   35' (Report) de Souza   1'
Attendance: 9,379
Chesterfield0 – 0Burnley
(Report)
Attendance: 5,529
Referee: R Pearson
Burnley2 – 3Bristol City
Gleghorn   45'
Weller   55'		 (Report) Goater   12'   62'
Taylor   79'
Attendance: 9,538
Bury1 – 0Burnley
Jepson   14' (Report)
Attendance: 7,557
Burnley5 – 2Stockport County
Barnes   32'   45'   61'   71'   78' (Report) Angell   56'
Mutch   75'
Attendance: 10,687
Rotherham United1 – 0Burnley
Druce   42' (Report)
Attendance: 4,562
Watford2 – 2Burnley
Andrews   39'
Johnson   78'		 (Report) Gleghorn   28'
Smith   76'
Attendance: 6,450
Burnley1 – 0Notts County
Barnes   60' (Report)
Attendance: 9,372
Burnley2 – 1Plymouth Argyle
Nogan   28'
Eyres   47' (pen.)		 (Report) Evans   73'
Attendance: 9,602
Preston North End1 – 1Burnley
Reeves   26' (Report) Nogan   52'
Attendance: 12,652
York City1 – 0Burnley
Murty   41' (Report)
Attendance: 5,958
Burnley2 – 0Crewe Alexandra
Nogan   31'
Matthew   69'		 (Report)
Attendance: 9,459
Bristol Rovers1 – 2Burnley
Beadle   48' (Report) Barnes   33'   46'
Attendance: 4,123
Burnley1 – 0Bournemouth
Barnes   6' (Report)
Attendance: 8,564
Plymouth Argyle0 – 0Burnley
(Report)
Attendance: 6,289
Burnley2 – 0Wrexham
Cooke   32'
Nogan   40'		 (Report)
Attendance: 8,587
Burnley1 – 2Brentford
Swan   85' (Report) Asaba   15'
Forster   54'
Attendance: 10,575
Peterborough United3 – 2Burnley
Carruthers   20'   27'
Morrison   60'		 (Report) Barnes   6'
Matthew   83'
Attendance: 5,283
Burnley5 – 1Gillingham
Cooke   21'   86'
Smith   62'
Barnes   82' (pen.)   88'		 (Report) Bailey   14'
Attendance: 10,004
Bristol City2 – 1Burnley
Bent   19'
Goater   68'		 (Report) Smith   36'
Attendance: 10,013
Burnley3 – 1Bury
Swan   19'
Smith   26'
Eyres   29'		 (Report) Matthews   32'
Attendance: 10,526
Burnley1 – 2Preston North End
Barnes   10' (Report) Ashcroft   6'   69'
Attendance: 16,186
Burnley0 – 0Chesterfield
(Report)
Attendance: 7,903
Crewe Alexandra1 – 1Burnley
Macauley   50' (Report) Barnes   88'
Attendance: 4,743
Burnley1 – 2York City
Gleghorn   13' (Report) Tolson   6'
Jordan   90'
Attendance: 8,961
Bournemouth0 – 0Burnley
(Report)
Attendance: 6,021
Burnley2 – 2Bristol Rovers
Matthew   38'
Barnes   90'		 (Report) Cureton   13'
Alsop   80'
Attendance: 8,847
Blackpool1 – 3Burnley
Quinn   15' (Report) Barnes   6'   42'   47'
Attendance: 7,331
Wrexham0 – 0Burnley
(Report)
Attendance: 6,947
Burnley5 – 0Peterborough United
Barnes   8'   30'   33'
Cooke   56'
Matthew   85'		 (Report)
Attendance: 8,646
Brentford0 – 3Burnley
(Report) Hoyland   9'
Cooke   34'
Matthew   45'
Attendance: 6,624
Walsall1 – 3Burnley
Lightbourne   90' (Report) Cooke   26'   55'
Barnes   85'
Attendance: 6,306
Burnley0 – 2Luton Town
(Report) Thorpe   14'   39'
Attendance: 15,490
Shrewsbury Town2 – 1Burnley
Brass   80' (o.g.)
Spink   86'		 (Report) Barnes   74'
Attendance: 4,462
Burnley1 – 0Millwall
Weller   14' (Report)
Attendance: 9,840
Stockport County1 – 0Burnley
Mutch   86' (Report)
Attendance: 9,187
Wycombe Wanderers5 – 0Burnley
Carroll   12' (pen.)   29' (pen.)
McGavin   33'
Stallard   42'
Read   82'		 (Report)
Attendance: 5,786
Burnley3 – 3Rotherham United
Cooke   13'   58'
Barnes   60'		 (Report) Jean   25'   55'   57'
Attendance: 7,875
Notts County1 – 1Burnley
Dudley   27' (Report) Matthew   90'
Attendance: 4,591
Burnley4 – 1Watford
Cooke   50'   51'   83' (pen.)
Parkinson   66'		 (Report) Millen   88'
Attendance: 8,269

Final league position edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Blackpool 46 18 15 13 60 47 +13 69
8 Wrexham 46 17 18 11 55 50 +5 69
9 Burnley 46 19 11 16 71 55 +16 68
10 Chesterfield 46 18 14 14 42 39 +3 68
11 Gillingham 46 19 10 17 60 59 +1 67
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

League Cup edit

1st round first leg edit

Mansfield Town0 – 3Burnley
(Report) Cooke   31'
Nogan   50'
Eyres   74'
Attendance: 1,708

(384 away)

1st round second leg edit

Burnley2 – 0Mansfield Town
Matthew   2'
Eyres   45'		 (Report)
Attendance: 2,884

2nd round first leg edit

Charlton Athletic4 – 1Burnley
Leaburn   5'
Robinson   41'   48'
Allen   48'		 (Report) Eyres   7'
Attendance: 4,874

2nd round second leg edit

Burnley1 – 2Charlton Athletic
Nogan   45' (Report) Allen   15'
Whyte   90'
Attendance: 2,281

FA Cup edit

1st round edit

Burnley2 – 1Lincoln City
Gleghorn   30'
Matthew   73'		 (Report) Bos   46'
Attendance: 6,484

2nd round edit

Walsall1 – 1Burnley
Lightbourne   90' (Report) Eyres   66'
Attendance: 5,031

2nd round replay edit

Burnley1 – 1
(a.e.t.)		Walsall
Barnes   43' (Report) Viveash   74'
Penalties
Barnes  
Smith  
Matthew  
Parkinson  
Eyres  		 4 – 2   Marsh
  Lightbourne
  Blake
  Watson
Attendance: 5,799

3rd round edit

Liverpool1 – 0Burnley
Collymore   12' (Report)
Attendance: 33,252

(7,000 away)

Football League Trophy edit

Northern Section 1st round edit

Hartlepool United0 – 2Burnley
Nogan   14'
Eyres   65'
Attendance: 921

Northern Section 2nd round edit

Burnley0 – 1Stockport County
Nash   18'
Attendance: 4,251

References edit

  1. ^ Simpson (2007), p. 443
  2. ^ "England 1996–97". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
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