1997–98 Burnley F.C. season

Burnley 1997–98 football season
Burnley
1997–98 season
ChairmanFrank Teasdale
ManagerChris Waddle
Second Division20th
League Cup2nd Round
FA Cup1st Round
Football League TrophyNorthern Section Final
Top goalscorerLeague: Andy Cooke (16)
All: Andy Cooke (20)
Highest home attendance18,811 v Plymouth Argyle
(2 May 1998)
Lowest home attendance2,442 v Notts County
(27 January 1998)
Average home league attendance9,340[1]
Home colours

The 1997–98 season was Burnley's 3rd successive season in the third tier of English football. They were managed by Chris Waddle in his only full season since he replaced Adrian Heath at the beginning of the campaign.

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Second Division League Cup FA Cup FL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FW England ENG Paul Barnes 30 6 24+1 6 3+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
GK England ENG Marlon Beresford 43 0 34+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
DF England ENG Steve Blatherwick 28 0 13+7 0 3+0 0 1+1 0 3+0 0
DF England ENG Chris Brass 49 1 37+3 1 3+0 0 2+0 0 3+1 0
FW England ENG Colin Carr-Lawton 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG Andy Cooke 43 20 26+8 16 2+0 1 2+0 1 5+0 2
MF England ENG Gordon Cowans 9 0 5+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Gerry Creaney (on loan) 11 8 9+1 8 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG Ian Duerden 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG Phil Eastwood 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG David Eyres 17 2 13+0 1 4+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Mark Ford 44 1 32+4 1 2+0 0 0+1 0 4+1 0
DF Netherlands NED Marco Gentile 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG Nigel Gleghorn 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Gerry Harrison 40 0 33+2 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 3+0 0
FW England ENG Kevin Henderson 10 2 0+7 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+3 1
DF England ENG Lee Howey 29 1 21+2 0 3+0 1 2+0 0 0+1 0
MF England ENG Jamie Hoyland 12 0 2+6 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+1 0
DF England ENG Richard Huxford 7 0 4+0 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG Andy Kiwomya (on loan) 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Glen Little 29 5 19+5 4 0+2 0 0+0 0 3+0 1
MF England ENG Damian Matthew 33 1 21+6 1 3+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF England ENG Neil Moore 48 4 38+2 3 2+0 0 2+0 1 4+0 0
MF England ENG John Mullin (on loan) 6 0 6+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK England ENG Tony Parks 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG Andy Payton 24 12 19+0 9 0+0 0 0+0 0 5+0 3
MF England ENG Paul Smith 19 0 8+7 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 3+0 0
DF England ENG Chris Vinnicombe 30 1 20+3 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 3+1 1
MF England ENG Chris Waddle 36 1 26+5 1 2+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Paul Weller 47 3 32+7 2 2+1 0 2+0 1 2+1 0
FW England ENG Mike Williams 19 1 13+1 1 2+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
FW England ENG Mark Winstanley 33 0 27+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
GK England ENG Chris Woods 14 0 12+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0

Transfers

In

Pos Player From Fee Date
DF Netherlands Marco Gentile MVV Maastricht Free 4 June 1997
DF England Steve Blatherwick Nottingham Forest £125k 1 August 1997
MF England Gordon Cowans Stockport County Free 1 August 1997
MF England Mark Ford Leeds United £250k 1 August 1997
DF England Lee Howey Sunderland £200k 11 August 1997
FW England Andy Kiwomya Bradford City Loan 2 September 1997
FW Scotland Gerry Creaney Manchester City Loan 19 September 1997
FW England Kevin Henderson Morpeth Town Free 1 December 1997
FW England Andy Payton Huddersfield Town Swap 16 January 1998
MF England John Mullin Sunderland Loan 26 March 1998

Out

Pos Player To Fee Date
MF England Adrian Heath Retired 31 May 1997
FW England Liam Robinson Scarborough Free 31 May 1997
MF England Steve Thompson Rotherham United Free 31 May 1997
GK Wales Wayne Russell Ebbw Vale Free 31 May 1997
DF England Gary Parkinson Preston North End Free 1 August 1997
DF England Peter Swan Bury £50k 8 August 1997
DF England Vince Overson Shrewsbury Town Loan 19 September 1997
MF England David Eyres Preston North End £80k 29 October 1997
DF Netherlands Marco Gentile FC Volendam Free 31 October 1997
FW England Ian Helliwell Doncaster Rovers Loan 3 November 1997
FW England Nigel Gleghorn Brentford Loan 17 November 1997
MF England Jamie Hoyland Carlisle United Loan 20 November 1997
FW England Paul Barnes Huddersfield Town Swap 16 January 1998
FW England Phil Eastwood Telford United Loan 7 February 1998
FW England Nigel Gleghorn Northampton Town Loan 12 February 1998
GK England Tony Parks Doncaster Rovers Loan 13 February 1998
DF England Richard Huxford Dunfermline Athletic Loan 13 February 1998
GK England Marlon Beresford Middlesbrough Free 10 March 1998

Matches

Second Division

Watford1 – 0Burnley
Lee 30' (Report)
Attendance: 11,155
Referee: P Danson
Burnley0 – 0Gillingham
(Report)
Attendance: 11,811
Referee: G Laws
Southend United1 – 0Burnley
Boere 6' (Report)
Attendance: 4,218
Referee: M Halsey
Burnley0 – 0Bristol Rovers
(Report)
Attendance: 9,887
Referee: T Heilbron
Burnley0 – 0Oldham Athletic
(Report)
Attendance: 11,189
Referee: P Robinson
Chesterfield1 – 0Burnley
Lormor 3' (Report)
Attendance: 7,406
Referee: D Laws
York City3 – 1Burnley
Davis 62'
Rowe 64'
Tolson 82'		 (Report) Barnes 12'
Attendance: 5,424
Burnley1 – 1Preston North End
Cooke 80' (Report) Nogan 19'
Attendance: 13,809
Brentford2 – 1Burnley
Hutchings 2'
Rapley 89'		 (Report) Ford 57'
Attendance: 4,548
Referee: R Styles
Burnley2 – 2Wycombe Wanderers
Creaney 3' 73' (Report) Cornforth 12' (pen.)
Scott 54'
Attendance: 9,057
Referee: D Pugh
Burnley3 – 1Carlisle United
Barnes 18'
Creaney 67' 71'		 (Report) Couzens 82'
Attendance: 10,687
Referee: A Wiley
Wrexham0 – 0Burnley
(Report)
Attendance: 5,132
Referee: G Cain
Plymouth Argyle2 – 2Burnley
Jean 40'
Heathcote 47'		 (Report) Eyres 8' (pen.)
Creaney 58'
Attendance: 3,006
Referee: P Rejer
Burnley2 – 2Bournemouth
Waddle 45'
Creaney 65'		 (Report) Howe 58'
Vincent 68'
Attendance: 9,501
Referee: M Dean
Burnley2 – 1Walsall
Barnes 27'
Cooke 80'		 (Report) Viveash 79'
Attendance: 9,293
Referee: E Lomas
Luton Town2 – 3Burnley
Alexander 32' 35' (Report) Williams 25'
Creaney 62'
Barnes 65'
Attendance: 5,315
Referee: B Knight
Blackpool2 – 1Burnley
Clarkson 41'
Preece 74'		 (Report) Creaney 14'
Attendance: 7,429
Referee: J Brandwood
Burnley1 – 2Millwall
Cooke 29' (Report) Bowry 2'
Savage 63'
Attendance: 8,834
Referee: M Pike
Grimsby Town4 – 1Burnley
Groves 19'
Widdrington 59'
Lester 73'
Nogan 78'		 (Report) Weller 16'
Attendance: 4,829
Referee: A Butler
Burnley2 – 1Northampton Town
Moore 76'
Barnes 82'		 (Report) Gibb 49'
Attendance: 8,369
Referee: M Messias
Bristol City3 – 1Burnley
Goodridge 48' 83'
Bell 71' (pen.)		 (Report) Barnes 29'
Attendance: 11,136
Referee: A Bates
Burnley0 – 2Wigan Athletic
(Report) Lee 13'
Jones 44'
Attendance: 9,520
Referee: P Richards
Fulham1 – 0Burnley
Cullip 89' (Report)
Attendance: 5,096
Referee: P Danson
Burnley0 – 0Chesterfield
(Report)
Attendance: 10,861
Referee: T Heilbron
Gillingham2 – 0Burnley
Butler 10'
Smith 68'		 (Report)
Attendance: 5,886
Referee: S Bennett
Burnley2 – 0Watford
Cooke 13' 35' (Report)
Attendance: 9,551
Referee: R Pearson
Bristol Rovers1 – 0Burnley
Cureton 50' (Report)
Memorial Stadium, Bristol
Attendance: 7,208
Referee: R Styles
Burnley1 – 0Southend United
Payton 43' (Report)
Attendance: 9,386
Referee: P Rejer
Burnley7 – 2York City
Moore 40'
Barras 43' (o.g.)
Brass 46'
Cooke 49' 58' 88'
Payton 81'		 (Report) Pouton 34'
Barras 76'
Attendance: 9,975
Referee: E Lomas
Preston North End2 – 3Burnley
Nogan 34'
Jackson 61'		 (Report) Payton 48'
Cooke 57'
Moore 90'
Attendance: 12,263
Referee: F Stretton
Wycombe Wanderers2 – 1Burnley
Brown 32'
McCarthy 57'		 (Report) Cooke 88'
Attendance: 5,926
Referee: S Baines
Burnley1 – 1Brentford
Little 77' (Report) Taylor 50'
Attendance: 10,097
Referee: M Jones
Burnley1 – 2Wrexham
Cooke 30' (Report) Roberts 11'
Wilson 64'
Attendance: 8,576
Referee: T Heilbron
Carlisle United2 – 1Burnley
Stevens 18'
Smart 88'		 (Report) Cooke 50'
Attendance: 7,192
Referee: S Mathieson
Walsall0 – 0Burnley
(Report)
Attendance: 5,212
Referee: G Laws
Burnley1 – 1Luton Town
Payton 60' (Report) Thomas 79'
Attendance: 9,656
Referee: M Dean
Millwall1 – 0Burnley
Grant 21' (Report)
Attendance: 7,582
Referee: J Brandwood
Burnley2 – 1Grimsby Town
Little 12'
Payton 80'		 (Report) Lester 16'
Attendance: 8,256
Referee: J Kirkby
Northampton Town0 – 1Burnley
(Report) Payton 16'
Attendance: 7,264
Referee: A Hall
Burnley2 – 1Blackpool
Payton 13' (Report) Clarkson 45'
Bent 51'
Attendance: 13,413
Referee: K Lynch
Burnley1 – 0Bristol City
Payton 7' (pen.) (Report)
Attendance: 10,600
Referee: A Butler
Wigan Athletic5 – 1Burnley
Barlow 31'
Lowe 43' 87'
Warne 77'
Kilford 80'		 (Report) Little 47'
Springfield Park, Wigan
Attendance: 4,926
Referee: P Robinson
Burnley2 – 1Fulham
Cooke 2'
Payton 83'		 (Report) Moody 35'
Attendance: 9,745
Referee: D Pugh
Bournemouth2 – 1Burnley
Robinson 56' (pen.)
Fletcher 61'		 (Report) Matthew 72' (pen.)
Attendance: 6,527
Referee: D Crick
Oldham Athletic3 – 3Burnley
Jepson 27'
Rickers 76'
Allott 77'		 (Report) Cooke 26'
Weller 32'
Little 38'
Attendance: 9,781 (5,300 away)
Referee: B Burns
Burnley2 – 1Plymouth Argyle
Cooke 12' 41' (Report) Saunders 25'
Attendance: 18,811
Referee: P Taylor

Final league position

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
18 Millwall 46 14 13 19 43 54 −11 55
19 Walsall 46 14 12 20 43 52 −9 54
20 Burnley 46 13 13 20 55 65 −10 52
21 Brentford 46 11 17 18 50 71 −21 50 Relegated
22 Plymouth Argyle 46 12 13 21 55 70 −15 49
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

League Cup

1st round first leg

Lincoln City1 – 1Burnley
Stant 39' (Report) Howey 77'
Attendance: 3,010
Referee: S Baines

1st round second leg

Burnley2 – 1Lincoln City
Cooke 1'
Eyres 16' (pen.)		 (Report) Ainsworth 25'
Attendance: 4,644
Referee: C Foy

2nd round first leg

Burnley0 – 4Stoke City
(Report) Thorne 37' 62'
Kavanagh 68' 80'
Attendance: 4,175

2nd round second leg

Stoke City2 – 0Burnley
Keen 26'
Thorne 71'		 (Report)
Attendance: 6,041
Referee: A D'Urso

FA Cup

1st round

Rotherham United3 – 3Burnley
Roscoe 17' 66'
Knill 36'		 (Report) Cooke 24'
Moore 37'
Weller 55'
Attendance: 5,709
Referee: F Stretton

1st round replay

Burnley0 – 3Rotherham United
(Report) White 24'
Berry 68'
Garner 88'
Attendance: 3,118
Referee: F Stretton

Football League Trophy

Northern Section 2nd round

Burnley2 – 0Notts County
Little 22'
Cooke 61'		 (Report)
Attendance: 2,442
Referee: T Jones

Northern Section quarter-final

Burnley4 – 1Carlisle United
Payton 18'
Vinnicombe 61'
Cooke 73'
Henderson 89'		 (Report) Prokas 55'
Attendance: 4,573
Referee: R Furnandiz

Northern Section semi-final

Burnley1 – 0Preston North End
Payton 39' (Report)
Attendance: 10,079

Northern Section final first leg

Grimsby Town1 – 1Burnley
Groves 78' (Report) Payton 23'
Attendance: 6,064

Northern Section final second leg

Burnley0 – 2Grimsby Town
(Report) Nogan 10'
Donovan 57'
Attendance: 10,257
Referee: A Wiley

References

  1. ^ Simpson (2007), p. 446
  2. ^ "England 1997–98". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
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