2000–01 Burnley F.C. season

The 2000–01 season was Burnley's 1st season in the second tier of English football since 1994/95. They were managed by Stan Ternent in his third full season since he replaced Chris Waddle at the beginning 1998–99 campaign.

Burnley
2000–01 season
ChairmanBarry Kilby
ManagerStan Ternent
First Division7th
League Cup2nd Round
FA Cup3rd Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Andy Payton (9)
All: Andy Payton (15)
Highest home attendance21,369 v Blackburn Rovers
(17 December 2000)
Lowest home attendance3,319 v Hartlepool United
(22 August 2000)
Average home league attendance15,025[1]

Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division League Cup FA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ENG Paul Crichton 10 0 7+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF   ENG Dean West 7 0 6+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF   ENG Mitchell Thomas 49 0 41+2 0 4+0 0 2+0 0
4 MF   SCO Micky Mellon 26 0 19+4 0 1+1 0 1+0 0
5 DF   ENG Steve Davis 50 6 44+0 5 4+0 1 2+0 0
6 DF   ENG Gordon Armstrong 21 0 14+5 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
7 MF   ENG Glen Little 39 3 27+7 3 3+0 0 0+2 0
8 MF   ENG Paul Cook 46 3 38+2 3 3+1 0 2+0 0
9 FW   ENG Andy Cooke 15 5 10+1 2 4+0 3 0+0 0
9 FW   WAL Gareth Taylor (on loan) 15 4 15+0 4 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 FW   ENG Andy Payton 46 15 18+22 9 2+2 5 1+1 1
11 MF   ENG Lenny Johnrose 21 2 9+10 1 0+0 0 1+1 1
12 FW   ENG Ronnie Jepson 15 0 0+13 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
13 GK   ENG Craig Mawson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 DF   ENG Chris Brass 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 MF   ENG Graham Branch 41 5 26+9 5 2+2 0 2+0 0
16 FW   NIR Phil Gray 8 1 5+0 1 2+1 0 0+0 0
16 FW   ENG Ian Moore 29 6 26+1 5 0+0 0 2+0 1
17 MF   ENG Paul Smith 15 1 10+4 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
18 MF   ENG Paul Weller 48 3 39+5 3 2+0 0 2+0 0
19 DF   ENG Lee Briscoe 32 0 25+4 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
20 MF   ENG Brad Maylett 14 0 2+10 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
21 DF   ENG Chris Scott 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 DF   ENG John Williamson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 DF   ENG Matthew Heywood 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 DF   ENG Michael Devenney 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 MF   ENG Alex Kevan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 DF   ENG John Boardman 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 MF   ENG Kevin Ball 45 2 40+0 2 4+0 0 1+0 0
29 FW   IRL Alan Lee 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 MF   ENG John Mullin 37 3 11+23 3 1+0 0 1+1 0
31 FW   ENG Anthony Shandran 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 DF   TRI Ian Cox 44 1 35+3 1 4+0 0 2+0 0
33 MF   ENG Scott Oakes 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
34 GK   GRE Nikolaos Michopoulos 43 0 39+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
35 FW   ENG Paul Robinson (on loan) 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Transfers

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# Pos Player From Fee Date
27 DF   John Boardman Liverpool Free 7 June 2000
19 DF   Lee Briscoe Sheffield Wednesday Free 12 June 2000
16 FW   Phil Gray Luton Town Free 17 June 2000
28 MF   Kevin Ball Fulham Free 24 June 2000
33 MF   Scott Oakes Sheffield Wednesday Free 1 August 2000
34 GK   Nikolaos Michopoulos PAOK Salonika Free 25 August 2000
35 FW   Paul Robinson Wimbledon Loan 9 October 2000
16 FW   Ian Moore Stockport County £1m 20 November 2000
9 FW   Gareth Taylor Manchester City Loan 19 February 2001
# Pos Player To Fee Date
MF   Eamonn Kelly Released 22 May 2000
FW   Ian Wright Retired 7 June 2000
DF   Tom Cowan Cambridge United Free 18 June 2000
MF   Mark Robertson Swindon Town Free 22 August 2000
29 FW   Alan Lee Rotherham United Loan 21 September 2000[2]
24 DF   Michael Devenney Leigh RMI Loan 22 September 2000[2]
17 MF   Paul Smith Oldham Athletic Loan 22 September 2000
21 DF   Chris Scott Leigh RMI Loan 22 September 2000[2]
14 DF   Chris Brass Halifax Town Loan 22 September 2000[2]
13 GK   Craig Mawson Lincoln City Loan 28 September 2000
33 MF   Scott Oakes Cambridge United Free 30 October 2000
16 FW   Phil Gray Oxford United Free 10 November 2000
29 FW   Alan Lee Rotherham United £150k 15 November 2000
9 FW   Andy Cooke Stoke City £300k 1 December 2000
23 DF   Matthew Heywood Swindon Town Free 22 January 2001
13 GK   Craig Mawson Halifax Town Free 16 February 2001
4 MF   Micky Mellon Tranmere Rovers Loan 5 March 2001
4 MF   Micky Mellon Tranmere Rovers Free 8 March 2001
14 DF   Chris Brass York City Free 15 March 2001

Matches

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First Division

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Bolton Wanderers1 – 1Burnley
Frandsen   28' (pen.) (Report) Gray   56'
Attendance: 20,662 (5,500 away)
Referee: B Burns

Burnley1 – 0Wimbledon
Weller   27' (Report)
Attendance: 15,124 (357 away)
Referee: S Baines

Wolverhampton Wanderers1 – 0Burnley
Sedgley   74' (Report)
Attendance: 20,156 (2,682 away)
Referee: M Jones

Burnley1 – 1Gillingham
Ashby   70' (o.g.) (Report) Asaba   66'
Attendance: 15,611 (517 away)
Referee: P Jones

Crystal Palace0– 1Burnley
(Report) Branch   77'
Attendance: 18,531 (1,600 away)
Referee: J Winter

Fulham3 – 1Burnley
Goldbæk   53'
Saha   64'   81'
(Report) Payton   90'
Attendance: 11,863 (1,410 away)
Referee: T Parkes

Burnley1 – 1Grimsby Town
Cooke   18' (Report) Butterfield   11'
Attendance: 15,413 (166 away)
Referee: P Dowd

Huddersfield Town0 – 1Burnley
(Report) Payton   17'
Attendance: 14,016 (3,988 away)
Referee: U Rennie

Burnley1 – 1Portsmouth
Weller   88' (Report) Claridge   74'
Attendance: 15,494 (653 away)
Referee: R Pearson

Tranmere Rovers2 – 3Burnley
Koumas   57'
Hill   64'
(Report) Davis   45'   55'
Payton   90'
Attendance: 10,153 (2,500 away)
Referee: P Jones

Burnley2 – 1Stockport County
Payton   20'
Branch   25'
(Report) Tod   56'
Attendance: 16,107 (949 away)
Referee: M Riley

Burnley1 – 0Sheffield Wednesday
Davis   74' (Report)
Attendance: 16,372 (959 away)
Referee: P Danson

Queens Park Rangers0 – 1Burnley
(Report) Mullin   70'
Attendance: 11,427 (1,800 away)
Referee: R Olivier

Nottingham Forest5 – 0Burnley
Bart-Williams   4'   54' (pen.)
Johnson   45'
Rogers   76'
Scimeca   89'
(Report)
Attendance: 17,915 (2,400 away)
Referee: S Mathieson

Burnley1 – 0Crewe Alexandra
Cooke   39' (Report)
Attendance: 13,189 (800 away)
Referee: A Hall

West Bromwich Albion1 – 1Burnley
Roberts   87' (Report) Branch   23'
Attendance: 17,828 (2,458 away)
Referee: B Jordan

Burnley2 – 0Sheffield United
Payton   55' (pen.)   67' (Report)
Attendance: 16,635 (1,084 away)
Referee: G Laws

Birmingham City3 – 2Burnley
Adebola   48'
O'Connor   50'
Burchill   86'
(Report) Cox   61'
Weller   90'
Attendance: 19,641 (2,725 away)
Referee: G Cain

Burnley2 – 0Norwich City
Payton   56'
Davis   66'
(Report)
Attendance: 15,017 (369 away)
Referee: M Pike

Burnley1 – 0Nottingham Forest
Payton   79' (pen.) (Report)
Attendance: 17,876 (1,948 away)
Referee: T Jones

Preston North End2 – 1Burnley
Macken   51'
Alexander   67'
(Report) Moore   26'
Attendance: 17,355 (2,700 away)
Referee: C Wilkes

Burnley0 – 2Blackburn Rovers
(Report) McAteer   45'
Bent   90'
Attendance: 21,369 (3,277 away)
Referee: G Stretton

Burnley0 – 2Bolton Wanderers
(Report) Ricketts   53'   72'
Attendance: 19,552 (3,782 away)
Referee: P Richards

Barnsley1 – 0Burnley
Morgan   90' (Report)
Attendance: 18,725 (5,165 away)
Referee: M Warren

Burnley1 – 2Wolverhampton Wanderers
Branch   9' (Report) Proudlock   28'
Naylor   85'
Attendance: 15,483 (1,127 away)
Referee: R Furnandiz

Gillingham0 – 0Burnley
(Report)
Attendance: 9,331 (864 away)
Referee: P Dowd

Burnley2 – 1Barnsley
Johnrose   23'
Payton   61'
(Report) Hayward   77'
Attendance: 15,380 (836 away)
Referee: C Webster

Crewe Alexandra4 – 2Burnley
Street   5'
Smith   40' (pen.)   44' (pen.)
Ashton   85'
(Report) Branch   12'
Cook   60' (pen.)
Attendance: 6,994 (1,630 away)
Referee: A Kaye

Burnley1 – 2Crystal Palace
Cook   13' (Report) Forssell   75'
Morrison   90'
Attendance: 14,973 (619 away)
Referee: B Burns

Grimsby Town1 – 0Burnley
Enhua   55' (Report)
Attendance: 6,044 (1,432 away)
Referee: U Rennie

Burnley2 – 1Fulham
Moore   73'
Little   88'
(Report) Hayles   49'
Attendance: 15,737 (527 away)
Referee: S Lodge

Burnley1 – 0Huddersfield Town
Davis   48' (Report)
Attendance: 16,191 (1,409 away)
Referee: D Crick

Portsmouth2 – 0Burnley
Nightingale   56'
Panopoulos   69' (pen.)
(Report)
Attendance: 12,941 (1,104 away)
Referee: N Barry

Stockport County0 – 0Burnley
(Report)
Attendance: 7,087 (2,030 away)
Referee: R Beeby

Watford0 – 1Burnley
(Report) Taylor   73'
Attendance: 13,653 (1,098 away)
Referee: G Laws

Sheffield Wednesday2 – 0Burnley
Hendon   42'
Sibon   70' (pen.)
(Report)
Attendance: 20,184 (3,266 away)
Referee: P Rejer

Burnley2 – 1Queens Park Rangers
Smith   13'
Taylor   42'
(Report) Bignot   56'
Attendance: 14,018 (446 away)
Referee: D Pugh

Blackburn Rovers5 – 0Burnley
Short   15'
Davis   25'
Jansen   55'   70'
Hignett   82'
(Report)
Attendance: 23,442 (5,100 away)
Referee: A Butler

Burnley3 – 0Preston North End
Moore   3'
Ball   45'
Little   73'
(Report)
Attendance: 16,591 (2,900 away)
Referee: A Leake

Wimbledon0 – 2Burnley
(Report) Taylor   1'
Moore   45'
Attendance: 6,132 (746 away)
Referee: J Brandwood

Burnley1 – 1West Bromwich Albion
Little   46' (Report) Taylor   84'
Attendance: 18,199 (2,739 away)
Referee: C Foy

Norwich City2 – 3Burnley
Notman   13'
Roberts   38' (pen.)
(Report) Ball   24'
Taylor   48'
Moore   62'
Attendance: 17,507 (1,213 away)
Referee: M Messias

Burnley0 – 0Birmingham City
(Report)
Attendance: 17,057 (1,312 away)
Referee: R Furnandiz

Burnley2 – 1Tranmere Rovers
Roberts   23' (o.g.)
Mullin   59'
(Report) Yates   20'
Attendance: 13,717 (314 away)
Referee: P Taylor

Sheffield United2 – 0Burnley
Ndlovu   21'
Asaba   89'
(Report)
Attendance: 20,013 (2,752 away)
Referee: D Laws

Burnley2 – 0Watford
Payton   74'
Mullin   90'
(Report)
Attendance: 18,283
Referee: M Fletcher

Final league position

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Birmingham City 46 23 9 14 59 48 +11 78 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
6 West Bromwich Albion 46 21 11 14 60 52 +8 74
7 Burnley 46 21 9 16 50 54 −4 72
8 Wimbledon 46 17 18 11 71 50 +21 69
9 Watford 46 20 9 17 76 67 +9 69
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

League Cup

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1st round first leg

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Burnley4 – 1Hartlepool United
Payton   63' (pen.)   69'   90'
Davis   87'
(Report) Miller   37'
Attendance: 3,319 (150 away)
Referee: A Kaye

1st round second leg

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Hartlepool United3 – 2Burnley
Miller   30' (pen.)
Fitzpatrick   38'
Stephenson   90'
(Report) Cooke   18'
Payton   82'
Attendance: 1,090 (188 away)

2nd round first leg

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Burnley2 – 2Crystal Palace
Cooke   68'
Payton   83' (pen.)
(Report) Forssell   17'
Black   47'
Attendance: 5,889 (190 away)
Referee: M Dean

2nd round second leg

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Crystal Palace1 – 1Burnley
Linighan   90' (Report) Cooke   45'
Attendance: 5,720 (403 away)
Referee: M Halsey

FA Cup

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3rd round

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Burnley2 – 2Scunthorpe United
Moore   45'
Johnrose   90'
(Report) Hodges   2'
Ipoua   47'
Attendance: 8,054 (1,236 away)
Referee: G Frankland

3rd round replay

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Scunthorpe United1 – 1
(a.e.t.)
Burnley
Dawson   82' (Report) Payton   73'
Penalties
Morrison  
Stamp  
Dawson  
Ipoua  
Lárusson  
Wilcox  
5 – 4   Davis
  Armstrong
  Little
  Moore
  Mullin
  Ball
Attendance: 4,709 (1,018 away)
Referee: G Frankland

References

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  1. ^ Simpson (2007), p. 458
  2. ^ a b c d O`Rourke, Peter (22 September 2000). "Four Turfed Out At Burnley". SkySports.com. Sky UK. Archived from the original on 9 May 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.