2001–02 Burnley F.C. season

Burnley
2001–02 season
Chairman	Barry Kilby
Manager	Stan Ternent
First Division	7th
League Cup	1st Round
FA Cup	4th Round
Top goalscorer	League: Gareth Taylor (16); All: Gareth Taylor (16)
Highest home attendance	21,823 v Wolverhampton Wanderers; (30 March 2002)
Lowest home attendance	4,398 v Rushden & Diamonds; (21 August 2001)
Average home league attendance	15,308
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The 2001–02 season was Burnley's 2nd season in the second tier of English football. They were managed by Stan Ternent in his fourth full season since he replaced Chris Waddle at the beginning 1998–99 campaign.

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division		League Cup		FA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	GRE	Nikolaos Michopoulos	36	0	33+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Dean West	46	0	43+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Mitchell Thomas	12	0	10+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	MF	ENG	Kevin Ball	45	0	37+5	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Steve Davis	24	1	22+1	1	1+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Gordon Armstrong	18	2	11+7	2	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	ENG	Glen Little	40	10	31+6	9	0+1	0	2+0	1
8	MF	ENG	Paul Cook	30	5	25+3	5	0+1	0	0+1	0
9	FW	WAL	Gareth Taylor	43	16	35+5	16	1+0	0	2+0	0
10	FW	ENG	Andy Payton	17	4	0+17	4	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	MF	ENG	Lenny Johnrose	6	0	0+6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
12	MF	ENG	John Mullin	5	0	0+4	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
12	MF	ENG	Tony Grant	30	0	26+2	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
14	DF	TRI	Ian Cox	37	2	32+2	2	1+0	0	2+0	0
15	MF	ENG	Graham Branch	11	0	8+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
16	FW	ENG	Ian Moore	49	14	41+5	11	0+1	0	2+0	3
17	FW	ENG	Anthony Shandran	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF	ENG	Paul Weller	39	2	29+9	2	0+0	0	0+1	0
19	DF	ENG	Lee Briscoe	46	5	43+1	5	0+0	0	2+0	0
20	MF	ENG	Brad Maylett	12	0	0+10	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
21	FW	ENG	Mark Rasmussen	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	Mark McGregor	3	0	1+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
24	GK	GRE	Luigi Cennamo	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
26	DF	CIV	Arthur Gnohéré	37	3	31+3	3	1+0	0	2+0	0
27	FW	ENG	Robbie Blake	10	0	1+9	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	MF	IRL	Alan Moore	32	6	23+6	3	1+	2	2+0	1
29	FW	GRE	Dimitrios Papadopoulos	7	0	0+5	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
30	FW	ENG	Tony Ellis	10	1	0+10	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	GK	ENG	Marlon Beresford (on loan)	13	0	13+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	FW	JAM	David Johnson (on loan)	8	5	8+0	5	0+0	0	0+0	0
34	MF	ENG	Paul Gascoigne	6	0	3+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Transfers

In

#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date
9	FW	Gareth Taylor	Manchester City	Free	22 June 2001
23	DF	Mark McGregor	Wrexham	Free	10 July 2001
24	GK	Luigi Cennamo	Olympiacos	Free	10 July 2001
29	FW	Dimitrios Papadopoulos	Akratitos	£500k	24 July 2001
30	FW	Tony Ellis	Rochdale	Free	26 July 2001
26	DF	Arthur Gnohéré	Caen	Free	1 August 2001
28	MF	Alan Moore	Middlesbrough	Free	7 August 2001
12	MF	Tony Grant	Manchester City	£250k	11 October 2001
27	FW	Robbie Blake	Bradford City	£1m	25 January 2002
31	GK	Marlon Beresford	Middlesbrough	Loan	31 January 2002
33	FW	David Johnson	Nottingham Forest	Loan	12 March 2002
34	MF	Paul Gascoigne	Everton	Free	17 March 2002

Out

#	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date
	DF	John Boardman		Released	8 May 2001
	DF	Chris Scott	Leigh RMI	Free	8 May 2001
	DF	Michael Devenney		Released	8 May 2001
	FW	Ronnie Jepson		Retired	1 June 2001
	GK	Paul Crichton	Norwich City	£150k	23 June 2001
	MF	John Mullin	Rotherham United	£150k	4 October 2001
	MF	Paul Smith	Hartlepool United	Free	3 November 2001
	MF	Alex Kevan	Hereford United	Free	17 November 2001
8	MF	Paul Cook	Wigan Athletic	Loan	1 December 2001
10	FW	Andy Payton	Blackpool	Loan	4 December 2001
17	FW	Anthony Shandran	St Patrick's Athletic	Loan	28 January 2002
17	FW	Anthony Shandran	Stalybridge Celtic	Loan	26 March 2002

Matches

First Division

12 August 2001
6:15pm

Sheffield Wednesday	0 – 2	Burnley
	(Report)	Taylor 57' Cook 79' (pen.)

Hillsborough, Sheffield

Attendance: 21,766 (2,325 away)

Referee: P Dowd

18 August 2001
3:00pm

Burnley	3 – 2	Wimbledon
A. Moore 12' Cook 31' (pen.) Armstrong 40'	(Report)	Nielsen 10' Shipperley 65'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 14,473 (307 away)

Referee: M Jones

25 August 2001
3:00pm

Millwall	0 – 2	Burnley
	(Report)	I. Moore 63' A. Moore 68'

The New Den, London

Attendance: 11,903 (1,010 away)

Referee: D Pugh

27 August 2001
6:15pm

Burnley	2 – 4	Manchester City
Davis 25' Briscoe 52'	(Report)	Goater 17' 62' 86' Wanchope 50'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 19,602 (3,945 away)

Referee: C Wilkes

2 September 2001
3:00pm

Bradford City	2 – 3	Burnley
Ward 61' McCall 81'	(Report)	Little 46' 79' Ellis 85'

Valley Parade, Bradford

Attendance: 17,547 (3,107 away)

Referee: R Pearson

8 September 2001
3:00pm

Burnley	3 – 0	Rotherham United
I. Moore 48' Weller 49' Payton 90'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 14,820 (1,015 away)

Referee: M Warren

15 September 2001
3:00pm

Burnley	5 – 2	Walsall
Taylor 31' I. Moore 45' Briscoe 69' 72' Cook 80'	(Report)	Wrack 51' Davis 64' (o.g.)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 14,019 (455 away)

Referee: P Prosser

18 September 2001
7:45pm

Birmingham City	2 – 3	Burnley
Johnson 19' 40'	(Report)	Little 10' 72' I. Moore 34'

St Andrew's, Birmingham

Attendance: 18,426 (1,367 away)

Referee: S Mathieson

22 September 2001
3:00pm

Norwich City	2 – 1	Burnley
Holt 4' Roberts 55'	(Report)	Armstrong 58'

Carrow Road, Norwich

Attendance: 19,849 (1,657 away)

Referee: P Alcock

25 September 2001
7:45pm

Burnley	3 – 3	Crewe Alexandra
Taylor 62' Payton 83' (pen.) 90'	(Report)	Lunt 17' Foster 28' Hulse 90'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 13,964 (289 away)

Referee: C Webster

29 September 2001
3:00pm

West Bromwich Albion	1 – 0	Burnley
Dobie 67'	(Report)

The Hawthorns, West Bromwich

Attendance: 21,442 (2,503 away)

Referee: A Butler

13 October 2001
3:00pm

Nottingham Forest	1 – 0	Burnley
Bart-Williams 42'	(Report)

City Ground, Nottingham

Attendance: 24,016 (2,523 away)

Referee: B Jordan

20 October 2001
3:00pm

Burnley	3 – 3	Barnsley
Morgan 23' (o.g.) Briscoe 36' Payton 86' (pen.)	(Report)	Lumsdon 45' (pen.) Morgan 52' Barnard 88'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 14,690 (475 away)

Referee: G Laws

23 October 2001
7:45pm

Burnley	1 – 0	Crystal Palace
Cook 17'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 14,713 (593 away)

Referee: M Clattenburg

28 October 2001
3:00pm

Wolverhampton Wanderers	3 – 0	Burnley
Taylor 10' (o.g.) Rae 20' Cameron 39'	(Report)

Molineux, Wolverhampton

Attendance: 24,893 (1,623 away)

Referee: P Joslin

30 October 2001
7:45pm

Gillingham	2 – 2	Burnley
Osborn 8' Ipoua 15'	(Report)	Taylor 32' Little 52'

Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham

Attendance: 8,067 (403 away)

Referee: C Wilkes

4 November 2001
2:15pm

Burnley	2 – 0	Sheffield United
Taylor 30' Cook 33'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 13,166 (449 away)

Referee: S Baines

10 November 2001
3:00pm

Burnley	1 – 1	Portsmouth
Taylor 69'	(Report)	Crouch 72'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 14,123 (723 away)

Referee: G Frankland

13 November 2001
7:45pm

Burnley	1 – 0	Watford
Little 2'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 13,162 (256 away)

Referee: T Parkes

17 November 2001
3:00pm

Coventry City	0 – 2	Burnley
	(Report)	Taylor 11' Little 33'

Highfield Road, Coventry

Attendance: 16,849 (1,946 away)

Referee: F Stretton

23 November 2001
7:45pm

Burnley	1 – 0	Grimsby Town
Taylor 3'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 18,535 (292 away)

Referee: G Cain

1 December 2001
3:00pm

Crystal Palace	1 – 2	Burnley
Morrison 38'	(Report)	I. Moore 23' 63'

Selhurst Park, London

Attendance: 18,457 (1,667 away)

Referee: P Taylor

9 December 2001
1:00pm

Preston North End	2 – 3	Burnley
McKenna 29' Alexander 41' (pen.)	(Report)	Gnohéré 17' 61' Little 25'

Deepdale, Preston

Attendance: 20,370 (5,208 away)

Referee: R Pearson

15 December 2001
3:00pm

Burnley	3 – 2	Stockport County
Little 9' (pen.) Taylor 66' I. Moore 70'	(Report)	McSheffrey 11' Kuqi 90' (pen.)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 15,526 (493 away)

Referee: A Hall

22 December 2001
3:00pm

Burnley	0 – 0	Millwall
	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 16,131 (380 away)

Referee: N Barry

29 December 2001
12:00pm

Manchester City	5 – 1	Burnley
Wanchope 2' 28' 45' Berkovic 38' Huckerby 90'	(Report)	I. Moore 61'

Maine Road, Manchester

Attendance: 34,250 (2,005 away)

Referee: M Messias

12 January 2002
3:00pm

Wimbledon	0 – 0	Burnley
	(Report)

Selhurst Park, London

Attendance: 7,675 (1,675 away)

Referee: A Kaye

19 January 2002
3:00pm

Burnley	1 – 2	Sheffield Wednesday
Taylor 77' (pen.)	(Report)	McLaren 33' Kuqi 90'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 16,081 (1,028 away)

Referee: M Pike

3 February 2002
6:15pm

Burnley	0 – 2	West Bromwich Albion
	(Report)	Roberts 36' 41'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 15,846 (1,452 away)

Referee: J Winter

6 February 2002
8:00pm

Watford	1 – 2	Burnley
Pennant 23'	(Report)	Cox 72' Weller 90'

Vicarage Road, Watford

Attendance: 12,160 (915 away)

Referee: M Messias

9 February 2002
3:00pm

Barnsley	1 – 1	Burnley
Barnard 6'	(Report)	Taylor 38'

Oakwell, Barnsley

Attendance: 14,411 (2,439 away)

Referee: R Beeby

12 February 2002
7:45pm

Rotherham United	1 – 1	Burnley
Robins 12' (pen.)	(Report)	Taylor 9' (pen.)

Millmoor, Rotherham

Attendance: 9,021 (2,602 away)

Referee: J Brandwood

16 February 2002
3:00pm

Burnley	1 – 1	Nottingham Forest
Gnohéré 88'	(Report)	Harewood 69' (pen.)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 15,085 (908 away)

Referee: G Frankland

23 February 2002
3:00pm

Crewe Alexandra	1 – 2	Burnley
Hulse 63'	(Report)	Taylor 20' A. Moore 58'

Gresty Road, Crewe

Attendance: 6,458 (1,923 away)

Referee: P Rejer

26 February 2002
7:45pm

Burnley	0 – 1	Birmingham City
	(Report)	Mooney 25'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 13,504 (760 away)

Referee: R Harris

2 March 2002
3:00pm

Burnley	1 – 1	Norwich City
Taylor 6'	(Report)	Libbra 55'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 14,679 (622 away)

Referee: P Jones

5 March 2002
7:45pm

Walsall	1 – 0	Burnley
Marcelo 52'	(Report)

Bescot Stadium, Walsall

Attendance: 5,611 (1,111 away)

Referee: P Alcock

9 March 2002
3:00pm

Stockport County	0 – 2	Burnley
	(Report)	Taylor 51' Cox 83'

Edgeley Park, Stockport

Attendance: 6,410 (2,171 away)

Referee: P Walton

17 March 2002
6:15pm

Burnley	2 – 1	Preston North End
I. Moore 5' Johnson 25'	(Report)	Anderson 84'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 18,388 (2,277 away)

Referee: P Durkin

20 March 2002
7:45pm

Burnley	1 – 1	Bradford City
Johnson 20'	(Report)	Jørgensen 78'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 19,479 (1,630 away)

Referee: A Bates

23 March 2002
3:00pm

Sheffield United	3 – 0	Burnley
Jagielka 19' 88' D'Jaffo 47'	(Report)

Bramall Lane, Sheffield

Attendance: 19,003

Referee: G Laws

30 March 2002
3:00pm

Burnley	2 – 3	Wolverhampton Wanderers
I. Moore 47' Johnson 85'	(Report)	Sturridge 9' 26' Cameron 45'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 21,823 (4,031 away)

Referee: B Knight

1 April 2002
3:00pm

Portsmouth	1 – 1	Burnley
Todorov 75'	(Report)	Johnson 20'

Fratton Park, Portsmouth

Attendance: 18,020 (1,385 away)

Referee: S Tomlin

6 April 2002
3:00pm

Burnley	2 – 0	Gillingham
I. Moore 55' Johnson 62'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 16,236 (511 away)

Referee: C Webster

13 April 2002
3:00pm

Grimsby Town	3 – 1	Burnley
Boulding 5' 43' Allen 12'	(Report)	Briscoe 90'

Blundell Park, Grimsby

Attendance: 9,275

Referee: M Pike

21 April 2002
2:00pm

Burnley	1 – 0	Coventry City
Taylor 68'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 18,751

Referee: S Dunn

Final league position

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Birmingham City (O, P)	46	21	13	12	70	49	+21	76	Qualification for the First Division play-offs
6	Norwich City	46	22	9	15	60	51	+9	75	Qualification for the First Division play-offs
7	Burnley	46	21	12	13	70	62	+8	75
8	Preston North End	46	20	12	14	71	59	+12	72
9	Wimbledon	46	18	13	15	63	57	+6	67

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

League Cup

1st Round

21 August 2001
7:45pm

Burnley	2 – 3	Rushden & Diamonds
A. Moore 55' McGregor 84'	(Report)	Peters 5' Mustafa 70' Darby 76'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 4,398 (202 away)

Referee: M Fletcher

FA Cup

3rd Round

5 January 2002
3:00pm

Burnley	4 – 1	Canvey Island
Little 24' I. Moore 45' 78' 84'	(Report)	Boylan 67'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 11,496 (778 away)

Referee: D Pugh

4th Round

27 January 2002
1:00pm

Cheltenham Town	2 – 1	Burnley
Milton 23' Alsop 28'	(Report)	A. Moore 29'

Whaddon Road, Cheltenham

Attendance: 7,300 (1,896 away)

Referee: A Butler

References

^ Simpson (2007), p. 462

[p462-1] Simpson (2007), p. 462

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