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
Chairman	Frank Teasdale
Manager	Adrian Heath
Second Division	9th
League Cup	2nd Round
FA Cup	3rd Round
Football League Trophy	2nd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Paul Barnes (24) All: Paul Barnes (25)
Highest home attendance	16,186 v Preston North End (25 December 1996)
Lowest home attendance	2,281 v Charlton Athletic (24 September 1996)
Average home league attendance	9,027^[1]
Home colours
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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	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

In

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

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

Second Division

17 August 1996

Luton Town	1 – 2	Burnley
Thorpe   36'	(Report)	Thompson   24' Nogan   32'

Kenilworth Road, Luton

Attendance: 6,484 (1,886 away)

Referee: P Rejer

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24 August 1996

Burnley	2 – 1	Walsall
Eyres   21' Nogan   48'	(Report)	Wilson   43'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 10,322

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27 August 1996

Burnley	1 – 3	Shrewsbury Town
Cooke   49'	(Report)	M. Taylor   20' Scott   48' Stevens   84'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 9,072

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31 August 1996

Millwall	2 – 1	Burnley
Newman   70' Neill   79'	(Report)	Nogan   75'

The New Den, London

Attendance: 9,281

Referee: S Baines

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7 September 1996

Gillingham	1 – 0	Burnley
Fortune-West   80'	(Report)

Priestfield, Gillingham

Attendance: 6,116

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10 September 1996

Burnley	2 – 0	Blackpool
Gleghorn   60' Nogan   76'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 13,599

Referee: D Laws

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14 September 1996

Burnley	2 – 1	Wycombe Wanderers
Nogan   23'   35'	(Report)	de Souza   1'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 9,379

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21 September 1996

Chesterfield	0 – 0	Burnley
	(Report)

Saltergate, Chesterfield

Attendance: 5,529

Referee: R Pearson

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28 September 1996

Burnley	2 – 3	Bristol City
Gleghorn   45' Weller   55'	(Report)	Goater   12'   62' Taylor   79'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 9,538

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1 October 1996

Bury	1 – 0	Burnley
Jepson   14'	(Report)

Gigg Lane, Bury

Attendance: 7,557

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5 October 1996

Burnley	5 – 2	Stockport County
Barnes   32'   45'   61'   71'   78'	(Report)	Angell   56' Mutch   75'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 10,687

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12 October 1996

Rotherham United	1 – 0	Burnley
Druce   42'	(Report)

Millmoor, Rotherham

Attendance: 4,562

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15 October 1996

Watford	2 – 2	Burnley
Andrews   39' Johnson   78'	(Report)	Gleghorn   28' Smith   76'

Vicarage Road, Watford

Attendance: 6,450

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19 October 1996

Burnley	1 – 0	Notts County
Barnes   60'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 9,372

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26 October 1996

Burnley	2 – 1	Plymouth Argyle
Nogan   28' Eyres   47' (pen.)	(Report)	Evans   73'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 9,602

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29 October 1996

Preston North End	1 – 1	Burnley
Reeves   26'	(Report)	Nogan   52'

Deepdale, Preston

Attendance: 12,652

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2 November 1996

York City	1 – 0	Burnley
Murty   41'	(Report)

Bootham Crescent, York

Attendance: 5,958

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9 November 1996

Burnley	2 – 0	Crewe Alexandra
Nogan   31' Matthew   69'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 9,459

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19 November 1996

Bristol Rovers	1 – 2	Burnley
Beadle   48'	(Report)	Barnes   33'   46'

Memorial Stadium, Bristol

Attendance: 4,123

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23 November 1996

Burnley	1 – 0	Bournemouth
Barnes   6'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 8,564

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30 November 1996

Plymouth Argyle	0 – 0	Burnley
	(Report)

Home Park, Plymouth

Attendance: 6,289

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3 December 1996

Burnley	2 – 0	Wrexham
Cooke   32' Nogan   40'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 8,587

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14 December 1996

Burnley	1 – 2	Brentford
Swan   85'	(Report)	Asaba   15' Forster   54'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 10,575

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20 December 1996

Peterborough United	3 – 2	Burnley
Carruthers   20'   27' Morrison   60'	(Report)	Barnes   6' Matthew   83'

London Road, Peterborough

Attendance: 5,283

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28 December 1996

Burnley	5 – 1	Gillingham
Cooke   21'   86' Smith   62' Barnes   82' (pen.)   88'	(Report)	Bailey   14'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 10,004

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11 January 1997

Bristol City	2 – 1	Burnley
Bent   19' Goater   68'	(Report)	Smith   36'

Ashton Gate, Bristol

Attendance: 10,013

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17 January 1997

Burnley	3 – 1	Bury
Swan   19' Smith   26' Eyres   29'	(Report)	Matthews   32'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 10,526

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25 January 1997

Burnley	1 – 2	Preston North End
Barnes   10'	(Report)	Ashcroft   6'   69'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 16,186

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28 January 1997

Burnley	0 – 0	Chesterfield
	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 7,903

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1 February 1997

Crewe Alexandra	1 – 1	Burnley
Macauley   50'	(Report)	Barnes   88'

Gresty Road, Crewe

Attendance: 4,743

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8 February 1997

Burnley	1 – 2	York City
Gleghorn   13'	(Report)	Tolson   6' Jordan   90'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 8,961

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15 February 1997

Bournemouth	0 – 0	Burnley
	(Report)

Dean Court, Bournemouth

Attendance: 6,021

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22 February 1997

Burnley	2 – 2	Bristol Rovers
Matthew   38' Barnes   90'	(Report)	Cureton   13' Alsop   80'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 8,847

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25 February 1997

Blackpool	1 – 3	Burnley
Quinn   15'	(Report)	Barnes   6'   42'   47'

Bloomfield Road, Blackpool

Attendance: 7,331

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1 March 1997

Wrexham	0 – 0	Burnley
	(Report)

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Attendance: 6,947

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8 March 1997

Burnley	5 – 0	Peterborough United
Barnes   8'   30'   33' Cooke   56' Matthew   85'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 8,646

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15 March 1997

Brentford	0 – 3	Burnley
	(Report)	Hoyland   9' Cooke   34' Matthew   45'

Griffin Park, London

Attendance: 6,624

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22 March 1997

Walsall	1 – 3	Burnley
Lightbourne   90'	(Report)	Cooke   26'   55' Barnes   85'

Bescot Stadium, Walsall

Attendance: 6,306

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29 March 1997

Burnley	0 – 2	Luton Town
	(Report)	Thorpe   14'   39'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 15,490

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1 April 1997

Shrewsbury Town	2 – 1	Burnley
Brass   80' (o.g.) Spink   86'	(Report)	Barnes   74'

Gay Meadow, Shrewsbury

Attendance: 4,462

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5 April 1997

Burnley	1 – 0	Millwall
Weller   14'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 9,840

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12 April 1997

Stockport County	1 – 0	Burnley
Mutch   86'	(Report)

Edgeley Park, Stockport

Attendance: 9,187

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15 April 1997

Wycombe Wanderers	5 – 0	Burnley
Carroll   12' (pen.)   29' (pen.) McGavin   33' Stallard   42' Read   82'	(Report)

Adams Park, High Wycombe

Attendance: 5,786

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19 April 1997

Burnley	3 – 3	Rotherham United
Cooke   13'   58' Barnes   60'	(Report)	Jean   25'   55'   57'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 7,875

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26 April 1997

Notts County	1 – 1	Burnley
Dudley   27'	(Report)	Matthew   90'

Meadow Lane, Nottingham

Attendance: 4,591

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3 May 1997

Burnley	4 – 1	Watford
Cooke   50'   51'   83' (pen.) Parkinson   66'	(Report)	Millen   88'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 8,269

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Final league position

Pos	Team v t e	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:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

League Cup

1st Round First Leg

20 August 1996

Mansfield Town	0 – 3	Burnley
	(Report)	Cooke   31' Nogan   50' Eyres   74'

Field Mill, Mansfield

Attendance: 1,708

(384 away)

1st Round Second Leg

3 September 1996

Burnley	2 – 0	Mansfield Town
Matthew   2' Eyres   45'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 2,884

2nd Round First Leg

17 September 1996

Charlton Athletic	4 – 1	Burnley
Leaburn   5' Robinson   41'   48' Allen   48'	(Report)	Eyres   7'

The Valley, London

Attendance: 4,874

2nd Round Second Leg

24 September 1996

Burnley	1 – 2	Charlton Athletic
Nogan   45'	(Report)	Allen   15' Whyte   90'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 2,281

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FA Cup

1st Round

16 November 1996

Burnley	2 – 1	Lincoln City
Gleghorn   30' Matthew   73'	(Report)	Bos   46'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 6,484

2nd Round

7 December 1996

Walsall	1 – 1	Burnley
Lightbourne   90'	(Report)	Eyres   66'

Bescot Stadium, Walsall

Attendance: 5,031

2nd Round Replay

23 December 1996

Burnley	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Walsall
Barnes   43'	(Report)	Viveash   74'
Penalties
Barnes   Smith   Matthew   Parkinson   Eyres	4 – 2	Marsh   Lightbourne   Blake   Watson

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 5,799

3rd Round

4 January 1997

Liverpool	1 – 0	Burnley
Collymore   12'	(Report)

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 33,252

(7,000 away)

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Football League Trophy

Northern Section 1st Round

10 December 1996

Hartlepool United	0 – 2	Burnley
		Nogan   14' Eyres   65'

Victoria Park, Hartlepool

Attendance: 921

Northern Section 2nd Round

4 February 1997

Burnley	0 – 1	Stockport County
		Nash   18'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 4,251

References

1. Simpson (2007), p. 443