1998–99 Burnley F.C. season

Burnley
1998–99 season
ChairmanEngland Frank Teasdale
ManagerEngland Stan Ternent
Second Division15th
League Cup1st Round
FA Cup1st Round
Football League Trophy1st Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Andy Payton (20)
All: Andy Payton (23)
Highest home attendance17,251 v Manchester City
(9 March 1999)
Lowest home attendance5,453 v Bury
(18 August 1998)
Average home league attendance10,109[1]

The 1998–99 season was Burnley's 4th successive season in the third tier of English football. They were managed by Stan Ternent in his first full season since he replaced Chris Waddle 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
DF England ENG Gordon Armstrong 40 1 40+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Steve Blatherwick 5 0 3+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG Graham Branch 20 1 14+6 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Chris Brass 38 0 33+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
FW England ENG Colin Carr-Lawton 7 0 2+2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF England ENG Paul Cook (on loan) 12 1 12+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG Andy Cooke 38 10 36+0 9 1+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Tom Cowan (on loan) 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Tom Cowan 11 0 11+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK England ENG Paul Crichton (on loan) 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK England ENG Paul Crichton 29 0 28+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF England ENG Steve Davis 19 4 19+0 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Michael Devenney 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
FW England ENG Phil Eastwood 15 1 6+7 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF England ENG Mark Ford 14 0 11+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
MF England ENG Paul Graham 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG Kevin Henderson 10 1 0+7 1 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
MF England ENG Matthew Hewlett (on loan) 3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF England ENG Matthew Heywood 15 0 11+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF England ENG Lee Howey 5 0 3+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG Ronnie Jepson 17 1 3+12 1 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Lenny Johnrose 12 1 9+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Norway NOR Frank-Petter Kval 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Glen Little 37 5 32+2 5 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
GK England ENG Craig Mawson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Brad Maylett 18 0 0+17 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Micky Mellon 20 2 20+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Neil Moore 14 0 10+2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Steve Morgan 20 0 17+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG John O'Kane (on loan) 8 0 8+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 42 23 39+1 20 1+0 1 1+0 2 0+0 0
DF England ENG Ally Pickering 21 1 21+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Brian Reid 33 3 30+1 3 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
MF Australia AUS Mark Robertson 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Chris Scott 15 0 9+5 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Paul Smith 14 0 11+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Carl Smith 11 0 5+5 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Peter Swan 17 0 11+6 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Norway NOR Rune Vindheim 10 2 8+0 2 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
GK England ENG Gavin Ward (on loan) 17 0 17+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Paul Weller 2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG Mike Williams 3 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG John Williamson 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG Mark Winstanley 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Transfers

In

# Pos Player From Fee Date
FW England Ronnie Jepson Oldham Athletic Free 1 July 1998
GK England Paul Crichton West Bromwich Albion Loan 7 August 1998
GK England Paul Crichton West Bromwich Albion Loan 12 August 1998
GK England Gavin Ward Bolton Wanderers Loan 15 August 1998
DF England Gordon Armstrong Bury £40k 28 August 1998
DF England Peter Swan Bury Free 28 August 1998
DF England John O'Kane Everton Loan 23 October 1998
GK England Paul Crichton West Bromwich Albion £100k 18 November 1998
MF England Matthew Hewlett Bristol City Loan 26 November 1998
DF England Ally Pickering Stoke City Free 17 December 1998
DF England Steve Davis Luton Town £750k 30 December 1998
FW England Graham Branch Stockport County Free 1 January 1999
MF Scotland Micky Mellon Tranmere Rovers £350k 8 January 1999
MF England Lenny Johnrose Bury £225k 12 February 1999
MF England Paul Cook Stockport County Loan 12 March 1999
DF Scotland Tom Cowan Huddersfield Town Loan 12 March 1999
DF Scotland Tom Cowan Huddersfield Town £20k 16 March 1999

Out

# Pos Player To Fee Date
FW England Ian Duerden Halifax Town Free 31 May 1998
MF England Chris Waddle Torquay United Free 31 May 1998
FW England Ian Helliwell Ilkeston Town Free 31 May 1998
FW England Nigel Gleghorn Altrincham Free 31 May 1998
DF England Jason Heffernan Released 31 May 1998
DF England Vince Overson Halifax Town Free 31 May 1998
DF England Chris Vinnicombe Wycombe Wanderers Free 31 May 1998
FW England Damian Matthew Northampton Town Free 1 June 1998
GK England Chris Woods Retired 3 July 1998
MF England Jamie Hoyland Scarborough Free 3 July 1998
DF England Richard Huxford Dunfermline Athletic Free 3 July 1998
MF England Gerry Harrison Sunderland Free 7 July 1998
GK England Tony Parks Doncaster Rovers Free 31 August 1998
DF England Steve Blatherwick Chesterfield Loan 18 September 1998
DF England Mark Winstanley Shrewsbury Town Loan 18 September 1998
DF England Lee Howey Northampton Town Loan 6 November 1998
DF England Steve Blatherwick Chesterfield £50k 1 December 1998
DF England Mark Winstanley Scunthorpe United Loan 24 December 1998
FW England Phil Eastwood Kettering Town Loan 11 February 1999
DF England Lee Howey Northampton Town £50k 19 February 1999
DF England Mark Winstanley Preston North End Loan 22 March 1999
FW England Mike Williams Oxford United Free 22 March 1999

Matches

Second Division

Burnley2 – 1Bristol Rovers
Payton 2' 31' (Report) Cureton 8'
Attendance: 11,781
Referee: J Kirkby
Chesterfield1 – 0Burnley
Reeves 89' (pen.) (Report)
Attendance: 5,426
Referee: M Jones
Burnley0 – 1York City
(Report) Connelly 32'
Attendance: 9,715
Referee: A Bates
Walsall3 – 1Burnley
Brissett 34'
Wrack 88' 90' (pen.)		 (Report) Armstrong 69'
Attendance: 4,599
Referee: M Dean
Burnley2 – 1Millwall
Cooke 21' 30' (Report) Shaw 88'
Attendance: 8,526
Referee: D Pugh
Luton Town1 – 0Burnley
Douglas 47' (Report)
Attendance: 5,554
Referee: K Leach
Reading1 – 1Burnley
Williams 28' (Report) Payton 76'
Attendance: 10,080
Referee: P Danson
Burnley1 – 1Wycombe Wanderers
Payton 6' (Report) Stallard 37'
Attendance: 9,120
Referee: M Pike
Gillingham2 – 1Burnley
Galloway 11'
Taylor 86'		 (Report) Payton 31'
Attendance: 5,702
Referee: A Butler
Burnley1 – 1Wigan Athletic
Reid 68' (Report) McGibbon 90'
Attendance: 10,183
Referee: G Frankland
Manchester City2 – 2Burnley
Goater 8'
Allsopp 85'		 (Report) Payton 34'
Cooke 54'
Attendance: 30,722 (3,132 away)
Referee: R Furnandiz
Colchester United0 – 4Burnley
(Report) Payton 2' 11'
Vindheim 50'
Cooke 72'
Attendance: 5,532
Referee: D Crick
Burnley1 – 1Notts County
Vindheim 90' (Report) Pearce 8'
Attendance: 10,559
Referee: M Warren
Burnley1 – 0Oldham Athletic
Cooke 64' (Report)
Attendance: 9,539
Referee: G Frankland
Macclesfield Town2 – 1Burnley
Sedgemore 18'
Smith 84'		 (Report) Little 71'
Attendance: 3,995
Referee: A Hall
Burnley2 – 1Wrexham
Payton 29' 55' (Report) Ridler 46'
Attendance: 10,109
Referee: M Fletcher
Preston North End4 – 1Burnley
Rankine 23'
Nogan 46'
Eyres 49'
Byfield 57'		 (Report) Eastwood 15'
Attendance: 15,888
Referee: E Lomas
Burnley0 – 2Stoke City
(Report) Lightbourne 47'
Thorne 62'
Attendance: 10,575
Referee: G Laws
Bournemouth5 – 0Burnley
Warren 55'
Robinson 60' (pen.) 69'
Stein 74' 89'		 (Report)
Attendance: 5,907
Referee: J Brandwood
Burnley1 – 0Blackpool
Payton 67' (pen.) (Report)
Attendance: 11,925
Referee: P Rejer
Fulham4 – 0Burnley
Morgan 27' 38'
Hayles 57'
Peschisolido 73'		 (Report)
Attendance: 9,983
Referee: R Olivier
Burnley0 – 2Northampton Town
(Report) Wilkinson 71'
Corazzin 81'
Attendance: 8,783
Referee: A Hall
York City3 – 3Burnley
Hall 54'
Rowe 61' 72'		 (Report) Payton 23' 87'
Robertson 58'
Attendance: 5,630
Referee: S Mathieson
Burnley1 – 1Lincoln City
Henderson 81' (Report) Finnigan 72'
Attendance: 9,635
Referee: P Dowd
Burnley0 – 0Walsall
(Report)
Attendance: 10,892
Referee: T Jones
Bristol Rovers3 – 4Burnley
Cureton 24'
Roberts 35'
Lee 45'		 (Report) Davis 15'
Branch 30'
Payton 44'
Cooke 54'
Attendance: 7,129
Referee: A Wiley
Burnley1 – 2Chesterfield
Cooke 86' (Report) Pickering 30' (o.g)
Beaumont 65'
Attendance: 10,985
Referee: S Mathieson
Millwall1 – 2Burnley
Sadlier 86' (Report) Cooke 11'
Davis 80'
Attendance: 7,407
Referee: M Fletcher
Lincoln City1 – 1Burnley
Gordon 32' (Report) Reid 66'
Attendance: 6,361
Referee: B Burns
Burnley1 – 2Luton Town
Mellon 29' (Report) Fotiadis 34'
Doherty 87'
Attendance: 10,285
Referee: P Walton
Burnley1 – 1Reading
Reid 9' (Report) Caskey 54'
Attendance: 9,366
Referee: K Lynch
Wycombe Wanderers2 – 0Burnley
Simpson 51'
Scott 52'		 (Report)
Attendance: 5,195
Referee: B Coddington
Burnley0 – 5Gillingham
(Report) Taylor 14' 27' 41' 43' (pen.) 48'
Attendance: 8,981
Referee: T Heilbron
Burnley0 – 6Manchester City
(Report) Horlock 17'
Morrison 41'
Goater 50' 59' 65'
Allsopp 82'
Attendance: 17,251
Referee: J Kirkby
Burnley0 – 1Preston North End
(Report) Nogan 61'
Attendance: 11,561
Referee: C Wilkes
Wrexham1 – 1Burnley
Brammer 14' (Report) Mellon 75'
Attendance: 4,151
Referee: M Warren
Burnley4 – 3Macclesfield Town
Little 17'
Davis 57' 90'
Payton 79'		 (Report) Durkan 9' 63'
Askey 14'
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: D Laws
Notts County0 – 0Burnley
(Report)
Attendance: 6,625
Referee: A D'Urso
Burnley3 – 1Colchester United
Johnrose 57'
Payton 82' 89'		 (Report) Gregory 26'
Attendance: 10,747
Referee: G Cain
Oldham Athletic1 – 1Burnley
Tipton 37' (Report) Payton 52'
Attendance: 8,542
Referee: R Pearson
Blackpool0 – 2Burnley
(Report) Payton 26'
Little 57'
Attendance: 5,658
Referee: K Leach
Burnley0 – 0Bournemouth
(Report)
Attendance: 9,802
Referee: E Lomas
Stoke City1 – 4Burnley
Crowe 31' (Report) Pickering 5'
Payton 11'
Little 68' 90'
Attendance: 10,965
Referee: D Crick
Burnley1 – 0Fulham
Jepson 82' (Report)
Attendance: 13,086
Referee: P Rejer
Wigan Athletic0 – 0Burnley
(Report)
Attendance: 5,528
Referee: B Burns
Northampton Town2 – 2Burnley
Savage 7'
Howey 80'		 (Report) Cook 69' (pen.)
Cooke 88'
Attendance: 7,435
Referee: A Butler

Final league position

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
13 Bristol Rovers 46 13 17 16 65 56 +9 56
14 Blackpool 46 14 14 18 44 54 −10 56
15 Burnley 46 13 16 17 54 73 −19 55
16 Notts County 46 14 12 20 52 61 −9 54
17 Wrexham 46 13 14 19 43 62 −19 53
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference

League Cup

1st round first leg

Bury1 – 1Burnley
Matthews 17' (Report) Cooke 29'
Attendance: 3,927
Referee: G Cain

1st round second leg

Burnley1 – 4Bury
Payton 42' (Report) D'Jaffo 45'
Daws 51'
Armstrong 70'
Matthews 78'
Attendance: 5,453
Referee: C Foy

FA Cup

1st round

Darlington3 – 2Burnley
Atkinson 81'
Dorner 87'
Barnard 90'		 (Report) Payton 37' 55' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,059
Referee: B Coddington

Football League Trophy

Northern Section 1st round

Burnley0 – 1Preston North End
(Report) Macken 57'
Attendance: 3,366
Referee: D Pugh

References

  1. ^ Simpson (2007), p. 450