2009–10 Burnley F.C. season

Burnley
2009–10 season
ChairmanBarry Kilby
ManagerOwen Coyle (until 5 January)
Brian Laws
Premier League18th
League CupThird round
FA CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Steven Fletcher (8)
All: Steven Fletcher (12)
Highest home attendance21,761 (vs. Bolton Wanderers)
Lowest home attendance18,397 (vs. Fulham)
Average home league attendance20,593

The 2009–10 season marked Burnley's first season in the Premier League and the end of the club's 33-year absence from the top flight of English football.

Burnley became the first newly promoted club to chalk up four successive home victories at the start of a Premier League season.[1] The club ended the season in 18th position, however, and were relegated back to the Championship.

In June 2009 manager Owen Coyle signed a contract extension to remain at the club until the end of the 2012–13 season,[2] but left in January to manage Bolton Wanderers.[3] Eight days later Brian Laws was named as his replacement.[4]

Team kit

The team kits for the 2009–10 season are produced by Erreà and the shirt sponsor is Cooke Oils. Both the home and away kits have been designed to replicate those worn by the Burnley team of 1960, when they were last crowned the champions of English football 50 years ago. The traditional V-neck claret and blue home jersey features the 50th anniversary logo, is embroidered with the club crest worn in that era and is finished with a claret and blue trim on the neck and sleeves and accompanied by plain white shorts and claret and blue hooped stockings identical to those worn by The Clarets when they won the First Division title. The away jersey is a white shirt with claret and blue trim on the V-neck and sleeves with black shorts and white stockings with claret and blue trim.

Home
Away

First-team squad

As of 27 January 2010.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Peru PER Diego Penny
2 DF Scotland SCO Graham Alexander (vice-captain)
4 DF Northern Ireland NIR Michael Duff
5 DF England ENG Clarke Carlisle
6 DF Scotland SCO Steven Caldwell (captain)
7 MF Scotland SCO Kevin McDonald
9 FW Scotland SCO Steven Fletcher
10 FW Northern Ireland NIR Martin Paterson
11 MF England ENG Wade Elliott
12 GK Denmark DEN Brian Jensen
14 DF England ENG Tyrone Mears
15 DF Canada CAN David Edgar
16 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Chris McCann
17 DF England ENG Richard Eckersley
19 FW England ENG Jay Rodriguez (on loan to Barnsley)
20 FW England ENG Robbie Blake
21 DF Cameroon CMR André Bikey
22 FW England ENG David Nugent (on loan from Portsmouth)
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 DF England ENG Stephen Jordan
24 DF Scotland SCO Brian Easton (on loan to Hamilton Academical)
25 MF England ENG Adam Kay
27 MF Scotland SCO Alex MacDonald
28 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Kevin Long
29 FW France FRA Frédéric Nimani
30 FW Scotland SCO Steven Thompson
31 GK England ENG Nicky Weaver
33 MF England ENG Chris Eagles
34 DF Scotland SCO Danny Fox
35 DF England ENG Chris Lynch
36 DF England ENG Nik Kudiersky
37 MF England ENG Chris Anderson
38 MF England ENG Alex-Ray Harvey
39 FW England ENG Wes Fletcher (on loan to Grimsby Town)
40 DF England ENG Ben Hoskin
42 MF England ENG Jack Cork (on loan from Chelsea)

Transfers

In

# Pos Player From Fee Date
14 DF England Tyrone Mears England Derby County £500,000 30 June 2009[5]
9 FW Scotland Steven Fletcher Scotland Hibernian £3,000,000 30 June 2009[6]
15 DF Canada David Edgar England Newcastle United Tribunal 1 July 2009
24 DF Scotland Brian Easton Scotland Hamilton Academical £350,000 14 July 2009
17 DF England Richard Eckersley England Manchester United Compensation 15 July 2009
32 MF Ecuador Fernando Guerrero Ecuador Independiente del Valle Season-long loan 6 August 2009
21 DF Cameroon André Bikey England Reading Undisclosed 18 August 2009[7]
22 FW England David Nugent England Portsmouth Six month loan 1 September 2009[8]
41 GK England Jonathan Lund England Grimsby Town Free 7 October 2009
28 DF Republic of Ireland Kevin Long Republic of Ireland Cork City Undisclosed 26 November 2009 (officially joined club in January)
29 FW France Frédéric Nimani France AS Monaco Five-month loan 22 January 2010
31 GK England Nicky Weaver Scotland Dundee United Free 27 January 2010[9]
18 DF England Leon Cort England Stoke City £1,500,000 27 January 2010[10]
34 DF Scotland Danny Fox Scotland Celtic Undisclosed 29 January 2010[11]
22 FW England David Nugent England Portsmouth End of season loan 1 February 2010[12]
42 MF England Jack Cork England Chelsea End of season loan 1 February 2010[12]

Out

# Pos Player To Fee Date
MF Northern Ireland Steve Jones England Walsall Released 1 June 2009[13]
GK Hungary Gábor Király Germany 1860 München Released 1 June 2009[13]
MF Republic of Ireland Alan Mahon England Tranmere Rovers Released 1 June 2009[13]
27 MF Scotland Alex MacDonald Scotland Falikirk Loan 10 July 2009
22 FW Albania Besart Berisha Germany Arminia Bielefeld £75,000 5 August 2009
25 MF England Adam Kay England Chester City Loan 21 August 2009
35 DF England Chris Lynch England Chester City Loan 21 August 2009
26 MF Netherlands Remco van der Schaaf Denmark Brøndby 18-month Loan 18 January 2010
39 FW England Wes Fletcher England Grimsby Town Loan 18 January 2010

Coaching staff

Position Name Nationality
Manager: Brian Laws England English
Assistant manager: Russ Wilcox England English
First-team coach: Stuart Gray England English
Youth team coach: Terry Pashley England English
Chief scout: Tim Henderson England English
Goalkeeping coach: Billy Mercer England English
Fitness coach: Tom Little England English

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
Players with names struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club with Burnley.
Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
No. Pos. Nat. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals A yellow rectangle, denoting the yellow penalty card shown to a player being cautioned A red rectangle, denoting the red penalty card shown to a player being sent off
1 GK  PER Diego Penny 0 (1) 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 1 (2) 0 0 0
2 MF  SCO Graham Alexander 33 7 2 1 0 0 35 8 3 0
3 DF  NOR Christian Kalvenes 3 (3) 0 1 0 1 0 5 (3) 0 0 0
4 DF  NIR Michael Duff 10 (1) 0 2 0 0 (1) 0 12 (2) 0 4 0
5 DF  ENG Clarke Carlisle 27 0 0 0 1 0 28 0 7 0
6 DF  SCO Steven Caldwell 12 (1) 1 0 0 0 0 12 (1) 1 1 1
7 MF  SCO Kevin McDonald 15 (11) 1 2 0 2 0 19 (11) 1 5 0
8 MF  ISL Joey Guðjónsson 1 (9) 0 1 (1) 0 2 0 4 (10) 0 1 0
9 FW  SCO Steven Fletcher 35 8 1 1 1 (1) 3 37 (1) 12 1 0
10 FW  NIR Martin Paterson 17 (6) 4 0 (1) 0 1 (1) 0 18 (8) 4 2 0
11 MF  ENG Wade Elliott 34 (4) 4 2 0 0 0 36 (4) 4 5 0
12 GK  DEN Brian Jensen 38 0 2 0 1 0 41 0 3 0
14 DF  JAM Tyrone Mears 38 0 1 0 0 0 39 0 7 0
15 DF  CAN David Edgar 2 (2) 0 1 0 1 0 4 (2) 0 0 0
16 MF  IRL Chris McCann 7 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 1 0
17 MF  ENG Richard Eckersley 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 2 1
18 DF  GUY Leon Cort 15 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0
19 FW  ENG Jay Rodriguez 0 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 1 (1) 0 1 0
20 MF  ENG Robbie Blake 20 (11) 2 1 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 21 (13) 2 1 0
21 DF  CMR André Bikey 26 (2) 1 1 0 2 0 29 (2) 1 5 0
22 FW  ENG David Nugent * 20 (10) 6 0 0 0 0 20 (10) 6 0 0
23 DF  ENG Stephen Jordan 23 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 23 (2) 0 3 1
24 DF  SCO Brian Easton 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
25 MF  ENG Adam Kay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF  NED Remco van der Schaaf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF  SCO Alex MacDonald 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF  IRL Kevin Long 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW  FRA Frédéric Nimani * 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (2) 0 1 0
30 FW  SCO Steven Thompson 1 (19) 4 1 (1) 0 1 0 3 (20) 4 0 0
31 GK  ENG Nicky Weaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF  ECU Fernando Guerrero * † 0 (7) 0 0 0 2 0 2 (7) 0 0 0
33 MF  ENG Chris Eagles 20 (14) 2 2 0 2 1 24 (14) 3 3 0
34 DF  SCO Danny Fox 13 (1) 1 0 0 0 0 13 (1) 1 3 0
35 DF  ENG Chris Lynch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 DF  ENG Nik Kudiersky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 MF  ENG Chris Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 MF  ENG Alex-Ray Harvey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 FW  ENG Wes Fletcher 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 FW  ENG Ben Hoskin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 GK  ENG Jonathan Lund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 MF  ENG Jack Cork * 8 (3) 1 0 0 0 0 8 (3) 1 0 0

Match details

Premier League

Premier League match details
Date League
position
Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A
Scorers Attendance Ref
15 August 2009 16th Stoke City A L 0–2 27,385 (2,888 away) [14]
19 August 2009 12th Manchester United H W 1–0 Blake 19' 20,872 (2,490 away) [15]
23 August 2009 7th Everton H W 1–0 Elliott 34' 19,984 (2,383 away) [16]
29 August 2009 9th Chelsea A L 0–3 40,906 (1,036 away) [17]
12 September 2009 11th Liverpool A L 0–4 43,817 (2,998 away) [18]
19 September 2009 9th Sunderland H W 3–1 Alexander 13' pen., Nugent (2) 67', 86' 20,196 (2,208 away) [19]
26 September 2009 11th Tottenham Hotspur A L 0–5 35,462 (1,156 away) [20]
3 October 2009 9th Birmingham City H W 2–1 Fletcher 53', Bikey 62' 20,102 (1,047 away) [21]
18 October 2009 10th Blackburn Rovers A L 2–3 Blake 5', Eagles 90' 26,689 (2,800 away) [22]
24 October 2009 11th Wigan Athletic H L 1–3 Fletcher 4' 19,430 (965 away) [23]
31 October 2009 10th Hull City H W 2–0 Alexander (2) 20' pen., 77' 20,219 (1,977 away) [24]
7 November 2009 10th Manchester City A D 3–3 Alexander 19' pen., Fletcher 32', McDonald 87' 47,205 (2,828 away) [25]
21 November 2009 9th Aston Villa H D 1–1 Caldwell 9' 21,178 (2,344 away) [26]
28 November 2009 11th West Ham United A L 3–5 Fletcher (2) 68', 74', Eagles 90' 34,003 (1,889 away) [27]
5 December 2009 13th Portsmouth A L 0–2 17,822 (1,222 away) [28]
12 December 2009 13th Fulham H D 1–1 Elliott 60' 18,397 (304 away) [29]
16 December 2009 13th Arsenal H D 1–1 Alexander 28' pen. 21,309 (1,839 away) [30]
20 December 2009 14th Wolverhampton Wanderers A L 0–2 27,410 (1,296 away) [31]
26 December 2009 13th Bolton Wanderers H D 1–1 Nugent 56' 21,761 (2,357 away) [32]
28 December 2009 14th Everton A L 0–2 39,419 (2,888 away) [33]
16 January 2010 15th Manchester United A L 0–3 75,120 (3,010 away) [34]
26 January 2010 18th Bolton Wanderers A L 0–1 23,986 (4,654 away) [35]
30 January 2010 18th Chelsea H L 1–2 Fletcher 50' 21,131 (2,130 away) [36]
6 February 2010 15th West Ham United H W 2–1 Nugent 14', Fox 55' 21,001 (2,286 away) [37]
9 February 2010 16th Fulham A L 0–3 23,005 (1,105 away) [38]
21 February 2010 19th Aston Villa A L 2–5 Fletcher 10', Paterson 90' 38,709 (1,191 away) [39]
27 February 2010 19th Portsmouth H L 1–2 Paterson 31' 19,714 (839 away) [40]
6 March 2010 19th Arsenal A L 1–3 Nugent 50' 60,043 (1,452 away) [41]
10 March 2010 18th Stoke City H D 1–1 Nugent 52' 20,323 (1,743 away) [42]
13 March 2010 18th Wolverhampton Wanderers H L 1–2 Thompson 73' 21,217 (2,300 away) [43]
20 March 2010 18th Wigan Athletic A L 0–1 18,498 [44]
28 March 2010 19th Blackburn Rovers H L 0–1 21,546 (2,375 away) [45]
3 April 2010 19th Manchester City H L 1–6 Fletcher 72' 21,330 (2,356 away) [46]
10 April 2010 18th Hull City A W 4–1 Paterson 35', Alexander (2) 64' pen., 70' pen., Elliott 90' 24,369 [47]
17 April 2010 19th Sunderland A L 1–2 Thompson 82' 41,341 [48]
25 April 2010 19th Liverpool H L 0–4 21,553 (2,219 away) [49]
1 May 2010 19th Birmingham City A L 1–2 Thompson 87' 24,578 [50]
9 May 2010 18th Tottenham Hotspur H W 4–2 Elliott 42', Cork 54', Paterson 71', Thompson 88' 21,161 (2,400 away) [51]

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
16 Wigan Athletic 38 9 9 20 37 79 −42 36
17 West Ham United 38 8 11 19 47 66 −19 35
18 Burnley (R) 38 8 6 24 42 82 −40 30 Relegation to Football League Championship
19 Hull City (R) 38 6 12 20 34 75 −41 30
20 Portsmouth (R) 38 7 7 24 34 66 −32 19[a]
Source: Premier League
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Portsmouth were docked nine points for entering administration.[52]

FA Cup

FA Cup match details
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A
Scorers Attendance Ref
Third round 2 January 2010 Milton Keynes Dons A W 2–1 Alexander 23' pen., Fletcher 35' 11,816 (1,913 away) [53]
Fourth round 23 January 2010 Reading A L 0–1 12,910 (1,070 away) [54]

Football League Cup

Football League Cup match details
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A
Scorers Attendance Ref
Second round 25 August 2009 Hartlepool United A W 2–1 (a.e.t.) Fletcher (2) 84', 108' 3,501 (500 away) [55]
Third round 22 September 2009 Barnsley A L 2–3 Fletcher 21', Eagles 52' 6,270 (1,066 away) [56]

Friendlies

Burnley hosted an impromptu friendly against Accrington Stanley at Turf Moor on 8 September 2009, with all gate receipts going towards the "Save our Stanley" campaign to support the club while it faced financial difficulties.[57]

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