1999–2000 Burnley F.C. season

Burnley
1999–2000 season
Chairman	Barry Kilby
Manager	Stan Ternent
Second Division	2nd (Promoted)
League Cup	1st Round
FA Cup	4th Round
Football League Trophy	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Andy Payton (27); All: Andy Payton (27)
Highest home attendance	22,310 v Preston North End; (4 March 2000)
Lowest home attendance	3,647 v Manchester City; (24 August 2000)
Average home league attendance	12,373[1]

The 1999–2000 season was Burnley's 5th season in the third tier of English football. They were managed by Stan Ternent in his second full season since he replaced Chris Waddle at the beginning 1998–99 campaign.

Burnley won promotion at Scunthorpe United on the final day of the season, reaching 2nd place for the first time that season and pipping Gillingham who had looked certainties for automatic promotion down the final stretch. Selling their 2,500 ticket allocation at Glanford Park, there were also 7,000 Clarets watching from the Longside Stand at Turf Moor as the game was beamed back onto a big screen in the centre of the pitch.

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division		League Cup		FA Cup		FL Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Paul Crichton	53	0	46+0	0	2+0	0	4+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Dean West	41	0	30+4	0	1+1	0	4+0	0	1+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Mitchell Thomas	51	0	44+0	0	2+0	0	4+0	0	1+0	0
4	MF	SCO	Micky Mellon	48	3	33+9	3	2+0	0	4+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Steve Davis	48	7	42+0	7	1+0	0	4+0	0	1+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Gordon Armstrong	27	1	22+0	1	1+0	0	3+1	0	0+0	0
7	MF	ENG	Glen Little	48	3	36+5	3	2+0	0	4+0	0	1+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Paul Cook	49	5	43+0	3	1+0	0	4+0	2	1+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Andy Cooke	41	8	34+3	7	0+0	0	4+0	1	0+0	0
10	FW	ENG	Andy Payton	47	27	39+2	27	1+0	0	4+0	0	1+0	0
11	MF	ENG	Lenny Johnrose	39	2	28+7	2	2+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
12	FW	ENG	Ronnie Jepson	36	2	1+30	2	0+2	0	0+3	0	0+0	0
13	GK	ENG	Craig Mawson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	DF	ENG	Chris Brass	9	0	4+3	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
15	FW	ENG	Graham Branch	50	3	31+13	3	2+0	0	0+3	0	1+0	0
16	DF	SCO	Tom Cowan	11	0	5+3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
17	MF	ENG	Paul Smith	24	0	17+6	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF	ENG	Paul Weller	8	1	1+6	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
19	MF	AUS	Mark Robertson	3	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
20	MF	ENG	Brad Maylett	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	DF	ENG	Chris Scott	0	0	0+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	0+0	0
23	DF	ENG	Matthew Heywood	0	0	0+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	0+0	0
25	FW	IRL	Stephen Grant	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
26	MF	ENG	Alex Kevan	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	MF	ENG	Eamonn Kelly	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	DF	ENG	Peter Swan	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	FW	IRL	Alan Lee	20	1	2+13	0	1+1	0	0+2	0	1+0	1
30	MF	ENG	John Mullin	42	6	27+10	5	0+0	0	4+0	1	1+0	0
31	FW	ENG	Anthony Shandran	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	DF	TRI	Ian Cox	17	1	17+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	FW	ENG	Ian Wright	15	4	4+11	4	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
34	DF	ENG	Gerry Harrison (on loan)	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Transfers

In

#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date
3	DF	Mitchell Thomas	Luton Town	Free	1 July 1999
8	MF	Paul Cook	Stockport County	Free	1 July 1999
2	DF	Dean West	Bury	Free	1 July 1999
29	FW	Alan Lee	Aston Villa	£200k	7 July 1999
30	MF	John Mullin	Sunderland	Free	13 July 1999
33	DF	Ian Cox	Bournemouth	£500k	4 February 2000
33	FW	Ian Wright	Celtic	Free	14 February 2000
34	FW	Gerry Harrison	Sunderland	Loan	23 March 2000

Out

#	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date
	FW	Colin Carr-Lawton	Berwick Rangers	Free	14 May 1999
	MF	Mark Ford	Lommel	Free	14 May 1999
	DF	Neil Moore	Macclesfield Town	Free	14 May 1999
	DF	Gareth West		Released	14 May 1999
	MF	Paul Graham		Released	14 May 1999
	DF	Carl Smith	Worksop Town	Free	14 May 1999
	DF	Ally Pickering	Altrincham	Free	14 May 1999
	GK	Frank Petter-Kval	Løv-Ham	Free	14 May 1999
	DF	Brian Reid	Dunfermline	Free	8 June 1999
	FW	Kevin Henderson	Hartlepool United	Free	11 June 1999
	DF	Mark Winstanley	Shrewsbury Town	Free	1 July 1999
	DF	Steve Morgan	Hull City	Free	1 July 1999
	FW	Phil Eastwood	Morecambe	Free	29 July 1999
25	FW	Stephen Grant	Finn Harps	Free	1 September 1999
	DF	Rune Vindheim	Hartlepool United	Free	16 September 1999
16	DF	Tom Cowan	Cambridge United	Loan	22 February 2000
28	DF	Peter Swan	York City	Free	1 March 2000
19	MF	Mark Robertson	Wollongong Wolves	Loan	13 March 2000

Matches

Second Division

7 August 1999
3:00 p.m.

Wycombe Wanderers	1 – 1	Burnley
McSporran 27'	(Report)	Cooke 68'

Adams Park, High Wycombe

Attendance: 6,119 (1,419 away)

Referee: L Cable

14 August 1999
3:00 p.m.

Burnley	2 – 1	Chesterfield
Payton 31' (pen.) Johnrose 33'	(Report)

1999–2000 Burnley F.C. season

Appearances and goals

Transfers

In

Out

Matches

Second Division

Final league position

1st Round First Leg

1st Round Second Leg

1st Round

2nd Round

3rd Round

4th Round

Northern Section 1st Round

References