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2003–04 Burnley F.C. season
English football club season
English football club season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| club | Burnley |
| season | 2003–04 |
| manager | Stan Ternent |
| chairman | Barry Kilby |
| league | First Division |
| league result | 19th |
| cup1 | League Cup |
| cup1 result | Third round |
| cup2 | FA Cup |
| cup2 result | Fifth round |
| league topscorer | |
| Robbie Blake (19) | |
| season topscorer | |
| Robbie Blake (22) | |
| highest attendance | 18,852 (vs. Sunderland, 9 May) |
| lowest attendance | 9,473 (vs. Reading, 25 November) |
| average attendance | 12,541 |
| prevseason | 2002–03 |
| nextseason | 2004–05 |
Robbie Blake (19) Robbie Blake (22) The 2003–04 season was Burnley's fourth season in the second tier of English football. They were managed by Stan Ternent in his sixth full season since he replaced Chris Waddle at the beginning 1998–99 campaign.
Season summary
Burnley struggled all season, and finished the season in 19th, two points above the relegation zone. As with the previous season, Burnley's defense was their downfall - the team conceded 77 goals, bettered in the First Division only by bottom club Wimbledon and in the entire Football League by Second Division side Notts County.
Appearances and goals
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Transfers
In
| # | Pos | Player | From | Fee | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | DF | GUI Mo Camara | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Free | 23 May 2003 |
| 2 | DF | ENG Lee Roche | Manchester United | Free | 26 June 2003 |
| 1 | GK | DEN Brian Jensen | West Bromwich Albion | Free | 30 June 2003 |
| 18 | MF | ENG Luke Chadwick | Manchester United | Loan | 10 July 2003 |
| 16 | MF | IRL Gareth Farrelly | Bolton Wanderers | Loan | 1 September 2003 |
| 19 | FW | Grenada Delroy Facey | Bolton Wanderers | Loan | 1 September 2003 |
| 24 | DF | ENG Andy Todd | Blackburn Rovers | Loan | 4 September 2003 |
| 16 | DF | ENG Jay McEveley | Blackburn Rovers | Loan | 11 December 2003 |
| 19 | GK | ENG Nathan Abbey | Ipswich Town | Free | 16 January 2004 |
| 24 | MF | ENG Bradley Orr | Newcastle United | Loan | 28 January 2004 |
| 26 | GK | USA Paul Rachubka | Charlton Athletic | Loan | 29 January 2004 |
| 25 | MF | ENG Neil Wood | Manchester United | Loan | 29 January 2004 |
| 9 | FW | NGA Dele Adebola | Coventry City | Loan | 25 March 2004 |
| 16 | MF | ENG Lenny Johnrose | Swansea City | Free | 25 March 2004 |
Out
| # | Pos | Player | To | Fee | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | ENG Anthony Shandran | Spennymoor United | Free | 20 May 2003 | |
| GK | GRE Nikolaos Michopoulos | Omonia Nicosia | Free | 20 May 2003 | |
| MF | ENG Mark Rasmussen | Accrington Stanley | Free | 20 May 2003 | |
| DF | ENG Earl Davis | Swansea City | Free | 20 May 2003 | |
| DF | ENG Andrew Leeson | Blyth Spartans | Free | 20 May 2003 | |
| MF | ENG Paul Cook | Accrington Stanley | Free | 23 May 2003 | |
| DF | GUI Drissa Diallo | Ipswich Town | Free | 4 June 2003 | |
| DF | TRI Ian Cox | Gillingham | Free | 5 June 2003 | |
| MF | ENG Gordon Armstrong | Accrington Stanley | Free | 5 June 2003 | |
| FW | ENG Andy Payton | Stalybridge Celtic | Free | 17 June 2003 | |
| MF | ENG Brad Maylett | Swansea City | Free | 18 June 2003 | |
| DF | ENG Steve Davis | Blackpool | Free | 2 July 2003 | |
| FW | GRE Dimitrios Papadopoulos | Panathinaikos | £200k | 4 July 2003 | |
| DF | ENG Lee Briscoe | Preston North End | Free | 22 July 2003 | |
| MF | ENG Andy Waine | Accrington Stanley | Free | 23 July 2003 | |
| 9 | FW | WAL Gareth Taylor | Nottingham Forest | £500,000 | 27 August 2003 |
| 7 | MF | ENG Glen Little | Bolton Wanderers | Loan | 1 September 2003 |
| 17 | DF | CIV Arthur Gnohéré | Queens Park Rangers | Loan | 5 September 2003 |
| GK | ENG Marlon Beresford | Bradford City | Free | 15 September 2003 | |
| 17 | DF | CIV Arthur Gnohéré | Queens Park Rangers | Free | 19 February 2004 |
Results
First Division
3:00 pm Roche
5:35 pm Hulse Hughes
3:00 pm Ellington
3:00 pm West Blake
3:00 pm
3:00 pm Chadwick
3:00 pm Roberts
7:45 pm Reid Taylor
3:00 pm
Chadwick
Blake
3:00 pm Agyemang
7:45 pm
3:00 pm
7:45 pm Wright Bart-Williams Chaplow Kuqi
3:00 pm Hutchison I. Moore
3:00 pm
1:00 pm
3:00 pm
3:00 pm Taylor
3:00 pm
7:45 pm Chaplow Chadwick
3:00 pm
3:00 pm I. Moore Whitlow
3:00 pm Weller
12:30 pm Lewis Healy Gnohéré Blake
3:00 pm S. Jones
3:00 pm
3:00 pm
3:00 pm
3:00 pm
3:00 pm
3:00 pm May Chaplow Blake Reuser
8:00 pm Harper May
3:00 pm Sweeney
7:45 pm
3:00 pm
3:00 pm
McSheffrey
Konjić
7:45 pm
3:00 pm I. Moore
3:00 pm
May
Blake
Huckerby
McKenzie
3:00 pm
3:00 pm Adebola Helguson Cook
3:00 pm Campbell
7:45 pm Ntimban-Zeh
3:00 pm
3:00 pm Stockdale Proctor
1:00 pm Kyle
Final league position
League Cup
First round
7:45 pm
Payne Hudson Hurst Evatt West Blake Little
Second round
7:30 pm Beagrie Blake I. Moore
Third round
Craddock
FA Cup
Third round
Fourth round
Blake
Fifth round
References
References
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