1995-96 Burnley F.C. season

1995–96 Burnley F.C. season

Burnley

1995–96 season
Chairman	Frank Teasdale
Manager	Jimmy Mullen (until February 1996) Clive Middlemass (caretaker manager) Adrian Heath (from March 1996)
Second Division	17th
League Cup	Second Round
FA Cup	First Round
Football League Trophy	Northern Quarter Final
Top goalscorer	League: Kurt Nogan (20) All: Kurt Nogan (26)
Highest home attendance	10,613 v Hull City (16 September 1995)
Lowest home attendance	3,225 v Chester City (7 November 1995)
Average home attendance	8,416
Home colours
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The 1995–96 season was Burnley's first season in the third tier of English football.

Appearances and goals

No.	Nat.	Position	Player	Total		Second Division		League Cup		FA Cup		FL Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
		MF	Derek Adams	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
		GK	Marlon Beresford	45	0	36+0	0	4+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
		DF	Charlie Bishop (on loan)	9	0	9+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
		MF	John Borland	4	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
		DF	Chris Brass	11	0	7+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
		FW	Andy Cooke	28	5	10+13	5	0+0	0	0+1	0	2+2	0
		DF	Wayne Dowell	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
		MF	David Eyres	48	7	39+3	6	3+0	0	1+0	1	2+0	0
		FW	John Francis	29	2	4+18	2	0+3	0	0+1	0	0+3	0
		GK	Jimmy Glass (on loan)	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
		DF	Alan Harper	4	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
		DF	Gerry Harrison	42	1	35+0	1	2+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
		MF	Adrian Heath	9	0	5+2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
		FW	Ian Helliwell	4	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
		MF	Jamie Hoyland	28	0	21+2	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
		MF	Warren Joyce	50	5	42+1	5	4+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
		FW	Paul Mahorn (on loan)	8	1	3+5	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
		DF	Paul McDonald (on loan)	11	1	8+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
		MF	Ted McMinn	11	0	7+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
		FW	Kurt Nogan	55	26	46+0	20	4+0	3	1+0	0	4+0	3
		DF	Gary Parkinson	36	0	29+0	0	4+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
		FW	Nathan Peel	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
		DF	John Pender	2	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
		FW	Tony Philliskirk	11	1	7+1	1	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
		MF	Franny Powell	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
		MF	Adrian Randall	19	0	12+3	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
		FW	Liam Robinson	17	2	11+5	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
		GK	Wayne Russell	10	0	10+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
		MF	Paul Smith	10	0	3+7	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
		FW	Peter Swan	39	5	31+1	5	2+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
		MF	Steve Thompson	18	0	18+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
		DF	Chris Vinnicombe	44	2	35+0	2	4+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
		MF	Paul Weller	28	1	24+1	1	1+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
		DF	Mark Winstanley	53	3	45+0	3	3+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0

Transfers

In

Out

Matches

Second Division

12 August 1995	Burnley	2 – 1	Rotherham United	Turf Moor, Burnley Attendance: 10,478
	Eyres 25' (pen.) Philliskirk 39'	(Report)	Goater 10'

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19 August 1995	Stockport County	0 – 0	Burnley	Edgeley Park, Stockport Attendance: 8,463
		(Report)

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26 August 1995	Burnley	1 – 0	Brentford	Turf Moor, Burnley Attendance: 9,586
	Nogan 11'	(Report)

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29 August 1995	Bristol Rovers	1 – 0	Burnley	Memorial Stadium, Bristol Attendance: 5,646
	Taylor 49'	(Report)

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6 September 1995	Burnley	1 – 1	Walsall	Turf Moor, Burnley Attendance: 8,778
	Joyce 90'	(Report)	Lightbourne 77'

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9 September 1995	Carlisle United	2 – 0	Burnley	Brunton Park, Carlisle Attendance: 7,318
	Aspinall Conway	(Report)

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12 September 1995	York City	1 – 1	Burnley	Bootham Crescent, York Attendance: 4,684
	Barnes 71'	(Report)	Cooke 38'

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16 September 1995	Burnley	2 – 1	Hull City	Turf Moor, Burnley Attendance: 10,613
	Nogan 40' Allison 89' (o.g.)	(Report)	Fewings 90'

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23 September 1995	Chesterfield	4 – 2	Burnley	Saltergate, Chesterfield Attendance: 4,933
	Hewitt Lormor Morris Robinson	(Report)	Nogan 17' Eyres 44' (pen.)

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30 September 1995	Burnley	3 – 0	Swansea City	Turf Moor, Burnley Attendance: 8,068
	Nogan 15' Joyce 53' Eyres 79'	(Report)

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7 October 1995	Burnley	1 – 1	Wycombe Wanderers	Turf Moor, Burnley Attendance: 8,029
	Joyce 40'	(Report)	Williams 64'

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14 October 1995	Bournemouth	0 – 2	Burnley	Dean Court, Bournemouth Attendance: 4,954
		(Report)	Vinnicombe 6' Nogan 78'

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21 October 1995	Burnley	3 – 0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Turf Moor, Burnley Attendance: 9,016
	Eyres 4' Swan 33' Nogan 36'	(Report)

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28 October 1995	Bradford City	2 – 2	Hull City	Valley Parade, Bradford Attendance: 8,356
	Hamilton Mitchell	(Report)	Harrison 24' Swan 86'

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31 October 1995	Peterborough United	0 – 2	Burnley	London Road, Peterborough Attendance: 4,737
		(Report)	McDonald 11' Swan 33'

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16 September 1995	Burnley	3 – 4	Notts County	Turf Moor, Burnley Attendance: 10,511
	Nogan 3' 85' Cooke 69'	(Report)	Arkins Baraclough Devlin

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18 November 1995	Shrewsbury Town	3 – 0	Burnley	Gay Meadow, Shrewsbury Attendance: 3,914
	Evans Scott	(Report)

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25 November 1995	Burnley	2 – 2	Wrexham	Turf Moor, Burnley Attendance: 8,710
	Nogan 59' Joyce 65'	(Report)	Skinner Ward

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2 December 1995	Burnley	2 – 0	Carlisle United	Turf Moor, Burnley Attendance: 8,297
	Nogan 38' 57'	(Report)

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9 December 1995	Burnley	2 – 2	Chesterfield	Turf Moor, Burnley Attendance: 8,459
	Nogan 21' 81'	(Report)	Davies Lormor

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16 December 1995	Swansea City	2 – 4	Burnley	Vetch Field, Swansea Attendance: 2,078
	Hurst Torpey	(Report)	Eyres 32' Nogan 54' Cooke 75' 87'

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23 December 1995	Burnley	0 – 0	Bristol City	Turf Moor, Burnley Attendance: 9,327
		(Report)

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13 January 1996	Burnley	4 – 3	Stockport County	Turf Moor, Burnley Attendance: 9,113
	Vinnicombe 6' Cooke 17' Nogan 69' Francis 79'	(Report)	Bound Flynn Helliwell o.g.'

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20 January 1996	Rotherham United	1 – 0	Burnley	Millmoor, Rotherham Attendance: 4,018
	Berry 85'	(Report)

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30 January 1996	Burnley	0 – 2	Oxford United	Turf Moor, Burnley Attendance: 6,815
		(Report)	Allen Massey

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3 February 1996	Brentford	1 – 0	Burnley	Griffin Park, London Attendance: 5,195
	Forster 61'	(Report)

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10 February 1996	Burnley	0 – 1	Crewe Alexandra	Turf Moor, Burnley Attendance: 9,153
		(Report)	Edwards 21'

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17 February 1996	Burnley	3 – 3	York City	Turf Moor, Burnley Attendance: 8,731
	Winstanley 50' Francis 60' Nogan 67'	(Report)	Murty Naylor Pepper

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24 February 1996	Hull City	3 – 0	Burnley	Boothferry Park, Kingston upon Hull Attendance: 4,206
	Davison Peacock	(Report)

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2 March 1996	Burnley	0 – 1	Blackpool	Turf Moor, Burnley Attendance: 10,082
		(Report)	Preece 62'

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9 March 1996	Bristol City	0 – 1	Burnley	Ashton Gate, Bristol Attendance: 6,612
		(Report)	Nogan 84'

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12 March 1996	Blackpool	3 – 1	Burnley	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool Attendance: 8,941
	Bonner Ellis Mellon	(Report)	Nogan 28'

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16 March 1996	Burnley	0 – 0	Swindon Town	Turf Moor, Burnley Attendance: 9,360
		(Report)

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19 March 1996	Crewe Alexandra	3 – 1	Burnley	Gresty Road, Crewe Attendance: 3,393
	Adebola Garvey Rivers	(Report)	Winstanley 65'

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23 March 1996	Oxford United	5 – 0	Burnley	Manor Ground, Oxford Attendance: 6,629
	Aldridge Beauchamp Moody	(Report)

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30 March 1996	Wycombe Wanderers	4 – 1	Burnley	Adams Park, High Wycombe Attendance: 4,921
	de Souza Farrell Ryan	(Report)	Mahorn 54'

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2 April 1996	Burnley	0 – 0	Bournemouth	Turf Moor, Burnley Attendance: 7,941
		(Report)

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6 April 1996	Burnley	2 – 3	Bradford City	Turf Moor, Burnley Attendance: 10,613
	Robinson 54' Eyres 69' (pen.)	(Report)	Kiwomya Tolson Winstanley o.g.'

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9 April 1996	Brighton & Hove Albion	1 – 0	Burnley	Goldstone Ground, Brighton Attendance: 5,954
	Rowe 19'	(Report)

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13 April 1996	Burnley	2 – 1	Peterborough United	Turf Moor, Burnley Attendance: 8,393
	Joyce 52' Swan 66'	(Report)	Heald 68'

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17 April 1996	Swindon Town	0 – 0	Burnley	County Ground, Swindon Attendance: 10,480
		(Report)

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20 April 1996	Notts County	1 – 1	Burnley	Meadow Lane, Nottingham Attendance: 5,697
	Battersby 65'	(Report)	Swan 31'

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23 April 1996	Burnley	0 – 1	Bristol Rovers	Turf Moor, Burnley Attendance: 9,368
		(Report)	Stewart 64'

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30 April 1996	Walsall	3 – 1	Burnley	Bescot Stadium, Walsall Attendance: 3,411
	Lightbourne Platt Wilson	(Report)	Nogan 51'

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4 May 1996	Burnley	2 – 1	Shrewsbury Town	Turf Moor, Burnley Attendance: 9,729
	Weller 14' Winstanley 73'	(Report)	Stevens 42'

Final league position

Pos	Team	Games played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals for	Goals against	Points
17	Burnley	46	14	13	19	56	68	55

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League Cup

1st Round First Leg

15 August 1995	Mansfield Town	0 – 1	Burnley	Field Mill, Mansfield Attendance: 2,544
		(Report)	Nogan 28'

1st Round Second Leg

22 August 1995	Burnley	3 – 1	Mansfield Town	Turf Moor, Burnley Attendance: 4,673
	Randall 8' Nogan 59' 68'	(Report)	Peters 61'

2nd Round First Leg

2 September 1995	Leicester City	2 – 0	Burnley	Filbert Street, Leicester Attendance: 11,142
	Joachim Robins	(Report)

2nd Round Second Leg

20 September 1995	Burnley	0 – 2	Leicester City	Turf Moor, Burnley Attendance: 4,553
		(Report)	Robins 79' 87'

FA Cup

1st Round

10 November 1995	Burnley	1 – 3	Walsall	Turf Moor, Burnley Attendance: 6,525
	Eyres 25'	(Report)	Bradley Houghton Wilson

Football League Trophy

Northern Section 1st Round Group Stage

17 October 1995	Rotherham United	1 – 1	Burnley	Millmoor, Rotherham Attendance: 1,539
			Nogan

Northern Section 1st Round Group Stage

7 November 1995	Burnley	1 – 1	Chester City	Turf Moor, Burnley Attendance: 3,225
	Nogan

Northern Section 1st Round Group Stage

29 November 1995	Crewe Alexandra	0 – 1	Burnley	Gresty Road, Crewe Attendance: 2,596
			Nogan

Northern Section Quarter Final

7 January 1996	Carlisle United	5 – 0	Burnley	Brunton Park, Carlisle Attendance: 5,169

References

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