1998–99 Burnley F.C. season

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Burnley 1998–99 football season

Burnley

1998–99 season

Chairman

Frank Teasdale

Manager

15th

1st Round

1st Round

Football League Trophy

1st Round

Top goalscorer

League: Andy Payton (20)
All: Andy Payton (23)

Highest home attendance

17,251 v Manchester City
(9 March 1999)

Lowest home attendance

5,453 v Bury
(18 August 1998)

Average home league attendance

10,109

Home colours

← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	DF	ENG	Gordon Armstrong	40	1	40+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Steve Blatherwick	5	0	3+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Graham Branch	20	1	14+6	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Chris Brass	38	0	33+1	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	FW	ENG	Colin Carr-Lawton	7	0	2+2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	ENG	Paul Cook (on loan)	12	1	12+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Andy Cooke	38	10	36+0	9	1+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	SCO	Tom Cowan (on loan)	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Tom Cowan	11	0	11+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	ENG	Paul Crichton (on loan)	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	ENG	Paul Crichton	29	0	28+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	ENG	Steve Davis	19	4	19+0	4	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Michael Devenney	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	FW	ENG	Phil Eastwood	15	1	6+7	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	ENG	Mark Ford	14	0	11+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
	MF	ENG	Paul Graham	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Kevin Henderson	10	1	0+7	1	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	MF	ENG	Matthew Hewlett (on loan)	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	ENG	Matthew Heywood	15	0	11+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	ENG	Lee Howey	5	0	3+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Ronnie Jepson	17	1	3+12	1	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Lenny Johnrose	12	1	9+3	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	NOR	Frank-Petter Kval	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Glen Little	37	5	32+2	5	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	ENG	Craig Mawson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Brad Maylett	18	0	0+17	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	SCO	Micky Mellon	20	2	20+0	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Neil Moore	14	0	10+2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Steve Morgan	20	0	17+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	John O'Kane (on loan)	8	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	ENG	Tony Parks	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Andy Payton	42	23	39+1	20	1+0	1	1+0	2	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Ally Pickering	21	1	21+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Brian Reid	33	3	30+1	3	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	AUS	Mark Robertson	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Chris Scott	15	0	9+5	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Paul Smith	14	0	11+1	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Carl Smith	11	0	5+5	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Peter Swan	17	0	11+6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	NOR	Rune Vindheim	10	2	8+0	2	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	GK	ENG	Gavin Ward (on loan)	17	0	17+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Paul Weller	2	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Mike Williams	3	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	John Williamson	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	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	Ronnie Jepson	Oldham Athletic	Free	1 July 1998
GK	Paul Crichton	West Bromwich Albion	Loan	7 August 1998
GK	Paul Crichton	West Bromwich Albion	Loan	12 August 1998
GK	Gavin Ward	Bolton Wanderers	Loan	15 August 1998
DF	Gordon Armstrong	Bury	£40k	28 August 1998
DF	Peter Swan	Bury	Free	28 August 1998
DF	John O'Kane	Everton	Loan	23 October 1998
GK	Paul Crichton	West Bromwich Albion	£100k	18 November 1998
MF	Matthew Hewlett	Bristol City	Loan	26 November 1998
DF	Ally Pickering	Stoke City	Free	17 December 1998
DF	Steve Davis	Luton Town	£750k	30 December 1998
FW	Graham Branch	Stockport County	Free	1 January 1999
MF	Micky Mellon	Tranmere Rovers	£350k	8 January 1999
MF	Lenny Johnrose	Bury	£225k	12 February 1999
MF	Paul Cook	Stockport County	Loan	12 March 1999
DF	Tom Cowan	Huddersfield Town	Loan	12 March 1999
DF	Tom Cowan	Huddersfield Town	£20k	16 March 1999

Out

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

Matches

Second Division

8 August 1998

Burnley	2 – 1	Bristol Rovers
Payton 2' 31'	(Report)	Cureton 8'

Turf Moor, BurnleyAttendance: 11,781Referee: J Kirkby

15 August 1998

Chesterfield	1 – 0	Burnley
Reeves 89' (pen.)	(Report)

Saltergate, ChesterfieldAttendance: 5,426Referee: M Jones

22 August 1998

Burnley	0 – 1	York City
	(Report)	Connelly 32'

Turf Moor, BurnleyAttendance: 9,715Referee: A Bates

29 August 1998

Walsall	3 – 1	Burnley
Brissett 34' Wrack 88' 90' (pen.)	(Report)	Armstrong 69'

Bescot Stadium, WalsallAttendance: 4,599Referee: M Dean

1 September 1998

Burnley	2 – 1	Millwall
Cooke 21' 30'	(Report)	Shaw 88'

Turf Moor, BurnleyAttendance: 8,526Referee: D Pugh

5 September 1998

Luton Town	1 – 0	Burnley
Douglas 47'	(Report)

Kenilworth Road, LutonAttendance: 5,554Referee: K Leach

9 September 1998

Reading	1 – 1	Burnley
Williams 28'	(Report)	Payton 76'

Madejski Stadium, ReadingAttendance: 10,080Referee: P Danson

12 September 1998

Burnley	1 – 1	Wycombe Wanderers
Payton 6'	(Report)	Stallard 37'

Turf Moor, BurnleyAttendance: 9,120Referee: M Pike

19 September 1998

Gillingham	2 – 1	Burnley
Galloway 11' Taylor 86'	(Report)	Payton 31'

Priestfield, GillinghamAttendance: 5,702Referee: A Butler

26 September 1998

Burnley	1 – 1	Wigan Athletic
Reid 68'	(Report)	McGibbon 90'

Turf Moor, BurnleyAttendance: 10,183Referee: G Frankland

3 October 1998

Manchester City	2 – 2	Burnley
Goater 8' Allsopp 85'	(Report)	Payton 34' Cooke 54'

Maine Road, ManchesterAttendance: 30,722 (3,132 away)Referee: R Furnandiz

9 October 1998

Colchester United	0 – 4	Burnley
	(Report)	Payton 2' 11' Vindheim 50' Cooke 72'

Layer Road, ColchesterAttendance: 5,532Referee: D Crick

17 October 1998

Burnley	1 – 1	Notts County
Vindheim 90'	(Report)	Pearce 8'

Turf Moor, BurnleyAttendance: 10,559Referee: M Warren

20 October 1998

Burnley	1 – 0	Oldham Athletic
Cooke 64'	(Report)

Turf Moor, BurnleyAttendance: 9,539Referee: G Frankland

24 October 1998

Macclesfield Town	2 – 1	Burnley
Sedgemore 18' Smith 84'	(Report)	Little 71'

Moss Rose, BurnleyAttendance: 3,995Referee: A Hall

31 October 1998

Burnley	2 – 1	Wrexham
Payton 29' 55'	(Report)	Ridler 46'

Turf Moor, BurnleyAttendance: 10,109Referee: M Fletcher

7 November 1998

Preston North End	4 – 1	Burnley
Rankine 23' Nogan 46' Eyres 49' Byfield 57'	(Report)	Eastwood 15'

Deepdale, PrestonAttendance: 15,888Referee: E Lomas

10 November 1998

Burnley	0 – 2	Stoke City
	(Report)	Lightbourne 47' Thorne 62'

Turf Moor, BurnleyAttendance: 10,575Referee: G Laws

21 November 1998

Bournemouth	5 – 0	Burnley
Warren 55' Robinson 60' (pen.) 69' Stein 74' 89'	(Report)

Dean Court, BournemouthAttendance: 5,907Referee: J Brandwood

28 November 1998

Burnley	1 – 0	Blackpool
Payton 67' (pen.)	(Report)

Turf Moor, BurnleyAttendance: 11,925Referee: P Rejer

12 December 1998

Fulham	4 – 0	Burnley
Morgan 27' 38' Hayles 57' Peschisolido 73'	(Report)

Craven Cottage, LondonAttendance: 9,983Referee: R Olivier

19 December 1998

Burnley	0 – 2	Northampton Town
	(Report)	Wilkinson 71' Corazzin 81'

Turf Moor, BurnleyAttendance: 8,783Referee: A Hall

26 December 1998

York City	3 – 3	Burnley
Hall 54' Rowe 61' 72'	(Report)	Payton 23' 87' Robertson 58'

Bootham Crescent, YorkAttendance: 5,630Referee: S Mathieson

28 December 1998

Burnley	1 – 1	Lincoln City
Henderson 81'	(Report)	Finnigan 72'

Turf Moor, BurnleyAttendance: 9,635Referee: P Dowd

2 January 1999

Burnley	0 – 0	Walsall
	(Report)

Turf Moor, BurnleyAttendance: 10,892Referee: T Jones

9 January 1999

Bristol Rovers	3 – 4	Burnley
Cureton 24' Roberts 35' Lee 45'	(Report)	Davis 15' Branch 30' Payton 44' Cooke 54'

Memorial Stadium, BristolAttendance: 7,129Referee: A Wiley

16 January 1999

Burnley	1 – 2	Chesterfield
Cooke 86'	(Report)	Pickering 30' (o.g) Beaumont 65'

Turf Moor, BurnleyAttendance: 10,985Referee: S Mathieson

23 January 1999

Millwall	1 – 2	Burnley
Sadlier 86'	(Report)	Cooke 11' Davis 80'

The New Den, LondonAttendance: 7,407Referee: M Fletcher

30 January 1999

Lincoln City	1 – 1	Burnley
Gordon 32'	(Report)	Reid 66'

Sincil Bank, LincolnAttendance: 6,361Referee: B Burns

6 February 1999

Burnley	1 – 2	Luton Town
Mellon 29'	(Report)	Fotiadis 34' Doherty 87'

Turf Moor, BurnleyAttendance: 10,285Referee: P Walton

13 February 1999

Burnley	1 – 1	Reading
Reid 9'	(Report)	Caskey 54'

Turf Moor, BurnleyAttendance: 9,366Referee: K Lynch

20 February 1999

Wycombe Wanderers	2 – 0	Burnley
Simpson 51' Scott 52'	(Report)

Adams Park, WycombeAttendance: 5,195Referee: B Coddington

27 February 1999

Burnley	0 – 5	Gillingham
	(Report)	Taylor 14' 27' 41' 43' (pen.) 48'

Turf Moor, BurnleyAttendance: 8,981Referee: T Heilbron

9 March 1999

Burnley	0 – 6	Manchester City
	(Report)	Horlock 17' Morrison 41' Goater 50' 59' 65' Allsopp 82'

Turf Moor, BurnleyAttendance: 17,251Referee: J Kirkby

14 March 1999

Burnley	0 – 1	Preston North End
	(Report)	Nogan 61'

Turf Moor, BurnleyAttendance: 11,561Referee: C Wilkes

20 March 1999

Wrexham	1 – 1	Burnley
Brammer 14'	(Report)	Mellon 75'

Racecourse Ground, WrexhamAttendance: 4,151Referee: M Warren

28 March 1999

Burnley	4 – 3	Macclesfield Town
Little 17' Davis 57' 90' Payton 79'	(Report)	Durkan 9' 63' Askey 14'

Turf Moor, BurnleyAttendance: 10,500Referee: D Laws

3 April 1999

Notts County	0 – 0	Burnley
	(Report)

Meadow Lane, NottinghamAttendance: 6,625Referee: A D'Urso

5 April 1999

Burnley	3 – 1	Colchester United
Johnrose 57' Payton 82' 89'	(Report)	Gregory 26'

Turf Moor, BurnleyAttendance: 10,747Referee: G Cain

10 April 1999

Oldham Athletic	1 – 1	Burnley
Tipton 37'	(Report)	Payton 52'

Boundary Park, OldhamAttendance: 8,542Referee: R Pearson

13 April 1999

Blackpool	0 – 2	Burnley
	(Report)	Payton 26' Little 57'

Bloomfield Road, BlackpoolAttendance: 5,658Referee: K Leach

17 April 1999

Burnley	0 – 0	Bournemouth
	(Report)

Turf Moor, BurnleyAttendance: 9,802Referee: E Lomas

24 April 1999

Stoke City	1 – 4	Burnley
Crowe 31'	(Report)	Pickering 5' Payton 11' Little 68' 90'

Britannia Stadium, Stoke-on-TrentAttendance: 10,965Referee: D Crick

1 May 1999

Burnley	1 – 0	Fulham
Jepson 82'	(Report)

Turf Moor, BurnleyAttendance: 13,086Referee: P Rejer

3 May 1999

Wigan Athletic	0 – 0	Burnley
	(Report)

Springfield Park, WiganAttendance: 5,528Referee: B Burns

8 May 1999

Northampton Town	2 – 2	Burnley
Savage 7' Howey 80'	(Report)	Cook 69' (pen.) Cooke 88'

Sixfields Stadium, NorthamptonAttendance: 7,435Referee: A Butler

Final league position

Pos	Team v t e	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:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference

League Cup

1st round first leg

11 August 1998

Bury	1 – 1	Burnley
Matthews 17'	(Report)	Cooke 29'

Gigg Lane, BuryAttendance: 3,927Referee: G Cain

1st round second leg

18 August 1998

Burnley	1 – 4	Bury
Payton 42'	(Report)	D'Jaffo 45' Daws 51' Armstrong 70' Matthews 78'

Turf Moor, BurnleyAttendance: 5,453Referee: C Foy

FA Cup

1st round

17 November 1998

Darlington	3 – 2	Burnley
Atkinson 81' Dorner 87' Barnard 90'	(Report)	Payton 37' 55' (pen.)

Riverside Stadium, MiddlesbroughAttendance: 5,059Referee: B Coddington

Football League Trophy

Northern Section 1st round

8 December 1998

Burnley	0 – 1	Preston North End
	(Report)	Macken 57'

Turf Moor, BurnleyAttendance: 3,366Referee: D Pugh

References

Simpson (2007), p. 450

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1998–99 in English football

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National teams

UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying (Qualification Group 5)
Glenn Hoddle
Howard Wilkinson (caretaker)
Kevin Keegan

League competitions

Level 1	Premier League
Levels 2–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, play-offs)
Level 5	Football Conference
Levels 6–7	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (Premier, One) Southern League (Premier, Midland, Southern)
Levels 8–9	Isthmian League (Two, Three) Eastern Counties League (Premier, One) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 8 only) Midland Alliance (level 8 only) Midland Football Combination (level 9 only) North West Counties League (One, Two) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) Wessex League (level 8 only) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 9 only) Western League (Premier, One)
Lower leagues	Combined Counties League Essex Senior League Spartan South Midlands League

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase
Football League cups	League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final)

European competitions

Club seasons
Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Charlton Athletic Chelsea Coventry City Derby County Everton Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wimbledon
First Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Bolton Wanderers Bradford City Bristol City Bury Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Norwich City Oxford United Port Vale Portsmouth Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Stockport County Sunderland Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Watford West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Bournemouth Blackpool Bristol Rovers Burnley Chesterfield Colchester United Fulham Gillingham Lincoln City Luton Town Macclesfield Town Manchester City Millwall Northampton Town Notts County Oldham Athletic Preston North End Reading Stoke City Walsall Wigan Athletic Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers York City
Third Division	Barnet Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Cambridge United Cardiff City Carlisle United Chester City Darlington Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hull City Leyton Orient Mansfield Town Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Rochdale Rotherham United Scarborough Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swansea City Torquay United

List of transfers

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