2005–06 Burnley F.C. season

Burnley

2005–06 season
Chairman	Barry Kilby
Manager	Steve Cotterill
Championship	17th
League Cup	3rd Round
FA Cup	3rd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Ade Akinbiyi (12) All: Ade Akinbiyi (14)
Highest home attendance	17,912 v Stoke City (26 December 2005)
Lowest home attendance	4,501 v Barnsley (20 September 2005)
Average home league attendance	11,849

The 2005-06 season was Burnley's 6th season in the second tier of English football. They were managed by Steve Cotterill in his second full season since he replaced Stan Ternent at the beginning of the 2004–05 season.

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		League Cup		FA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	WAL	Danny Coyne	10	0	7+1	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Wayne Thomas	19	1	12+4	1	2+0	0	0+1	0
3	DF	USA	Daniel Karbassiyoon	6	0	0+5	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
4	DF	ENG	John McGreal	37	0	33+2	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
5	DF	JAM	Frank Sinclair	40	0	36+1	0	1+1	0	1+0	0
6	DF	NIR	Michael Duff	45	1	39+2	0	3+0	1	1+0	0
7	MF	IRL	James O'Connor	50	3	46+0	3	3+0	0	1+0	0
8	MF	JAM	Micah Hyde	44	0	39+2	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
9	DF	ENG	Graham Branch	40	2	29+8	2	2+0	0	0+1	0
10	FW	NGA	Ade Akinbiyi	33	14	29+0	12	3+0	2	1+0	0
10	FW	ENG	Michael Ricketts (on loan)	13	2	12+1	2	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	MF	ENG	Wade Elliott	38	3	23+13	3	1+0	0	1+0	0
12	GK	DEN	Brian Jensen	41	0	38+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
13	GK	ENG	Mark Crossley	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF	IRL	Garreth O'Connor	33	8	26+3	7	3+0	0	1+0	1
15	FW	ENG	Gifton Noel-Williams	32	2	17+12	2	1+2	0	0+0	0
16	MF	IRL	Chris McCann	27	2	15+8	2	2+1	0	1+0	0
17	FW	NIR	Kyle Lafferty	12	1	3+8	1	0+1	0	0+0	0
18	FW	IRL	Karl Bermingham (on loan)	4	0	1+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF	ENG	Nathan Dyer (on loan)	5	2	4+1	2	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	DF	ENG	Phil Bardsley (on loan)	6	0	6+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	MF	ENG	John Spicer	37	3	22+12	3	2+1	0	0+0	0
20	DF	ENG	Keith Lowe (on loan)	18	1	10+6	0	2+0	1	0+0	0
20	FW	SCO	Andy Gray (on loan)	9	3	9+0	3	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	DF	ENG	Jon Harley	44	2	41+0	2	2+0	0	1+0	0
21	FW	NIR	Paul McVeigh (on loan)	8	3	6+2	3	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	DF	ENG	Duane Courtney	8	0	1+6	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
23	GK	ENG	Lee Grant (on loan)	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF	IRL	Alan Mahon (on loan)	8	0	7+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	MF	ENG	Marc Pugh	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	DF	IRL	Martin Reilly	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	MF	ENG	Mark Yates	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Transfers

In

#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date
11	MF	Wade Elliott	Bournemouth	Free	16 May 2005
14	MF	Garreth O'Connor	Bournemouth	Free	16 May 2005
2	DF	Wayne Thomas	Stoke City	Free	1 June 2005
15	FW	Gifton Noel-Williams	Stoke City	Free	14 June 2005
3	DF	Daniel Karbassiyoon	Arsenal	Free	30 June 2005
22	DF	Duane Courtney	Telford United	£25k	1 August 2005
18	FW	Karl Bermingham	Manchester City	Loan	17 August 2005
20	DF	Keith Lowe	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Loan	26 August 2005
19	MF	John Spicer	Bournemouth	£35k	27 August 2005
21	DF	Jon Harley	Sheffield United	Loan	27 August 2005
21	DF	Jon Harley	Sheffield United	£75k	30 August 2005
18	MF	Nathan Dyer	Southampton	Loan	28 October 2005
23	GK	Lee Grant	Derby County	Loan	15 November 2005
10	FW	Michael Ricketts	Leeds United	Loan	30 January 2006
18	DF	Phil Bardsley	Manchester United	Loan	16 March 2006
20	FW	Andy Gray	Sunderland	Loan	16 March 2006
18	MF	Alan Mahon	Wigan Athletic	Loan	23 March 2006

Out

#	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date
	DF	Joel Pilkington	Hyde United	Released	9 May 2005
	MF	Tony Grant	Bristol City	Released	9 May 2005
	DF	Paul Scott		Retired	9 May 2006
	MF	Jean-Louis Valois	Al-Khaleej	Released	9 May 2006
	FW	Cayne Hanley		Released	31 May 2006
	DF	Mohammed Camara	Celtic	Free	22 June 2005
	DF	Lee Roche	Wrexham	Free	6 July 2005
	MF	Matthew O'Neill	Accrington Stanley	Free	25 July 2005
	MF	John Oster	Reading	Free	2 August 2005
25	MF	Marc Pugh	Kidderminster Harriers	Loan	10 November 2005
17	FW	Kyle Lafferty	Darlington	Loan	7 January 2006
10	FW	Ade Akinbiyi	Sheffield United	£1.75m	10 January 2006
25	MF	Marc Pugh	Bury	Free	23 March 2006
15	FW	Gifton Noel-Williams	Brighton & Hove Albion	Loan	23 March 2006

Matches

Championship

6 August 2005
3:00pm

Crewe Alexandra	2 – 1	Burnley
B. Jones 44' Vaughan 89'	(Report)	Noel-Williams 67'

Gresty Road, Crewe

Attendance: 8,006

Referee: C Webster

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9 August 2005
7:45pm

Burnley	1 – 2	Sheffield United
Akinbiyi 72'	(Report)	Shipperley 5' Morgan 40'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 11,802

Referee: M Halsey

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13 August 2005
3:00pm

Burnley	4 – 0	Coventry City
G. O'Connor 28' Thomas 37' Akinbiyi 87' 90'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 11,683

Referee: N Miller

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20 August 2005
3:00pm

Watford	3 – 1	Burnley
King 11' Mahon 30' Spring 83'	(Report)	G. O'Connor 16' (pen.)

Vicarage Road, Watford

Attendance: 16,802

Referee: M Messias

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27 August 2005
3:00pm

Burnley	2 – 2	Derby County
Akinbiyi 46' Noel-Williams 53'	(Report)	Idiakez 30' Rasiak 90'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 12,243

Referee: G Laws

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29 August 2005
3:00pm

Reading	2 – 1	Burnley
Lita 7' Doyle 70'	(Report)	Akinbiyi 42'

Madejski Stadium, Reading

Attendance: 14,027

Referee: R Olivier

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10 September 2005
3:00pm

Burnley	3 – 3	Cardiff City
Elliott 1' 23' J. O'Connor 89'	(Report)	Jerome 8' Loovens 45' Purse 72' (pen.)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 10,431

Referee: P Walton

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13 September 2005
7:45pm

Preston North End	0 – 0	Burnley
	(Report)

Deepdale, Preston

Attendance: 17,139

Referee: D Gallagher

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17 September 2005
3:00pm

Plymouth Argyle	1 – 0	Burnley
Evans 46'	(Report)

Home Park, Plymouth

Attendance: 11,829

Referee: K Stroud

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24 September 2005
3:00pm

Burnley	1 – 1	Brighton & Hove Albion
G. O'Connor 34' (pen.)	(Report)	McShane 25'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 11,112

Referee: E Ilderton

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27 September 2005
7:45pm

Burnley	3 – 0	Ipswich Town
J. O'Connor 23' G. O'Connor 72' McCann 87'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 10,496

Referee: M Pike

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30 September 2005
7:45pm

Wolverhampton Wanderers	0 – 1	Burnley
	(Report)	G. O'Connor 23'

Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton

Attendance: 21,747

Referee: S Tanner

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15 October 2005
12:30pm

Burnley	1 – 2	Leeds United
G. O'Connor 60' (pen.)	(Report)	Lewis 71' Hulse 75'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 16,174

Referee: M Dean

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18 October 2005
7:45pm

Leicester City	0 – 1	Burnley
	(Report)	Akinbiyi 64'

Walkers Stadium, Leicester

Attendance: 23,326

Referee: L Probert

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22 October 2005
3:00pm

Crystal Palace	2 – 0	Burnley
Morrison 38' Freedman 78'	(Report)

Selhurst Park, London

Attendance: 20,127

Referee: M Thorpe

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28 October 2005
7:45pm

Burnley	1 – 0	Hull City
Akinbiyi 29'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 11,701

Referee: P Dowd

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1 November 2005
7:45pm

Burnley	2 – 1	Millwall
Dyer 76' Elliott 80'	(Report)	Wright 1'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 10,698

Referee: R Beeby

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5 November 2005
3:00pm

Luton Town	2 – 3	Burnley
Howard 43' Feeney 60'	(Report)	Akinbiyi 15' 31' 54' (pen.)

Kenilworth Road, Luton

Attendance: 8,518

Referee: P Melin

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19 November 2005
3:00pm

Burnley	1 – 0	Leicester City
Spicer 40'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 12,592

Referee: M Messias

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22 November 2005
7:45pm

Leeds United	2 – 0	Burnley
Healy 55' (pen.) Blake 70'	(Report)

Elland Road, Leeds

Attendance: 21,318

Referee: A Bates

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26 November 2005
3:00pm

Burnley	3 – 0	Crewe Alexandra
Spicer 27' 68' Dyer 72'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 11,151

Referee: L Probert

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3 December 2005
3:00pm

Southampton	1 – 1	Burnley
Higginbotham 34' (pen.)	(Report)	Akinbiyi 66'

St Mary's Stadium, Southampton

Attendance: 21,592

Referee: B Curson

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10 December 2005
3:00pm

Sheffield United	3 – 0	Burnley
Shipperley 29' 81' Webber 34'	(Report)

Bramall Lane, Sheffield

Attendance: 23,118

Referee: C Webster

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17 December 2005
3:00pm

Burnley	4 – 1	Watford
Branch 32' Harley 42' 77' (pen.) J. O'Connor 79'	(Report)	King 62'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 13,815

Referee: E Ilderton

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26 December 2005
3:00pm

Burnley	1 – 0	Stoke City
Akinbiyi 56'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 17,912

Referee: N Miller

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28 December 2005
7:45pm

Norwich City	2 – 1	Burnley
Charlton 16' Huckerby 39'	(Report)	Safri 73' (og.)

Carrow Road, Norwich

Attendance: 25,204

Referee: C Penton

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31 December 2005
1:00pm

Burnley	1 – 2	Sheffield Wednesday
G. O'Connor 84' (pen.)	(Report)	Eagles 5' Coughlan 56'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 14,607

Referee: A Woolmer

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2 January 2006
3:00pm

Queens Park Rangers	1 – 1	Burnley
Ainsworth 45'	(Report)	McCann 10'

Loftus Road, London

Attendance: 12,565

Referee: K Stroud

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14 January 2006
3:00pm

Cardiff City	3 – 0	Burnley
Thompson 58' 60' Koumas 63'	(Report)

Ninian Park, Cardiff

Attendance: 10,872

Referee: D Drysdale

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21 January 2006
3:00pm

Burnley	0 – 2	Preston North End
	(Report)	Nugent 13' Alexander 86' (pen.)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 17,220

Referee: P Taylor

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31 January 2006
7:45pm

Brighton & Hove Albion	0 – 0	Burnley
	(Report)

Withdean Stadium, Brighton

Attendance: 6,267

Referee: K Wright

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4 February 2006
3:00pm

Burnley	1 – 0	Plymouth Argyle
Ricketts 24'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 11,292

Referee: T Kettle

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11 February 2006
3:00pm

Ipswich Town	2 – 1	Burnley
Lee 62' Richards 83' (pen.)	(Report)	Ricketts 45'

Portman Road, Ipswich

Attendance: 24,482

Referee: D Deadman

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14 February 2006
7:45pm

Burnley	0 – 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
	(Report)	Ince 15'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 11,056

Referee: C Oliver

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25 February 2006
3:00pm

Coventry City	1 – 0	Burnley
Adebola 54'	(Report)

Ricoh Arena, Coventry

Attendance: 19,641

Referee: E Ilderton

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4 March 2006
3:00pm

Burnley	0 – 3	Reading
	(Report)	Convey 10' Sonko 55' Kitson 90'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 12,888

Referee: M Jones

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11 March 2006
3:00pm

Derby County	3 – 0	Burnley
Smith 19' Idiakez 29' Moore 34'	(Report)

Pride Park Stadium, Derby

Attendance: 23,292

Referee: P Joslin

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18 March 2006
3:00pm

Stoke City	1 – 0	Burnley
Gallagher 52'	(Report)

Britannia Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent

Attendance: 12,082

Referee: M Fletcher

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24 March 2006
7:45pm

Burnley	2 – 0	Norwich City
Gray 18' Branch 51'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 11,938

Referee: C Webster

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28 March 2006
7:45pm

Burnley	1 – 1	Southampton
Gray 9'	(Report)	Bardsley 1' (o.g.)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 10,636

Referee: A Marriner

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1 April 2006
3:00pm

Sheffield Wednesday	0 – 0	Burnley
	(Report)

Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield

Attendance: 24,485

Referee: G Laws

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8 April 2006
3:00pm

Burnley	1 – 0	Queens Park Rangers
Gray 79'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 11,247

Referee: R Oliver

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15 April 2006
3:00pm

Hull City	0 – 0	Burnley
	(Report)

KC Stadium, Kingston upon Hull

Attendance: 19,926

Referee: D Drysdale

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17 April 2006
3:00pm

Burnley	0 – 0	Crystal Palace
	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 11,449

Referee: M Dean

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22 April 2006
3:00pm

Millwall	1 – 0	Burnley
Williams 45'	(Report)

The New Den, London

Attendance: 7,780

Referee: C Penton

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30 April 2006
1:30pm

Burnley	1 – 1	Luton Town
Lafferty 78'	(Report)	Vine 42'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 12,473

Referee: R Booth

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Final league position

Pos	Team	Games played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals for	Goals against	Points
17	Burnley	46	14	12	20	46	54	54

League Cup

1st Round

23 August 2005
7:45pm

Burnley	2 – 1	Carlisle United
Duff 52' Akinbiyi 90'	(Report)	Murray 74'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 5,114

Referee: S Mathieson

2nd Round

20 September 2005
7:45pm

Burnley	3 – 0	Barnsley
Lowe 28' Akinbiyi 52' Spicer 59'	(Report)

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 4,501

Referee: A Penn

3rd Round

25 October 2005
7:45pm

Aston Villa	1 – 0	Burnley
Phillips 22'	(Report)

Villa Park, Birmingham

Attendance: 26,872

Referee: U Rennie

FA Cup

3rd Round

7 January 2006
3:00pm

Derby County	2 – 1	Burnley
Peschisolido 18' 67'	(Report)	G. O'Connor 29'

Pride Park Stadium, Derby

Attendance: 12,713

Referee: M Jones