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	Danny 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	Danny 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

Crewe Alexandra v Burnley

6 August 2005 1	Crewe Alexandra	2–1	Burnley	Crewe
15:00	B. Jones 44' Vaughan 89'	(Report)	Noel-Williams 67'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 8,006 Referee: C Webster

Burnley v Sheffield United

9 August 2005 2	Burnley	1–2	Sheffield United	Burnley
19:45	Akinbiyi 72'	(Report)	Shipperley 5' Morgan 40'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 11,802 Referee: M Halsey

Burnley v Coventry City

13 August 2005 3	Burnley	4–0	Coventry City	Burnley
15:00	G. O'Connor 28' Thomas 37' Akinbiyi 87' 90'	(Report)		Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 11,683 Referee: N Miller

Watford v Burnley

20 August 2005 4	Watford	3–1	Burnley	Watford
15:00	King 11' Mahon 30' Spring 83'	(Report)	G. O'Connor 16' (pen.)	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 16,802 Referee: M Messias

Burnley v Derby County

27 August 2005 5	Burnley	2–2	Derby County	Burnley
15:00	Akinbiyi 46' Noel-Williams 53'	(Report)	Idiakez 30' Rasiak 90'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 12,243 Referee: G Laws

Reading v Burnley

29 August 2005 6	Reading	2–1	Burnley	Reading
15:00	Lita 7' Doyle 70'	(Report)	Akinbiyi 42'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 14,027 Referee: R Olivier

Burnley v Cardiff City

10 September 2005 7	Burnley	3–3	Cardiff City	Burnley
15:00	Elliott 1' 23' J. O'Connor 89'	(Report)	Jerome 8' Loovens 45' Purse 72' (pen.)	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 10,431 Referee: P Walton

Preston North End v Burnley

13 September 2005 8	Preston North End	0–0	Burnley	Preston
19:45		(Report)		Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 17,139 Referee: D Gallagher

Plymouth Argyle v Burnley

17 September 2005 9	Plymouth Argyle	1–0	Burnley	Plymouth
15:00	Evans 46'	(Report)		Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 11,829 Referee: K Stroud

Burnley v Brighton & Hove Albion

24 September 2005 10	Burnley	1–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Burnley
15:00	G. O'Connor 34' (pen.)	(Report)	McShane 25'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 11,112 Referee: E Ilderton

Burnley v Ipswich Town

27 September 2005 11	Burnley	3–0	Ipswich Town	Burnley
19:45	J. O'Connor 23' G. O'Connor 72' McCann 87'	(Report)		Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 10,496 Referee: M Pike

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Burnley

30 September 2005 12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	Burnley	Wolverhampton
19:45		(Report)	G. O'Connor 23'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 21,747 Referee: S Tanner

Burnley v Leeds United

15 October 2005 13	Burnley	1–2	Leeds United	Burnley
12:30	G. O'Connor 60' (pen.)	(Report)	Lewis 71' Hulse 75'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 16,174 Referee: M Dean

Leicester City v Burnley

18 October 2005 14	Leicester City	0–1	Burnley	Leicester
19:45		(Report)	Akinbiyi 64'	Stadium: Walkers Stadium Attendance: 23,326 Referee: L Probert

Crystal Palace v Burnley

22 October 2005 15	Crystal Palace	2–0	Burnley	London
15:00	Morrison 38' Freedman 78'	(Report)		Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 20,127 Referee: M Thorpe

Burnley v Hull City

28 October 2005 16	Burnley	1–0	Hull City	Burnley
19:45	Akinbiyi 29'	(Report)		Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 11,701 Referee: P Dowd

Burnley v Millwall

1 November 2005 17	Burnley	2–1	Millwall	Burnley
19:45	Dyer 76' Elliott 80'	(Report)	Wright 1'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 10,698 Referee: R Beeby

Luton Town v Burnley

5 November 2005 18	Luton Town	2–3	Burnley	Luton
15:00	Howard 43' Feeney 60'	(Report)	Akinbiyi 15' 31' 54' (pen.)	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 8,518 Referee: P Melin

Burnley v Leicester City

19 November 2005 19	Burnley	1–0	Leicester City	Burnley
15:00	Spicer 40'	(Report)		Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 12,592 Referee: M Messias

Leeds United v Burnley

22 November 2005 20	Leeds United	2–0	Burnley	Leeds
19:45	Healy 55' (pen.) Blake 70'	(Report)		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 21,318 Referee: A Bates

Burnley v Crewe Alexandra

26 November 2005 21	Burnley	3–0	Crewe Alexandra	Burnley
15:00	Spicer 27' 68' Dyer 72'	(Report)		Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 11,151 Referee: L Probert

Southampton v Burnley

3 December 2005 22	Southampton	1–1	Burnley	Southampton
15:00	Higginbotham 34' (pen.)	(Report)	Akinbiyi 66'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 21,592 Referee: B Curson

Sheffield United v Burnley

10 December 2005 23	Sheffield United	3–0	Burnley	Sheffield
15:00	Shipperley 29' 81' Webber 34'	(Report)		Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 23,118 Referee: C Webster

Burnley v Watford

17 December 2005 24	Burnley	4–1	Watford	Burnley
15:00	Branch 32' Harley 42' 77' (pen.) J. O'Connor 79'	(Report)	King 62'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 13,815 Referee: E Ilderton

Burnley v Stoke City

26 December 2005 25	Burnley	1–0	Stoke City	Burnley
15:00	Akinbiyi 56'	(Report)		Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 17,912 Referee: N Miller

Norwich City v Burnley

28 December 2005 26	Norwich City	2–1	Burnley	Norwich
19:45	Charlton 16' Huckerby 39'	(Report)	Safri 73' (og.)	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 25,204 Referee: C Penton

Burnley v Sheffield Wednesday

31 December 2005 27	Burnley	1–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Burnley
13:00	G. O'Connor 84' (pen.)	(Report)	Eagles 5' Coughlan 56'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 14,607 Referee: A Woolmer

Queens Park Rangers v Burnley

2 January 2006 28	Queens Park Rangers	1–1	Burnley	London
15:00	Ainsworth 45'	(Report)	McCann 10'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 12,565 Referee: K Stroud

Cardiff City v Burnley

14 January 2006 29	Cardiff City	3–0	Burnley	Cardiff
15:00	Thompson 58' 60' Koumas 63'	(Report)		Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,872 Referee: D Drysdale

Burnley v Preston North End

21 January 2006 30	Burnley	0–2	Preston North End	Burnley
15:00		(Report)	Nugent 13' Alexander 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 17,220 Referee: P Taylor

Brighton & Hove Albion v Burnley

31 January 2006 31	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–0	Burnley	Brighton
19:45		(Report)		Stadium: Withdean Stadium Attendance: 6,267 Referee: K Wright

Burnley v Plymouth Argyle

4 February 2006 32	Burnley	1–0	Plymouth Argyle	Burnley
15:00	Ricketts 24'	(Report)		Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 11,292 Referee: T Kettle

Ipswich Town v Burnley

11 February 2006 33	Ipswich Town	2–1	Burnley	Ipswich
15:00	Lee 62' Richards 83' (pen.)	(Report)	Ricketts 45'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 24,482 Referee: D Deadman

Burnley v Wolverhampton Wanderers

14 February 2006 34	Burnley	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Burnley
19:45		(Report)	Ince 15'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 11,056 Referee: C Oliver

Coventry City v Burnley

25 February 2006 35	Coventry City	1–0	Burnley	Coventry
15:00	Adebola 54'	(Report)		Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 19,641 Referee: E Ilderton

Burnley v Reading

4 March 2006 36	Burnley	0–3	Reading	Burnley
15:00		(Report)	Convey 10' Sonko 55' Kitson 90'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 12,888 Referee: M Jones

Derby County v Burnley

11 March 2006 37	Derby County	3–0	Burnley	Derby
15:00	Smith 19' Idiakez 29' Moore 34'	(Report)		Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 23,292 Referee: P Joslin

Stoke City v Burnley

18 March 2006 38	Stoke City	1–0	Burnley	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00	Gallagher 52'	(Report)		Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 12,082 Referee: M Fletcher

Burnley v Norwich City

24 March 2006 39	Burnley	2–0	Norwich City	Burnley
19:45	Gray 18' Branch 51'	(Report)		Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 11,938 Referee: C Webster

Burnley v Southampton

28 March 2006 40	Burnley	1–1	Southampton	Burnley
19:45	Gray 9'	(Report)	Bardsley 1' (o.g.)	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 10,636 Referee: A Marriner

Sheffield Wednesday v Burnley

1 April 2006 41	Sheffield Wednesday	0–0	Burnley	Sheffield
15:00		(Report)		Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 24,485 Referee: G Laws

Burnley v Queens Park Rangers

8 April 2006 42	Burnley	1–0	Queens Park Rangers	Burnley
15:00	Gray 79'	(Report)		Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 11,247 Referee: R Oliver

Hull City v Burnley

15 April 2006 43	Hull City	0–0	Burnley	Kingston upon Hull
15:00		(Report)		Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 19,926 Referee: D Drysdale

Burnley v Crystal Palace

17 April 2006 44	Burnley	0–0	Crystal Palace	Burnley
15:00		(Report)		Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 11,449 Referee: M Dean

Millwall v Burnley

22 April 2006 45	Millwall	1–0	Burnley	London
15:00	Williams 45'	(Report)		Stadium: The New Den Attendance: 7,780 Referee: C Penton

Burnley v Luton Town

30 April 2006 46	Burnley	1–1	Luton Town	Burnley
13:30	Lafferty 78'	(Report)	Vine 42'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 12,473 Referee: R Booth

Final league position

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
15	Ipswich Town	46	14	14	18	53	66	−13	56
16	Leicester City	46	13	15	18	51	59	−8	54
17	Burnley	46	14	12	20	46	54	−8	54
18	Hull City	46	12	16	18	49	55	−6	52
19	Sheffield Wednesday	46	13	13	20	39	52	−13	52

Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2011. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

League Cup

Burnley v Carlisle United

23 August 2005 R1	Burnley	2–1	Carlisle United	Burnley
7:45pm	Duff 52' Akinbiyi 90'	(Report)	Murray 74'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 5,114 Referee: S Mathieson

Burnley v Barnsley

20 September 2005 R2	Burnley	3–0	Barnsley	Burnley
7:45pm	Lowe 28' Akinbiyi 52' Spicer 59'	(Report)		Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 4,501 Referee: A Penn

Aston Villa v Burnley

25 October 2005 R3	Aston Villa	1–0	Burnley	Birmingham
7:45pm	Phillips 22'	(Report)		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 26,872 Referee: U Rennie

FA Cup

Derby County v Burnley

7 January 2006 R3	Derby County	2–1	Burnley	Derby
3:00pm	Peschisolido 18', 67'	(Report)	G. O'Connor 29'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 12,713 Referee: M Jones

References