# 2009–10 Burnley F.C. season

The 2009–10 season marked Burnley's first season in the Premier League and the end of the club's 33-year absence from the top flight of English football.
Burnley became the first newly promoted club to chalk up four successive home victories at the start of a Premier League season. The club ended the season in 18th position, however, and were relegated back to the Championship.
In June 2009 manager Owen Coyle signed a contract extension to remain at the club until the end of the 2012–13 season, but left in January to manage Bolton Wanderers. Eight days later Brian Laws was named as his replacement.

## Team kit

The team kits for the 2009–10 season are produced by Erreà and the shirt sponsor is Cooke Oils. Both the home and away kits have been designed to replicate those worn by the Burnley team of 1960, when they were last crowned the champions of English football 50 years ago. The traditional V-neck claret and blue home jersey features the 50th anniversary logo, is embroidered with the club crest worn in that era and is finished with a claret and blue trim on the neck and sleeves and accompanied by plain white shorts and claret and blue hooped stockings identical to those worn by The Clarets when they won the First Division title. The away jersey is a white shirt with claret and blue trim on the V-neck and sleeves with black shorts and white stockings with claret and blue trim.
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## First-team squad

As of 27 January 2010.

### Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | PER | Diego Penny |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Graham Alexander (vice-captain) |
| 4 | DF | NIR | Michael Duff |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Clarke Carlisle |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Steven Caldwell (captain) |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Kevin McDonald |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Steven Fletcher |
| 10 | FW | NIR | Martin Paterson |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Wade Elliott |
| 12 | GK | DEN | Brian Jensen |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Tyrone Mears |
| 15 | DF | CAN | David Edgar |
| 16 | MF | IRL | Chris McCann |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Richard Eckersley |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Jay Rodriguez (on loan to Barnsley) |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Robbie Blake |
| 21 | DF | CMR | André Bikey |
| 22 | FW | ENG | David Nugent (on loan from Portsmouth) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Stephen Jordan |
| 24 | DF | SCO | Brian Easton (on loan to Hamilton Academical) |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Adam Kay |
| 27 | MF | SCO | Alex MacDonald |
| 28 | DF | IRL | Kevin Long |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Frédéric Nimani |
| 30 | FW | SCO | Steven Thompson |
| 31 | GK | ENG | Nicky Weaver |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Chris Eagles |
| 34 | DF | SCO | Danny Fox |
| 35 | DF | ENG | Chris Lynch |
| 36 | DF | ENG | Nik Kudiersky |
| 37 | MF | ENG | Chris Anderson |
| 38 | MF | ENG | Alex-Ray Harvey |
| 39 | FW | ENG | Wes Fletcher (on loan to Grimsby Town) |
| 40 | DF | ENG | Ben Hoskin |
| 42 | MF | ENG | Jack Cork (on loan from Chelsea) |

## Transfers
### In

| # | Pos | Player | From | Fee | Date |
| 14 | DF | Tyrone Mears | Derby County | £500,000 | 30 June 2009 |
| 9 | FW | Steven Fletcher | Hibernian | £3,000,000 | 30 June 2009 |
| 15 | DF | David Edgar | Newcastle United | Tribunal | 1 July 2009 |
| 24 | DF | Brian Easton | Hamilton Academical | £350,000 | 14 July 2009 |
| 17 | DF | Richard Eckersley | Manchester United | Compensation | 15 July 2009 |
| 32 | MF | Fernando Guerrero | Independiente del Valle | Season-long loan | 6 August 2009 |
| 21 | DF | André Bikey | Reading | Undisclosed | 18 August 2009 |
| 22 | FW | David Nugent | Portsmouth | Six month loan | 1 September 2009 |
| 41 | GK | Jonathan Lund | Grimsby Town | Free | 7 October 2009 |
| 28 | DF | Kevin Long | Cork City | Undisclosed | 26 November 2009 (officially joined club in January) |
| 29 | FW | Frédéric Nimani | AS Monaco | Five-month loan | 22 January 2010 |
| 31 | GK | Nicky Weaver | Dundee United | Free | 27 January 2010 |
| 18 | DF | Leon Cort | Stoke City | £1,500,000 | 27 January 2010 |
| 34 | DF | Danny Fox | Celtic | Undisclosed | 29 January 2010 |
| 22 | FW | David Nugent | Portsmouth | End of season loan | 1 February 2010 |
| 42 | MF | Jack Cork | Chelsea | End of season loan | 1 February 2010 |

### Out

| # | Pos | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| | MF | Steve Jones | Walsall | Released | 1 June 2009 |
| | GK | Gábor Király | 1860 München | Released | 1 June 2009 |
| | MF | Alan Mahon | Tranmere Rovers | Released | 1 June 2009 |
| 27 | MF | Alex MacDonald | Falikirk | Loan | 10 July 2009 |
| 22 | FW | Besart Berisha | Arminia Bielefeld | £75,000 | 5 August 2009 |
| 25 | MF | Adam Kay | Chester City | Loan | 21 August 2009 |
| 35 | DF | Chris Lynch | Chester City | Loan | 21 August 2009 |
| 26 | MF | Remco van der Schaaf | Brøndby | 18-month Loan | 18 January 2010 |
| 39 | FW | Wes Fletcher | Grimsby Town | Loan | 18 January 2010 |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
    Players with names struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
    Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club with Burnley.
    Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | PER | Diego Penny | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | SCO | Graham Alexander | 33 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Christian Kalvenes † | 3 (3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NIR | Michael Duff | 10 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 12 (2) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Clarke Carlisle | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Steven Caldwell | 12 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 (1) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Kevin McDonald | 15 (11) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 (11) | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ISL | Joey Guðjónsson | 1 (9) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 (10) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Steven Fletcher | 35 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 (1) | 3 | 37 (1) | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NIR | Martin Paterson | 17 (6) | 4 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 18 (8) | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Wade Elliott | 34 (4) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 (4) | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | DEN | Brian Jensen | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | JAM | Tyrone Mears | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | CAN | David Edgar | 2 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | IRL | Chris McCann | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Richard Eckersley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | GUY | Leon Cort | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Jay Rodriguez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Robbie Blake | 20 (11) | 2 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 21 (13) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | CMR | André Bikey | 26 (2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 (2) | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ENG | David Nugent * | 20 (10) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 (10) | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Stephen Jordan | 23 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 (2) | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | SCO | Brian Easton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Adam Kay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | NED | Remco van der Schaaf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SCO | Alex MacDonald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | IRL | Kevin Long | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Frédéric Nimani * | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | SCO | Steven Thompson | 1 (19) | 4 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 (20) | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | ENG | Nicky Weaver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ECU | Fernando Guerrero * † | 0 (7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 (7) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Chris Eagles | 20 (14) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 24 (14) | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | SCO | Danny Fox | 13 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 (1) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | ENG | Chris Lynch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | ENG | Nik Kudiersky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | ENG | Chris Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | ENG | Alex-Ray Harvey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | ENG | Wes Fletcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | ENG | Ben Hoskin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | ENG | Jonathan Lund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | ENG | Jack Cork * | 8 (3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 (3) | 1 | 0 | 0 |

## Match details
### Premier League

Premier League match details :
| Date | League position | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 15 August 2009 | 16th | Stoke City | A | L | 0–2 | | 27,385 (2,888 away) |
| 19 August 2009 | 12th | Manchester United | H | W | 1–0 | Blake 19' | 20,872 (2,490 away) |
| 23 August 2009 | 7th | Everton | H | W | 1–0 | Elliott 34' | 19,984 (2,383 away) |
| 29 August 2009 | 9th | Chelsea | A | L | 0–3 | | 40,906 (1,036 away) |
| 12 September 2009 | 11th | Liverpool | A | L | 0–4 | | 43,817 (2,998 away) |
| 19 September 2009 | 9th | Sunderland | H | W | 3–1 | Alexander 13' pen., Nugent (2) 67', 86' | 20,196 (2,208 away) |
| 26 September 2009 | 11th | Tottenham Hotspur | A | L | 0–5 | | 35,462 (1,156 away) |
| 3 October 2009 | 9th | Birmingham City | H | W | 2–1 | Fletcher 53', Bikey 62' | 20,102 (1,047 away) |
| 18 October 2009 | 10th | Blackburn Rovers | A | L | 2–3 | Blake 5', Eagles 90' | 26,689 (2,800 away) |
| 24 October 2009 | 11th | Wigan Athletic | H | L | 1–3 | Fletcher 4' | 19,430 (965 away) |
| 31 October 2009 | 10th | Hull City | H | W | 2–0 | Alexander (2) 20' pen., 77' | 20,219 (1,977 away) |
| 7 November 2009 | 10th | Manchester City | A | D | 3–3 | Alexander 19' pen., Fletcher 32', McDonald 87' | 47,205 (2,828 away) |
| 21 November 2009 | 9th | Aston Villa | H | D | 1–1 | Caldwell 9' | 21,178 (2,344 away) |
| 28 November 2009 | 11th | West Ham United | A | L | 3–5 | Fletcher (2) 68', 74', Eagles 90' | 34,003 (1,889 away) |
| 5 December 2009 | 13th | Portsmouth | A | L | 0–2 | | 17,822 (1,222 away) |
| 12 December 2009 | 13th | Fulham | H | D | 1–1 | Elliott 60' | 18,397 (304 away) |
| 16 December 2009 | 13th | Arsenal | H | D | 1–1 | Alexander 28' pen. | 21,309 (1,839 away) |
| 20 December 2009 | 14th | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A | L | 0–2 | | 27,410 (1,296 away) |
| 26 December 2009 | 13th | Bolton Wanderers | H | D | 1–1 | Nugent 56' | 21,761 (2,357 away) |
| 28 December 2009 | 14th | Everton | A | L | 0–2 | | 39,419 (2,888 away) |
| 16 January 2010 | 15th | Manchester United | A | L | 0–3 | | 75,120 (3,010 away) |
| 26 January 2010 | 18th | Bolton Wanderers | A | L | 0–1 | | 23,986 (4,654 away) |
| 30 January 2010 | 18th | Chelsea | H | L | 1–2 | Fletcher 50' | 21,131 (2,130 away) |
| 6 February 2010 | 15th | West Ham United | H | W | 2–1 | Nugent 14', Fox 55' | 21,001 (2,286 away) |
| 9 February 2010 | 16th | Fulham | A | L | 0–3 | | 23,005 (1,105 away) |
| 21 February 2010 | 19th | Aston Villa | A | L | 2–5 | Fletcher 10', Paterson 90' | 38,709 (1,191 away) |
| 27 February 2010 | 19th | Portsmouth | H | L | 1–2 | Paterson 31' | 19,714 (839 away) |
| 6 March 2010 | 19th | Arsenal | A | L | 1–3 | Nugent 50' | 60,043 (1,452 away) |
| 10 March 2010 | 18th | Stoke City | H | D | 1–1 | Nugent 52' | 20,323 (1,743 away) |
| 13 March 2010 | 18th | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H | L | 1–2 | Thompson 73' | 21,217 (2,300 away) |
| 20 March 2010 | 18th | Wigan Athletic | A | L | 0–1 | | 18,498 |
| 28 March 2010 | 19th | Blackburn Rovers | H | L | 0–1 | | 21,546 (2,375 away) |
| 3 April 2010 | 19th | Manchester City | H | L | 1–6 | Fletcher 72' | 21,330 (2,356 away) |
| 10 April 2010 | 18th | Hull City | A | W | 4–1 | Paterson 35', Alexander (2) 64' pen., 70' pen., Elliott 90' | 24,369 |
| 17 April 2010 | 19th | Sunderland | A | L | 1–2 | Thompson 82' | 41,341 |
| 25 April 2010 | 19th | Liverpool | H | L | 0–4 | | 21,553 (2,219 away) |
| 1 May 2010 | 19th | Birmingham City | A | L | 1–2 | Thompson 87' | 24,578 |
| 9 May 2010 | 18th | Tottenham Hotspur | H | W | 4–2 | Elliott 42', Cork 54', Paterson 71', Thompson 88' | 21,161 (2,400 away) |

### Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Wigan Athletic | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 37 | 79 | −42 | 36 | |
| 17 | West Ham United | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 47 | 66 | −19 | 35 | |
| 18 | Burnley (R) | 38 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 42 | 82 | −40 | 30 | Relegation to Football League Championship |
| 19 | Hull City (R) | 38 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 34 | 75 | −41 | 30 | Relegation to Football League Championship |
| 20 | Portsmouth (R) | 38 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 34 | 66 | −32 | 19 | Relegation to Football League Championship |
* ↑ Portsmouth were docked nine points for entering administration.

### FA Cup

FA Cup match details :
| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref |
| Third round | 2 January 2010 | Milton Keynes Dons | A | W | 2–1 | Alexander 23' pen., Fletcher 35' | 11,816 (1,913 away) | |
| Fourth round | 23 January 2010 | Reading | A | L | 0–1 | | 12,910 (1,070 away) | |

### Football League Cup

Football League Cup match details :
| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref |
| Second round | 25 August 2009 | Hartlepool United | A | W | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Fletcher (2) 84', 108' | 3,501 (500 away) | |
| Third round | 22 September 2009 | Barnsley | A | L | 2–3 | Fletcher 21', Eagles 52' | 6,270 (1,066 away) | |

### Friendlies

Burnley hosted an impromptu friendly against Accrington Stanley at Turf Moor on 8 September 2009, with all gate receipts going towards the "Save our Stanley" campaign to support the club while it faced financial difficulties.