# 2014–15 Burnley F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was Burnley's first season back in the Premier League in four years after gaining promotion in the previous season. They also competed in the League Cup and the FA Cup.

## Match details
### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Sunderland | 38 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 53 | −22 | 38 | |
| 17 | Aston Villa | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 31 | 57 | −26 | 38 | |
| 18 | Hull City (R) | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 33 | 51 | −18 | 35 | Relegation to Football League Championship |
| 19 | Burnley (R) | 38 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 28 | 53 | −25 | 33 | Relegation to Football League Championship |
| 20 | Queens Park Rangers (R) | 38 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 42 | 73 | −31 | 30 | Relegation to Football League Championship |

#### Matches

| Date | League position | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 18 August 2014 | 19th | Chelsea | H | L | 1–3 | Arfield 14' | 20,699 (3,808 away) |
| 23 August 2014 | 20th | Swansea City | A | L | 0–1 | | 20,565 (1,000 away) |
| 30 August 2014 | 20th | Manchester United | H | D | 0–0 | | 21,009 (4,099 away) |
| 13 September 2014 | 18th | Crystal Palace | A | D | 0–0 | | 23,829 (1,800 away) |
| 20 September 2014 | 17th | Sunderland | H | D | 0–0 | | 20,026 (3,964 away) |
| 28 September 2014 | 20th | West Bromwich Albion | A | L | 0–4 | | 24,286 (1,800 away) |
| 4 October 2014 | 19th | Leicester City | A | D | 2–2 | Kightly 39', Wallace 90+6' | 31,448 (2,196 away) |
| 18 October 2014 | 19th | West Ham United | H | L | 1–3 | Boyd 60' | 18,936 (2,945 away) |
| 26 October 2014 | 19th | Everton | H | L | 1–3 | Ings 20' | 19,927 (3,955 away) |
| 1 November 2014 | 20th | Arsenal | A | L | 0–3 | | 60,012 (3,000 away) |
| 8 November 2014 | 19th | Hull City | H | W | 1–0 | Barnes 50' | 16,998 (1,574 away) |
| 22 November 2014 | 18th | Stoke City | A | W | 2–1 | Ings (2) 12' 13' | 27,018 (2,464 away) |
| 29 November 2014 | 19th | Aston Villa | H | D | 1–1 | Ings 87' pen. | 19,910 (4,046 away) |
| 2 December 2014 | 17th | Newcastle United | H | D | 1–1 | Boyd 34' | 18,791 (2,906 away) |
| 6 December 2014 | 19th | Queens Park Rangers | A | L | 0–2 | | 17,785 (1,583 away) |
| 13 December 2014 | 17th | Southampton | H | W | 1–0 | Barnes 73' | 17,287 (1,496 away) |
| 20 December 2014 | 18th | Tottenham Hotspur | A | L | 1–2 | Barnes 27' | 35,681 (1,450 away) |
| 26 December 2014 | 19th | Liverpool | H | L | 0–1 | | 21,335 (4,012 away) |
| 28 December 2014 | 19th | Manchester City | A | D | 2–2 | Boyd 47', Barnes 81' | 45,608 (2,900 away) |
| 1 January 2015 | 19th | Newcastle United | A | D | 3–3 | Dummett 19' o.g., Ings 66', Boyd 86' | 51,761 (3,200 away) |
| 10 January 2015 | 17th | Queens Park Rangers | H | W | 2–1 | Arfield 12', Ings 37' | 17,523 (1,104 away) |
| 17 January 2015 | 17th | Crystal Palace | H | L | 2–3 | Mee 12', Ings 16' | 17,782 (1,754 away) |
| 31 January 2015 | 17th | Sunderland | A | L | 0–2 | | 44,022 (3,000 away) |
| 8 February 2015 | 17th | West Bromwich Albion | H | D | 2–2 | Barnes 11', Ings 32' | 16,904 (1,187 away) |
| 11 February 2015 | 19th | Manchester United | A | L | 1–3 | Ings 12' | 75,356 (3,100 away) |
| 21 February 2015 | 18th | Chelsea | A | D | 1–1 | Mee 81' | 41,629 (1,590 away) |
| 28 February 2015 | 18th | Swansea City | H | L | 0–1 | | 17,388 (1,123 away) |
| 4 March 2015 | 19th | Liverpool | A | L | 0–2 | | 44,717 (2,900 away) |
| 14 March 2015 | 18th | Manchester City | H | W | 1–0 | Boyd 61' | 21,216 (4,078 away) |
| 21 March 2015 | 18th | Southampton | A | L | 0–2 | | 30,864 (2,800 away) |
| 5 April 2015 | 18th | Tottenham Hotspur | H | D | 0–0 | | 18,829 (1,927 away) |
| 11 April 2015 | 19th | Arsenal | H | L | 0–1 | | 20,615 (3,421 away) |
| 18 April 2015 | 20th | Everton | A | L | 0–1 | | 39,496 (2,850 away) |
| 25 April 2015 | 20th | Leicester City | H | L | 0–1 | | 19,582 (2,400 away) |
| 2 May 2015 | 20th | West Ham United | A | L | 0–1 | | 34,946 (2,200 away) |
| 9 May 2015 | 19th | Hull City | A | W | 1–0 | Ings 62' | 24,877 (2,500 away) |
| 16 May 2015 | 19th | Stoke City | H | D | 0–0 | | 18,636 (2,368 away) |
| 24 May 2015 | 19th | Aston Villa | A | W | 1–0 | Ings 6' | 40,792 (1,500 away) |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref |
| Third round | 5 January 2015 | Tottenham Hotspur | H | D | 1–1 | Vokes 73' | 9,348 | |
| Third round replay | 14 January 2015 | Tottenham Hotspur | A | L | 2–4 | Sordell 3', Wallace 8' | 24,367 | |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref |
| Second round | 26 August 2014 | Sheffield Wednesday | H | L | 0–1 | | 4,979 | |

## Appearances and goals

    Source:
    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 | ENG | Tom Heaton | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Kieran Trippier | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NIR | Daniel Lafferty | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NIR | Michael Duff | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Jason Shackell (C) | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Ben Mee | 32 (1) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 (1) | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Ross Wallace | 1 (14) | 1 | 1 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 (15) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Dean Marney | 20 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 (1) | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | WAL | Sam Vokes | 5 (10) | 0 | 1 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 (11) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Danny Ings | 35 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 36 (1) | 11 | 6 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Michael Kightly | 10 (7) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 (7) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | AUS | Alex Cisak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | David Jones | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Matthew Taylor | 7 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 7 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Luke O'Neill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Marvin Sordell | 2 (12) | 0 | 1 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 (13) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | IRL | Steven Reid | 1 (6) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (7) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Lukas Jutkiewicz | 10 (15) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 10 (16) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Nathaniel Chalobah * † | 0 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (4) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Ulvestad | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SCO | George Boyd | 35 | 5 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 (1) | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | SCO | Matt Gilks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | IRL | Stephen Ward | 7 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 (2) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Michael Keane | 17 (4) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 (4) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | IRL | Kevin Long | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ENG | Ashley Barnes | 28 (7) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 (7) | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 31 | DF | AUS | Callum Richardson † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | NZL | Cameron Howieson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Steven Hewitt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | ENG | Tom Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | ENG | Alex Whitmore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | NIR | Conor Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | CAN | Scott Arfield | 36 (1) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 (1) | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | NIR | Cameron Dummigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | SCO | Jamie Frost | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | AUS | Danijel Nizic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | ENG | Jadan Hall † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | ENG | Luke Daly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | IRL | Evan Galvin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | ENG | Jason Gilchrist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | ENG | Nathan Lowe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | AUS | Kevin Ly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | DF | NIR | Luke Conlan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Name | From | Fee |
| 27 June 2014 | Michael Kightly | Stoke City | Undisclosed |
| 2 July 2014 | Matt Gilks | Blackpool | Free |
| 4 July 2014 | Marvin Sordell | Bolton Wanderers | Undisclosed |
| 4 July 2014 | Matthew Taylor | West Ham United | Free |
| 7 July 2014 | Steven Reid | West Bromwich Albion | Free |
| 15 July 2014 | Lukas Jutkiewicz | Middlesbrough | Undisclosed |
| 15 August 2014 | Stephen Ward | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2014 | George Boyd | Hull City | Undisclosed |
| 8 January 2015 | Michael Keane | Manchester United | Undisclosed |
| 10 March 2015 | Fredrik Ulvestad | Aalesund | Free |
* ↑ Fee reported as £3,000,000
* ↑ Fee reported as £2,000,000

### Out

| Date | Name | To | Fee |
| 4 June 2014 | Joseph Mills | Oldham Athletic | Free |
| 12 June 2014 | David Edgar | Birmingham City | Free |
| 26 June 2014 | Junior Stanislas | Bournemouth | Free |
| 30 June 2014 | Kyle Brownhill | Hyde | Released |
| 30 June 2014 | Alex Coleman | Colne | Released |
| 30 June 2014 | Jack Errington | Newcastle Benfield | Released |
| 30 June 2014 | Micah Evans | Southport | Released |
| 30 June 2014 | Luke Gallagher | Shelbourne | Released |
| 30 June 2014 | Nick Liversedge | Guisborough Town | Released |
| 30 June 2014 | Archie Love | Hednesford Town | Released |
| 30 June 2014 | Brian Stock | Havant & Waterlooville | Released |
| 30 June 2014 | Keith Treacy | Barnsley | Released |
| 7 July 2014 | Chris Baird | West Bromwich Albion | Free |
| 31 December 2014 | Jadan Hall | | Released |
| 27 February 2015 | Callum Richardson | | Released |

### Loans in

| Date | Name | From | End Date | Ref |
| 1 September 2014 | Nathaniel Chalobah | Chelsea | 2 January 2015 | |
| 1 September 2014 | Michael Keane | Manchester United | 8 January 2015 | |

### Loans out

| Date | Name | To | End Date |
| 18 August 2014 | Luke O'Neill | Scunthorpe United | 18 November 2014 |
| 28 August 2014 | Jadan Hall | Chester | 27 September 2014 |
| 19 September 2014 | Tom Anderson | Lincoln City | 19 October 2014 |
| 24 October 2014 | Alex Cisak | York City | 4 January 2015 |
| 24 October 2014 | Danijel Nizic | Chorley | 22 November 2014 |
| 30 October 2014 | Tom Anderson | Carlisle United | 3 January 2015 |
| 2 February 2015 | Alex Cisak | Leyton Orient | 3 May 2015 |
| 26 February 2015 | Luke O'Neill | Leyton Orient | 3 May 2015 |
| 5 March 2015 | Daniel Lafferty | Rotherham United | 2 May 2015 |
| 6 March 2015 | Jason Gilchrist | Accrington Stanley | 3 May 2015 |
| 26 March 2015 | Steven Hewitt | Southport | 30 June 2015 |