1987–88 Burnley F.C. season

Burnley
1987–88 season
Chairman England Frank Teasdale
Manager England Brian Miller
Division Four 10th
League Cup 2nd Round
FA Cup 1st Round
Football League Trophy Runners-up
Top goalscorer League: George Oghani (14)
All: George Oghani (19)
Highest home attendance 15,680 v Preston North End
(12 April 1988)
Lowest home attendance 2,677 v Rochdale
(24 November 1987)
Average home league attendance 6,632[1]

The 1987–1988 season was Burnley's third season in the fourth tier of English football. They were managed by Brian Miller in his second full season in charge.

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalDivision Four League Cup FA Cup FL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
MF Scotland Ian Britton 42 4 29+3 4 1+0 0 0+1 0 7+1 0
MF England Paul Comstive 57 11 44+0 8 4+0 1 1+0 0 8+0 2
MF England Peter Daniel 33 1 26+0 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
DF England Steve Davis 41 5 33+0 5 1+0 0 0+0 0 7+0 0
DF England Ray Deakin 48 3 37+0 3 3+0 0 1+0 0 7+0 0
FW England Phil Devaney 5 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
MF England Andy Farrell 58 5 45+0 3 4+0 1 1+0 0 8+0 1
DF England Steve Gardner 54 0 41+1 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 8+0 0
MF England Neil Grewcock 41 2 28+4 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 2
MF England Ashley Hoskin 32 2 15+9 1 0+1 0 0+1 0 4+2 1
MF Wales Leighton James 24 0 19+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+1 0
DF England Peter Leebrook 26 0 22+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England Phil Malley 11 0 6+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
DF England Shaun McGrory 22 1 16+0 1 2+0 0 0+0 0 3+1 0
FW England George Oghani 48 19 36+1 14 4+0 2 1+0 0 6+0 3
GK Wales Chris Pearce 59 0 46+0 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 8+0 0
FW England Dave Reeves 19 9 16+0 8 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
FW England Steve Taylor 54 6 38+4 6 3+0 0 1+0 0 8+0 0
DF England Peter Zelem 15 1 9+1 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0

Matches

Football League Division Four

Key

  • In Result column, Burnley's score shown first
  • H = Home match
  • A = Away match

Results
Date Opponents Result Goalscorers Attendance
15 August 1987 Colchester United (H) 0–3 5,419
22 August 1987 Newport County (A) 1–0 Oghani 65' 2,016
29 August 1987 Carlisle United (H) 4–3 Zelem 3', Oghani 5', Deakin 30', Taylor 75' 5,781
1 September 1987 Leyton Orient (A) 1–4 Farrell 80' 3,560
5 September 1987 Swansea City (H) 1–0 Oghani 90' 4,787
11 September 1987 Tranmere Rovers (A) 1–0 Comstive 90' 4,209
15 September 1987 Wrexham (H) 1–0 Farrell 75' 5,650
19 September 1987 Cambridge United (H) 0–2 5,789
26 September 1987 Rochdale (A) 1–2 Oghani 60' 4,655
29 September 1987 Crewe Alexandra (H) 0–0 5,408
3 October 1987 Scarborough (A) 0–1 4,782
10 October 1987 Hartlepool United (H) 1–0 Comstive 52' 5,216
17 October 1987 Exeter City (A) 2–1 Oghani (2) 22' (pen.), 54' 2,780
20 October 1987 Scunthorpe United (H) 1–1 Taylor 57' 6,353
24 October 1987 Torquay United (A) 3–1 Britton 36', Comstive 54', Taylor 76' 2,836
31 October 1987 Stockport County (H) 1–1 Davis 43' 6,642
3 November 1987 Halifax Town (A) 1–2 Taylor 22' 3,419
7 November 1987 Wolverhampton Wanderers (A) 0–3 10,002
21 November 1987 Bolton Wanderers (H) 2–1 Britton 53', Reeves 68' 7,544
28 November 1987 Peterborough United (A) 0–5 3,394
12 December 1987 Hereford United (H) 0–0 4,217
19 December 1987 Cardiff City (A) 1–2 Davis 47' 3,401
26 December 1987 Rochdale (H) 4–0 Oghani 10', Farrell 43', Comstive 44', Britton 67' 7,013
28 December 1987 Darlington (A) 2–4 Reeves (2) 3', 59' 3,325
1 January 1988 Carlisle United (A) 4–3 Oghani 18', Wright 45' (o.g.) 4,260
2 January 1988 Tranmere Rovers (H) 1–1 Comstive 88' 7,401
9 January 1988 Newport County (H) 2–0 Reeves 51', Comstive 87' 5,256
16 January 1988 Cambridge United (A) 0–2 2,146
2 February 1988 Wrexham (A) 3–1 Bowden 67' (o.g.), Hoskin 78', Oghani 90' 1,821
6 February 1988 Swansea City (A) 0–0 3,498
13 February 1988 Darlington (H) 2–1 Reeves (2) 13', 89' 6,440
19 February 1988 Colchester United (A) 1–0 Reeves 32' 2,520
27 February 1988 Scarborough (H) 0–1 7,645
1 March 1988 Crewe Alexandra (A) 1–0 Gage 88' (o.g.) 3,720
5 March 1988 Exeter City (H) 3–0 Davis 35', Reeves 57', Taylor 74' 6,052
12 March 1988 Hartlepool United (A) 1–2 Oghani 64' 2,893
18 March 1988 Stockport County (A) 0–2 4,423
22 March 1988 Leyton Orient (H) 2–0 Oghani (2) 14' (pen.), 63' 5,842
2 April 1988 Wolverhampton Wanderers (H) 0–3 10,386
4 April 1988 Bolton Wanderers (A) 1–2 Oghani 35' 9,921
8 April 1988 Halifax Town (H) 3–1 Davis 44', Comstive 58', Taylor 66' 5,833
23 April 1988 Scunthorpe United (A) 1–1 Britton 76' 5,347
30 April 1988 Peterborough United (H) 1–2 Comstive 29' (pen.) 6,315
2 May 1988 Hereford United (A) 1–2 Deakin 7' 2,304
4 May 1988 Torquay United (H) 1–0 McGrory 7' 5,075
7 May 1988 Cardiff City (H) 1–2 Oghani 84' 8,421

Final league position

Pos Team Games played Won Drawn Lost Goals for Goals against Points
10 Burnley 46 20 7 19 57 62 67

FA Cup

Date Round Opponents Result Goalscorers Attendance
14 November 1987 Round 1 Bolton Wanderers (H) 0–1 10,788

League Cup

Date Round Opponents Result Goalscorers Attendance
18 August 1987 Round 1 First leg Wrexham (A) 0–1 2,301
25 August 1987 Round 1 Second leg Wrexham (H) 3–0 Comstive 76', Oghani 80' (pen.), Farrell 89' 3,788
22 September 1987 Round 2 First leg Norwich City (H) 1–1 Oghani 7' 7,912
7 October 1987 Round 2 Second leg Norwich City (A) 0–1 6,168

Football League Trophy

Date Round Opponents Result Goalscorers Attendance
27 October 1987 Group Stage Tranmere Rovers (A) 2–1 Oghani 4', Grewcock 68' 1,801
24 November 1987 Group Stage Rochdale (H) 3–2 Grewcock 7', Reeves 43', Farrell 77' 2,677
19 January 1988 Round 1 Chester City (H) 1–0 Oghani 80' 3,436
9 February 1988 Northern Quarter Final Bury (A) 1–0 Comstive 37' (pen.) 4,672
8 March 1988 Northern Semi Final Halifax Town (H) 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5 3p)
10,222
9 February 1988 Northern Final First Leg Preston North End (H) 0–0 15,680
9 February 1988 Northern Final Second Leg Preston North End (A) 3–1 (a.e.t.) Oghani 32', Hoskin 93', Comstive 117' 17,592
29 May 1988 Final Wolverhampton Wanderers (N) 0–2 80,841

References

  1. Simpson (2007), p. 406
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