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.
First-team squad
As of 27 January 2010.
Current squad
Transfers
In # Pos Player From Fee Date 14DF Tyrone Mears Derby County £500,000 30 June 20099FW Steven Fletcher Hibernian £3,000,000 30 June 200915DF David Edgar Newcastle United Tribunal 1 July 200924DF Brian Easton Hamilton Academical £350,000 14 July 200917DF Richard Eckersley Manchester United Compensation 15 July 200932MF Fernando Guerrero Independiente del Valle Season-long loan 6 August 200921DF André Bikey Reading Undisclosed 18 August 200922FW David Nugent Portsmouth Six month loan 1 September 200941GK Jonathan Lund Grimsby Town Free 7 October 200928DF Kevin Long Cork City Undisclosed 26 November 2009 (officially joined club in January)29FW Frédéric Nimani AS Monaco Five-month loan 22 January 2010 31GK Nicky Weaver Dundee United Free 27 January 201018DF Leon Cort Stoke City £1,500,000 27 January 201034DF Danny Fox Celtic Undisclosed 29 January 201022FW David Nugent Portsmouth End of season loan 1 February 201042MF Jack Cork Chelsea End of season loan 1 February 2010
Out # Pos Player To Fee Date MF Steve Jones Walsall Released 1 June 2009GK Gábor Király 1860 München Released 1 June 2009MF Alan Mahon Tranmere Rovers Released 1 June 200927MF Alex MacDonald Falikirk Loan 10 July 2009 22FW Besart Berisha Arminia Bielefeld £75,000 5 August 2009 25MF Adam Kay Chester City Loan 21 August 2009 35DF Chris Lynch Chester City Loan 21 August 2009 26MF Remco van der Schaaf Brøndby 18-month Loan 18 January 2010 39FW Wes Fletcher Grimsby Town Loan 18 January 2010
Coaching staff
Position Name Nationality Manager: Brian Laws English Assistant manager: Russ Wilcox EnglishFirst-team coach: Stuart Gray EnglishYouth team coach: Terry Pashley English Chief scout: Tim Henderson EnglishGoalkeeping coach: Billy Mercer English Fitness coach:Tom Little English
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.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotalDisciplineAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals1GKDiego Penny0 (1)0001 (1)01 (2)0002MFGraham Alexander3372100358303DFChristian Kalvenes 3 (3)010105 (3)0004DFMichael Duff10 (1)0200 (1)012 (2)0405DFClarke Carlisle2700010280706DFSteven Caldwell12 (1)1000012 (1)1117MFKevin McDonald15 (11)1202019 (11)1508MFJoey Guðjónsson1 (9)01 (1)0204 (10)0109FWSteven Fletcher358111 (1)337 (1)121010FWMartin Paterson17 (6)40 (1)01 (1)018 (8)42011MFWade Elliott34 (4)4200036 (4)45012GKBrian Jensen38020104103014DFTyrone Mears38010003907015DFDavid Edgar2 (2)010104 (2)00016MFChris McCann701000801017MFRichard Eckersley001020302118DFLeon Cort15000001500019FWJay Rodriguez00001 (1)01 (1)01020MFRobbie Blake20 (11)21 (1)00 (1)021 (13)21021DFAndré Bikey26 (2)1102029 (2)15022FWDavid Nugent *20 (10)6000020 (10)60023DFStephen Jordan23 (2)0000023 (2)03124DFBrian Easton000010101025MFAdam Kay000000000026MFRemco van der Schaaf000000000027MFAlex MacDonald000000000028DFKevin Long000000000029FWFrédéric Nimani *0 (2)000000 (2)01030FWSteven Thompson1 (19)41 (1)0103 (20)40031GKNicky Weaver000000000032MFFernando Guerrero * 0 (7)000202 (7)00033MFChris Eagles20 (14)2202124 (14)33034DFDanny Fox13 (1)1000013 (1)13035DFChris Lynch000000000035DFNik Kudiersky000000000037MFChris Anderson000000000038MFAlex-Ray Harvey000000000039FWWes Fletcher000000000040FWBen Hoskin000000000041GKJonathan Lund000000000042MFJack Cork *8 (3)100008 (3)100
Match details Premier League
+ Premier League match detailsDateLeaguepositionOpponentsVenueResultScoreF–AScorersAttendanceRef16thStoke CityAL0–227,385 (2,888 away)12thManchester UnitedHW1–0Blake 19'20,872 (2,490 away)7thEvertonHW1–0Elliott 34'19,984 (2,383 away)9thChelseaAL0–340,906 (1,036 away)11thLiverpoolAL0–443,817 (2,998 away)9thSunderlandHW3–1Alexander 13' pen., Nugent (2) 67', 86'20,196 (2,208 away)11thTottenham HotspurAL0–535,462 (1,156 away)9thBirmingham CityHW2–1Fletcher 53', Bikey 62'20,102 (1,047 away)10thBlackburn RoversAL2–3Blake 5', Eagles 90'26,689 (2,800 away)11thWigan AthleticHL1–3Fletcher 4'19,430 (965 away)10thHull CityHW2–0Alexander (2) 20' pen., 77'20,219 (1,977 away)10thManchester CityAD3–3Alexander 19' pen., Fletcher 32', McDonald 87'47,205 (2,828 away)9thAston VillaHD1–1Caldwell 9'21,178 (2,344 away)11thWest Ham UnitedAL3–5Fletcher (2) 68', 74', Eagles 90'34,003 (1,889 away)13thPortsmouthAL0–217,822 (1,222 away)13thFulhamHD1–1Elliott 60'18,397 (304 away)13thArsenalHD1–1Alexander 28' pen.21,309 (1,839 away)14thWolverhampton WanderersAL0–227,410 (1,296 away)13thBolton WanderersHD1–1Nugent 56'21,761 (2,357 away)14thEvertonAL0–239,419 (2,888 away)15thManchester UnitedAL0–375,120 (3,010 away)18thBolton WanderersAL0–123,986 (4,654 away)18thChelseaHL1–2Fletcher 50'21,131 (2,130 away)15thWest Ham UnitedHW2–1Nugent 14', Fox 55'21,001 (2,286 away)16thFulhamAL0–323,005 (1,105 away)19thAston VillaAL2–5Fletcher 10', Paterson 90'38,709 (1,191 away)19thPortsmouthHL1–2Paterson 31'19,714 (839 away)19thArsenalAL1–3Nugent 50'60,043 (1,452 away)18thStoke CityHD1–1Nugent 52'20,323 (1,743 away)18thWolverhampton WanderersHL1–2Thompson 73'21,217 (2,300 away)18thWigan AthleticAL0–118,49819thBlackburn RoversHL0–121,546 (2,375 away)19thManchester CityHL1–6Fletcher 72'21,330 (2,356 away)18thHull CityAW4–1Paterson 35', Alexander (2) 64' pen., 70' pen., Elliott 90'24,36919thSunderlandAL1–2Thompson 82'41,34119thLiverpoolHL0–421,553 (2,219 away)19thBirmingham CityAL1–2Thompson 87'24,57818thTottenham HotspurHW4–2Elliott 42', Cork 54', Paterson 71', Thompson 88'21,161 (2,400 away)
Final league table
FA Cup
+ FA Cup match detailsRoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScoreF–AScorersAttendanceRefThird roundMilton Keynes DonsAW2–1Alexander 23' pen., Fletcher 35'11,816 (1,913 away)Fourth roundReadingAL0–112,910 (1,070 away)
Football League Cup
+ Football League Cup match detailsRoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScoreF–AScorersAttendanceRefSecond roundHartlepool UnitedAW2–1 Fletcher (2) 84', 108'3,501 (500 away)Third roundBarnsleyAL2–3Fletcher 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.
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