Burnley Home Page for the 1896-1897 season

News Headlines

Holdham's boost from FA People's Cup

The 2016 FA People's Cup helps Elliott Holdham, who has Aspergerâs syndrome, find a football team and boost his confidence.

» 39m

How well do you know the Tyne-Wear derby?

Who has scored the most derby goals? Why did Rafael Benitez and Sam Allardyce fall out? Find out with BBC Sport's quiz.

» 1h

Saturday's Scottish Gossip

Aberdeen forward Niall McGinn dreams of playing Champions League football at Pittodrie.

» 2h

Saturday's Scottish Premiership previews

Find out the team news and read the match previews for all of Saturday's Scottish Premiership fixtures.

» 3h

Fellaini: I'm no thug

Manchester United midfielder Marouane Fellaini has defended himself in the wake of being branded a "thug" by former referee Howard Webb.

» 3h

Petit: Young Gunners no good

Emmanuel Petit has urged Arsenal to scrap their academy policy which he argues is hindering his former club's progress.

» 5h

Martial: I do get angry

In his first major interview since joining Manchester United, Anthony Martial insists he does get angry on the pitch despite his mellow persona, and says he is a striker first and foremost.

» 5h

Weekend dossier: West Ham poised to leap into elite of English game

Compared with most London clubs West Ham have only just begun tapping into the wider market of virgin football fans

» 10h

2 points for a win
Goal average applies when teams are level on points

Original team names during this season:
Stoke City were known as Stoke
England Division One (old)	Home		Away
1	Aston Villa	30	1.92	47	L3-4	W3-0
2	Sheffield United	30	1.45	36	D1-1	L0-1
3	Derby County	30	1.40	36	L2-3	L2-3
4	Preston North End	30	1.38	34	D2-2	L3-5
5	Liverpool	30	1.21	33	W4-1	W2-1
6	Sheffield Wednesday	30	1.14	31	D1-1	L0-1
7	Everton	30	1.09	31	W2-1	L0-6
8	Bolton Wanderers	30	0.93	30	L0-2	L1-2
9	Bury	30	0.89	30	W1-0	D1-1
10	Wolverhampton Wndrs	30	1.10	28	L0-3	L0-2
11	Nottingham Forest	30	0.90	26	D2-2	L1-4
12	West Bromwich Albion	30	0.59	26	W5-0	L0-3
13	Stoke City	30	0.81	25	L1-3	L2-3
14	Blackburn Rovers	30	0.56	25	L0-1	L2-3
15	Sunderland	30	0.72	23	D1-1	D1-1
16	Burnley	30	0.70	19

2 points for a win
Goal average applies when teams are level on points

Original team names during this season:
Stoke City were known as Stoke

England Division One (old)

Home

Away

Res

1.92

1.45

1.40

1.38

1.21

1.14

1.09

0.93

0.89

1.10

0.90

0.59

0.81

0.56

0.72

0.70

	Burnley
League Record
Rank	16th	16th	15th
Played	30	15	15
Won	6	4	2
Drawn	7	5	2
Lost	17	6	11
Form (6 games)
Rank	14th	16th	12th
Record (W-D-L)	2-0-4	1-1-4	1-1-4
Goals (F-A)	10-12	11-13	6-11
Attack
Rank	9th	10th	8th
Goals scored	43	25	18
Failed to score	8	3	5
Since failing to score	2	2	0
Defence
Rank	15th	14th	13th
Goals conceded	61	25	36
Clean sheets	3	2	1
Current clean sheets	1	1	0
Goal Difference
Rank	14th	15th	12th
Goal difference	-18	0	-18
Goal Total
Rank	5th	6th	4th
Goal total	104	50	54
Over 2.5 goals	19	9	10
Under 2.5 goals	11	6	5
Sequence Summary
Full	won last game
Home	won last game
Away	lost last game
Season Longest Sequences
W-D-L	1-1-5	1-1-4	1-1-7
w/o Loss-w/o Win	4-9	5-6	2-8
Score Distribution
Most common	D1-1	D1-1	L2-3
Occurence	5	3	3
	Burnley

Burnley

Full

Home

Away

League Record

Rank

16th

15th

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Form (6 games)

Rank

14th

16th

12th

Record (W-D-L)

2-0-4

1-1-4

Goals (F-A)

10-12

11-13

6-11

Attack

Rank

9th

10th

8th

Goals scored

Failed to score

Since failing to score

Defence

Rank

15th

14th

13th

Goals conceded

Clean sheets

Current clean sheets

Goal Difference

Rank

14th

15th

12th

Goal difference

-18

Goal Total

Rank

5th

6th

4th

Goal total

104

Over 2.5 goals

Under 2.5 goals

Sequence Summary

Full

won last game

Home

won last game

Away

lost last game

Season Longest Sequences

W-D-L

1-1-5

1-1-4

1-1-7

w/o Loss-w/o Win

4-9

5-6

2-8

Score Distribution

Most common

D1-1

L2-3

Occurence

Burnley


English Division One (old)	16th	30	6	7	17	3	8	43	61	-18	.328
English FA Cup	First Round	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	-1	.333
English Test Match	-	4	1	1	2	1	2	3	4	-1	.417
	TOTAL	35	7	8	20	4	11	46	66	-20	.324

Competition

Position / Round

FtS

Pct

English Division One (old)

16th

-18

.328

English FA Cup

First Round

-1

.333

English Test Match

-1

.417

TOTAL

-20

.324

Burnley 1896-1897

News Headlines

Holdham's boost from FA People's Cup

How well do you know the Tyne-Wear derby?

Saturday's Scottish Gossip

Saturday's Scottish Premiership previews

Fellaini: I'm no thug

Petit: Young Gunners no good

Martial: I do get angry

Weekend dossier: West Ham poised to leap into elite of English game

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League Position with Result

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