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1983–84 Burnley F.C. season

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{{Infobox football club season

| club = Burnley

| season = 1983–84

| manager = John Bond

| mgrtitle = Manager

| chairman = John Jackson

| chrtitle = Chairman

| league = Division Three

| league result = 12th

| cup1 = League Cup

| cup1 result = 1st Round

| cup2 = FA Cup

| cup2 result = 3rd Round

| cup3 = Football League Trophy

| cup3 result = Northern Semi Final

| league topscorer = Billy Hamilton (18)

| season topscorer = Billy Hamilton (21)

| highest attendance = 12,327 v Bradford City
(26 December 1983)

| lowest attendance = 1,978 v Darlington
(13 March 1984)

| average attendance = 6,545Simpson (2007), p. 390

| prevseason = 1982–83

| nextseason = 1984–85

}}

The 1983–84 season was Burnley's first season in the third tier of English football. They were managed by John Bond in his only season in charge of the club.

Appearances and goals

{{Efs start|Division Three|League Cup|FA Cup|FL Trophy}}

{{Efs player|name=Steve Baker|pos=DF|nat=ENG|10+0|0|0+0|0|0+0|0|2+0|1}}

{{Efs player|name=Wayne Biggins|pos=FW|nat=ENG|20+0|8|0+0|0|0+0|0|4+0|3}}

{{Efs player|name=Steve Daley|pos=MF|nat=ENG|20+3|4|0+0|0|2+2|0|4+0|1}}

{{Efs player|name=Lee Dixon|pos=DF|nat=ENG|1+0|0|1+0|0|0+0|0|0+0|0}}

{{Efs player|name=Martin Dobson|pos=MF|nat=ENG|28+0|4|1+0|0|4+0|1|1+0|0}}

{{Efs player|name=Willie Donachie|pos=DF|nat=SCO|37+0|3|1+0|0|5+0|0|4+0|1}}

{{Efs player|name=Terry Donovan|pos=FW|nat=IRL|0+1|0|0+0|0|0+0|0|0+0|0}}

{{Efs player|name=Brian Flynn|pos=MF|nat=WAL|43+0|9|2+0|2|5+0|0|4+0|1}}

{{Efs player|name=Joe Gallagher|pos=DF|nat=ENG|1+0|0|1+0|0|0+0|0|0+0|0}}

{{Efs player|name=Kevin Glendon|pos=MF|nat=ENG|4+0|0|0+0|0|0+0|0|0+0|0}}

{{Efs player|name=Gerry Gow|pos=MF|nat=SCO|8+1|0|1+0|0|0+0|0|0+0|0}}

{{Efs player|name=Roger Hansbury|pos=GK|nat=ENG|46+0|0|2+0|0|5+0|0|4+0|0}}

{{Efs player|name=Billy Hamilton|pos=FW|nat=NIR|46+0|18|2+0|0|5+0|3|3+0|0}}

{{Efs player|name=Tommy Hutchison|pos=MF|nat=SCO|46+0|4|2+0|0|5+0|0|4+0|0}}

{{Efs player|name=Steve Kennedy|pos=DF|nat=ENG|7+0|0|0+1|0|0+0|0|1+0|0}}

{{Efs player|name=Phil Malley|pos=MF|nat=ENG|1+1|0|0+0|0|0+0|0|0+0|0}}

{{Efs player|name=Dave Miller|pos=DF|nat=ENG|15+2|2|0+0|0|0+0|0|2+1|0}}

{{Efs player|name=Vince Overson|pos=DF|nat=ENG|38+0|0|1+0|0|5+0|0|4+0|0}}

{{Efs player|name=Mike Phelan|pos=MF|nat=ENG|44+0|2|2+0|0|4+0|0|4+0|0}}

{{Efs player|name=Kevin Reeves|pos=FW|nat=ENG|20+1|12|2+0|0|5+0|3|0+0|0}}

{{Efs player|name=Derek Scott|pos=DF|nat=ENG|38+2|4|2+0|0|5+0|0|3+0|0}}

{{Efs player|name=Dennis Tueart|pos=MF|nat=ENG|8+7|5|0+0|0|2+0|0|0+2|0}}

{{Efs player|name=Malcolm Waldron|pos=DF|nat=ENG|16+0|0|0+0|0|3+0|1|0+0|0}}

{{Efs player|name=Andy Wharton|pos=DF|nat=ENG|7+0|0|2+0|1|0+0|0|0+0|0}}

{{Efs player|name=Kevin Young|pos=MF|nat=ENG|2+0|0|0+0|0|0+0|0|0+0|0}}

|}

Matches

=Football League Division Three=

;Key

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

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;Results

class="wikitable"
Date

! Opponents

! Result

! Goalscorers

! Attendance

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 27 August 1983

| Hull City (A)

| align="center" | 1–4

| Reeves 19'

| align="center" | 8,394

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 3 September 1983

| Bournemouth (H)

| align="center" | 5–1

| Dobson 2', Reeves 20', Hamilton (3) 33', 45', 49'

| align="center" | 5,525

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 6 September 1983

| Newport County (H)

| align="center" | 2–0

| Reeves 75', Hamilton 89'

| align="center" | 6,755

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 10 September 1983

| Oxford United (A)

| align="center" | 2–2

| Hamilton 76', Flynn 89'

| align="center" | 5,824

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 24 September 1983

| Brentford (A)

| align="center" | 0–0

|

| align="center" | 8,042

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 27 September 1983

| Bolton Wanderers (A)

| align="center" | 0–0

|

| align="center" | 9,709

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 1 October 1983

| Plymouth Argyle (H)

| align="center" | 2–1

| Hamilton 65', Scott 88'

| align="center" | 6,845

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 9 October 1983

| Millwall (A)

| align="center" | 0–2

|

| align="center" | 6,707

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 13 October 1983

| Gillingham (H)

| align="center" | 2–3

| Dobson 75', Hamilton 80'

| align="center" | 5,590

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 18 October 1983

| Southend United (H)

| align="center" | 3–0

| Hamilton 25', Miller 58', Reeves 70'

| align="center" | 5,307

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 22 October 1983

| Lincoln City (A)

| align="center" | 1–3

| Hamilton 20'

| align="center" | 3,793

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 29 October 1983

| Wigan Athletic (H)

| align="center" | 3–0

| Flynn 36', Hutchison 42', Reeves 89'

| align="center" | 7,458

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 2 November 1983

| Exeter City (A)

| align="center" | 1–1

| Flynn 16'

| align="center" | 3,714

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 5 November 1983

| Preston North End (H)

| align="center" | 2–1

| Reeves 19', Hamilton 42'

| align="center" | 8,095

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 8 November 1983

| Sheffield United (H)

| align="center" | 2–1

| Dobson 2', Donachie 59'

| align="center" | 9,574

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 12 November 1983

| Bristol Rovers (A)

| align="center" | 1–2

| Reeves 42'

| align="center" | 7,021

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 26 November 1983

| Port Vale (H)

| align="center" | 7–0

| Hamilton 4', Reeves (3) 13' (pen.), 45', 49', Hutchison 19', Flynn 24', Donachie 27'

| align="center" | 6,385

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 3 December 1983

| Rotherham United (A)

| align="center" | 1–1

| Flynn 9'

| align="center" | 5,544

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 17 December 1983

| Wimbledon (A)

| align="center" | 4–1

| Reeves 22', Hamilton 25', Scott (2) 43', 63'

| align="center" | 2,883

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 26 December 1983

| Bradford City (H)

| align="center" | 1–2

| Jackson 4' (o.g.)

| align="center" | 12,327

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 27 December 1983

| Walsall (A)

| align="center" | 1–1

| Hamilton 70'

| align="center" | 8,131

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 31 December 1983

| Scunthorpe United (H)

| align="center" | 5–0

| Flynn 5', Hutchison 22', Dobson 37', Reeves 55' (pen.), Tueart 89'

| align="center" | 7,668

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 2 January 1984

| Orient (A)

| align="center" | 2–1

| Flynn 34', Hamilton 75'

| align="center" | 4,457

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 21 January 1984

| Sheffield United (A)

| align="center" | 0–0

|

| align="center" | 13,892

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 4 February 1984

| Plymouth Argyle (A)

| align="center" | 1–1

| Tueart 57'

| align="center" | 5,104

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 11 February 1984

| Brentford (H)

| align="center" | 2–2

| Hamilton 36', Tueart 42'

| align="center" | 7,027

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 14 February 1984

| Exeter City (H)

| align="center" | 4–0

| Tueart 17' (pen.), Flynn 66', Phelan 80', Biggins 83'

| align="center" | 5,968

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 18 February 1984

| Wigan Athletic (A)

| align="center" | 0–1

|

| align="center" | 7,509

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 25 February 1984

| Lincoln City (H)

| align="center" | 4–0

| Biggins (3) 12', 24', 59', Flynn 62'

| align="center" | 6,652

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 2 March 1984

| Southend United (A)

| align="center" | 2–2

| Hutchison 20', Hamilton 90'

| align="center" | 2,864

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 6 March 1984

| Preston North End (A)

| align="center" | 2–4

| Donachie 40', Tueart 89'

| align="center" | 8,813

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 10 March 1984

| Bristol Rovers (H)

| align="center" | 0–0

|

| align="center" | 6,306

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 17 March 1984

| Millwall (H)

| align="center" | 1–0

| Biggins 33'

| align="center" | 5,088

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 24 March 1984

| Gillingham (A)

| align="center" | 1–0

| Biggins 79'

| align="center" | 4,319

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 27 March 1984

| Oxford United (H)

| align="center" | 1–1

| Daley 20' (pen.)

| align="center" | 8,058

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 31 March 1984

| Bolton Wanderers (H)

| align="center" | 2–2

| Hamilton 45', Miller 89'

| align="center" | 8,350

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 7 April 1984

| Newport County (A)

| align="center" | 0–1

|

| align="center" | 2,306

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 9 April 1984

| Bournemouth (A)

| align="center" | 0–1

|

| align="center" | 4,113

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 14 April 1984

| Rotherham United (H)

| align="center" | 2–2

| Biggins 29', Scott 55'

| align="center" | 4,676

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 21 April 1984

| Bradford City (A)

| align="center" | 1–2

| Biggins 27'

| align="center" | 5,578

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 23 April 1984

| Walsall (H)

| align="center" | 0–2

|

| align="center" | 3,948

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 28 April 1984

| Port Vale (A)

| align="center" | 3–2

| Daley (3) 25', 68', 80'

| align="center" | 3,061

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 5 May 1984

| Orient (H)

| align="center" | 2–3

| Hamilton 1', Phelan 7'

| align="center" | 3,301

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 7 May 1984

| Scunthorpe United (A)

| align="center" | 0–4

|

| align="center" | 2,720

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 12 May 1984

| Wimbledon (H)

| align="center" | 0–2

|

| align="center" | 3,382

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 15 May 1984

| Hull City (H)

| align="center" | 0–2

|

| align="center" | 8,051

=Final league position=

{{:1983–84 Football League|transcludesection=Third Division|only_totals=y|showteam=BUR}}

=FA Cup=

class="wikitable"
Date

! Round

! Opponents

! Result

! Goalscorers

! Attendance

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 19 November 1983

| Round 1

| Hyde United (A)

| align="center" | 2–0

| Waldron 44', Reeves 85' (pen.)

| align="center" | 7,723

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 2 December 1983

| Round 2

| Chesterfield (A)

| align="center" | 2–2

| Dobson 20', Reeves 43'

| align="center" | 5,788

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 19 December 1983

| Replay

| Chesterfield (H)

| align="center" | 3–2

| Reeves 6', Hamilton (2) 14', 83'

| align="center" | 8,286

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 7 January 1984

| Round 3

| Oxford United (H)

| align="center" | 0–0

|

| align="center" | 11,672

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 11 January 1984

| Replay

| Oxford United (A)

| align="center" | 1–2

| Hamilton 48'

| align="center" | 10,497

=League Cup=

class="wikitable"
Date

! Round

! Opponents

! Result

! Goalscorers

! Attendance

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 30 August 1983

| Round 1 First leg

| Crewe Alexandra (A)

| align="center" | 0–1

|

| align="center" | 3,043

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 13 September 1983

| Round 1 Second leg

| Crewe Alexandra (H)

| align="center" | 3–4

| Flynn (2) 11', 54' (pen.)

| align="center" | 5,659

=Football League Trophy=

class="wikitable"
Date

! Round

! Opponents

! Result

! Goalscorers

! Attendance

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 21 February 1984

| Round 1

| Bolton Wanderers (H)

| align="center" | 2–1

| Donachie 7', Biggins 84'

| align="center" | 3,355

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 13 March 1984

| Round 2

| Darlington (H)

| align="center" | 2–1

| Biggins 50', Baker 70'

| align="center" | 1,978

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 20 March 1984

| Northern Quarter Final

| Doncaster Rovers (A)

| align="center" | 3–1 {{aet}}

| Flynn 28', Daley 101', Biggins 105'

| align="center" | 3,504

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 17 April 1984

| Northern Semi Final

| Tranmere Rovers (A)

| align="center" | 0–2 {{aet}}

|

| align="center" | 3,928

References

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