Blackpool F.C. season 1991-92
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| Season 1991-92 1991-92 in English football - First Division :The last-ever league championship before the creation of the Premier League was won by Leeds United who overhauled Manchester United thanks to the efforts of, among others, Gordon Strachan, Lee Chapman, David Batty, Gary Speed and Gary McAllister... |
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| League | Division Four Football League Fourth Division The Fourth Division of The Football League was the fourth-highest division in the English football league system from the 1958–59 season until the creation of the Premier League prior to the 1992–93 season... |
| Manager | Billy Ayre Billy Ayre William "Billy" Ayre was an English footballer who played for three different clubs in a sixteen-year professional career, making over three hundred League appearances in the process. After retiring from the playing side of the game, he became a manager, and took the helm at five different clubs... |
| League position | 4th (promoted via play-offs to Division Two Football League Second Division From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams... ) |
| Top goalscorers | League: Dave Bamber Dave Bamber John David Bamber is an English former professional footballer.His nicknames included Bambs and Dipper Bamber, the latter for the way in which he lurched forward to head the ball.... (28) Combined: Dave Bamber Dave Bamber John David Bamber is an English former professional footballer.His nicknames included Bambs and Dipper Bamber, the latter for the way in which he lurched forward to head the ball.... (36) |
| Highest home attendance | 8,007 (v. Burnley Burnley F.C. Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888... ) |
| Lowest home attendance | 2,155 (v. Mansfield Town Mansfield Town F.C. Mansfield Town Football Club is an English football club from the former mining town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. The club was formed in 1897 as Mansfield Wesleyans and changed its name to Mansfield Wesley in 1906 before settling on Mansfield Town in 1910... ) |
| FA Cup FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's... |
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| League Cup Football League Cup The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis... |
Second round |
| Previous season | ← 1990-91 Blackpool F.C. season 1990-91 The 1990-91 season was Blackpool F.C.s 84th season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Four, then the fourth tier of English football... |
| Next season | 1992-93 Blackpool F.C. season 1992-93 The 1992-93 season was Blackpool F.C.s 86th season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Two, then the third tier of English league football , finishing eighteenth.David Eyres was the club's top league goalscorer, with sixteen goals.Hartlepool United set a new English... → |
The 1991-92
1991-92 in English football
- First Division :The last-ever league championship before the creation of the Premier League was won by Leeds United who overhauled Manchester United thanks to the efforts of, among others, Gordon Strachan, Lee Chapman, David Batty, Gary Speed and Gary McAllister...
season was Blackpool F.C.
Blackpool F.C.
Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...
's 85th season (82nd consecutive) in the Football League
The Football League
The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...
. They competed in the 22-team Division Four
Football League Fourth Division
The Fourth Division of The Football League was the fourth-highest division in the English football league system from the 1958–59 season until the creation of the Premier League prior to the 1992–93 season...
, then the fourth tier of English football
Football in England
Association football is a national sport in England, where the first modern set of rules for the code were established in 1863, which were a major influence on the development of the modern Laws of the Game...
. They finished fourth, missing out on automatic promotion by one point for the second consecutive season after a final-day defeat at Lincoln City
Lincoln City F.C.
Lincoln City Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of the Conference National in 2011–12 following relegation from the Football League....
, and were promoted via the play-offs to the new Division Two
Football League Second Division
From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
.
The first two home League fixtures saw Blackpool extend their win streak at Bloomfield Road to fifteen League games. Their 24-game unbeaten run at home ended, after just over a year, with a defeat by Crewe Alexandra
Crewe Alexandra F.C.
Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English professional football club based in Crewe, Cheshire. Nicknamed The Railwaymen due to the town's links with the rail industry, they currently play in Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football, and are based at the Alexandra Stadium.The club...
on 23 November.
Dave Bamber
Dave Bamber
John David Bamber is an English former professional footballer.His nicknames included Bambs and Dipper Bamber, the latter for the way in which he lurched forward to head the ball....
was the club's top scorer for the second consecutive season, with 36 goals (28 in the league, one in the play-offs, one in the FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...
and six in the League Cup
Football League Cup
The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...
, the latter including a hat-trick against Mansfield
Mansfield Town F.C.
Mansfield Town Football Club is an English football club from the former mining town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. The club was formed in 1897 as Mansfield Wesleyans and changed its name to Mansfield Wesley in 1906 before settling on Mansfield Town in 1910...
).
The six goals Blackpool scored against Aldershot
Aldershot F.C.
Aldershot Football Club was an English Football League club, which was wound up in the High Court in March 1992. They became the first Football League club since Accrington Stanley to resign from the League during the course of a season. The club was nicknamed the Shots for both the last syllable...
were expunged from the record books when the latter went out of business in March 1992, hence only 71 of Blackpool's actual 77 league goals scored in the 1991-92 season are accounted for in the table below.
Table
P W D L F A W D L F A Pts1. BURNLEY (P) 42 14 4 3 42 16 11 4 6 37 27 83
2. ROTHERHAM UNITED (P) 42 12 6 3 38 16 10 5 6 32 21 77
3. MANSFIELD TOWN (P) 42 13 4 4 43 26 10 4 7 32 27 77
4. BLACKPOOL (P) 42 17 3 1 48 13 5 7 9 23 32 76
5. Scunthorpe United 42 14 5 2 38 18 7 4 10 25 41 72
6. Crewe Alexandra 42 12 6 3 33 20 8 4 9 33 31 70
7. Barnet 42 16 1 4 48 23 5 5 11 33 38 69
8. Rochdale 42 12 6 3 34 22 6 7 8 23 31 67
9. Cardiff City 42 13 3 5 42 26 4 12 5 24 27 66
10. Lincoln City 42 9 5 7 21 24 8 6 7 29 20 62
11. Gillingham 42 12 5 4 41 19 3 7 11 22 34 57
12. Scarborough 42 12 5 4 39 28 3 7 11 25 40 57
13. Chesterfield 42 6 7 8 26 28 8 4 9 23 33 53
14. Wrexham 42 11 4 6 31 26 3 5 13 21 47 51
15. Walsall 42 5 10 6 28 26 7 3 11 20 32 49
16. Northampton 42 5 9 7 25 23 6 4 11 21 33 46
17. Hereford United 42 9 4 8 31 24 3 4 14 13 33 44
18. Maidstone United 42 6 9 6 24 22 2 9 10 21 34 42
19. York City 42 6 9 6 26 23 2 7 12 16 35 40
20. Halifax Town 42 7 5 9 23 35 3 3 15 11 40 38
21. Doncaster Rovers 42 6 2 13 21 35 3 6 12 19 30 35
22. Carlisle United 42 5 9 7 24 27 2 4 15 17 40 34
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points
Table is split into home and away statistics.
Semi-finals
Blackpool and BarnetBarnet F.C.
Barnet Football Club is an English football team from High Barnet, London, England, currently playing in Football League Two. The ground is in the town of Barnet within the London Borough of Barnet....
met in the two-legged semi-finals of the play-offs. Barnet won the first leg by a single goal, at Underhill
Underhill Stadium
Underhill is the home of Barnet F.C. It is situated in Barnet in the London Borough of Barnet and has a capacity of 6,200. The stadium is famous for its slope from the North to South end. It is also used for Arsenal reserve games....
on 10 May. Blackpool, however, managed to turn the tie around in the return leg at Bloomfield Road
Bloomfield Road
Bloomfield Road is an all-seater football stadium in the English town of Blackpool, Lancashire. It has been the permanent home of Blackpool F.C. since 1901 and is named after the road on which the stadium's main entrance used to stand. The stadium has been in a process of redevelopment since 2000...
three days later. Paul Groves (40') and an Andy Garner
Andy Garner
Andrew "Andy" Garner is a retired English professional football player. He is now first-team coach at Derby County.-Playing career:Born in Stonebroom, Derbyshire, Garner began his career as an apprentice with Derby County in 1983...
penalty in front of the South Stand, ten minutes into the second half, gave the Seasiders a 2-0 victory on the night and 2-1 on aggregate. A pitch invasion ensued at the final whistle.
Final
On 23 May, Blackpool met Scunthorpe UnitedScunthorpe United F.C.
Scunthorpe United Football Club is an English association football team based in the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, who play in the Football League One....
in the final at Wembley. Blackpool manager Billy Ayre
Billy Ayre
William "Billy" Ayre was an English footballer who played for three different clubs in a sixteen-year professional career, making over three hundred League appearances in the process. After retiring from the playing side of the game, he became a manager, and took the helm at five different clubs...
was accompanied by the club mascot, his son David, during the pre-match walk out to the centre circle.
The game finished 1-1 after normal time and extra time, a Tony Daws
Tony Daws
Anthony "Tony" Daws is an English former professional footballer, who played as a striker. He has been the academy manager at Scunthorpe United since 2005, and was appointed Caretaker Manager for just over 2 weeks in March 2011.In his playing career he played for Notts County, Sheffield United,...
strike equalising Dave Bamber
Dave Bamber
John David Bamber is an English former professional footballer.His nicknames included Bambs and Dipper Bamber, the latter for the way in which he lurched forward to head the ball....
's close-range header. It went to a penalty-shootout, which Blackpool won 4-3. Mitch Cook
Mitch Cook
Mitchel Christopher "Mitch" Cook is a retired English professional football player. He played for seven different Football League clubs during a twenty-year career, and had four separate spells at Scarborough, his hometown club...
, Paul Groves, Andy Garner
Andy Garner
Andrew "Andy" Garner is a retired English professional football player. He is now first-team coach at Derby County.-Playing career:Born in Stonebroom, Derbyshire, Garner began his career as an apprentice with Derby County in 1983...
and David Eyres
David Eyres
David Eyres is an English former professional footballer.-Career:A relative latecomer to the professional game, Eyres began his career at Welsh non-league side Rhyl before signing, in 1989 at the age of 25, professional terms with Blackpool for a fee of £10,000...
were the successful takers for Blackpool, but it was Steve McIlhargey
Steve McIlhargey
Stephen "Steve" McIlhargey is a retired Scottish professional goalkeeper. During his career, he played for Walsall, Chester City and Blackpool. He also represented Scotland at schoolboy level. He is currently goalkeeping coach at Fleetwood Town.-Playing career:McIlhargey joined Blackpool from...
's save from substitute Graham Alexander
Graham Alexander
Graham Alexander is a Scottish international footballer who plays for Preston North End. He is naturally a right back, but has recently been deployed in defensive midfield, as he did early on in his career with Scunthorpe. He is currently the third oldest player to score in Premier League history...
that set up the victory. After Eyres' effort, Scunthorpe's other substitute, Jason White
Jason White (footballer born 1971)
Jason Gregory White is an English former professional footballer. He played as a striker.-Career:White began his career with Derby County in 1990, but after failing to break into the Rams first team, he left to join Scunthorpe United the following year...
, stepped up, put the ball over the bar, and Blackpool were promoted.
Blackpool 1McIlhargey Steve McIlhargey Stephen "Steve" McIlhargey is a retired Scottish professional goalkeeper. During his career, he played for Walsall, Chester City and Blackpool. He also represented Scotland at schoolboy level. He is currently goalkeeping coach at Fleetwood Town.-Playing career:McIlhargey joined Blackpool from... 2Burgess Dave Burgess (footballer) David John Burgess is an English former professional footballer. He played as a right-back.Burgess began his career at Tranmere Rovers in 1981, and went on to make over 200 league appearances for the Wirral club in five years.In 1986 he signed for Grimsby Town... 3Cook Mitch Cook Mitchel Christopher "Mitch" Cook is a retired English professional football player. He played for seven different Football League clubs during a twenty-year career, and had four separate spells at Scarborough, his hometown club... 4Groves (c Captain (sports) In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field... ) 5Davies Mike Davies (footballer) Michael John "Mike" Davies is an English former professional footballer. He spent the entirety of his eleven-year playing career with Blackpool, for whom he became a coach after his retirement from playing in 1995.... (for Murphy) 6Gore Ian Gore Ian George Gore is an English former professional footballer. He played as a centre-back.-Football career:... 7Rodwell Tony Rodwell Anthony "Tony" Rodwell is an English former professional footballer. His preferred position was on the right wing.... 8Horner Phil Horner Philip Matthew Horner is a former professional footballer. He is now a qualified physiotherapist and works at his former playing club Blackpool.-Career:... (for Sinclair) 9Bamber Dave Bamber John David Bamber is an English former professional footballer.His nicknames included Bambs and Dipper Bamber, the latter for the way in which he lurched forward to head the ball.... 10Garner Andy Garner Andrew "Andy" Garner is a retired English professional football player. He is now first-team coach at Derby County.-Playing career:Born in Stonebroom, Derbyshire, Garner began his career as an apprentice with Derby County in 1983... 11Eyres David Eyres David Eyres is an English former professional footballer.-Career:A relative latecomer to the professional game, Eyres began his career at Welsh non-league side Rhyl before signing, in 1989 at the age of 25, professional terms with Blackpool for a fee of £10,000... Substitutes: 12Murphy (for Davies) 14Sinclair Trevor Sinclair Trevor Lloyd Sinclair is an English former professional footballer. Sinclair was a versatile winger, able to play on both the left and right flanks who played in the Premier League and made twelve appearances for the England national team.He retired in 2008, after a nineteen-year professional... (for Horner) Manager: Billy Ayre Billy Ayre William "Billy" Ayre was an English footballer who played for three different clubs in a sixteen-year professional career, making over three hundred League appearances in the process. After retiring from the playing side of the game, he became a manager, and took the helm at five different clubs... |
Scunthorpe United 1Samways 2Joyce Joe Joyce Joseph "Joe" Joyce is an English former footballer and currently appointed Academy Manager at Newcastle United.-Playing career:... 3Longden 4Hill Dave Hill (footballer) David "Dave" Hill is an English former professional footballer and current manager of Cobh Ramblers.... 5Elliott 6Humphries Glenn Humphries Glenn Humphries is an English former footballer who played as a defender in the Football League for Doncaster Rovers, Lincoln City, Bristol City, Scunthorpe United and Hull City, and in the Hong Kong First Division League for Golden... 7Martin Dean Martin (footballer) Dean Martin is an English footballer currently player/manager for KA Akureyri in Icelandic Second Division.Martin plays in midfield and has spent most of his career in Iceland with IA Akranes and KA Akureyri.... 8Hamilton Ian Hamilton (footballer born 1967) Ian Richard Hamilton is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League as a midfielder between 1988 and 2002... 9Daws Tony Daws Anthony "Tony" Daws is an English former professional footballer, who played as a striker. He has been the academy manager at Scunthorpe United since 2005, and was appointed Caretaker Manager for just over 2 weeks in March 2011.In his playing career he played for Notts County, Sheffield United,... (for White) 10Buckley John Buckley (footballer) John William Buckley is a Scottish former professional footballer and current manager of Doncaster Rovers Belles.-Celtic:Buckley began his professional career in the youth ranks of Celtic, and won the Glasgow Cup against Rangers in 1982... (for Alexander) 11Helliwell Ian Helliwell (footballer) Ian Helliwell is an English former footballer who played as a striker.He played for Sheffield Wednesday and Chesterfield as a youth, before joining Matlock Town in non-League football. After four seasons, he moved to the Football League with York City, where he was top scorer for three successive... Substitutes: 12White Jason White (footballer born 1971) Jason Gregory White is an English former professional footballer. He played as a striker.-Career:White began his career with Derby County in 1990, but after failing to break into the Rams first team, he left to join Scunthorpe United the following year... (for Daws) 14Alexander Graham Alexander Graham Alexander is a Scottish international footballer who plays for Preston North End. He is naturally a right back, but has recently been deployed in defensive midfield, as he did early on in his career with Scunthorpe. He is currently the third oldest player to score in Premier League history... (for Buckley) Manager: Bill Green Bill Green (football manager) William "Bill" Green is an English former professional football player and manager.... |
Appearances
| Name | League | Play-offs | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 53 | |
| 44 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 53 | |
| 43 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 51 | |
| 43 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 51 | |
| 42 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 51 | |
| 29 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 38 | |
| 30 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 38 | |
| 31 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 37 | |
| 29 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 35 | |
| 29 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 35 | |
| 26 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 29 | |
| 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28 | |
| 20 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 25 | |
| 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21 | |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | |
| 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Players used: 28
Goals
| Name | League | Play-offs | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 36 | |
| 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total goals scored: 88
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| 1991 ||Mark Bonner
Mark Bonner
Mark Bonner is an English former professional footballer.-Career:Bonner began his career in 1991 at Blackpool, where he progressed through the youth ranks under Jimmy Mullen and Graham Carr, and became a regular in the first team under Billy Ayre during the latter's final two years with the...
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| 1991 ||Andy Howard||Unknown||Unknown
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| 1991 ||Dylan Kerr
Dylan Kerr
Dylan Kerr is a Maltese-born English former professional footballer. He played as a defender, specifically a left-back. In September 2009 he became an assistant manager with South African club Mpumalanga Black Aces....
|| Leeds United
Leeds United A.F.C.
Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...
|| Loan
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| 1991 ||Grant Leitch
Grant Leitch
Grant Leitch is an English former professional footballer. He played as a defender.Leitch played 25 Football League games for Blackpool between 1991 and 1994, scoring one goal in the competition.-Honours:Blackpool...
||Trainee||
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| 1991 ||Neil Mitchell
Neil Mitchell (footballer)
Neil Nicholas Mitchell is an English former professional footballer.-Playing career:Mitchell, a central midfielder, began his career as a trainee with Blackpool in 1991. He remained at Bloomfield Road for five years, making 67 league appearances and scoring eight goals...
||Trainee||
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| 1991 ||Mark Murray||Unknown||Unknown
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| 1991 ||Paul Stoneman
Paul Stoneman
Paul Stoneman is an English professional football player, currently playing for Bradford Park Avenue. He plays as a defender....
||Unknown||Unknown
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| 9 January 1992 ||Jason Kearton
Jason Kearton
Jason Kearton is an Australian former professional football goalkeeper.-Career:He began his career in his native land, firstly with Coalstars and then with the Brisbane Lions...
||Everton
Everton F.C.
Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...
||Two-month loan
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| 26 March 1992 ||Mitch Cook
Mitch Cook
Mitchel Christopher "Mitch" Cook is a retired English professional football player. He played for seven different Football League clubs during a twenty-year career, and had four separate spells at Scarborough, his hometown club...
||Darlington
Darlington F.C.
Darlington Football Club is a professional association football club based in Darlington, County Durham, currently playing in the Conference National. The club was founded in 1883, and originally played its games at Feethams, before moving to the Darlington Arena in 2003...
||Unknown
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|1991||Dave Lancaster||Unknown||Unknown
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|1991||Alan Wright
Alan Wright
Alan Geoffrey Wright is an English professional footballer. He is a coach in the Centre of Excellence at his first club, Blackpool, a role he assumed in June 2011....
||Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....
||£400,000
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