Colin Hendry
Encyclopedia
Edward Colin Hendry is a retired Scottish
footballer and manager
, who played as a defender
. Hendry started his career with Dundee
in 1983 and spent spells at Blackburn Rovers
, Manchester City
, Rangers
, Coventry City
, Bolton Wanderers
and Blackpool
. He was part of the Blackburn squad that won the Premiership in 1995 and the Rangers squad that won the domestic treble in 1999. His most recent stint in football was as manager of Scottish First Division side Clyde
, from June 2007 until January 2008, when he chose to resign for family reasons.
and Islavale
, mainly as a striker. He began his professional career in 1983 with Dundee
, and in 1987 was picked up by Blackburn Rovers
, where he was converted into a defender. One of his first appearances came in the Full Members Cup
final, where he scored the only goal in the 1-0 Wembley
win over Charlton Athletic
.
He played over 100 games for Blackburn before joining Manchester City
in 1989, where he was named Player of the Year in the 1989–90 season. His days at City were numbered, however, after he fell out of manager Peter Reid
's plans when Reid took over in November 1990 on the departure of Howard Kendall
to Everton
.
He was re-signed for Blackburn by Kenny Dalglish
in November 1991 for a fee of £700,000 and helped them to great success including winning the FA Premier League. In 1998, he got a move back to Scotland to play with Rangers
where he was signed by manager Dick Advocaat
for £4 million. However, despite winning the domestic treble with Rangers in his first season, his time there was relatively unhappy with Advocaat claiming that Hendry was "not his type of player". After his spell at Rangers, Hendry also played for Coventry City
and Bolton Wanderers
, as well as Preston North End
and Blackpool
on loan, before retiring from playing football.
Overall, Hendry played more than 500 league games and scored more than 40 goals in playing career spanning some 20 years.
Hendry managed to win 51 caps
for Scotland
despite the fact that he was a latecomer to the international scene, not making his debut until he was 27. He captained Scotland in the 1998 World Cup
. His last Scotland appearance, on 28 March 2001, saw Hendry score two goals in a 4–0 win over San Marino
but his international career was ended following a ban for six matches for elbowing San Marino substitute Nicola Albani
.
job in June 2004 when he was appointed manager of his former club Blackpool, but was dismissed by the club in November 2005 following a poor run of results.
In September 2006 Hendry joined Boston United
as assistant manager, and in June 2007 he became manager of Scottish side Clyde
. Hendry lost his first three games in charge. He picked up his first victory in a Scottish Challenge Cup tie against fellow Scottish First Division side Queen of the South
in August 2007. His best run was a 6 game undefeated streak from November 2007 to December 2007. His final game in charge of Clyde was a Scottish Cup
fourth-round match, which Clyde lost 1–0 to Dundee United
.
Hendry resigned from his post as manager of Clyde on 18 January 2008, after his wife Denise became ill.
On 23 June 2010, Hendry was formally declared bankrupt at Blackpool County Court. It had been reported that he faced a tax bill of more than £1m and owes thousands of pounds to other creditors, having squandered it gambling.
|1983–84||rowspan="4"|Dundee
||rowspan="4"|Premier Division
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|1984–85||4||0||||||||||||||||
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|1985–86||20||0||||||||||||||||
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|1986–87||13||2||||||||||||||||
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|1986–87||rowspan="4"|Blackburn Rovers
||rowspan="4"|Second Division
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|1987–88||44||12||||||||||colspan="2"|—||||
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|1988–89||38||7||||||||||colspan="2"|—||||
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|1989–90||7||0||||||||||colspan="2"|—||||
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|1990–91||rowspan="3"|Manchester City
||rowspan="3"|First Division
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|1990–91||32||1||||||||||colspan="2"|—||||
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|1991–92||6||1||||||||||colspan="2"|—||||
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|1991–92||rowspan="7"|Blackburn Rovers
||Second Division
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|1992–93||rowspan="6"|Premier League||41||1||||||||||colspan="2"|—||||
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|1993–94||22||0||||||||||colspan="2"|—||||
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|1994–95||40||4||||||||||||||||
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|1995–96||33||1||||||||||||||||
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|1996–97||35||1||2||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||39||1
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|1997–98||34||1||4||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||39||1
|-
|1998–99||rowspan="2"|Rangers
||rowspan="2"|Premier League
||20||0||3||0||4||0||5||0||32||0
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|1999–2000||2||0||0||0||0||0||2||0||4||0
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|1999–2000||rowspan="2"|Coventry City
||rowspan="2"|Premier League||9||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||9||0
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|2000–01||2||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||2||0
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|2000–01||rowspan="2"|Bolton Wanderers
||First Division
||25*||3||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||26||3
|-
|2001–02||Premier League||3||0||0||0||4||0||colspan="2"|—||7||0
|-
|2001–02||Preston North End
||First Division
||2||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||2||0
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|2002–03||Bolton Wanderers
||Premier League||0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0
|-
|2002–03||Blackpool
||Second Division
||14||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||14||0
63||2||||||||||||||||
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515||44||||||||||||||||
*Includes 3 Play-Off appearances
Rangers
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
footballer and manager
Manager (association football)
In association football, a manager is responsible for running a football club or a national team. The manager of a professional club is responsible directly to the club president. The position of manager is almost exclusively used in British football...
, who played as a defender
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
. Hendry started his career with Dundee
Dundee F.C.
Dundee Football Club, founded in 1893, are a football club based in the city of Dundee, Scotland. They are nicknamed The Dee or The Dark Blues and play their home matches at Dens Park. Their shirt colour is dark blue. Dundee currently play in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from...
in 1983 and spent spells at 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....
, Manchester City
Manchester City F.C.
Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...
, Rangers
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...
, Coventry City
Coventry City F.C.
Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...
, Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers F.C.
Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001....
and Blackpool
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...
. He was part of the Blackburn squad that won the Premiership in 1995 and the Rangers squad that won the domestic treble in 1999. His most recent stint in football was as manager of Scottish First Division side Clyde
Clyde F.C.
Clyde Football Club are a Scottish professional football team currently playing in the Third Division of the Scottish Football League. Although based for the last fifteen years in the new town of Cumbernauld, they are traditionally associated with an area that covers Rutherglen in South...
, from June 2007 until January 2008, when he chose to resign for family reasons.
Club career
Hendry first played for local clubs KeithKeith F.C.
Keith F.C. are a senior football club who currently play in the Highland League in Scotland.They were founded in 1910 and play at Kynoch Park which is at the east end of the town..Keith are the football team of Keith in Banffshire, north-east Scotland...
and Islavale
Islavale F.C.
Islavale F.C. are a Scottish football club from the town of Keith, Moray. Founded in 1949 as a Welfare side, they joined the Scottish Junior Football Association in 1952 and currently play in the SJFA North Division One. The club were based at Fife Park in the Fife Keith area of town before moving...
, mainly as a striker. He began his professional career in 1983 with Dundee
Dundee F.C.
Dundee Football Club, founded in 1893, are a football club based in the city of Dundee, Scotland. They are nicknamed The Dee or The Dark Blues and play their home matches at Dens Park. Their shirt colour is dark blue. Dundee currently play in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from...
, and in 1987 was picked up by 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....
, where he was converted into a defender. One of his first appearances came in the Full Members Cup
Full Members Cup
The Full Members Cup was an association football cup competition held in English football from 1985 to 1992. It was also known under its sponsored names of the Simod Cup from 1987 to 1989 and the Zenith Data Systems Cup from 1989 to 1992....
final, where he scored the only goal in the 1-0 Wembley
Wembley Stadium
The original Wembley Stadium, officially known as the Empire Stadium, was a football stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the new Wembley Stadium that opened in 2007...
win over Charlton Athletic
Charlton Athletic F.C.
Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,...
.
He played over 100 games for Blackburn before joining Manchester City
Manchester City F.C.
Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...
in 1989, where he was named Player of the Year in the 1989–90 season. His days at City were numbered, however, after he fell out of manager Peter Reid
Peter Reid
Peter Reid is an English football manager, pundit and retired player, who is currently without a club since his departure from Plymouth Argyle.A defensive midfielder in his playing days, Reid enjoyed a long and successful career...
's plans when Reid took over in November 1990 on the departure of Howard Kendall
Howard Kendall
Howard Kendall is an English football manager and former player. He is most famous for his connection to Everton, a club that he both played for and managed. His uncle Harry Taylor played for Newcastle United and Fulham in the 1950s....
to 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...
.
He was re-signed for Blackburn by Kenny Dalglish
Kenny Dalglish
Kenneth Mathieson "Kenny" Dalglish MBE is a Scottish former footballer and the current manager of Liverpool F.C.. In a 22-year playing career, he played for two club teams, Celtic and Liverpool, winning numerous honours with both. He is the most capped Scottish player, with 102 appearances, and...
in November 1991 for a fee of £700,000 and helped them to great success including winning the FA Premier League. In 1998, he got a move back to Scotland to play with Rangers
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...
where he was signed by manager Dick Advocaat
Dick Advocaat
Dirk Nicolaas "Dick" Advocaat is a Dutch football manager and former player currently the manager of the Russia national football team.He has been moderately successful as a football player and as a coach, which included two stints with the Dutch national football team...
for £4 million. However, despite winning the domestic treble with Rangers in his first season, his time there was relatively unhappy with Advocaat claiming that Hendry was "not his type of player". After his spell at Rangers, Hendry also played for Coventry City
Coventry City F.C.
Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...
and Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers F.C.
Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001....
, as well as Preston North End
Preston North End F.C.
Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire, currently playing in the third tier of English league football, League One...
and Blackpool
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...
on loan, before retiring from playing football.
Overall, Hendry played more than 500 league games and scored more than 40 goals in playing career spanning some 20 years.
International career
Cap (sport)
In sports, a cap is a metaphorical term for a player's appearance on a select team, such as a national team. The term dates from the practice in the United Kingdom of awarding a cap to every player in an international match of association football...
for Scotland
Scotland national football team
The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. Scotland are the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside England, whom they played in the world's first international football match in 1872...
despite the fact that he was a latecomer to the international scene, not making his debut until he was 27. He captained Scotland in the 1998 World Cup
1998 FIFA World Cup
The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...
. His last Scotland appearance, on 28 March 2001, saw Hendry score two goals in a 4–0 win over San Marino
San Marino national football team
The San Marino national football team is the national football team of San Marino, controlled by the San Marino Football Federation...
but his international career was ended following a ban for six matches for elbowing San Marino substitute Nicola Albani
Nicola Albani
Nicola Albani is a San Marinese footballer who currently plays for Olympia Secchiano and the San Marino national football team. He scored in the 1-1 draw with Latvia. He is best known for being elbowed by Colin Hendry in an incident which would see the Scotland defender retire from international...
.
Coaching career
Hendry landed his first managerialManager (association football)
In association football, a manager is responsible for running a football club or a national team. The manager of a professional club is responsible directly to the club president. The position of manager is almost exclusively used in British football...
job in June 2004 when he was appointed manager of his former club Blackpool, but was dismissed by the club in November 2005 following a poor run of results.
In September 2006 Hendry joined Boston United
Boston United F.C.
Boston United Football Club are an association football club based in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. They currently play in the Conference North. The club is known as 'the Pilgrims' in reference to the Pilgrim Fathers, who fled from Boston to the USA and founded Boston, Massachusetts. The club's...
as assistant manager, and in June 2007 he became manager of Scottish side Clyde
Clyde F.C.
Clyde Football Club are a Scottish professional football team currently playing in the Third Division of the Scottish Football League. Although based for the last fifteen years in the new town of Cumbernauld, they are traditionally associated with an area that covers Rutherglen in South...
. Hendry lost his first three games in charge. He picked up his first victory in a Scottish Challenge Cup tie against fellow Scottish First Division side Queen of the South
Queen of the South F.C.
Queen of the South Football Club is a Scottish professional football club founded in 1919 and located in Dumfries. The club currently plays in the Scottish First Division, the second tier of Scottish football. They are officially nicknamed The Doonhamers, but usually referred to as Queens or QoS...
in August 2007. His best run was a 6 game undefeated streak from November 2007 to December 2007. His final game in charge of Clyde was a Scottish Cup
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,, commonly known as the Scottish Cup or the William Hill Scottish Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the main national cup competition in Scottish football. It is a knockout cup competition run by and named after the Scottish Football Association.The...
fourth-round match, which Clyde lost 1–0 to Dundee United
Dundee United F.C.
Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club located in the city of Dundee. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1923...
.
Hendry resigned from his post as manager of Clyde on 18 January 2008, after his wife Denise became ill.
Personal life
Hendry's wife, Denise, died on 10 July 2009, aged 42. Her death is believed to have been caused by a long-term infection resulting from nine punctures to internal organs inflicted during cosmetic surgery performed by Swedish cosmetic surgeon Gustav Aniansson, at the private Broughton Park Hospital in Preston, in April 2002. Hendry has four children by his wife: Rheagan, Kyle, Calum and Niamh.On 23 June 2010, Hendry was formally declared bankrupt at Blackpool County Court. It had been reported that he faced a tax bill of more than £1m and owes thousands of pounds to other creditors, having squandered it gambling.
Career statistics
|-|1983–84||rowspan="4"|Dundee
Dundee F.C.
Dundee Football Club, founded in 1893, are a football club based in the city of Dundee, Scotland. They are nicknamed The Dee or The Dark Blues and play their home matches at Dens Park. Their shirt colour is dark blue. Dundee currently play in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from...
||rowspan="4"|Premier Division
Scottish Premier League
The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...
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|1985–86||20||0||||||||||||||||
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|1986–87||13||2||||||||||||||||
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|1986–87||rowspan="4"|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....
||rowspan="4"|Second Division
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...
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|1989–90||7||0||||||||||colspan="2"|—||||
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|1990–91||rowspan="3"|Manchester City
Manchester City F.C.
Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...
||rowspan="3"|First Division
Football League First Division
The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....
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|1990–91||32||1||||||||||colspan="2"|—||||
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|1991–92||6||1||||||||||colspan="2"|—||||
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|1991–92||rowspan="7"|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....
||Second Division
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...
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|1992–93||rowspan="6"|Premier League||41||1||||||||||colspan="2"|—||||
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|1996–97||35||1||2||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||39||1
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|1997–98||34||1||4||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||39||1
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|1998–99||rowspan="2"|Rangers
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...
||rowspan="2"|Premier League
Scottish Premier League
The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...
||20||0||3||0||4||0||5||0||32||0
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|1999–2000||2||0||0||0||0||0||2||0||4||0
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|1999–2000||rowspan="2"|Coventry City
Coventry City F.C.
Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...
||rowspan="2"|Premier League||9||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||9||0
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|2000–01||2||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||2||0
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|2000–01||rowspan="2"|Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers F.C.
Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001....
||First Division
Football League First Division
The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....
||25*||3||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||26||3
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|2001–02||Premier League||3||0||0||0||4||0||colspan="2"|—||7||0
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|2001–02||Preston North End
Preston North End F.C.
Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire, currently playing in the third tier of English league football, League One...
||First Division
Football League First Division
The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....
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|2002–03||Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers F.C.
Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001....
||Premier League||0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0
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|2002–03||Blackpool
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...
||Second Division
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...
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63||2||||||||||||||||
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515||44||||||||||||||||
*Includes 3 Play-Off appearances
Honours
Blackburn Rovers- Simod Cup: 1
-
- 1988
- Premier League: 1
- 1995
- 1988
Rangers
- Scottish Premier LeagueScottish Premier LeagueThe Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...
: 1
-
- 1999
- Scottish CupScottish CupThe Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,, commonly known as the Scottish Cup or the William Hill Scottish Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the main national cup competition in Scottish football. It is a knockout cup competition run by and named after the Scottish Football Association.The...
: 1
- Scottish Cup
- 1999
- Scottish League CupScottish League CupThe Scottish League Cup is a football competition open to all Scottish Football League and Scottish Premier League clubs. At present it is also known as the Scottish Communities League Cup owing to the sponsorship deal in place with the Scottish Government. In the past it has been sponsored by...
: 1
- Scottish League Cup
- 1999
- 1999