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1991–92 Blackpool F.C. season

English football club season

English football club season

FieldValue
clubBlackpool F.C.
season1991–92
leagueDivision Four
chrtitleOwner and chairman
chairmanOwen Oyston
managerBilly Ayre
league result4th (promoted via play-offs to Division Two)
league topscorer
Dave Bamber (28)
season topscorer
Dave Bamber (36)
highest attendance8,007 (v. Burnley)
lowest attendance2,155 (v. Mansfield Town)
cup1FA Cup
cup1 resultSecond round
cup2League Cup
cup2 resultSecond round
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prevseason1990–91
nextseason1992–93

Dave Bamber (28) Dave Bamber (36)

The 1991–92 season was '''Blackpool F.C.''''s 84th season (81st consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Four, then the fourth tier of English football. They finished fourth, missing out on automatic promotion by one point for the second consecutive season after a final-day defeat at Lincoln City, and were promoted via the play-offs to the new Division Two. It was Billy Ayre's first full season as manager.

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 on 23 November.

Dave Bamber 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 and six in the League Cup).

The six goals Blackpool scored against Aldershot 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

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Blackpool and Barnet met in the two-legged semi-finals of the play-offs. Barnet won the first leg by a single goal, at Underhill on 10 May. Blackpool, however, managed to turn the tie around in the return leg at Bloomfield Road three days later. Paul Groves (40') and an Andy Garner 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 United in the final at Wembley. Blackpool manager Billy Ayre 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 strike equalising Dave Bamber's close-range header. It went to a penalty-shootout, which Blackpool won 4–3. Mitch Cook, Paul Groves, Andy Garner and David Eyres were the successful takers for Blackpool, but it was Steve McIlhargey's save from substitute Graham Alexander that set up the victory. After Eyres' effort, Scunthorpe's other substitute, Jason White, stepped up, put the ball over the bar, and Blackpool were promoted.

15:00 BST (4-3 on penalties)

Blackpool

1McIlhargey

2Burgess

3Cook

4Groves (c)

5Davies (for Murphy)

6Gore

7Rodwell

8Horner (for Sinclair)

9Bamber

10Garner

11Eyres

Substitutes:

12Murphy (for Davies)

14Sinclair (for Horner)

Manager:

Billy Ayre Scunthorpe United

1Samways

2Joyce

3Longden

4Hill

5Elliott

6Humphries

7Martin

8Hamilton

9Daws (for White)

10Buckley (for Alexander)

11Helliwell

Substitutes:

12White (for Daws)

14Alexander (for Buckley)

Manager:

Bill Green

Player statistics

Appearances

NameLeaguePlay-offsFA CupLeague CupTotal
4432453
4432453
4331451
4331451
4232451
2932438
3031438
3121337
2931235
2922235
2601229
2510228
2002325
1731021
1200416
1500015
1300013
830011
901010
70007
40105
40105
30014
21003
10102
01102
10001
10001

Players used: 28

Goals

NameLeaguePlay-offsFA CupLeague CupTotal
2811636
1011113
1100011
1000010
41005
40004
30003
20002
20002
10001
10001

Total goals scored: 88

Transfers

In

DatePlayerFromFee
1991Mark BonnerTrainee
1991Andy HowardUnknownUnknown
1991Dylan KerrLeeds UnitedLoan
1991Grant LeitchTrainee
1991Neil MitchellTrainee
1991Mark MurrayUnknownUnknown
1991Paul StonemanUnknownUnknown
9 January 1992Jason KeartonEvertonTwo-month loan
26 March 1992Mitch CookDarlingtonUnknown

Out

DatePlayerToFee
1991Dave LancasterUnknownUnknown
1991Alan WrightBlackburn Rovers£400,000

Notes

References

References

  1. After formation of the [[Premier League]], the [[The Football League. Football League]] restructured and Division Three became Division Two
  2. Ever-present
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