Blackpool F.C. season 1990-91

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Blackpool F.C.

Season 1990-91
League	Division Four
Manager	Graham Carr (succeeded by Billy Ayre in December 1990)
League position	5th
Top goalscorers	League: Dave Bamber (17) Combined: Dave Bamber (17)
Highest home attendance	9,563 (v. Tottenham Hotspur)
Lowest home attendance	2,065 (v. Aldershot)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
Previous season	← 1989-90
Next season	1991-92 →

The 1990-91 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 84th season (81st consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Four, then the fourth tier of English football. They finished fifth, and made the play-offs; however, they lost in the final, against Torquay United, in a penalty-shootout after the game finished 2-2 after normal and extra time.

Graham Carr was replaced as manager by his assistant, Billy Ayre, in December.

Dave Bamber was the club's top scorer, with seventeen league goals.

Blackpool fans invade the Bloomfield Road pitch after their team beat Scunthorpe United to reach the 1990-91 play-off final.

1 Results
2 Table
- 2.1 Play-offs
  - 2.1.1 Semi-finals
  - 2.1.2 Final
3 Player statistics
- 3.1 Appearances
- 3.2 Goals
4 Notes
5 References

[edit] Results

Date	Competition	Opponent (home/away)	Result	Scorer(s)	Attendance
August 25, 1990	League	Scunthorpe United (a)	L 0-2		3,024
August 28, 1990	League Cup, first round, first leg	Darlington (a)	D 0-0		2,254
September 1, 1990	League	Rochdale (h)	D 0-0		3,357
September 4, 1990	League Cup, first round, second leg	Darlington (h)	D 1-1^[1]	Brook	1,696
September 8, 1990	League	Northampton Town (a)	L 0-1		4,300
September 15, 1990	League	Wrexham (h)	W 4-1	Stant, Eyres, opposition own goal, Rodwell	3,497
September 18, 1990	League	Burnley (h)	L 1-2	Stant	4,737
September 22, 1990	League	Chesterfield (a)	D 2-2	Groves, Garner (penalty)	3,549
September 29, 1990	League	Hartlepool United (h)	W 2-0	Eyres, Groves	3,181
October 3, 1990	League	Scarborough (a)	W 1-0	Groves	1,713
October 6, 1990	League	Torquay United (a)	L 1-2	Stant	2,884
October 13, 1990	League	Darlington (h)	L 1-2	Garner	4,092
October 20, 1990	League	Gillingham (h)	W 2-0	Stant, Eyres	3,041
October 22, 1990	League	Stockport County (a)	D 0-0		4,337
October 27, 1990	League	Halifax Town (a)	L 3-5	Rodwell 2, Stant	1,945
November 3, 1990	League	Walsall (h)	L 1-2	Groves	3,233
November 10, 1990	League	Aldershot (h)	W 4-2	Sinclair, Taylor, Garner (penalty), Lancaster	2,065
November 17, 1990	FA Cup, first round	Grimsby Town (h)	W 2-0	Groves, Garner	4,175
November 24, 1990	League	Doncaster Rovers (a)	L 0-1		2,113
December 1, 1990	League	Hereford United (a)	D 1-1^[2]	Bamber	2,588
December 10, 1990	FA Cup, second round	Huddersfield Town (a)	W 2-0	Groves, opposition own goal	6,329
December 15, 1990	League	Maidstone United (h)	D 2-2	Garner, Bamber	2,341
December 23, 1990	League	Carlisle United (a)	L 0-1		5,195
December 26, 1990	League	Peterborough United (h)	D 1-1	Garner	3,658
December 29, 1990	League	Lincoln City (h)	W 5-0	Groves 2 (1 penalty), Bamber 2, Eyres	2,519
January 1, 1991	League	York City (a)	W 1-0	Horner	3,115
January 5, 1991	FA Cup, third round	Tottenham Hotspur (h)	L 0-1		9,563
January 12, 1991	League	Rochdale (a)	L 1-2	Bamber	2,621
January 19, 1991	League	Scunthorpe United (h)	W 3-1	Bamber 2, Garner	2,494
January 26, 1991	League	Wrexham (a)	W 1-0	Garner (penalty)	2,393
February 5, 1991	League	Chesterfield (h)	W 3-0	Bamber, Horner, Garner	2,357
February 16, 1991	League	Doncaster Rovers (h)	W 2-0	Taylor, Horner	3,533
February 23, 1991	League	Aldershot (a)	W 4-1	Bamber 2, Garner 2	2,164
March 2, 1991	League	Hereford United (h)	W 3-0	Bamber 2, Richards	3,636
March 9, 1991	League	Maidstone United (a)	D 1-1	Richards	2,253
March 12, 1991	League	Scarborough (h)	W 3-1	Richards, Taylor, Bamber	3,798
March 16, 1991	League	Hartlepool United (a)	W 2-1	Horner, Rodwell	2,840
March 19, 1991	League	Darlington (a)	D 1-1	Opposition own goal	4,108
March 23, 1991	League	Torquay United (h)	W 1-0	Bamber	4,778
March 30, 1991	League	Peterborough United (a)	L 0-2		7,721
April 2, 1991	League	Carlisle United (h)	W 6-0	Bamber 2, Horner, Groves (penalty), Rodwell, Richards	5,368
April 6, 1991	League	Lincoln City (a)	W 1-0	Bamber	4,003
April 13, 1991	League	York City (h)	W 1-0	Groves	5,086
April 17, 1991	League	Cardiff City (h)	W 3-0	Groves, Horner, Rodwell	4,813
April 20, 1991	League	Gillingham (a)	D 2-2	Davies, Horner	3,028
April 23, 1991	League	Burnley (a)	L 0-2		18,398
April 27, 1991	League	Stockpot County (h)	W 3-2	Eyres, Garner 2	8,590
April 30, 1991	League	Halifax Town (h)	W 2-0	Rodwell, Groves	5,883
May 2, 1991	League	Cardiff City (a)	D 1-1	Garner (penalty)	1,793
May 7, 1991	League	Northampton Town (h)	W 2-1	Eyres, Groves	7,298
May 11, 1991	League	Walsall (a)	L 0-2		8,051
May 19, 1991	Play-off semi-finals, first leg	Scunthorpe United (a)	D 1-1	Rodwell	6,536
May 22, 1991	Play-off semi-finals, second leg	Scunthorpe United (h)	W 2-1	Eyres 2	7,596
May 31, 1991	Play-off final	Torquay United (n)^[3]	D 2-2^[4]	Groves, opposition own goal	21,615

[edit] Table

                             P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A Pts
 1. DARLINGTON (P)          46  13  8  2  36  14   9  9  5  32  24  83
 2. STOCKPORT COUNTY (P)    46  16  6  1  54  19   7  7  9  30  28  82
 3. HARTLEPOOL UNITED (P)   46  15  5  3  35  15   9  5  9  32  33  82
 4. PETERBOROUGH UNITED (P) 46  13  9  1  38  15   8  8  7  29  30  80
 5. Blackpool               46  17  3  3  55  17   6  7 10  23  30  79
 6. Burnley                 46  17  5  1  46  16   6  5 12  24  35  79
 7. TORQUAY UNITED (P)      46  14  7  2  37  13   4 11  8  27  34  72
 8. Scunthorpe United       46  17  4  2  51  20   3  7 13  20  42  71
 9. Scarborough             46  13  5  5  36  21   6  7 10  23  35  69
10. Northampton             46  14  5  4  34  21   4  8 11  23  37  67
11. Doncaster Rovers        46  12  5  6  36  22   5  9  9  20  24  65
12. Rochdale                46  10  9  4  29  22   5  8 10  21  31  62
13. Cardiff City            46  10  6  7  26  23   5  9  9  17  31  60
14. Lincoln City            46  10  7  6  32  27   4 10  9  18  34  59
15. Gillingham              46   9  9  5  35  27   3  9 11  22  33  54
16. Walsall                 46   7 12  4  25  17   5  5 13  23  34  53
17. Hereford United         46   9 10  4  32  19   4  4 15  21  39  53
18. Chesterfield            46   8 12  3  33  26   5  2 16  14  36  53
19. Maidstone United        46   9  5  9  42  34   4  7 12  24  37  51
20. Carlisle United         46  12  3  8  30  30   1  6 16  17  59  48
21. York City               46   8  6  9  21  23   3  7 13  24  34  46
22. Halifax Town            46   9  6  8  34  29   3  4 16  25  50  46
23. Aldershot               46   8  7  8  38  43   2  4 17  23  58  41
24. Wrexham                 46   8  7  8  33  34   2  3 18  15  40  40

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.

[edit] Play-offs

[edit] Semi-finals

Blackpool and Scunthorpe United met in the two-legged semi-finals of the play-offs. The first leg, played at Glanford Park on May 19, finished 1-1. Three days later, Blackpool won the return leg at Bloomfield Road 2-0, courtesy of a double by David Eyres, and took the tie 3-2 on aggregate. Blackpool's celebration of reaching Wembley since the famous "Matthews Final" thirty-eight years earlier was overshadowed by the news that their former player and manager Stan Mortensen, who scored a hat-trick in that final, had passed away earlier in the day, at the age of 69.

[edit] Final

On May 31, Blackpool met Torquay United in the final at Wembley. The game finished 2-2 after normal time and extra time. It went to a penalty-shootout, which Torquay won 5-4. Dave Bamber missed the decisive penalty, the second of sudden death, putting it well wide of Gareth Howells' left-hand post.

1991-05-31 15:00 BST	Blackpool	2-2 (4-5 on penalties)	Torquay United	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 21,615 Referee: George Courtney, Spennymoor
	Groves Curran (o.g.)	(Report)	Saunders Edwards

Blackpool

010McIlhargey
020Davies (for Sinclair)
030Wright
040Groves
050Horner
060Gore
070Rodwell
080Taylor
090Bamber
100Garner (c)
110Eyres

Substitutes:

120Sinclair (for Davies)
140Richards

Manager:
Billy Ayre

Torquay United

010Howells
020Curran
030P. Holmes
040Saunders
050Elliott
060Joyce
070Myers
080M. Holmes
090Evans
100Edwards
110Loram

Substitutes:

120Hall
140

Manager:
John Impey

[edit] Player statistics

[edit] Appearances

Name	League	Play-offs	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
Groves, PaulPaul Groves	46	3	3	2	54^[5]
Wright, AlanAlan Wright	45	3	3	2	53
McIlhargey, SteveSteve McIlhargey	44	3	3	2	52
Rodwell, TonyTony Rodwell	45	3	3	1	52
Gore, IanIan Gore	41	3	3	2	49
Horner, PhilPhil Horner	39	3	3	0	45
Garner, AndyAndy Garner	36	3	3	2	44
Eyres, DavidDavid Eyres	36	3	1	2	42
Davies, MikeMike Davies	37	3	1	0	41
Sinclair, TrevorTrevor Sinclair	31	2	3	2	38
Briggs, GaryGary Briggs	30	2	3	2	37
Bamber, DaveDave Bamber	23	1	1	0	25
Richards, CarlCarl Richards	22	0	2	1	25
Hedworth, ChrisChris Hedworth	20	0	3	0	23
Taylor, MarkMark Taylor	19	3	0	1	23
Stant, PhilPhil Stant	12	0	0	0	12
Lancaster, DaveDave Lancaster	8	0	0	2	10
Brook, GaryGary Brook	4	0	0	2	6
Smalley, A.A. Smalley	6	0	0	0	6
Gouck, AndyAndy Gouck	5	0	0	0	5
Bradshaw, MarkMark Bradshaw	1	0	0	2	3
Wright, MarkMark Wright	3	0	0	0	3
Barber, FredFred Barber	2	0	0	0	2
Owen, GordonGordon Owen	1	0	0	0	1

Players used: 24

[edit] Goals

Name	League	Play-offs	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
Bamber, DaveDave Bamber	17	0	0	0	17
Groves, PaulPaul Groves	11	1	2	0	14
Garner, AndyAndy Garner	13	0	1	0	14
Eyres, DavidDavid Eyres	6	2	0	0	8
Rodwell, TonyTony Rodwell	7	1	0	0	8
Horner, PhilPhil Horner	7	0	0	0	7
Stant, PhilPhil Stant	5	0	0	0	5
Richards, CarlCarl Richards	4	0	0	0	4
Taylor, MarkMark Taylor	3	0	0	0	3
Brook, GaryGary Brook	0	0	0	1	1
Davies, MikeMike Davies	1	0	0	0	1
Lancaster, DaveDave Lancaster	1	0	0	0	1
Sinclair, TrevorTrevor Sinclair	1	0	0	0	1