Blackpool F.C. season 1991-92
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| Season 1991-92 | |
| League | Division Four |
| Manager | Billy Ayre |
| League position | 4th (promoted via play-offs to Division Two) |
| Top goalscorers | League: Dave Bamber (28) Combined: Dave Bamber (36) |
| Highest home attendance | 8,007 (v. Burnley) |
| Lowest home attendance | 2,155 (v. Mansfield Town) |
| FA Cup | Second round |
| League Cup | Second round |
| Previous season | ← 1990-91 |
| Next season | 1992-93 → |
The 1991-92 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 85th season (82nd consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Four, then the fourth tier of English football. They finished fourth, and were promoted via the play-offs to the new Division Two.[1]
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 latter including a hat-trick against Mansfield).
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[edit] Table
P W D L F A W D L F A Pts
1. 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.
The six goals scored against Aldershot were expunged from the record books when they 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.
[edit] Play-offs
[edit] 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 May 10. 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.
[edit] Final
On May 23, Blackpool met Scunthorpe United in the final at Wembley. 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 Graham Alexander that set up the victory. After Eyres' effort, Jason White stepped up, put the ball over the bar, and Blackpool were promoted.
| 1992-05-23 15:00 BST |
Blackpool | 1-1 (4-3 on penalties) |
Scunthorpe United | Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 22,741 Referee: Keith Hackett, Sheffield |
| Bamber | (Report) | Daws |
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Blackpool 1McIlhargey Substitutes: 12Murphy Manager: |
Scunthorpe United 1Samways Substitutes: 12White Manager: |
[edit] Player statistics
[edit] Appearances
| Name | League | Play-offs | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
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| Dave Bamber | 44 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 53[2] |
| Paul Groves | 44 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 53[2] |
| David Eyres | 43 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 51 |
| Ian Gore | 43 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 51 |
| Tony Rodwell | 42 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 51 |
| Steve McIlhargey | 29 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 38 |
| Mike Davies | 30 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 38 |
| Andy Garner | 31 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 37 |
| Phil Horner | 29 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 35 |
| Trevor Sinclair | 29 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 35 |
| Gary Briggs | 26 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 29 |
| Andy Gouck | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28 |
| Paul Stoneman | 20 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 25 |
| Dave Burgess | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| Alan Wright | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| Jason Kearton | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Dylan Kerr | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Mitch Cook | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Mark Taylor | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Grant Leitch | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Mark Bonner | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Chris Hedworth | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Carl Richards | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Mark Murray | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| A. Howard | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Jamie Murphy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Gary Brook | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Neil Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Players used: 28
[edit] Goals
| Name | League | Play-offs | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
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| Dave Bamber | 28 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 36 |
| Paul Groves | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Tony Rodwell | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| David Eyres | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Andy Garner | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Phil Horner | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Trevor Sinclair | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Andy Gouck | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mark Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Davies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dylan Kerr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total goals scored: 88
