1990–91 Blackpool F.C. season

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 83rd season (80th consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Four, then the fourth tier of English football. They finished fifth, missing out on automatic promotion by one point after a final-day defeat at Walsall, 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, on 30 November. Between 10 November and the end of the season, the club went on to record thirteen consecutive League wins at Bloomfield Road.

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

Results


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

Table

                                     Home              Away
                             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

Play-offs

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 19 May, 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 died earlier in the day, at the age of 69.

Final

On 31 May, 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.

Blackpool v Torquay United

1991-05-31
15:00 BST

Blackpool	2-2 (4-5 on penalties)	Torquay United
Groves Curran (o.g.)	(Report)	Saunders Edwards

Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 21,615
Referee: George Courtney, Spennymoor

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

Player statistics

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
Coughlin, RussellRussell Coughlin	0	0	0	0	0

Players used: 24

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

Total goals scored: 84 (plus four own-goals)

Notes

↑ After extra time; Darlington won on away-goals rule
↑ Billy Ayre's first game as manager
↑ Played at Wembley Stadium, London
↑ After extra time; Torquay won 5-4 on penalties
↑ Ever-present

References

Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 1-873626-07-X.

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