1991–92 Blackpool F.C. season

Blackpool F.C.
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 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.^[1] 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 latter including a hat-trick against Mansfield).

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

                             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.

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.

Blackpool v Scunthorpe United

1992-05-23
15:00 BST

Blackpool	1-1 (4-3 on penalties)	Scunthorpe United
Bamber	(Report)	Daws

Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 22,741
Referee: Keith Hackett, Sheffield

Blackpool

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

Substitutes:

120Murphy (for Davies)
140Sinclair (for Horner)

Manager:
Billy Ayre

Scunthorpe United

010Samways
020Joyce
030Longden
040Hill
050Elliott
060Humphries
070Martin
080Hamilton
090Daws (for White)
100Buckley (for Alexander)
110Helliwell

Substitutes:

120White (for Daws)
140Alexander (for Buckley)

Manager:
Bill Green

Player statistics

Appearances

Name	League	Play-offs	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
Bamber, DaveDave Bamber	44	3	2	4	53^[2]
Groves, PaulPaul Groves	44	3	2	4	53^[2]
Eyres, DavidDavid Eyres	43	3	1	4	51
Gore, IanIan Gore	43	3	1	4	51
Rodwell, TonyTony Rodwell	42	3	2	4	51
McIlhargey, SteveSteve McIlhargey	29	3	2	4	38
Davies, MikeMike Davies	30	3	1	4	38
Garner, AndyAndy Garner	31	2	1	3	37
Horner, PhilPhil Horner	29	3	1	2	35
Sinclair, TrevorTrevor Sinclair	29	2	2	2	35
Briggs, GaryGary Briggs	26	0	1	2	29
Gouck, AndyAndy Gouck	25	1	0	2	28
Stoneman, PaulPaul Stoneman	20	0	2	3	25
Burgess, DaveDave Burgess	17	3	1	0	21
Wright, AlanAlan Wright	12	0	0	4	16
Kearton, JasonJason Kearton	15	0	0	0	15
Kerr, DylanDylan Kerr	13	0	0	0	13
Cook, MitchMitch Cook	8	3	0	0	11
Taylor, MarkMark Taylor	9	0	1	0	10
Leitch, GrantGrant Leitch	7	0	0	0	7
Bonner, MarkMark Bonner	4	0	1	0	5
Hedworth, ChrisChris Hedworth	4	0	1	0	5
Richards, CarlCarl Richards	3	0	0	1	4
Murray, MarkMark Murray	2	1	0	0	3
Howard, A.A. Howard	1	0	1	0	2
Murphy, JamieJamie Murphy	0	1	1	0	2
Brook, GaryGary Brook	1	0	0	0	1
Mitchell, NeilNeil Mitchell	1	0	0	0	1

Players used: 28

Goals

Name	League	Play-offs	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
Bamber, DaveDave Bamber	28	1	1	6	36
Groves, PaulPaul Groves	10	1	1	1	13
Rodwell, TonyTony Rodwell	11	0	0	0	11
Eyres, DavidDavid Eyres	10	0	0	0	10
Garner, AndyAndy Garner	4	1	0	0	5
Horner, PhilPhil Horner	4	0	0	0	4
Sinclair, TrevorTrevor Sinclair	3	0	0	0	3
Gouck, AndyAndy Gouck	2	0	0	0	2
Taylor, MarkMark Taylor	2	0	0	0	2
Davies, MikeMike Davies	1	0	0	0	1
Kerr, DylanDylan Kerr	1	0	0	0	1

Total goals scored: 88

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee
1991	Mark Bonner	Trainee
1991	Andy Howard	Unknown	Unknown
1991	Dylan Kerr	Leeds United	Loan
1991	Grant Leitch	Trainee
1991	Neil Mitchell	Trainee
1991	Mark Murray	Unknown	Unknown
1991	Paul Stoneman	Unknown	Unknown
9 January 1992	Jason Kearton	Everton	Two-month loan
26 March 1992	Mitch Cook	Darlington	Unknown

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee
1991	Dave Lancaster	Unknown	Unknown
1991	Alan Wright	Blackburn Rovers	£400,000

Notes

↑ After formation of the Premier League, the Football League restructured and Division Three became Division Two
1 2 Ever-present

References

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

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