1990–91 season of Brentford F.C.
Brentford 1990–91 football season
During the 1990–91 English football season, Brentford competed in the Football League Third Division . Five wins in the final six matches of the season propelled the Bees from mid-table into the play-offs , where the club was defeated by Tranmere Rovers in the semi-finals.
Season summary Steve Perryman resigned as manager on the eve of the season. Third Division Brentford conducted little transfer business during the 1990 off-season, buying only Sheffield United goalkeeper Graham Benstead and selling full back Roger Stanislaus to Bury .[1] Midfielder Eddie May was transfer-listed at his own request, while midfielders Keith Jones, Kevin Godfrey and forward Richard Cadette rejected new contracts and instead signed weekly deals. 10 days before the first match of the season, the club was rocked by the resignation of manager Steve Perryman ,[1] who had been in charge since February 1987.[3] Perryman's assistant Phil Holder took over and began his first job in football management.
Just two defeats from the opening 12 league matches of the season had Brentford flirting with automatic promotion, before successive defeats in late October and early November dropped the club into the play-off places.[4] Aided by the goalscoring of fit-again Gary Blissett , the Bees showed good league form through November and December and ended 1990 in the automatic promotion places.[4] After loss to Oldham Athletic in the third round of the FA Cup , attention turned to the Football League Trophy , in which the Bees went all the way to the Southern Area finals before being defeated over two legs by league rivals Birmingham City .[4] The run in the Trophy affected Brentford's promotion-chasing form, with the team having won just seven of 17 matches since the turn of the year.[4] A draw and a defeat in the wake of the Trophy exit gave way to improved form for the remainder of the season, with five wins from six matches sealing a 6th-place finish and a two-legged tie with Tranmere Rovers in the play-off semi-finals.[4] A 3–2 defeat on aggregate ended Brentford's season.[4]
League table
Source: [citation needed ] Notes:
Results Brentford's goal tally listed first. Legend Pre-season and friendlies No. Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorer(s) 1 25 August 1990 Bournemouth H 0–0 5,669 2 1 September 1990 Mansfield Town A 2–0 2,513 Smilie , Godfrey 3 8 September 1990 Chester City H 0–1 4,812 4 15 September 1990 Swansea City A 2–2 4,127 Bates, Jones (pen) 5 18 September 1990 Rotherham United A 2–2 4,288 Holdsworth , Smilie 6 22 September 1990 Bolton Wanderers H 4–2 5,077 May, Brooke , Jones, Holdsworth 7 29 September 1990 Grimsby Town H 1–0 5,951 Jones 8 2 October 1990 Preston North End A 1–1 5,025 Godfrey 9 6 October 1990 Bradford City A 1–0 6,402 Godfrey 10 14 October 1990 Cambridge United H 0–3 3,139 11 20 October 1990 Huddersfield Town H 1–0 5,509 May 12 23 October 1990 Reading A 2–1 6,562 Gayle , Holdsworth 13 26 October 1990 Tranmere Rovers A 1–2 8,575 Holdsworth (pen) 14 4 November 1990 Southend United H 0–1 10,605 15 10 November 1990 Bury H 2–2 5,303 Blissett , Cockram 16 24 November 1990 Exeter City A 1–1 4,764 Blissett 17 2 December 1990 Leyton Orient A 1–0 5,359 Godfrey 18 16 December 1990 Stoke City A 2–2 10,995 Cadette , Smilie 19 23 December 1990 Wigan Athletic H 1–0 6,495 Blissett (pen) 20 26 December 1990 Birmingham City A 2–0 6,669 Blissett (2) 21 29 December 1990 Crewe Alexandra A 3–3 3,636 Blissett , Cadette , Cockram 22 1 January 1991 Shrewsbury Town H 3–0 7,064 Blissett , Gayle , Cockram 23 12 January 1991 Mansfield Town H 0–0 6,064 24 19 January 1991 Bournemouth A 0–2 4,421 25 26 January 1991 Swansea City H 2–0 7,102 Blissett , Jones 26 2 February 1991 Rotherham United H 1–2 5,540 Jones 27 5 February 1991 Bolton Wanderers A 0–1 6,731 28 16 February 1991 Exeter City H 1–0 5,118 Millen 29 23 February 1991 Bury H 1–1 7,559 Cadette 30 3 March 1991 Leyton Orient A 2–1 5,136 Cadette , Holdsworth 31 9 March 1991 Stoke City H 0–4 7,249 32 12 March 1991 Preston North End H 2–0 4,856 Bates, Blissett 33 16 March 1991 Grimsby Town A 0–2 6,685 34 19 March 1991 Cambridge United A 0–0 4,931 35 23 March 1991 Bradford City H 6–1 5,601 og , Evans, Jones, Cadette (2), Gayle 36 30 March 1991 Birmingham City H 2–2 6,757 Ratcliffe , Blissett 37 1 April 1991 Wigan Athletic A 0–1 2,160 38 6 April 1991 Crewe Alexandra H 1–0 5,066 Fleming 39 13 April 1991 Shrewsbury Town A 1–1 2,841 Ratcliffe 40 16 April 1991 Fulham H 1–2 7,839 Rostron 41 20 April 1991 Huddersfield Town A 2–1 6,489 Jones, Peters 42 23 April 1991 Fulham A 1–0 6,765 Rostron 43 27 April 1991 Reading H 1–0 6,398 Millen 44 30 April 1991 Chester City A 2–1 1,275 Gayle , Holdsworth 45 4 May 1991 Tranmere Rovers H 0–2 7,341 46 11 May 1991 Southend United A 1–0 9,666 Gayle
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorer(s) SF (1st leg) 19 May 1991 Tranmere Rovers H 2–2 9,330 Evans, Godfrey SF (2nd leg) 22 May 1991 Tranmere Rovers A 0–1 (lost 3–2 on aggregate) 11,438
FA Cup Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorer(s) R1 (1st leg) 28 August 1990 Hereford United H 2–0 5,583 Bates, Godfrey R1 (2nd leg) 5 September 1990 Hereford United A 0–1 (won 2–1 on aggregate) 4,927 R2 (1st leg) 26 September 1990 Sheffield Wednesday A 1–2 4,502 Evans R2 (2nd leg) 9 October 1990 Sheffield Wednesday H 1–2 (lost 4–2 on aggregate) 7,394 Jones (pen)
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorer(s) SPR 27 November 1990 Fulham A 1–1 2,761 Blissett SPR 29 January 1991 Leyton Orient H 2–0 1,348 Blissett (2) SR1 21 February 1991 Wrexham H 0–0 (a.e.t.), won 3–0 on pens) 2,247 SQF 28 February 1991 Hereford United A 2–0 2,207 Smilie , Holdsworth SSF 5 March 1991 Southend United A 3–0 3,937 Smilie , Jones, Cadette SAF (1st leg) 26 March 1991 Birmingham City A 1–2 16,219 Gayle SAF (2nd leg) 9 April 1991 Birmingham City H 0–1 (lost 3–1 on aggregate) 8,745
Source: Statto, 11v11, The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties Playing squad Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 1990–91 season. Source: The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties Coaching staff Name Role Phil Holder Manager Wilf Rostron Assistant Manager Graham Pearce First Team Coach Roy Clare Physiotherapist
Statistics Appearances and goals Substitute appearances in brackets. Pos Nat Name League FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Play-offs Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals GK Graham Benstead 45 0 3 0 4 0 7 0 2 0 61 0 GK Tony Parks 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 1 0 DF Jamie Bates 30 (2) 2 0 0 4 1 4 0 2 0 40 (2) 3 DF Jason Cousins 8 0 0 0 3 0 1 (1) 0 0 0 12 (1) 0 DF Terry Evans 36 2 3 0 1 (1) 1 6 0 2 1 48 (1) 4 DF Mark Fleming 18 1 3 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 27 1 DF Clive Goodyear 10 0 — — 1 0 0 0 11 0 DF Keith Millen 31 (1) 2 3 1 4 0 3 0 2 0 41 (1) 3 MF Garry Brooke 8 (3) 1 0 (1) 0 2 0 — — 10 (4) 1 MF Paul Buckle 24 (2) 0 2 0 2 0 4 (1) 0 0 0 32 (3) 0 MF Allan Cockram 7 (13) 3 1 (2) 0 0 0 4 (2) 0 0 0 12 (17) 3 MF Kevin Godfrey 26 (6) 4 2 (1) 0 4 1 3 (2) 0 1 (1) 1 36 (10) 6 MF Keith Jones 45 6 3 2 4 1 6 1 2 0 60 10 MF Eddie May 16 (1) 2 1 1 4 0 1 0 — 22 (1) 3 MF Robbie Peters 6 1 — 0 0 — 0 (1) 0 6 (1) 1 MF Simon Ratcliffe 34 (4) 2 3 0 0 (2) 0 6 0 2 0 45 (6) 2 MF Wilf Rostron 18 (4) 2 — — 2 (2) 0 2 0 22 (6) 2 MF Neil Smilie 33 (3) 3 1 0 4 0 5 2 2 0 45 (3) 5 FW Gary Blissett 22 (4) 10 3 2 0 (1) 0 3 (1) 3 2 0 30 (6) 15 FW Richard Cadette 19 (9) 6 1 0 2 (2) 0 6 1 0 0 28 (11) 7 FW Marcus Gayle 23 (10) 6 2 (1) 0 — 4 (2) 1 1 (1) 0 30 (14) 7 FW Dean Holdsworth 27 (3) 5 2 3 2 0 4 (1) 1 2 0 37 (4) 9 Players loaned in during the season DF Jim Carstairs 8 0 — — 3 0 — 11 0 DF Stuart Cash 11 0 — 2 0 0 (1) 0 — 13 (1) 0
Players listed in italics left the club mid-season. Source: The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties Goalscorers Players listed in italics left the club mid-season. Source: The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties Management Name Nat From To Record All Comps Record League P W D L W % P W D L W % Phil Holder 25 August 1990 22 May 1991 62 27 16 19 0 43.55 46 21 13 12 0 45.65
Summary Games played 62 (46 Third Division , 3 FA Cup , 4 League Cup , 7 Football League Trophy , 2 Football League play-offs ) Games won 27 (21 Third Division, 2 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 3 Football League Trophy, 0 Football League play-offs) Games drawn 16 (13 Third Division, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 2 Football League Trophy, 1 Football League play-offs) Games lost 19 (12 Third Division, 1 FA Cup, 3 League Cup, 2 Football League Trophy, 1 Football League play-offs) Goals scored 83 (59 Third Division, 9 FA Cup, 4 League Cup, 9 Football League Trophy, 2 Football League play-offs) Goals conceded 63 (47 Third Division, 4 FA Cup, 5 League Cup, 4 Football League Trophy, 3 Football League play-offs) Clean sheets 24 (18 Third Division, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 4 Football League Trophy, 0 Football League play-offs) Biggest league win 6–1 versus Bradford City , 23 March 1991 Worst league defeat 4–0 versus Stoke City , 9 March 1991 Most appearances 61, Graham Benstead (45 Third Division, 3 FA Cup, 4 League Cup, 7 Football League Trophy, 2 Football League play-offs) Top scorer (league) 10, Gary Blissett Top scorer (all competitions) 15, Gary Blissett
Transfers & loans Kit Supplier: Chad Sponsor(s): KLM
Source: Brentford F.C.
Awards References ^ a b Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2013). The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties . Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. p. 40. ISBN 9781906796723 . ^ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006 . Yore Publications. p. 182. ISBN 978-0955294914 . ^ a b c d e f "Brentford results for the 1990-1991 season". Statto.com . Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016 . ^ "Graham Benstead". Barry Hugman's Footballers . Retrieved 2 January 2019 .
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