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1990–91 Brentford F.C. 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.

Brentford
1990–91 season
ChairmanMartin Lange
ManagerPhil Holder
StadiumGriffin Park
Third Division6th
Play-offsSemi-final
FA CupThird round
League CupSecond round
Football League TrophySouthern Area final
Top goalscorerLeague: Blissett (10)
All: Blissett (15)
Highest home attendance8,021
Lowest home attendance4,812
Average home league attendance6,144

Season summary

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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.[2] 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.[2]

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

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Main article: 1990–91 Football League § Third Division

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
4 Bolton Wanderers 46 24 11 11 64 50 +14 83 Participated in play-offs
5 Tranmere Rovers 46 23 9 14 64 46 +18 78 Promoted through play-offs[a]
6 Brentford 46 21 13 12 59 47 +12 76 Participated in play-offs
7 Bury 46 20 13 13 67 56 +11 73
8 Bradford City 46 20 10 16 62 54 +8 70
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Tranmere Rovers won the play-offs and were promoted.

Results

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Brentford's goal tally listed first.

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

Pre-season and friendlies

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorer(s)
31 July 1990 Kingstonian A 2–2 n/a Smillie, May
7 August 1990 Chesham United A 1–1 n/a Cadette
11 August 1990 Chelsea H 0–6 4,915
14 August 1990 Oxford United H 1–1 5,775 Holdsworth
17 August 1990 Charlton Athletic H 1–2 1,231 Smillie
29 October 1990 Bedfont A 5–1 n/a Blissett (2), Brooke (pen), Moabi, og

Football League Third Division

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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

Football League Third Division play-offs

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Main article: 1991 Football League play-offs
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

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Main article: 1990–91 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorer(s)
R1 17 November 1990 Yeovil Town H 5–0 5,830 Blissett, Holdsworth (2), May, Jones
R2 12 December 1990 Birmingham City A 3–1 5,072 Blissett, Millen, Jones
R3 5 January 1991 Oldham Athletic A 1–3 6,538 Holdsworth

Football League Cup

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Main article: 1990–91 Football League 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)

Football League Trophy

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Main article: 1990–91 Football League Trophy
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

Playing squad

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Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 1990–91 season.
Pos. Name Nat. Date of birth (age) Signed from Signed in Notes
Goalkeepers
GK Graham Benstead   (1963-08-20)20 August 1963 (aged 27) Sheffield United 1990
Defenders
DF Jamie Bates   (1968-02-24)24 February 1968 (aged 22) Youth 1986
DF Jason Cousins   (1970-10-04)4 October 1970 (aged 19) Youth 1989
DF Terry Evans (c)   (1965-04-12)12 April 1965 (aged 25) Hillingdon 1985
DF Mark Fleming   (1969-08-11)11 August 1969 (aged 21) Queens Park Rangers 1989
DF Clive Goodyear   (1961-01-15)15 January 1961 (aged 29) Wimbledon 1990
DF Keith Millen   (1966-09-26)26 September 1966 (aged 23) Youth 1985
Midfielders
MF Paul Buckle   (1970-12-16)16 December 1970 (aged 19) Youth 1988
MF Allan Cockram   (1963-10-08)8 October 1963 (aged 26) St Albans City 1988
MF Kevin Godfrey   (1960-02-24)24 February 1960 (aged 30) Leyton Orient 1988
MF Keith Jones   (1965-10-14)14 October 1965 (aged 24) Chelsea 1987
MF Robbie Peters   (1971-05-18)18 May 1971 (aged 19) Youth 1989 Loaned to St Albans City
MF Simon Ratcliffe   (1967-02-08)8 February 1967 (aged 23) Norwich City 1989
MF Wilf Rostron   (1956-09-29)29 September 1956 (aged 33) Sheffield United 1991 Assistant manager
MF Neil Smilie   (1958-07-19)19 July 1958 (aged 32) Reading 1988
Forwards
FW Gary Blissett   (1964-06-29)29 June 1964 (aged 26) Crewe Alexandra 1987
FW Richard Cadette   (1965-03-21)21 March 1965 (aged 25) Sheffield United 1988
FW Marcus Gayle   (1970-09-27)27 September 1970 (aged 19) Youth 1988 Loaned to KuPS
FW Dean Holdsworth   (1968-11-08)8 November 1968 (aged 21) Watford 1989
Players who left the club mid-season
GK Tony Parks   (1963-01-26)26 January 1963 (aged 27) Tottenham Hotspur 1988 Loaned to Queens Park Rangers and Fulham, transferred to Fulham
DF Jim Carstairs   (1971-01-29)29 January 1971 (aged 19) Arsenal 1991 Returned to Arsenal after loan
DF Stuart Cash   (1965-09-05)5 September 1965 (aged 24) Nottingham Forest 1990 Returned to Nottingham Forest after loan
MF Garry Brooke   (1960-11-24)24 November 1960 (aged 29) Wimbledon 1990 Released
MF Eddie May   (1967-08-30)30 August 1967 (aged 22) Hibernian 1989 Transferred to Falkirk
  • Source: The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties[6]

Coaching staff

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Name Role
  Phil Holder Manager
  Wilf Rostron Assistant Manager
  Graham Pearce First Team Coach
  Roy Clare Physiotherapist

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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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[6]

Goalscorers

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Pos. Nat Player FL3 FAC FLC FLT FLP Total
FW   Gary Blissett 10 2 0 3 0 15
MF   Keith Jones 6 2 1 1 0 10
FW   Dean Holdsworth 5 3 0 1 0 9
FW   Marcus Gayle 6 0 — 1 0 7
FW   Richard Cadette 6 0 0 1 0 7
MF   Kevin Godfrey 4 0 1 0 1 5
MF   Neil Smilie 3 0 0 2 0 5
DF   Terry Evans 2 0 1 0 1 4
MF   Allan Cockram 3 0 0 0 0 3
MF   Eddie May 2 1 0 0 — 3
DF   Jamie Bates 2 0 1 0 0 3
DF   Keith Millen 2 1 0 0 0 3
MF   Wilf Rostron 2 — — 0 0 2
MF   Simon Ratcliffe 2 0 0 0 0 2
MF   Garry Brooke 1 0 0 — — 1
MF   Robbie Peters 1 — 0 — 0 1
DF   Mark Fleming 1 0 0 0 0 1
Opponents 1 0 0 0 0 1
Total 59 9 4 9 2 83
  • Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
  • Source: The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties[6]

Management

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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 19 043.55 46 21 13 12 045.65

Summary

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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

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Players transferred in
Date Pos. Name Previous Club Fee Ref.
July 1990 GK   Graham Benstead   Sheffield United £70,000 [7]
August 1990 MF   Garry Brooke   Wimbledon Free [2]
January 1991 MF   Wilf Rostron   Sheffield United Free [8]
March 1991 DF   Clive Goodyear   Wimbledon Free [9]
April 1991 GK   Laurence Batty   Fulham Free [9]
Players loaned in
Date from Pos. Name From Date to Ref.
September 1990 DF   Stuart Cash   Nottingham Forest December 1990 [2]
February 1991 DF   Jim Carstairs   Arsenal April 1991 [8]
February 1991 GK   Laurence Batty   Fulham April 1991 [8]
Players transferred out
Date Pos. Name Subsequent club Fee Ref.
30 July 1990 DF   Roger Stanislaus   Bury £90,000 [10]
15 March 1991 MF   Eddie May   Falkirk £75,000 [9]
April 1991 GK   Tony Parks   Fulham Free [9]
Players loaned out
Date from Pos. Name To Date to Ref.
March 1990 FW   Marcus Gayle   KuPS October 1990 [2]
August 1990 GK   Tony Parks   Queens Park Rangers September 1990 [10]
September 1990 DF   John Buttigieg   Swindon Town October 1990 [2]
November 1990 MF   Khotso Moabi   St Albans City January 1991 [11]
November 1990 DF   Fergus Moore   Yeading December 1990 [11]
November 1990 MF   Robbie Peters   St Albans City April 1991 [11]
February 1991 GK   Tony Parks   Fulham April 1991 [8]
Players released
Date Pos. Name Subsequent club Join date Ref.
December 1990 MF   Garry Brooke   Baldock Town 1990 [11]
January 1991 MF   Khotso Moabi   St Albans City January 1991 [8]
February 1991 DF   Fergus Moore   Staines Town n/a [8]
30 June 1991 GK   Laurence Batty   Woking 1991 [12]
30 June 1991 DF   John Buttigieg   Floriana 1991 [12]
30 June 1991 MF   Allan Cockram   Woking 1991 [12]
30 June 1991 DF   Clive Goodyear   Ernest Borel 1991 [12]

Kit

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Supplier: Chad
Sponsor(s): KLM

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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References

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  1. ^ a b Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2013). The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. p. 40. ISBN 9781906796723.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2013, p. 41.
  3. ^ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. p. 182. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2013, p. 22-39, 448.
  6. ^ a b c Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2013, p. 476.
  7. ^ "Graham Benstead". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  8. ^ a b c d e f Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2013, p. 44.
  9. ^ a b c d e Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2013, p. 45.
  10. ^ a b Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2013, p. 40.
  11. ^ a b c d Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2013, p. 42.
  12. ^ a b c d Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2013, p. 46.
  13. ^ a b Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2013, p. 445.
  14. ^ Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2013, p. 43.
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