1990–91_Brentford_F.C._season

1990–91 Brentford F.C. season

1990–91 Brentford F.C. season

1990–91 season of Brentford F.C.


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.

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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.[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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Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. Tranmere Rovers won the play-offs and were promoted.

Results

Brentford's goal tally listed first.

Legend

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Pre-season and friendlies

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Football League Third Division

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Football League Third Division play-offs

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FA Cup

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Football League Cup

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Football League Trophy

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Playing squad

Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 1990–91 season.
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  • Source: The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties[6]

Coaching staff

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Statistics

Appearances and goals

Substitute appearances in brackets.
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  • Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
  • Source: The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties[6]

Goalscorers

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  • Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
  • Source: The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties[6]

Management

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Summary

Games played62 (46 Third Division, 3 FA Cup, 4 League Cup, 7 Football League Trophy, 2 Football League play-offs)
Games won27 (21 Third Division, 2 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 3 Football League Trophy, 0 Football League play-offs)
Games drawn16 (13 Third Division, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 2 Football League Trophy, 1 Football League play-offs)
Games lost19 (12 Third Division, 1 FA Cup, 3 League Cup, 2 Football League Trophy, 1 Football League play-offs)
Goals scored83 (59 Third Division, 9 FA Cup, 4 League Cup, 9 Football League Trophy, 2 Football League play-offs)
Goals conceded63 (47 Third Division, 4 FA Cup, 5 League Cup, 4 Football League Trophy, 3 Football League play-offs)
Clean sheets24 (18 Third Division, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 4 Football League Trophy, 0 Football League play-offs)
Biggest league win6–1 versus Bradford City, 23 March 1991
Worst league defeat4–0 versus Stoke City, 9 March 1991
Most appearances61, 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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Kit

Supplier: Chad
Sponsor(s): KLM

Home
Away

Source: Brentford F.C.

Awards


References

  1. Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2013). The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. p. 40. ISBN 9781906796723.
  2. Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. p. 182. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  3. "Brentford results for the 1990-1991 season". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  4. "Graham Benstead". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 2 January 2019.

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