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.

Season summary

conducted little transfer business during the 1990 off-season, buying only Sheffield United goalkeeper Graham Benstead and selling full back Roger Stanislaus to Bury. 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, who had been in charge since February 1987. Perryman's assistant Phil Holder took over to begin 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. Aided by the goalscoring of fit-again Gary Blissett, the Bees showed good league form through November and December and finished 1990 in the automatic promotion places. 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. 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. 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 matchup with Tranmere Rovers in the play-offs. A 3–2 defeat over two legs ended Brentford's season.

League table

Results

Legend

Pre-season

Football League Third Division

Football League Third Division play-offs

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorer
SF 19 May 1991Tranmere RoversH2–214,160Evans, Godfrey
SF 22 May 1991Tranmere RoversA0–1 11,161

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorer
R117 November 1990Yeovil TownH5–05,830Blissett, Holdsworth, May, Jones
R212 December 1990Birmingham CityA3–17,328Blissett, Millen, Jones
R35 January 1991Oldham AthleticA1–36,538Holdsworth

Football League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorer
R1 28 August 1990Hereford UnitedH2–05,583Bates, Godfrey
R1 5 September 1990Hereford UnitedA0–1 4,927
R2 26 September 1990Sheffield WednesdayA1–24,502Evans
R2 9 October 1990Sheffield WednesdayH1–2 7,394Jones

Football League Trophy

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorer
SPR27 November 1990FulhamA1–12,761Blissett
SPR29 January 1991Leyton OrientH2–01,348Blissett 2,247
SQF28 February 1991Hereford UnitedA2–02,207Smilie, Holdsworth
SSF5 March 1991Southend UnitedA3–03,937Smilie, Jones, Cadette
SAF 26 March 1991Birmingham CityA1–21,871Gayle
SAF 9 April 1991Birmingham CityH0–1 1,861

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Summary

Transfers & loans

Kit

Awards