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Luther
Blissett |
Watford
FC, AC Milan
14 appearances, 3 goals
P 14 W 5 D 5 L 4 F 21:
A 9
*(actual F 19: A 5)
54% successful
1982-85
disciplined: none
captain: none
minutes played: 771 |
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|
Profile |
|
Full name |
Luther Loide Blissett |
(*Actual
for and against are the goals scored
while the player was on the field.) |
|
Born |
1 February 1958 in Falmouth, Jamaica
Moved to London, aged six, brought up and lived in Willesden, North
London. Attended Willesden High
School. |
|
Married |
to Veronica M.H. Maginley [registered in Watford,
December 1986] |
|
Height/Weight |
5'
10½", 11st.
13½lbs [1982]. |
|
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] |
|
Novels |
Q (Heinemann, 2003) |
|
|
"For a British public increasingly hooked on its own history, the first
half of the 16th century means royal divorce and a fat king's pragmatic
conversion to protestantism. On mainland Europe, however, the new faith
was decidedly more apocalyptic: Luther's attack on the church spawned ever
more radical sects, which spread like a theological contagion through the
German states and the Netherlands. By the time the Anabaptists emerge,
intent on forging God's kingdom free from clerical interference and with
communal ownership and no marriage, the new heresies have become
politically insurgent, their beliefs rooting in the fertile ground of
poverty, illiteracy and despair to produce a kind of inchoate early
Marxism." |
|
Club Career |
|
Club(s) |
Started his football career with Kingfisher Youth FC of the Brent Sunday
League. He was spotted by Watford FC who signed him in July 1975.
After 246 league appearances and 95 goals, he was signed
by AC Milan on 5 July 1983 for £1 million fee. He scored
five goals in thirty league appearances. Rejoined Watford FC in
August 1984 for £550,000, making another 127 league
appearances and scoring another 44 goals. Joined AFC Bournemouth
in November 1988 for a £60,000 transfer fee, going on to
make 121 league appearances, scoring 56 goals. Blissett made
another return to Watford in 1991 and made another 42 league
appearances, scoring another nine goals (total record 415 league
appearances, record 148 goals). He spent 1992-93 on loan with West
Bromwich Albion FC, playing three league matches, scoring once.
Signed for Bury FC in 1993, where he scored once in ten
league appearances. Spent time away on loan, at Derry City FC in
the League of Ireland (four league appearances, one goal),
at Mansfield Town FC (five league appearances, one goal),
and at Southport FC (five league appearances and two goals).
He retired following a season with Fakenham Town FC of the Eastern
Counties League. |
|
Club honours |
Football League Division Four winners 1977-78;
Football League Division Three runners-up 1978-79;
Football League Division Two runners-up 1981-82;
Football League runners-up 1982-83; |
|
Individual honours |
PFA
Division Three Team of the Year 1978-79; |
|
Distinctions |
Watford FC hall of fame 2003 |
|
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
|
England Career |
|
Player number |
960th
player to appear for England. |
|
BME number |
The fifth BME
player at Senior Level. The second forward
shortly after
Cyrille Regis. The first to score a hattrick. |
|
Position(s) |
Forward |
|
First match |
No. 571,
13 October 1982, England
1 West Germany 2, a friendly match at Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London,
substitute (80), aged 24 years
254 days. |
|
Last match |
No. 589,
2 June 1984, England 0
USSR
2,
a friendly match at Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London, aged
26 years 122 days. |
|
Major tournaments |
British Championship 1982-83, 1983-84; |
|
Team honours |
British Championship winners 1982-83; |
|
Individual honours |
England B (one appearance), England U21
(four appearances) |
|
Distinctions |
Was one of the fifty ambassadors to promote England 2018 World Cup bid.
most appearanced BME player between October 1983 and October 1984 |
|
Beyond England |
|
After retiring from playing, he returned to Watford as a coach in
February 1996 until June 2001. Spent time as a York City FC coach and then
took over as manager of Southern League
side, Chesham United FC on 16 February 2006 until the end of the 2006-07
season. Currently coach at Hemel Hempstead FC sinch March 2010. |
|
Luther Blissett - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Starts |
Sub on |
Sub off |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
| 17 |
14 |
10 |
8 |
6 |
3 |
771 |
3 |
256
min |
3 |
none |
none |
|
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
|
Luther Blissett
- Match Record - All Matches |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
Home |
8 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
16 |
6 |
+10 |
3 |
4 |
2.00 |
0.75 |
56.3 |
+1 |
|
Away |
6 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
+2 |
3 |
3 |
0.833 |
0.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
| All |
14 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
21 |
9 |
+12 |
6 |
7 |
1.50 |
0.643 |
53.8 |
+1 |
|
Luther Blissett
- Match Record - By Colour of Shirt |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
White |
13 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
21 |
9 |
+12 |
5 |
6 |
1.615 |
0.692 |
53.8 |
+1 |
|
Red |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
| All |
14 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
21 |
9 |
+12 |
6 |
7 |
1.50 |
0.643 |
53.8 |
+1 |
|
Luther Blissett
- Match Record - By Type of Match |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
ECP
|
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
14 |
1 |
+13 |
2 |
4 |
2.80 |
0.20 |
70.0 |
+2 |
|
ECF |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
=0 |
|
European Championship |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
14 |
1 |
+13 |
2 |
4 |
2.80 |
0.20 |
70.0 |
+2 |
|
British Championship |
5 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
+2 |
2 |
2 |
1.00 |
0.60 |
60.0 |
+1 |
| Friendly |
4 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
-3 |
2 |
1 |
0.50 |
0.80 |
25.0 |
-2 |
| All |
14 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
21 |
9 |
+12 |
6 |
7 |
1.50 |
0.643 |
53.8 |
+1 |
|
Luther Blissett
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
|
European Championship Preliminary
Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| ECP 1983-84 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
14 |
1 |
+13 |
2 |
4 |
2.80 |
0.20 |
70.0 |
+2 |
|
ECP
All |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
14 |
1 |
+13 |
2 |
4 |
2.80 |
0.20 |
70.0 |
+2 |
|
British Championship Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| BC 1982-83 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
1 |
2 |
1.333 |
0.333 |
83.3 |
+2 |
| BC 1983-84 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
0.50 |
1.00 |
25.0 |
-1 |
|
BC
All |
5 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
+2 |
2 |
2 |
1.00 |
0.60 |
60.0 |
+1 |
|
All Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| EC |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
14 |
1 |
+13 |
2 |
4 |
2.80 |
0.20 |
70.0 |
+2 |
| BC |
5 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
+2 |
2 |
2 |
1.00 |
0.60 |
60.0 |
+1 |
|
All |
10 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
19 |
4 |
+15 |
4 |
6 |
1.90 |
0.40 |
65.0 |
+3 |
|
Luther Blissett
- Match History |
|
Club: Watford F.C. -
9 full appearances |
manager: Bobby Robson - 14
full capsx
|
|
|
Age 24 |
|
1 |
571 |
13 October 1982 - England
1 West Germany 2,
Wembley Stadium, Wembley |
Fr |
HL |
sub 80 |
16 |
|
0-1 when substituting |
|
2 |
573 |
15 December 1982 - England
9 Luxembourg 0,
Wembley Stadium, Wembley |
ECP |
HW |
Start
42, 62, 86 |
10 |
|
Age 25 |
|
3 |
574 |
23 February 1983 - England
2 Wales 1,
Wembley Stadium, Wembley |
BC |
HW |
Start |
8 |
|
4 |
575 |
30 March 1983 -
England 0 Greece 0,
Wembley Stadium, Wembley |
ECP |
HD |
sub 73 |
16 |
|
0-0 when substituting |
|
5 |
576 |
27 April 1983 -
England 2 Hungary 0,
Wembley Stadium, Wembley |
ECP |
HW |
Start |
10 |
|
6 |
577 |
28 May 1983 -
Northern Ireland 0 England 0, Windsor Park, Belfast |
BC |
AD |
Start off 69 |
10 |
|
0-0 when substituted |
|
7 |
578 |
1 June 1983 -
England 2 Scotland 0,
Wembley Stadium, Wembley |
HW |
sub ht |
15 |
|
1-0 when substituting |
|
8 |
579 |
12 June 1983 -
Australia 0
England 0,
Sydney Cricket
Ground, Sydney |
tour |
AD |
Start off 59 |
9 |
|
0-0 when substituted |
|
- |
580 |
15 June 1983 -
Australia 0
England 1,
Lang Park,
Brisbane |
AW |
squad/sub |
? |
|
9 |
581 |
19 June 1983 -
Australia 1
England 1,
Olympic
Park Stadium, Melbourne |
AD |
sub 69 |
x |
|
0-0 when substituting |
|
Club: A.C.
Milan - 5 full appearances |
|
|
|
10 |
582 |
21 September 1983 -
England 0
Denmark 1,
Wembley Stadium, Wembley |
ECP |
HL |
sub 77 |
x |
|
0-1 when substituting |
|
11 |
583 |
12 October 1983 -
Hungary 0
England 3,
Népstadion, Budapest |
ECP |
AW |
Start off 74 |
10 |
|
0-3 when substituted |
|
Age 26 |
|
12 |
587 |
2 May 1984 -
Wales 1
England 0, Racecourse Ground, Wrexham |
BC |
AL |
sub 77 |
x |
|
1-0 when substituting |
|
13 |
588 |
26 May 1984 -
Scotland 1
England 1,
Hampden Park,
Glasgow
|
BC |
AD |
Start |
10 |
|
14 |
589 |
2 June 1984 -
England 0
USSR
2,
Wembley
Stadium, Wembley |
Fr |
HL |
Start |
10 |
|
Club: Watford F.C. -
0 full appearances |
|
|
|
- |
593 |
12 September 1984 -
England
1 GDR 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley |
Fr |
HW |
squad member |
|
1 |
b |
13 November 1984 - England
B 2 New Zealand 0, City Ground, Nottingham |
Fr |
HW |
Start off 85 |
9 |
|
Age 27 |
|
- |
598 |
1 May 1985 - Romania 0
England 0, Stadionul
23 August, Bucureşti |
WCP |
AD |
replacement squad member |
Notes
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CG
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