Brett Ormerod
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Brett Ryan Ormerod is an English professional
football player who plays as a forward for Blackpool
. He is the only player to have scored in all four divisions for the club.
, Ormerod was released by hometown club, Blackburn Rovers
, and signed for Accrington Stanley
in 1995 playing semi-professionally. He made 54 league appearances, scoring 32 goals. While at Accrington he worked in a cotton mill to supplement playing part-time in non-league football
. He was spotted playing by Gordon Strachan
who vowed that his first task in getting back into management would be to buy Ormerod.
He signed for Blackpool
, who were then in Division Two
, on 21 March 1997 for £50,000, making his debut as an 82nd minute substitute on 29 March in a 0–0 draw with Chesterfield
at Saltergate. His first league goal came the following season in a 1–1 draw with Carlisle United
on 26 December 1997 at Brunton Park
.
He became a regular first-team player in the 1998–99 season
, when he made 40 league appearances and scored eight goals.
He spent four years with Blackpool, however he suffered a badly broken leg, breaking his tibia and fibula, in October 1999 that kept him out of the team in the 1999–2000 season when the club were relegated to the Third Division
, something Ormerod would later describe as, "probably the lowest point of my career". When he made his return the following season, he helped the club to promotion through the play-offs. He scored the club's fourth goal in their 4–2 win over Leyton Orient
in the Play-Off final at the Millennium Stadium
, Cardiff
on 26 May 2001.
Ormerod made a blistering start to the 2001–02
season, and he was linked with a move to Wigan Athletic
in November 2001, who were reported to have bid £1.5m for him. They were one of four clubs to have made an approach for Ormerod, with Premier League club Southampton
having had a £1m bid rejected. Blackpool chairman Karl Oyston
said on the club's official website: "We don't have to sell Brett and we don't need to sell him. It's testament to the club's achievements and how the team are playing that other clubs are looking at players at this club." However, despite this, Ormerod was signed by Southampton for £1.75m on 7 December 2001. He had made a total of 150 appearances for the Seasiders scoring 62 goals in all competitions. 21 games 13 goals had come in the 2001–02 campaign.
at Portman Road
. He did not score again though until the following season, when he scored five goals in two games. On 2 October, he grabbed a hat-trick
as the Saints beat Tranmere Rovers
6–1 in the second round of the 2002–03 Football League Cup. He followed that up three days later by scoring both goals as Southampton beat Manchester City
2–0 at St Mary's Stadium
.
On 13 April 2003, after enduring a 24 game goalless drought Ormerod scored one goal and laid up another as Southampton beat Watford
2–1 in the semi-final of the 2002–03 FA Cup at Villa Park. Ormerod then appeared in the FA Cup Final on 17 May at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, which Southampton lost 1–0 to a Robert Pires
goal in the 37th minute.
Ormerod found first-team opportunities limited at Southampton and on 19 September 2004, in an attempt to secure some first-team football, he joined Leeds United
on a one month loan deal, Ormerord missed a penalty on his Leeds debut, making six appearances. On 18 March 2005 he joined Wigan Athletic on loan for one month with a view to a permanent move. The move was intended to last until the end of the season and he made six appearances, scoring two goals in their 2–0 win against Leicester City
at the Walkers Stadium
on 16 April, before being recalled by Southampton manager Harry Redknapp
on 26 April following an injury to Peter Crouch
.
After Southampton finished bottom of the Premer League in 2004–05 and were relegated to the Championship
, he was able to play more often after the sale of several teammates who had been keeping him out of the team. Ormerod said of his time with the club, "I had some of the best years of my career at Southampton. It's a big club with great supporters. If I had my time again I would do exactly the same again, particularly as I got to play in a cup final."
, the arch-rivals
of his former club Blackpool. After signing a three-and-a-half year contract, he said of the move, "It's a new start for me. Preston are a good team and I'm just really happy to be here." Four days later he scored just thirteen minutes into his debut as they beat Crystal Palace
2–0 at Deepdale
.
On 8 May, he broke his leg, ten minutes into Preston's 0–2 playoff semi-final second leg defeat to Leeds United, following a tackle by Leeds' Jonathan Douglas
. He made his return the following season as a 70th minute substitute in a 4–1 home win over Sunderland on 14 October, and scored his first goal of the season in a 3–2 defeat to Burnley
at Turf Moor
on 27 October. He fractured his cheekbone fifteen minutes into the 0–1 home defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers
on 10 February 2007.
After making twenty league and cup appearances, scoring one goal in the 2007–08 season, Ormerod signed on loan for Nottingham Forest on 7 March 2008, until the end of the season. He scored two goals for Forest in thirteen appearances against Walsall
and Northampton Town
, with his decent form helping Forest gain promotion to the Championship
.
On 15 October 2008 he joined League One club Oldham Athletic
on a one month loan deal, after falling out of favour at Preston and without making one appearance in the 2008–09 season
. He made two starts and three substitute appearances for the Latics, but was forced to return to Preston earlier than scheduled after sustaining a broken toe in training in early November. His last game for Preston came in March 2008, he scored a total of thirteen goals in 62 league appearances.
' single-goal victory over Crystal Palace
at Selhurst Park
.
On 7 March 2009 he scored the first goal in Blackpool's 2–0 victory over Norwich City
at Bloomfield Road
. It was his 100th league goal and his first goal since returning to the club. On 25 April, Ormerod's goal in a 1–1 home draw with Nottingham Forest
that secured the Seasiders another season in the Championship.
On 24 June Ormerod signed a new one year contract, with an option for a further year, with Blackpool manager Ian Holloway
saying, "I am delighted that Brett has signed again. He was a key player in the side that did well for the club towards the end of last season. He wants to be here, and is everything Blackpool stands for."
Ormerod scored what proved to be the winning goal in the 45th minute of the 2010 Football League Championship play-off Final
against Cardiff City
on May 22.
On 14 August, he became the first player to have played for the club in all four divisions, in Blackpool's Premier League debut, a 4–0 win over Wigan Athletic
at the DW Stadium.
On 22 February 2011, he became the first Blackpool player to score for the club in all four divisions, after scoring their third goal against Tottenham Hotspur
at Bloomfield Road.
|1995–96||rowspan="2"|Accrington Stanley
||rowspan="2"|Northern Premier League Premier Division
||||||||||||||||
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|1996–97||54||32||||||||||54||32
|-
|1996–97||rowspan="6"|Blackpool
||rowspan="4"|Second Division
||4||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||4||0
|-
|1997–98||9||2||1||0||colspan="2"|-||13||2
|-
|1998–99||40||8||1||1||2||0||43||9
|-
|1999–2000||13||5||colspan="2"|-||2||0||15||5
|-
|2000–01||rowspan="1"|Third Division
||41||18||2||2||2||1||49||27
|-
|2001–02||rowspan="1"|Second Division
||21||13||2||2||2||3||27||20
|-
|2001–02||rowspan="4"|Southampton
||rowspan="4"|Premier League
||18||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||18||1
|-
|2002–03||31||5||7||1||1||3||39||9
|-
|2003–04||22||5||1||0||3||1||26||6
|-
|2004–05||9||0||1||0||2||1||12||1
|-
|2004–05||Leeds United
(loan)||Championship
||6||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||6||0
|-
|2004–05||Wigan Athletic
(loan)||Championship
||6||2||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||6||2
|-
|2005–06||Southampton
||Championship
||18||0||1||0||1||1||20||1
|-
|2005–06||rowspan="3"|Preston North End
||rowspan="3"|Championship
||15||4||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||17||4
|-
|2006–07||29||8||2||1||colspan="2"|-||31||9
|-
|2007–08||18||1||1||0||1||0||20||1
|-
|2007–08||Nottingham Forest
(loan)||League One
||13||2||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||13||2
|-
|2008–09
||Oldham Athletic
(loan)||League One
||5||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||5||0
|-
|2008–09
||rowspan="3"|Blackpool
||rowspan="2"|Championship
||15||2||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||15||2
|-
|2009–10
||36||11||1||1||2||0||39||13
|-
|2010–11||Premier League
||12||1||1||0||1||1||14||2
|-
428||120||20||8||19||11||480||146
Notes:
a. Exact details for his Accrington Stanley appearances not known, so all included in one season
b. 3 league play-off appearances for Blackpool in 2001 (included in 2000–01 total)
c. 2 league play-off appearances for Preston North End in 2006 (included in 2005–06 total)
d. 3 league play-off appearances for Blackpool in 2010 (included in 2009–10 total)
e. All Football League Trophy
results are included in totals
Southampton
Nottingham Forest
Professional
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football player who plays as a forward for Blackpool
Blackpool F.C.
Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...
. He is the only player to have scored in all four divisions for the club.
Early career: Accrington Stanley and Blackpool
Born in Blackburn, LancashireLancashire
Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
, Ormerod was released by hometown club, Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....
, and signed for Accrington Stanley
Accrington Stanley F.C.
Accrington Stanley is an English association football club from Accrington in Lancashire, in the North West of England, who play in Football League Two, the fourth-highest division in the English football league system....
in 1995 playing semi-professionally. He made 54 league appearances, scoring 32 goals. While at Accrington he worked in a cotton mill to supplement playing part-time in non-league football
Non-league football
Non-League football is football in England played at a level below that of the Premier League and The Football League. The term non-League was commonly used well before 1992 when the top football clubs in England all belonged to The Football League; all clubs who were not a part of The Football...
. He was spotted playing by Gordon Strachan
Gordon Strachan
Gordon David Strachan OBE is a Scottish football manager and former player. He is currently without a club, having last managed Middlesbrough. Strachan played for Dundee, Aberdeen, Manchester United, Leeds United and Coventry City, as well as the Scotland national team. Prior to Middlesbrough,...
who vowed that his first task in getting back into management would be to buy Ormerod.
He signed for Blackpool
Blackpool F.C.
Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...
, who were then in Division Two
Football League Second Division
From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
, on 21 March 1997 for £50,000, making his debut as an 82nd minute substitute on 29 March in a 0–0 draw with Chesterfield
Chesterfield F.C.
Chesterfield Football Club is an English football club based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. The club currently plays in Football League One, the third tier of English football. Despite being the fourth oldest Football League club in England, they have spent most of their existence in the lower...
at Saltergate. His first league goal came the following season in a 1–1 draw with Carlisle United
Carlisle United F.C.
Carlisle United F.C. is an English football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, where they play at Brunton Park. Formed in 1904, the club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system....
on 26 December 1997 at Brunton Park
Brunton Park
Brunton Park is a football stadium and the home of Carlisle United F.C. It is situated in the city of Carlisle, Cumbria and has a certified capacity for the 2011/2012 season of 18,202. The ground opened in 1909...
.
He became a regular first-team player in the 1998–99 season
1998-99 in English football
-Premier League:Manchester United overcame close competition from Arsenal, Aston Villa and Chelsea to win their fifth Premiership title in seven seasons thanks to the comeback of Roy Keane after his long-term injury and a transfer raid totalling nearly £30 million which netted Aston Villa striker...
, when he made 40 league appearances and scored eight goals.
He spent four years with Blackpool, however he suffered a badly broken leg, breaking his tibia and fibula, in October 1999 that kept him out of the team in the 1999–2000 season when the club were relegated to the Third Division
Football League Third Division
The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...
, something Ormerod would later describe as, "probably the lowest point of my career". When he made his return the following season, he helped the club to promotion through the play-offs. He scored the club's fourth goal in their 4–2 win over Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient F.C.
Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63...
in the Play-Off final at the Millennium Stadium
Millennium Stadium
The Millennium Stadium is the national stadium of Wales, located in the capital, Cardiff. It is the home of the Wales national rugby union team and also frequently stages games of the Wales national football team, but is also host to many other large scale events, such as the Super Special Stage...
, Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
on 26 May 2001.
Ormerod made a blistering start to the 2001–02
2001-02 in English football
The 2001-02 season was the 122nd season of competitive football in England.-Arsenal cruise to title glory:In what had earlier been one of the most closely fought Premiership title races for years, Arsenal won the championship by seven points. Their crown was won in the penultimate game of the...
season, and he was linked with a move to Wigan Athletic
Wigan Athletic F.C.
Wigan Athletic Football Club is an English Premier League Association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, having been promoted from the Championship in 2005. Wigan's current spell in the Premier League is the only top flight run in the club's history.They have played at the DW...
in November 2001, who were reported to have bid £1.5m for him. They were one of four clubs to have made an approach for Ormerod, with Premier League club Southampton
Southampton F.C.
Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...
having had a £1m bid rejected. Blackpool chairman Karl Oyston
Karl Oyston
Karl Oyston is an English businessman and the chairman of Blackpool F.C.-Background:Up until 1999, Oyston spent much of his time involved in running the Oyston family businesses including property management, farming interests and publishing....
said on the club's official website: "We don't have to sell Brett and we don't need to sell him. It's testament to the club's achievements and how the team are playing that other clubs are looking at players at this club." However, despite this, Ormerod was signed by Southampton for £1.75m on 7 December 2001. He had made a total of 150 appearances for the Seasiders scoring 62 goals in all competitions. 21 games 13 goals had come in the 2001–02 campaign.
Southampton
Gordon Strachan, then Southampton manager had kept his word about signing Ormerod, who made his debut for the Saints on 15 December 2001 as an 84th minute substitute in a 2–0 home victory over Sunderland. After a number of substitute appearances, he finally made his full debut on 2 March 2002, when he also scored his first goal for the club, in a 3–1 win over Ipswich TownIpswich Town F.C.
Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....
at Portman Road
Portman Road
Portman Road is an association football stadium in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. It has been the home ground of Ipswich Town F.C. since 1884. The stadium has also hosted a number of England youth international matches, and one senior England friendly international match, against Croatia in 2003...
. He did not score again though until the following season, when he scored five goals in two games. On 2 October, he grabbed a hat-trick
Hat-trick
A hat-trick or hat trick in sport is the achievement of a positive feat three times during a game, or other achievements based on threes. The term was first used in 1858 in cricket to describe HH Stephenson's feat of taking three wickets in three balls. A collection was held for Stephenson, and he...
as the Saints beat Tranmere Rovers
Tranmere Rovers F.C.
Tranmere Rovers Football Club are an English team based in Birkenhead, Wirral. The club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system...
6–1 in the second round of the 2002–03 Football League Cup. He followed that up three days later by scoring both goals as Southampton beat Manchester City
Manchester City F.C.
Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...
2–0 at St Mary's Stadium
St Mary's Stadium
St Mary's Stadium is the home of Southampton F.C., in the city of Southampton. It is a UEFA 4-star rated stadium and with a capacity of 32,689 is the largest football stadium in the south of England, outside of London.-History:...
.
On 13 April 2003, after enduring a 24 game goalless drought Ormerod scored one goal and laid up another as Southampton beat Watford
Watford F.C.
Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade...
2–1 in the semi-final of the 2002–03 FA Cup at Villa Park. Ormerod then appeared in the FA Cup Final on 17 May at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, which Southampton lost 1–0 to a Robert Pires
Robert Pirès
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goal in the 37th minute.
Ormerod found first-team opportunities limited at Southampton and on 19 September 2004, in an attempt to secure some first-team football, he joined Leeds United
Leeds United A.F.C.
Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...
on a one month loan deal, Ormerord missed a penalty on his Leeds debut, making six appearances. On 18 March 2005 he joined Wigan Athletic on loan for one month with a view to a permanent move. The move was intended to last until the end of the season and he made six appearances, scoring two goals in their 2–0 win against Leicester City
Leicester City F.C.
Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...
at the Walkers Stadium
Walkers Stadium
The King Power Stadium is a football stadium which hosts home matches of English football club Leicester City. The all-seater stadium, inaugurated in July 2002, holds 32,500 and has the 19th largest stadium capacity in England. The stadium is named after King Power, a company owned by club owner...
on 16 April, before being recalled by Southampton manager Harry Redknapp
Harry Redknapp
Henry James "Harry" Redknapp is a former English footballer who has enjoyed a long career in football management starting in 1983 with Bournemouth. He is the current manager of Tottenham Hotspur....
on 26 April following an injury to Peter Crouch
Peter Crouch
Peter James Crouch is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the England national team.Crouch started his career as a trainee with Tottenham Hotspur...
.
After Southampton finished bottom of the Premer League in 2004–05 and were relegated to the Championship
Football League Championship
The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
, he was able to play more often after the sale of several teammates who had been keeping him out of the team. Ormerod said of his time with the club, "I had some of the best years of my career at Southampton. It's a big club with great supporters. If I had my time again I would do exactly the same again, particularly as I got to play in a cup final."
Preston North End
On 27 January 2006, Ormerod was snapped up on a free transfer by Preston North EndPreston North End F.C.
Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire, currently playing in the third tier of English league football, League One...
, the arch-rivals
West Lancashire derby
The West Lancashire derby is a local derby in English football, between Lancashire neighbours Blackpool F.C. and Preston North End F.C. The derby has taken place across all four tiers of the Football League, but not yet in the Premier League...
of his former club Blackpool. After signing a three-and-a-half year contract, he said of the move, "It's a new start for me. Preston are a good team and I'm just really happy to be here." Four days later he scored just thirteen minutes into his debut as they beat Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace F.C.
Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...
2–0 at Deepdale
Deepdale
Deepdale is a stadium in the Deepdale area of Preston, England, the home of Preston North End F.C. and, up to 2010, England's National Football Museum. Preston North End are one of the founder members of the Football League.- History :...
.
On 8 May, he broke his leg, ten minutes into Preston's 0–2 playoff semi-final second leg defeat to Leeds United, following a tackle by Leeds' Jonathan Douglas
Jonathan Douglas
Jonathan Douglas is an Irish football player who currently plays for Brentford. Douglas made his debut in the League of Ireland for Monaghan United aged 16...
. He made his return the following season as a 70th minute substitute in a 4–1 home win over Sunderland on 14 October, and scored his first goal of the season in a 3–2 defeat to Burnley
Burnley F.C.
Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...
at Turf Moor
Turf Moor
Turf Moor is a football stadium in Burnley, Lancashire. It is the home ground of Burnley Football Club, which has played there since moving from its Calder Vale ground in 1883. The stadium, which is situated on Harry Potts Way, named so after the club's longest serving Manager, has a capacity of...
on 27 October. He fractured his cheekbone fifteen minutes into the 0–1 home defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...
on 10 February 2007.
After making twenty league and cup appearances, scoring one goal in the 2007–08 season, Ormerod signed on loan for Nottingham Forest on 7 March 2008, until the end of the season. He scored two goals for Forest in thirteen appearances against Walsall
Walsall F.C.
Walsall Football Club are an English association football club based in Walsall, West Midlands. They currently play in League One. The club was founded in 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts, an amalgamation of Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. The club was one of the founder members of the Second...
and Northampton Town
Northampton Town F.C.
Northampton Town Football Club are an English professional football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire. They currently play in Football League Two, the lowest league division, after being relegated from League One on the last day of the 2008–09 season...
, with his decent form helping Forest gain promotion to the Championship
Football League Championship
The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
.
On 15 October 2008 he joined League One club Oldham Athletic
Oldham Athletic A.F.C.
Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is an English association football club based at Boundary Park, on Sheepfoot Lane in Oldham, Greater Manchester. The club currently competes in the Football League One, the third tier of the English league...
on a one month loan deal, after falling out of favour at Preston and without making one appearance in the 2008–09 season
2008–09 in English football
The 2008–09 season was the 129th season of competitive football in England.-Overview:* West Bromwich Albion, Stoke City and Hull City were all playing in the Premier League after winning promotion from the Championship last season. Stoke returned to the top flight after a 23-year absence, while...
. He made two starts and three substitute appearances for the Latics, but was forced to return to Preston earlier than scheduled after sustaining a broken toe in training in early November. His last game for Preston came in March 2008, he scored a total of thirteen goals in 62 league appearances.
Return to Blackpool
On 30 January 2009, after being released by Preston by mutual consent, Ormerod rejoined his first professional club, Blackpool, on a permanent deal until the end of the 2008–09 season. He made his debut for Blackpool the following day as a 90th-minute substitute in the SeasidersCrystal Palace F.C.
Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...
at Selhurst Park
Selhurst Park
Selhurst Park is an English football stadium located in the London suburb of South Norwood in the Borough of Croydon. It is the current home ground of Crystal Palace Football Club. Its present capacity is 26,309.-History:...
.
On 7 March 2009 he scored the first goal in Blackpool's 2–0 victory over Norwich City
Norwich City F.C.
Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The...
at Bloomfield Road
Bloomfield Road
Bloomfield Road is an all-seater football stadium in the English town of Blackpool, Lancashire. It has been the permanent home of Blackpool F.C. since 1901 and is named after the road on which the stadium's main entrance used to stand. The stadium has been in a process of redevelopment since 2000...
. It was his 100th league goal and his first goal since returning to the club. On 25 April, Ormerod's goal in a 1–1 home draw with Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest F.C.
Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...
that secured the Seasiders another season in the Championship.
On 24 June Ormerod signed a new one year contract, with an option for a further year, with Blackpool manager Ian Holloway
Ian Holloway
Ian Scott Holloway is an English football manager and former player. He became the manager of Blackpool in May 2009. Holloway is well-known amongst football fans for his off-the-wall interviews, with a wide selection of quotes and soundbites being printed. Holloway's playing career spanned 18...
saying, "I am delighted that Brett has signed again. He was a key player in the side that did well for the club towards the end of last season. He wants to be here, and is everything Blackpool stands for."
Ormerod scored what proved to be the winning goal in the 45th minute of the 2010 Football League Championship play-off Final
2010 Football League Championship play-off Final
The 2010 Football League Championship play-off Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium in London on 22 May 2010 to decide the third team to be promoted from The Championship to the Premier League for the 2010–11 season....
against Cardiff City
Cardiff City F.C.
Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for...
on May 22.
On 14 August, he became the first player to have played for the club in all four divisions, in Blackpool's Premier League debut, a 4–0 win over Wigan Athletic
Wigan Athletic F.C.
Wigan Athletic Football Club is an English Premier League Association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, having been promoted from the Championship in 2005. Wigan's current spell in the Premier League is the only top flight run in the club's history.They have played at the DW...
at the DW Stadium.
On 22 February 2011, he became the first Blackpool player to score for the club in all four divisions, after scoring their third goal against Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....
at Bloomfield Road.
Career statistics
|-|1995–96||rowspan="2"|Accrington Stanley
Accrington Stanley F.C.
Accrington Stanley is an English association football club from Accrington in Lancashire, in the North West of England, who play in Football League Two, the fourth-highest division in the English football league system....
||rowspan="2"|Northern Premier League Premier Division
Northern Premier League Premier Division
The Premier Division is the top division of the Northern Premier League. It is at Step 3 of the National League System, placing it six divisions below the Premier League...
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|1996–97||54||32||||||||||54||32
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|1996–97||rowspan="6"|Blackpool
Blackpool F.C.
Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...
||rowspan="4"|Second Division
Football League Second Division
From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
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|1997–98||9||2||1||0||colspan="2"|-||13||2
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|1998–99||40||8||1||1||2||0||43||9
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|1999–2000||13||5||colspan="2"|-||2||0||15||5
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|2000–01||rowspan="1"|Third Division
Football League Third Division
The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...
||41||18||2||2||2||1||49||27
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|2001–02||rowspan="1"|Second Division
Football League Second Division
From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
||21||13||2||2||2||3||27||20
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|2001–02||rowspan="4"|Southampton
Southampton F.C.
Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...
||rowspan="4"|Premier League
||18||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||18||1
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|2002–03||31||5||7||1||1||3||39||9
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|2003–04||22||5||1||0||3||1||26||6
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|2004–05||9||0||1||0||2||1||12||1
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|2004–05||Leeds United
Leeds United A.F.C.
Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...
(loan)||Championship
Football League Championship
The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
||6||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||6||0
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|2004–05||Wigan Athletic
Wigan Athletic F.C.
Wigan Athletic Football Club is an English Premier League Association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, having been promoted from the Championship in 2005. Wigan's current spell in the Premier League is the only top flight run in the club's history.They have played at the DW...
(loan)||Championship
Football League Championship
The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
||6||2||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||6||2
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|2005–06||Southampton
Southampton F.C.
Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...
||Championship
Football League Championship
The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
||18||0||1||0||1||1||20||1
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|2005–06||rowspan="3"|Preston North End
Preston North End F.C.
Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire, currently playing in the third tier of English league football, League One...
||rowspan="3"|Championship
Football League Championship
The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
||15||4||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||17||4
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|2006–07||29||8||2||1||colspan="2"|-||31||9
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|2007–08||18||1||1||0||1||0||20||1
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|2007–08||Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest F.C.
Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...
(loan)||League One
Football League One
Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
||13||2||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||13||2
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|2008–09
2008–09 in English football
The 2008–09 season was the 129th season of competitive football in England.-Overview:* West Bromwich Albion, Stoke City and Hull City were all playing in the Premier League after winning promotion from the Championship last season. Stoke returned to the top flight after a 23-year absence, while...
||Oldham Athletic
Oldham Athletic A.F.C.
Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is an English association football club based at Boundary Park, on Sheepfoot Lane in Oldham, Greater Manchester. The club currently competes in the Football League One, the third tier of the English league...
(loan)||League One
Football League One
Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
||5||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||5||0
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|2008–09
Blackpool F.C. season 2008–09
The 2008-09 season was Blackpool F.C.s 102nd season in the Football League. It was also their second consecutive season in The Championship, the second tier of English football. They finished sixteenth.D. J...
||rowspan="3"|Blackpool
Blackpool F.C.
Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...
||rowspan="2"|Championship
Football League Championship
The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
||15||2||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||15||2
|-
|2009–10
Blackpool F.C. season 2009–10
The 2009–10 season was Blackpool F.C.s 103rd season in the Football League. It was also their third consecutive season in The Championship, the second tier of English football. The club won promotion, via the play-offs, to the Premier League for the first time, their 28th overall season in the top...
||36||11||1||1||2||0||39||13
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|2010–11||Premier League
||12||1||1||0||1||1||14||2
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428||120||20||8||19||11||480||146
Notes:
a. Exact details for his Accrington Stanley appearances not known, so all included in one season
b. 3 league play-off appearances for Blackpool in 2001 (included in 2000–01 total)
c. 2 league play-off appearances for Preston North End in 2006 (included in 2005–06 total)
d. 3 league play-off appearances for Blackpool in 2010 (included in 2009–10 total)
e. All Football League Trophy
Football League Trophy
The Football League Trophy, currently known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is an annual English association football knock-out competition open to the 48 clubs in Football League One and Football League Two, the bottom two divisions in the four fully professional top...
results are included in totals
Honours
BlackpoolBlackpool F.C.
Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...
- Division ThreeFootball League Third DivisionThe Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...
play-off final winner: 2000–012000-01 in English footballThe 2000–01 season was the 121st season of competitive football in England.-Overview:Manchester United secured their 3rd Premiership title in succession and their 7th title in just nine seasons... - The ChampionshipFootball League ChampionshipThe Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
play-off final winner: 2009–10
Southampton
Southampton F.C.
Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...
- FA CupFA CupThe Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...
finalist: 2003
Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest F.C.
Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...
- League OneFootball League OneFootball League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
runner-up: 2007–08The Football League 2007-08The Football League is contested through three divisions in England and Wales. The divisions are the League Championship, League One and League Two. The winner and the runner up of the League Championship will be automatically promoted to the Premier League and they will be joined by the winner of...
External links
- Brett Ormerod player profile at pnefc.net
- Brett Ormerod player profile at nottinghamforest.co.uk
- Brett Ormerod player profile at blackpoolfc.co.uk