Noel Blackwell

DEFENCE

Noel Blackwell

Stevenage career: 1989-98

233 (10) Appearances #11 all-time
15 Goals #72 all-time
59% Win Rate #67 all-time
11 Mar 1989 Debut v Billericay Town (H)
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Factfile

Position
Defence
Years
1989-98
Place of Birth
Luton
Previous Clubs
Vauxhall Motors (Luton), Tring Town, Dunstable Town, Chesham United, Barton Rovers, Barnet
Later Clubs
Stevenage Borough (A) (-), Barton Rovers (M) (2000)

Biography

Noel Blackwell might have hung up his boots during the mid-1990s after a long association with Stevenage Borough that stretched back seven-or-so years, but that wouldn’t be the end of the tale. We’ll come back to that in a moment, however…

Blackwell joined Boro’ in 1989 from the now-defunct Vauxhall Motors (Luton). It’s fair to say he became a smash hit too. A dominant defender with a number of appearances behind him, he went on to experience far more highs than lows during his time as a player with us.

Helping the club to rebuild after its relegation in 1988, Blackwell was part of the team that ascended the pyramid and into the Conference in 1994. Not only that, but he won Players’ and Supporters’ Players titles while at the club too.

So, the reason why his retirement wasn’t the end of the tale? Well, that all comes down to the fact that Blackwell continued to work for the club; first as coach under Paul Fairclough and then as his assistant, before taking on the caretaker manager mantle in 1998.

Statistics

Appearances 243 #11 all-time
Starts 233
Off the Bench 10
Goals 15 #72 all-time
Wins 144
Defeats 59
Yellow Cards 1
Red Cards 0
Win Rate 59.3% #67 all-time

Career Timeline

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9
1988-89 0 goals
Debut season
59
1989-90 2 goals
Most appearances
56
1990-91 5 goals
Most goals
46
1991-92 5 goals
Most goals
53
1992-93 3 goals
19
1993-94 0 goals
1
1994-95 0 goals
Final season
Season Starts Subs Goals YC RC Wins Defeats Apps Win %
1994-95 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0%
1993-94 15 4 0 0 0 11 6 19 57.89%
1992-93 52 1 3 0 0 24 20 53 45.28%
1991-92 42 4 5 0 0 31 9 46 67.39%
1990-91 55 1 5 0 0 41 10 56 73.21%
1989-90 59 0 2 1 0 32 11 59 54.24%
1988-89 9 0 0 0 0 5 2 9 55.56%

Overall

Games played 243
Win rate 59.26%

League

Games played 164
Win rate 61.59%

Cup

Games played 79
Win rate 54.43%

Matches

Match-by-match playing record for Stevenage.

1994-95

1 Apps 0 Goals 0 YC 0 RC 0 Sub On 0 Sub Off
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