Dave Bamber
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| Full name | John David Bamber | |
| Date of birth | February 1, 1959 | |
| Place of birth | Prescot, England | |
| Height | 6'3" | |
| Playing position | Forward (retired) | |
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| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1979-1983 1983 1983-1984 1984-1984 1985 1985-1987 1988-1988 1988-1989 1989-1990 1990 1990-1994 |
Blackpool Coventry Walsall Portsmouth Trelleborgs FF Swindon Watford Stoke Hull City → Blackpool (loan) Blackpool Total |
81 (29) 19 (3) 20 (7) 4 (1) 4 (1) 108 (31) 18 (3) 43 (8) 28 (5) 5 (4) 108 (56) 438 (148) |
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John David Bamber (more commonly known as Dave Bamber; born February 1, 1959, in Prescot, Merseyside) is a retired English professional footballer. In youth and junior football, he played for Manchester University and St. Helens Town.
His nicknames included Bambs and Dipper Bamber, the latter for the way in which he lurched forward to head the ball.
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[edit] Career
Bamber began his professional career at Blackpool in 1979. His starting debut came on December 29, 1979, in a loss at Chester City. He scored his first goal for the Seasiders on April 7, 1980, in a league encounter against Carlisle at Bloomfield Road. During the next four years of struggle, Bamber scored 36 goals in 100 games in all competitions under four different managers.
Coventry came in for his services prior to the 1983/84 season. Blackpool, though sad to see Bamber leave, had the emerging of Paul Stewart to fall back on.
He went on to play for six other clubs before returning to Blackpool to bring his fifteen-year playing career to a close. He was re-signed to the Seasiders initially on loan, in December 1990, by the departing Graham Carr. A month later, shortly before kick-off against Tottenham Hotspur in an FA Cup tie on January 5, 1991, new Seasiders manager Billy Ayre agreed to pay Hull £50,000 for his services.
Bamber played at Wembley twice in successive seasons (1990-91 and 1991-92) in his second spell at Blackpool, both in the play-off finals, and both of which went to penalty shoot-outs. In the first final, against Torquay, Bamber put his spot-kick wide of Gareth Howells' left-hand post, handing promotion to the Tangerines' south-coast opponents. Following this loss the Gulls named their fanzine Bamber's Right Foot, in mockery of the striker's miss.
The following year, however, Blackpool were victorious in the same manner against Scunthorpe and were promoted to the new Division Two. Bamber, who played despite needing an operation on his knee (preserving his record of being an ever-present throughout the season), scored Blackpool's regulation-time goal. He didn't partake in the penalty shoot-out.
After retiring from football he became a property developer in the Blackpool area.
[edit] Honours
Swindon Town
- Division Four champion: 1985-86
- Division Three play-off winner: 1986-87
Blackpool
- Division Four play-off winner: 1991-92
[edit] References
- Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 1-873626-07-X.
- Mattick, Dick (2002). Swindon Town Football Club - 100 Greats. Stroud: Tempus Publishing, 14. ISBN 0752427148.
[edit] External links
- Bamber's profile at soccerbase.com
- Swindon Town profile
- Profile at VitalSwindon
- "Home win for Pool legend Bamber" - Blackpool Gazette
