Luther Blissett

For the pseudonym used by many artists and authors, see Luther Blissett (pseudonym).

Luther Blissett
OBE DL
Personal information
Full name Luther Loide Blissett[1]
Date of birth (1958-02-01) 1 February 1958 (age 66)[1]
Place of birth Falmouth, Jamaica
Height 5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (1.79 m)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1974–1976 Watford
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1983 Watford 246 (95)
1983–1984 A.C. Milan 30 (5)
1984–1988 Watford 127 (44)
1988–1991 Bournemouth 121 (56)
1991–1993 Watford 42 (9)
1992 → West Bromwich Albion (loan) 3 (1)
1993–1994 Bury 10 (1)
1993 → Derry City (loan) 4 (1)
1993–1994 → Mansfield Town (loan) 5 (1)
1994 → Southport (loan) 5 (2)
1994–1995 Wimborne Town
1995–1996 Fakenham Town
2007 Chesham United 2
International career
1979 England U21 4 (0)
1984 England B 1 (0)
1982–1984 England 14 (3)
Managerial career
2006–2007 Chesham United
2016 Burnham (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luther Loide Blissett OBE DL (born 1 February 1958) is a former professional footballer and manager who played for the England national team during the 1980s. Born in Jamaica, Blissett played as a striker, and is best known for his time at Watford, whom he helped win promotion from the Fourth Division to the First Division. As of 2022, Blissett holds Watford's all-time records for appearances and goals, having played 503 games and scored 186 goals.

Blissett's other clubs included A.C. Milan, who paid £1m for him in 1983 before selling him back to Watford for £550,000 in 1984, and AFC Bournemouth, for whom he had a goals-to-games ratio of nearly one goal in every two appearances. Blissett was capped 14 times by England, scoring a hat-trick on his debut. After retiring from playing, Blissett turned to coaching, initially under the management of Graham Taylor at Watford, and managed Chesham United from 2006 until 2007.

Since the mid-1990s, Luther Blissett has frequently been used as a pseudonym, most notably by members of the Luther Blissett Project.

  1. ^ a b Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 66. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
  2. ^ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1981). Rothmans Football Yearbook: 1981–82. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 368. ISBN 0-362-02046-9. OCLC 868301130.