"2002Z"^^ . . . "Football player and manager" . . . "2002-04-16Z"^^ . "Billy Ayre"@en . . "Ayre, Billy"@en . . . "1952-05-07Z"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "William Ayre"@en . . "1952Z"^^ . "William \"Billy\" Ayre (7 May 1952 \u2013 16 April 2002) was an English footballer who played for three different clubs in a sixteen-year professional career, making over three hundred League appearances in the process. After retiring from the playing side of the game, he became a manager, and took the helm at five different clubs between 1984 and 2000. He guided Blackpool to two successive play-off finals, in 1991 and 1992, during his four years in charge of the club."@en .