He went on to make 154 league appearances and score fifteen goals in five years, before joining Wigan Athletic in September 1979 for a fee of £30,000.
Methven remained at Springfield Park for seven years, making close to 300 appearances for the club and scoring 21 goals.
He made his debut for the Seasiders on the opening day of the 1986–87 season in a goalless draw with Chesterfield at Bloomfield Road and became a virtual ever-present for the next four years.
In his early days of his short spell as Blackpool manager, Graham Carr declared that Methven was "neither fast enough nor good enough for Fourth Division football".
[4] In the final game of the 1990–91 season, on 11 May 1991, Methven helped Walsall to a 2–0 win at Blackpool, denying the hosts automatic promotion to Division Three.