BLACKPOOL F.C.

'Blackpool Football Club' are an English football club located in the Lancashire seaside resort of Blackpool. They currently play in The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, after winning the 2006-07 League One Play-Off Final. The club's home ground is Bloomfield Road, and their nicknames include ''The 'Pool'', ''The Seasiders'' and ''The Tangerines'', the latter stemming from their home colour. They have a fierce rivalry with local arch-enemy Preston North End. The two clubs haven't met each other since April 1, 2000.
Blackpool's most famous achievement is winning the 1953 FA Cup Final, the so-called "Matthews Final", in which they beat Bolton Wanderers 4-3, overturning a 1-3 deficit in the closing stages of the game.
During that post-war period, Blackpool made three Wembley appearances in six years and came close to winning the League Championship on several occasions. They also supplied the national teams with many players, notably for England in 1953 when four Blackpool men lined up at Wembley, causing the ''Daily Mirror'' to declare that "Blackpool F.C. are playing Hungary today",^[1] though it became a day that English football fans would want to forget.
In 1982-83, Blackpool endured the worst season in their history, finishing four places from the bottom of the entire Football League, and were only saved from relegation to the Alliance Premier League (now the Conference) because the re-election system voted in their favour. Eleven years earlier, the club were playing in English football's top flight.

Contents

History

Recent events

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

See also

One-club men

Internationalists

Hall of Fame

Non-playing staff

Managers past and present

Honours

League

Cups

Shirts and sponsors

Statistics

Records

Club

Results

Transfer fees

Individual

Players

Managers

Average attendances

Notes

References

External links

History

Main articles: History of Blackpool F.C.

:''For Blackpool's season-by-season stats, see here.''
Blackpool Football Club was formed on July 26 1887, after a merger with a breakaway group from the local St. John's Football Club. The club managed to win two pieces of silverware in its first season in existence, 1887-88: the Fylde Cup and the Lancashire Junior Cup.
At the conclusion of the following 1888-89 season, Blackpool became founder members of the Lancashire League. In their first season in the League, the club finished fifth out of the thirteen member clubs. They finished as runners-up over the following three seasons (to Bury twice and Liverpool once), before winning the championship themselves on their fourth attempt.
Blackpool's home at that point in time was Raikes Hall Gardens (also known as the Royal Palace Gardens), which was part of a large entertainment complex that included a theatre and a boating lake, amongst other attractions. This meant that the club's average attendances were around the two thousand mark, making the club's formative years a financial success.^[1]
After struggling to repeat the success of the 1893-94 season, the Blackpool board decided it was time to leave local football behind, so on May 13 1896, the club became a limited company and applied for entry to the Football League.
Their application was successful, and for the club's debut season they joined the sixteen-team Second Division. Blackpool's first-ever Football League game took place on September 5 1896, at Lincoln City, which they lost by three goals to one in front of around 1,500 spectators.^[1]
After three seasons in the League, Blackpool were not re-elected at the conclusion of the 1898-99 season, after finishing third-bottom. They had moved to a new ground, at Stanley Park's Athletic Grounds, the same season.
On December 12 1899, Blackpool amalgamated with local rivals South Shore. Shortly afterwards, the club, after a brief return to Raikes Hall, moved to a new ground at Gamble's Field, on Bloomfield Road at the southern end of the town. The name of the ground was subsequently renamed for the road on which it stood.
Blackpool's season out of the Football League was a success: they finished third upon their return to the Lancashire League, and after the Football League's annual meeting on May 25 1900, were permitted back into Division Two.
During the ten seasons that followed, Blackpool could finish no higher than twelfth place. The club's top goalscorers in the league included Bob Birkett (ten goals in 1900-01), George Anderson (twelve goals in 1901-02) and Bob Whittingham (thirteen in 1908-09).
At the end of 1910-11, the club found themselves in seventh place, thanks largely to Joe Clennell's haul of eighteen goals.
It was a case of as-you-were, however, for the four seasons leading up to World War I, with finishing positions of twentieth, sixteenth and tenth. For the latter of those seasons, Joe Lane netted twenty-eight goals.
The outbreak of war forced the cancellation of League football for four years, during which time regional competitions were introduced. When normalcy resumed, in 1919-20, Blackpool had appointed their first full-time manager in the form of Bill Norman. Norman guided the club to fourth-placed finishes in his first two League seasons in charge (he was installed as manager during the final inter-war season), with Lane again netting close to thirty goals in the former.
The club's form nosedived in the 1921-22 season, with a finishing position of nineteenth, before bouncing back to a fifth-placed finish in the following campaign. Harry Bedford, who had joined the club from Nottingham Forest, was the country's top league scorer, with thirty-two goals to his name.
Bedford repeated the feat the following season, this time under the watchful eye of a new manager — Frank Buckley, who replaced Bill Norman after his four years of service. Blackpool finished fourth in Buckley's first season in charge.
The 1924-25 season wasn't as successful; a seventeenth-placed finish tempered only slightly by the club's reaching the fourth round of the FA Cup for the first time. A single-goal defeat at fellow Lancastrians Blackburn Rovers ended the Seasiders' run.
Buckley guided Blackpool to top-ten finishes in his final two seasons as manager — with Billy Tremelling's thirty goals in the latter helping considerably — before he left to take the helm at Wolves.
Buckley's replacement was Sydney Beaumont, who took charge for the 1927-28 season, but he lasted only until the spring after the club finished in nineteenth position.
Harry Evans was installed as the new Blackpool manager, in an honorary capacity, for the 1928-29 campaign. Due in no small part to Jimmy Hampson's forty goals, the club finished eighth. In his second season, Evans guided Blackpool to the Division Two championship (their only championship to date), finishing three points ahead of Chelsea. Hampson had bagged forty-five of the club's ninety-eight league goals.
Blackpool lasted only three seasons in the First Division. Two third-bottom finishes were followed by a last-placed finish, and the club returned to Division Two.
The club's relegation prompted the Blackpool board to install a recognised manager, and they opted for Sandy MacFarlane. MacFarlane occupied the Bloomfield Road hotseat for just two seasons, in which the club finished eleventh and fourth, respectively. MacFarlane's final 1934-35 season marked Jimmy Hampson's eighth successive (and final) season as Blackpool's top league goalscorer.
Joe Smith was appointed Blackpool's sixth manager in August 1935, a role in which he remained for the next twenty-three years.
The club finished tenth in Smith's first season, with Bobby Finan taking over from Hampson as top scorer, with thirty-four. It was Smith's second season in charge, however, that marked the starting point of the success to come. Blackpool finished the 1936-37 season as runners-up in the Second Division to Leicester City and were promoted back to Division One.
Two seasons of Division One football were played before a second World War intervened. Regional competitions were implemented again between 1939 and 1945. For the 1945-46 season, after the war's conclusion, Blackpool spent one season in the Football League North.
A forward by the name of Stan Mortensen joined the club in 1946 after serving in the war, and he went on to become Blackpool's top league goalscorer for the next nine seasons (sharing the honour with Allan Brown in 1952-53). Stanley Matthews, who became a regular source of goals for Mortensen, joined Blackpool in 1947.

During those nine seasons, Blackpool reached the FA Cup Final on three occasions, losing to Manchester United in 1948 and Newcastle United three years later, and winning it in 1953.
In 1955-56, Blackpool attained their highest-ever league finish: runners-up to Manchester United. It was a feat that couldn't be matched or bettered over the following two seasons, with fourth- and seventh-placed finishes, and Smith left Blackpool as the club's most successful and longest-serving manager.
Smith was succeeded, in May 1958, by Ron Suart, the first former Seasiders player to return to the club as manager. In his first season, he led the club to eighth in Division One and the sixth round of the FA Cup. A 23-year-old Ray Charnley topped the club's goalscoring chart with twenty, in his first season as a professional, and went on to repeat the feat for seven of the eight seasons that followed.
The League Cup came into existence in 1960-61. Blackpool were knocked out in the second round, the round in which they entered. The club's First Division status came under threat, but they managed to avoid relegation by one point, at the expense of Newcastle United. Local arch-rivals Preston North End were the other club to make the drop.
Mid-table finishes in 1961-62 and 1962-63 (and an appearance in the League Cup semi-finals during the former) were offset by another lowly finish of eighteenth in 1963-64, with Alan Ball top-scoring with thirteen goals. Much of the same ensued over the following two seasons, before the relegation finally occurred in 1966-67. Blackpool finished bottom of the table, eight points adrift of fellow demotion victims Aston Villa. Suart had resigned four months before the end of the season. His replacement was another former Blackpool player, Stan Mortensen.
Mortensen picked up the pieces for the club's first season back in Division Two in thirty years, guiding them to a third-placed finish. They had gone into the final game of the season at Huddersfield Town knowing that a win would likely secure a return to the First Division. They won 3-1, but once the premature celebrations had ended, they discovered that their nearest rivals, Queens Park Rangers, had scored a last-minute winner at Aston Villa. Q.P.R. were promoted by virtue of a better goal-average: 1.86, to Blackpool's 1.65.
At the end of the following 1968-69 campaign, the Blackpool board made the decision to sack Mortensen after just over two years in the job. Their decision was met by fans with a mixture of shock and anger, as Mortensen was as popular manager as he was a player.^[4]

Les Shannon, who spent the majority of his playing career with Blackpool's Lancashire rivals Burnley, was installed as manager for the 1969-70 season. In his first season he succeeded where Mortensen had failed, by guiding the club back to the top flight as runners-up behind Huddersfield Town. Their promotion had been sealed after the penultimate game of the season, a 3-0 victory at rivals Preston North End, courtesy of a Fred Pickering hat-trick. The result effectively relegated the hosts to the Third Division.
As quickly as Shannon had taken Blackpool up, he saw them return whence they came. Blackpool finished at the foot of the table and were relegated back to Division Two, along with Burnley. Before the season's conclusion, Shannon was briefly replaced in a caretaker-manager capacity by Jimmy Meadows, who in turn was permanently replaced by Bob Stokoe. On June 12, 1971, well over a month after the conclusion of the league season, Blackpool won the Anglo-Italian Cup with a 2-1 victory over Bologna in the final. This was achieved without the services of Jimmy Armfield, who retired in May after seventeen years and 627 appearances for the club.
Blackpool finished amongst the top ten teams in Division Two for six consecutive seasons, under three different managers: Stokoe, Harry Potts and Allan Brown.
Brown's second season at the helm, 1977-78, ended with the club's relegation to the Division Three for the first time in their history.
Stokoe returned for a second stint as manager for the 1978-79 campaign, at the end of which Blackpool finished mid-table. Stokoe resigned during the summer.
Stan Ternent became Blackpool's seventh manager in nine years, only to replaced in February 1980 by Alan Ball, the popular former Blackpool midfielder who left the club for Everton fourteen years earlier. Ball himself only lasted a year in the job, and departed when the club were relegated to the league's basement division.
Allan Brown had taken over from Ball in February 1981, and he remained in charge for the following 1981-82 term. Blackpool finished twelfth in their first season in Division Four; however, unable to handle the pressure of the job,^[5] Brown resigned during the close season.
Sam Ellis took over from Brown in June 1982, three years after he finished his playing career with Watford. His first season saw Blackpool finish twenty-first, with Dave Bamber topping the club's goalscoring chart for the second consecutive season with ten strikes.
It was Ellis's third season, however, that brought the success the club had been looking for. Blackpool finished second behind Chesterfield and were back in Division Three.
The club managed to finish in the top half of the table for their first three seasons in the Third Division, but slipped to nineteenth in Ellis's seventh and final season in charge.
For the 1989-90 season, Blackpool appointed Jimmy Mullen as manager. Mullen's reign last only eleven months, however, and he left the club after their relegation back to Division Four.
Graham Carr replaced Mullen, but his spell in the manager's seat was even shorter — just four months. He was sacked with Blackpool lying in eighteenth place.
Carr's replacement was his number-two, Billy Ayre. Ayre guided the team to a fifth-placed finish and qualification for the play-offs. They lost only five of their thirty league games that remained at the time of Ayre's appointment. The run included thirteen consecutive home wins in an eventual twenty-four-game unbeaten run at Bloomfield Road.^[6]
After beating Scunthorpe United in the two-legged semi-finals of the play-offs, Blackpool lost to Torquay United in the Wembley final, on penalties after the score was tied 2-2 after regular and extra time (see here).
The following 1991-92 season finished with Blackpool in fourth place, which meant another play-offs experience. This time they met Barnet in the semi-finals and won 2-1 on aggregate (see here). They returned to Wembley, where they faced Scunthorpe United, the team they knocked out of the play-offs twelve months earlier. Again the score was tied at the end of regular and extra time, but Blackpool were victorious in the penalty shootout and booked their place in the new Division Two (see here).
Blackpool struggled in their first two terms back in the third tier of English football, demonstrated by eighteenth- and twentieth-placed finishes. Ayre was sacked in the summer of 1994 and was replaced by Sam Allardyce.
Allardyce led Blackpool to a mid-table finish in his first season and saw the club knocked out of both cup competitions at the first hurdle. Tony Ellis was the club's top scorer with seventeen league goals.
The 1995-96 season saw Blackpool finish third and claim a place in the play-offs for the third time in six seasons. In the semi-finals, Blackpool travelled to Bradford City and won 2-0. Three days later, they hosted the Yorkshiremen at Bloomfield Road and lost 3-0. Blackpool remained in Division Two, and Allardyce was sacked not long afterwards.
Former Norwich City manager Gary Megson replaced Allardyce, and, like his predecessor, attained a mid-table finish in his first season in charge. This was followed by finishes of fourteenth and twenty-second, the latter relegating the club back to the Third Division.
Worthington had left before the season's end, with former Liverpool and England midfielder Steve McMahon taking his place. McMahon gained promotion, again via the play-offs, in his first full season. Success eluded McMahon for his three remaining seasons in charge.
After McMahon's resignation, Blackpool chose another high-profile individual as his successor: ex-Blackburn Rovers and Scotland captain Colin Hendry, who finished his playing career with Blackpool. Hendry's reign lasted seventeen months, though the club remained in the new League One.
Hendry was replaced by Simon Grayson, who also ended his playing career at Bloomfield Road, prior to the end of the 2005-06 season.

Recent events

On 6 January, 2007, Blackpool reached the fourth round of the FA Cup for the first time in seventeen years after beating Aldershot Town 4-2 at Bloomfield Road. They were knocked out in the fourth round by Norwich City, 3-2 after a replay at Carrow Road on February 13, narrowly missing out on a trip to London to face Chelsea in the last sixteen.^[7]
On April 21, 2007, Blackpool guaranteed themselves at least a place in the play-offs after a 2-1 win at Cheltenham Town.^[8] Seven days later, they beat Scunthorpe United 3-1 at Bloomfield Road in the penultimate game of the regular season.^[9] The visitors were crowned champions of League One despite their defeat, while Blackpool moved two points behind the second automatic-promotion place after Bristol City lost by a single goal at Millwall.^[10]
On the final day of the regular season, Blackpool won 6-3 at Swansea City,^[11] a result which ensured that the Tangerines finished in third place, ended Swansea's play-off hopes, resulted in Oldham Athletic's finishing the season in sixth position, and meant Blackpool finished the season as top scorers in League One with 76 goals.^[12] Blackpool and Oldham met in the two-legged semi-finals of the play-offs. Blackpool won both legs — 2-1 at Boundary Park on May 13^[13] and 3-1 at Bloomfield Road six days later^[14] — and on May 27 met Yeovil Town in the final at the new Wembley Stadium, their first appearance at England's national stadium in fifteen years. Blackpool won 2-0, a club-record tenth consecutive victory, and were promoted to The Championship.^[15]
On August 11, 2007, Blackpool beat Leicester City by a single goal at the Walkers Stadium in the Championship,^[16] the first time the club had won their opening league game since the 2000-01 season.^[17]
On August 18, 2007, the club's run of twelve consecutive wins ended after they drew with Bristol City at Bloomfield Road.^[18] Their thirteen-game unbeaten run was ended the following game, a defeat at Wolves on August 25.^[19]

Players

Current squad

:''As of 5 September, 2007.''

Out on loan

See also

★ List of Blackpool F.C. players

★

★ List of notable Blackpool F.C. players

One-club men

There have been several players who spent their entire professional playing career with Blackpool (see one-club man). These include (in chronological order):

★ Harry Stirzaker (1894-1903; 154/13)

★ Bert Tulloch (1914-1924; 178/0)

★ Harry Johnston (1937-1955; 398/11)

★ Hugh Kelly (1943-1960; 428/8)

★ Jimmy Armfield (1954-1971; 569/6)

★ Glyn James (1960-1975; 399/22)

★ Mike Davies (1984-1995; 310/16)

Internationalists

:''Many players won additional caps with other clubs, but the totals given below apply solely to appearances made while with Blackpool.''
Blackpool's first full-international representative was F.J. Griffiths, for Wales, in 1899; their most recent was Latvia's Kaspars Gorkšs in 2007.
'England'

★ 'Jimmy Armfield' (1958-1966; 43 caps/0 goals)

★ 'Alan Ball' (1964-1966; 14/1)

★ 'Harry Bedford' (1923-1924; 2/1)

★ 'Ray Charnley' (1962-1963; 1/0)

★ 'Tommy Garrett' (1951-1954; 3/0)

★ 'Jimmy Hampson' (1930-1932; 3/5)

★ 'Harry Johnston' (1946-1954; 10/0)

★ 'Stanley Matthews' (1946-1957; 36/3)

★ 'Stan Mortensen' (1946-1954; 25/23)

★ 'Bill Perry' (1955-1956; 3/2)

★ 'Eddie Shimwell' (1949; 1/0)

★ 'Ernie Taylor' (1953-1954; 1/0)

★ 'Tony Waiters' (1963-1965; 5/0)
'Scotland'

★ 'Jimmy Blair' (1946; 1/0)

★ 'Allan Brown' (1951-1954; 11/3)

★ 'George Farm' (1952-1954; 10/0)

★ 'Tony Green' (1970-1972; 6/0)

★ 'Hugh Kelly' (1952; 1/0)

★ 'Jackie Mudie' (1956-1958; 17/9)

★ 'Alex Munro' (1937-1938; 3/1)

★ 'Frank O'Donnell' (1938; 1/0)

★ 'Phil Watson' (1933; 1/0)
'Wales'

★ 'Dai Astley' (1938-1939; 1/1)

★ 'Wyn Davies' (1973-1974; 1/0)

★ 'F.J. Griffiths' (1899-1900; 2/0)

★ 'Glyn James' (1965-1971; 9/0)
'Northern Ireland'^[20]

★ 'P. Butler' (1938-1939; 1/0)

★ 'Pete Doherty' (1934-1936; 4/0)

★ 'Sammy Jones' (1933-1934; 1/1)

★ 'James Quinn' (1996-1998; unknown)

★ 'Derek Spence' (1976-1980; 15/3)
'Republic of Ireland'^[20]

★ 'Kevin Sheedy' (1993-1994; unknown)

★ 'Mickey Walsh' (1975-1977; 4/1)
'Faroe Islands'

★ 'Claus Jørgensen' (2006; 1/0)
'Latvia'

★ 'Kaspars Gorkšs' (2007; 2/0)

Hall of Fame

The Blackpool F.C. Hall of Fame was established on August 22 2006, with a plaque unveiled by Jimmy Armfield.^[22] Organised by the Blackpool Supporters Association, Blackpool fans around the world can vote on their all-time heroes.^[23]
'Pre-1950s:'

★ Jack Parkinson

★ Harry Bedford

★ Jimmy Hampson

★ Jock Dodds

★ Georgie Mee
'1950s:'

★ Stan Mortensen

★ Stanley Matthews

★ Bill Perry

★ Harry Johnston

★ Allan Brown
'1960s:'

★ Jimmy Armfield

★ Alan Ball

★ Tony Green

★ Ray Charnley

★ Glyn James
'1970s:'

★ Alan Suddick

★ Mickey Walsh

★ Tommy Hutchison

★ John Burridge

★ Mickey Burns
'1980s:'

★ Paul Stewart

★ Alan Wright

★ Eamon O'Keefe

★ Andy Garner

★ Mike Davies
'1990s:'

★ Trevor Sinclair

★ Dave Bamber

★ Tony Ellis

★ Andy Morrison

★ Phil Clarkson

Non-playing staff

★ 'President:' Valeri Belokon

★ 'Chairman:' Karl S. Oyston

★ 'Directors:'

★
★ Owen Oyston

★
★ P. Smith

★ 'Secretary:' Matt Williams

★ 'Manager:' Simon Grayson

★ 'Assistant manager:' Tony Parkes

★ 'First Team coach:' Steve Thompson

★ 'Reserve Team coach:' Mike Davies

★ 'Physiotherapist:' Phil Horner

Managers past and present

There have been 26 different Blackpool managers:

★ Simon Grayson¹ (November 11, 2005 to present)

★ Colin Hendry¹ (June 7, 2004 to November 10, 2005)

★ Steve McMahon (January 7, 2000 to June 6, 2004)

★ Nigel Worthington¹ (July 8, 1997 to December 23, 1999)

★ Gary Megson (July 5, 1996 to July 1, 1997)

★ Sam Allardyce (July 19, 1994 to May 29, 1996)

★ Billy Ayre (November 30, 1990 to June 10, 1994)

★ Graham Carr (June 11, 1990 to November 30, 1990)

★ Tom White¹ (April 30, 1990 to June 11, 1990)

★ Jimmy Mullen (May 20, 1989 to April 30, 1990)

★ Sam Ellis (June 1, 1982 to April 30, 1989)

★ Allan Brown¹ (March 1, 1981 to May 31, 1982) (second time)

★ Alan Ball¹ (February 1980 to February 28, 1981)

★ Stan Ternent (September 19, 1979 to February 1, 1980)

★ Bob Stokoe (May 20, 1978 to August 17, 1979) (second time)

★ Jimmy Meadows (March 7, 1978 to May 20, 1978) (second time)

★ Allan Brown¹ (May 5, 1976 to February 6, 1978)

★ Harry Potts (January 1, 1972 to May 5, 1976)

★ Bob Stokoe (December 20, 1970 to November 23, 1972)

★ Jimmy Meadows (October 26, 1970 to December 20, 1970)

★ Les Shannon (May 1, 1969 to October 26, 1970)

★ Stan Mortensen¹ (February 1, 1967 to April 30, 1969)

★ Ron Suart¹ (May 1, 1958 to February 1, 1967)

★ Joe Smith (August 1, 1935 to April 30, 1958)

★ Sandy MacFarlane (July 1, 1933 to July 31, 1935)

★ Harry Evans (honorary manager) (August 1, 1928 to May 31, 1933)

★ Sydney Beaumont (August 1, 1927 to May 31, 1928)

★ Major Frank Buckley (July 1, 1923 to May 31, 1927)

★ Bill Norman (August 1, 1919 to May 31, 1923)
¹ - Also played for Blackpool.

Honours

League

★ 'Division Two champions (1)': 1929/30

★ 'Play-off winners (3)':

★
★ 1991-92 (Division Four)

★
★ 2000-01 (Division Three)

★
★ 2006-07 (League One)

Cups

★ 'FA Cup (1)': 1953

★ 'Anglo-Italian Cup (1)': 1971

★ 'Football League Trophy (2)': 2002, 2004

★ 'Lancashire Cup (6)': 1936, 1937, 1954, 1994, 1995, 1996

Shirts and sponsors

Blackpool first began wearing tangerine for the 1923-24 season, after a recommendation from referee Albert Hargreaves, who officiated a Holland-Belgium international match and was impressed by the Dutchmen's colours.^[24]
Before changing to tangerine permanently, the team tried several different colours: blue-and-white striped shirts in the 1890s; a mixture of red or white shirts at the turn of the twentieth century; and even red, yellow and black during World War I. After the war, they wore all-white. The board introduced another change in 1934 when the team appeared in alternating dark- and light-blue stripes (which were reintroduced as the club's away shirt for a season in the mid-1990s), but they bowed to public pressure in 1939 and settled on tangerine.^[24]
The first shirt sponsors of Blackpool was Easywear between 1979 and 1981. Below is a list of sponsors since that point.

★ 1982-1983: Pembroke Hotel

★ 1983-1984: ''None''

★ 1984-1985: JK Brown

★ 1985-1986: ''None''

★ 1986-1988: Harry Feeney Autos


★ 1988-1990: Bass

★ 1990-1991: Vaux

★ 1991-1994: Inenco

★ 1994-1997: Rebecca's Jewellers of Southport

★ 1997-2001: Telewest

★ 2001-2003: Electricity Direct

★ 2003-2004: Life Repair Group

★ 2004-2005: Pricebusters

★ 2005-2007: Pointbetgames.com (home and away) Kimmel Lager (third)

★ 2007-2008: Floors-2-Go
Back-of-shirt sponsors

★ 2005-2008: Glyn Jones Estate Agents (home) JMB Properties LTD. (away)
Short sponsors

★ 2005-2007: Derek Woodman BMW (home) Derek Woodman Mini (away)

★ 2007-2008: Blackpool Leisure
Source

Statistics

Records

Club

Results

★ 'Record victory': 10-0 (v. Lanerossi Vicenza, Anglo-Italian Cup, June 10, 1972)

★ 'Record defeat': 1-10 (v. Small Heath, Division One, March 2, 1901 and v. Huddersfield Town, Division One, December 13, 1930)

★ 'Consecutive wins': 12 (between March 31, 2007 and August 14, 2007)

Transfer fees

★ 'Record transfer fee paid': £275,000 (Chris Malkin, Millwall, 1996)

★ 'Record transfer fee received': £1.75m (Brett Ormerod, Southampton, 2001)

Individual

Players

★ 'Record appearances': Jimmy Armfield (569, between 1952 and 1971)

★ 'Consecutive league appearances': Georgie Mee (190, between December 1920 and September 1925)

★ 'Most goals in total': Jimmy Hampson (248, between 1927 and 1938)

★ 'Most goals in one season': Jimmy Hampson (45, 1929/30)

★ 'Most goals in one game': 5 (Jimmy Hampson; v. Reading, November 10, 1928)^[26]

★ 'Fastest goal': Bill Slater (11 seconds; v. Stoke City, December 10, 1949)^[27]

★ 'Most capped player': Jimmy Armfield (43; for England)

Managers

★ 'Longest-serving manager': Joe Smith (22 years, 9 months; from August 1, 1935 – April 30, 1958)

Average attendances

As of February 17, 2007, the average league-game attendance at Bloomfield Road for the 2006-07 season is 6,572, which places Blackpool tenth for the division.^[28] This average in terms of percentage of ground capacity (9,612) is 68%, which places the club fourth.^[29]
'Past averages' (note that the capacity fluctuates):

2005-06: 5,820 (61%)

2004-05: 6,031 (59%)

2003-04: 6,326 (62%)

2002-03: 6,991 (69%)

2001-02: 5,701 (56%)

2000-01: 4,459 (44%)

1999-00: 4,841 (43%)

1998-99: 5,116 (45%)

1997-98: 5,212 (46%)

1996-97: 4,987 (46%)

1995-96: 5,818 (60%)

1994-95: 4,744 (46%)

1993-94: 4,761 (49%)

1992-93: 5,501 (53%)

Source: Soccer-stats.com

Notes

1. Calley, Roy (1992). ''Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992''
2. Calley, Roy (1992). ''Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992''
3. Calley, Roy (1992). ''Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992''
4. Calley, Roy (1992). ''Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992''
5. Calley, Roy (1992). ''Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992''
6. Calley, Roy (1992). ''Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992''
7. Norwich 3-2 Blackpool, FA Cup 4R - BBC Sport
8. Cheltenham Town 1-2 Blackpool - BBC Sport
9. Blackpool 3-1 Scunthorpe - BBC Sport
10. Millwall 1-0 Bristol City - BBC Sport
11. Swansea 3-6 Blackpool
12. Soccerbase
13. Oldham Athletic 1-2 Blackpool - BBC Sport
14. Blackpool 3-1 Oldham Athletic - BBC Sport
15. Yeovil 0-2 Blackpool - BBC Sport
16. Leicester 0-1 Blackpool - BBC Sport
17. Soccerbase
18. Blackpool 1-1 Bristol City - SKY Sports
19. Wolves 2-1 Blackpool - BBC Sport
20. Prior to 1924, there was only one Irish national team. In that year, the Republic of Ireland began playing separate matches, and that position is reflected here.
21. Prior to 1924, there was only one Irish national team. In that year, the Republic of Ireland began playing separate matches, and that position is reflected here.
22. Blackpool Supporters Association Hall of Fame
23. Blackpool Supporters Association Hall of Fame
24. Calley, Roy (1992). ''Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992'', p. 18
25. Calley, Roy (1992). ''Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992'', p. 18
26. Seaside Legends - Blackpool's official website
27. Calley, Roy (1992). ''Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992'', p. 115
28. Soccer-stats.com
29. Soccer-stats.com

References

★ Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992, , Roy, Calley, Breedon Books Sport, 1992, ISBN 1-873626-07-X

External links

★ Official site

★ BBC Sport:
: Fixtures
: Results
: Table
: Statistics

★ Blackpool Rivals

★ Blackpool.VitalFootball

★ View from the Tower