Blackpool F.C.
Full name | Blackpool Football Club | |
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Founded | 26 July 1887[1] | |
Ground | Bloomfield Road | |
Capacity | 16,616 | |
Owner | Simon Sadler | |
Head coach | Neil Critchley | |
League | EFL League One | |
2022–23 | EFL Championship, 23rd of 24 (relegated) | |
Website | Club website | |
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Blackpool Football Club is a professional association football club based in the seaside town of Blackpool, Lancashire, England. The team competes in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system.
Founded in 1887, the club played home games at
Blackpool were relegated out of the First Division in 1967 and again in 1971 after winning promotion in 1969–70. They dropped into the fourth tier after suffering relegations in 1978 and 1981, then gained promotion in 1984–85. Between 1987 and 2019, the club was owned by the Oyston family. Nine years after buying the club, Owen Oyston was jailed for the 1992 rape and indecent assault of a 16-year-old girl.[4] His wife, Vicki, took over the chairmanship of the club during her husband's three-year prison term. The couple's son, Karl, took over in 1999 and remained in the role for 19 years. In 2018, after the Oyston family was found, in a High Court judgement, to have operated an "illegitimate stripping" of the club, paying out £26.77 million to companies they owned, Owen relieved Karl of his role and gave it to his daughter, Natalie. In June 2019, Simon Sadler, a 49-year-old Blackpool-born businessman, bought a 96.2% share in the club,[5] completely removing the Oyston family from any involvement.[6]
During the long years of Oyston ownership, Blackpool were relegated into the fourth tier in 1990, promoted via the play-offs in 1992, then relegated again in 2000. Blackpool reached the Premier League in 2010, after becoming the first club to gain promotion from every division of the Football League via the play-off system; they won the 2001 Third Division play-offs, 2007 League One play-offs and the 2010 Championship play-offs. They spent one season in the Premier League, under manager Ian Holloway, and later suffered a double relegation into League Two by 2016, though gained immediate promotion by winning the 2017 League Two play-off final – their sixth success in the format in eight finals.
History
Formation and early years (1877–1900)
Football had developed in Blackpool by 1877, when Victoria F.C. were founded as a church club with a ground in Caunce Street. This team disbanded a few years later but some of its members are understood to have merged with old boys from St John's School to form a new club called Blackpool St John's. The two factions remained disunited, however, and on 26 July 1887, at a meeting in the Stanley Arms public house, the members resolved to wind up St John's and form a new club to represent the whole town. It was named Blackpool Football Club.
The new club managed to win two pieces of silverware in its first season in existence,
At the conclusion of the following 1888–89 season, Blackpool became founder members of the Lancashire League. In their first season in the competition, the club finished fifth out of the 13 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 (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 2,000 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 13 May 1896 the club became a
Their application was successful, and for the club's debut season,
For the
After finishing third-bottom, the club were not re-elected at the end of the 1898–99 season, and spent the
Early 20th century (1900–1946)
During the 10 seasons that followed, Blackpool could finish no higher than 12th place. The club's top goalscorers in the league included
At the end of
It was a case of "as you were", however, for the four seasons leading up to the
The outbreak of war forced the cancellation of League football for four years, during which time regional competitions were introduced. When normality resumed, in
The club's form nosedived in the
Bedford repeated the feat the
The
Buckley guided Blackpool to top-10 finishes in his final two seasons as manager – with Billy Tremelling's 30 goals in the latter helping considerably – before he left to take the helm at Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Buckley's replacement was
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 the Second Division.
The club's relegation prompted the Blackpool board to install a recognised manager, and they opted for
The club finished 10th in Smith's first season, with
Two seasons of Division One football were played before the
Post-Second World War (1946–1967)
Scottish defender
Post-war Blackpool reached the
For the first and only time in the club's history, four Blackpool players (Johnston, Matthews, Mortensen and debutant
on 25 November 1953. Of the four, only Matthews would ever represent his country again.In
Smith was succeeded, in May 1958, by Ron Suart, the first former Tangerine to return to the club as manager. In his first season, he led the club to eighth in the First Division and the sixth round of the FA Cup. A 23-year-old Ray Charnley topped the club's goalscoring chart with 20, in his first season as a professional, and went on to repeat the feat for seven of the eight seasons that followed.
The
In October 1961, Matthews, now aged 46, was sold back to
Late 20th century (1967–2000)
Mortensen picked up the pieces for the club's first season back in the Second Division in 30 years, guiding them to a
At the end of the following
As quickly as Shannon had taken Blackpool up, he saw them return whence they came. The club 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 by
Blackpool finished amongst the top 10 teams in the Second Division for six consecutive seasons, under three different managers: Stokoe, Harry Potts and Allan Brown. Twice Blackpool narrowly missed promotion to Division One, by two points in 1974 and 1977.
In February 1978, midway through
On 1 April 1978, with six games to go, Blackpool were in eighth place, nine points off the third relegation slot. On 25 April, with one game to go, Blackpool were 14th, three points above Cardiff City in the third relegation slot. Four days later, Blackpool completed their programme and were 16th with 37 points – two points clear of Leyton Orient in the third relegation slot, with a vastly superior goal difference (−1, which was four better than fifth-placed Blackburn Rovers). At that point, all the teams below Blackpool still had games to play, apart from bottom placed Hull City. The bottom of the Division Two table read:
Position | Team | Played | Points |
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16 | Blackpool | 42 | 37 |
17 | Charlton Athletic | 41 | 37 |
18 | Millwall | 41 | 36 |
19 | Cardiff City | 40 | 36 |
20 | Leyton Orient | 40 | 35 |
21 | Mansfield Town | 41 | 31 |
22 | Hull City | 42 | 28 |
The only other team in the division with games to play was Notts County, in 14th place with 38 points.
After Millwall achieved safety by beating already-relegated Mansfield Town, the three remaining fixtures were Cardiff City v. Notts County, Leyton Orient v. Charlton Athletic, and Cardiff City v. Leyton Orient. Only one combination from the 27 possible outcomes of those three games would have resulted in all three teams getting more than 37 points and Blackpool being relegated. Inevitably, Cardiff City beat Notts County, Leyton Orient drew with Charlton and, in the final match, Leyton Orient, who up to that point had only won one away game all season, and had lost six out of their previous eight away games, with no wins, beat now-safe Cardiff City, who had lost only two home games all season and had won six out of their previous seven homes games, with no defeats. Blackpool were relegated with 37 points (the seven teams above them all having 38 ), and were not to return to the second tier for 29 years:
Position | Team | Played | Points |
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16 | Millwall | 42 | 38 |
17 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 38 |
18 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 38 |
19 | Cardiff City | 42 | 38 |
20 | Blackpool | 42 | 37 |
21 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 31 |
22 | Hull City | 42 | 28 |
Bob Stokoe returned for a second stint as manager for the
Stan Ternent became Blackpool's seventh manager in nine years, only to be replaced in February 1980 by Alan Ball, the popular former Blackpool midfielder who left the club for Everton 14 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
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 21st, with Dave Bamber topping the club's goalscoring chart for the second consecutive season with 10 strikes.
It was
The club managed to finish in the top half of the table for their first three seasons in the Third Division, but slipped to 19th in Ellis's seventh and final season in charge.
On 17 April 1986, the board of directors put the club on the market after councillors rejected plans to sell Bloomfield Road for a supermarket site in a £35 million redevelopment scheme. The club was then sold to Owen Oyston for £1.
For the
Graham Carr replaced Mullen, but his spell in the manager's seat was even shorter – just four months. He was sacked in November 1990 with Blackpool in 18th place.
Carr's replacement was his assistant,
After beating
The following
Blackpool struggled in their first term back in the third tier of English football but pulled to safety in 18th place by the end. In late 1993 they were as high as fourth but tumbled down the table in the second half of that season to miss the drop by a whisker in 20th, avoiding relegation by virtue of a 4–1 victory over Leyton Orient on the final day of the season.[9] Ayre was sacked in the summer of 1994 and was replaced by Sam Allardyce.
Allardyce led Blackpool to a mid-table finish in his
The
In 1996, owner Oyston was convicted of the rape of a 16-year-old girl.[10] Former
Rise to the Premier League (2001–2010)
McMahon arrived too late to save the club from relegation to the Third Division (fourth tier) after a 22nd-placed finish in the table. In his
In the
Blackpool knocked
Blackpool finished the
On 23 December 2008, Simon Grayson left the club to join
On 21 May 2009,
Blackpool finished the
On 8 May, Blackpool beat Nottingham Forest 2–1 at Bloomfield Road in the semi-final first leg.[25] Three days later, they beat them 4–3 (6–4 on aggregate) at the City Ground in the second leg to progress to the final against Cardiff. The result meant Blackpool had beaten Forest in all four of the clubs' meetings in 2009–10.[26]
Blackpool defeated
On 24 May, a promotion parade was held along Blackpool's promenade for the club's personnel, who travelled on an open-top double-decker bus from Gynn Square down the Golden Mile to the Waterloo Headland. The police estimated that about 100,000 people lined the route. At the Headland, the manager and squad took to a stage to address the gathered mass crowd. "This is the most unbelievable moment of my life," said Ian Holloway. "I've jumped on the best ride of my life and I don't want to go home."[31][32]
Premier League campaign (2010–11)
In their first-ever Premier League match on 14 August 2010, Blackpool defeated Wigan Athletic 4–0 at the DW Stadium. The result saw the Seasiders at the top of the entire English football pyramid[33] until Chelsea's 6–0 victory over West Bromwich Albion later in the day. It was the first time they had been in such a position since they won their opening game of the 1957–58 top-flight campaign.[34] The initial fixture list had the game being played at Bloomfield Road, but the Premier League allowed the fixture to be reversed because construction work on Bloomfield Road's East Stand had not been completed in time.
On 27 January 2011, the Premier League fined Blackpool £25,000 for fielding what they believed to be a weakened team against Aston Villa on 10 November. Ian Holloway, who initially threatened to resign if punishment was dealt, had made 10 changes to the team for the fixture. The club had 14 days to appeal against the decision[35] but chose not to, with Karl Oyston saying that if the punishment was upheld there was a threat of a point deduction and an increase in the fine.[36]
On 22 May 2011, exactly 365 days after their promotion, Blackpool were relegated back to the Championship after losing 4–2 at champions Manchester United on the final day of the season, though results elsewhere also impacted the final league standings.[37] Despite predictions that they "wouldn't get 10 points,"[38] Blackpool took 39 from their 38 games, including home[39] and away[40] victories over Liverpool, consecutive away wins at Stoke City[41] and Sunderland,[42] and a home victory over Tottenham Hotspur.[43] Seven of their 10 overall wins were obtained before the new year, and at the end of 2010 they sat in eighth place; however, seven defeats in the opening eight fixtures of 2011 saw them drop down the table. The next match, a draw at home Aston Villa, left them in 15th, their lowest placing of the campaign to date. Another run of defeats – this time five in six – put them in the relegation zone for the first time.[44] They climbed out of the bottom three, at the expense of Wigan Athletic, with successive home draws against Newcastle United and Stoke City. Blackpool dropped back into the relegation zone after conceding a late equaliser to draw at Tottenham, switching places with Wolves; they were level on points with Wigan and three ahead of bottom club West Ham United. A victory, their first in three months, over Bolton Wanderers, in their penultimate league fixture, was not enough to change the position as Wolves won at Sunderland. Blackpool went to Old Trafford for the final match and were leading 2–1 12 minutes into the second half, but Manchester United, who were crowned champions a week earlier, took control and won 4–2 to condemn 19th-placed Blackpool to relegation along with Birmingham City and West Ham United.
Fall to the fourth tier (2011–2017)
In July 2011, Blackpool smashed their outgoing transfer record when Charlie Adam signed for Liverpool in a £7-million deal.[45][46] A portion of these funds was used to bring former Scotland, Rangers, Blackburn Rovers and Birmingham captain Barry Ferguson to Bloomfield Road, where he once again assumed the armband.[47] On 9 May 2012, Blackpool secured their place in the Championship play-off final in their second consecutive season in the division after beating Birmingham City 3–2 on aggregate in the semi-finals.[48] They met West Ham United in the final at Wembley on 19 May, losing 2–1, conceding a last-gasp goal to the Hammers' Ricardo Vaz Tê, their first play-off final reversal in 21 years.[49]
On 3 November 2012, Ian Holloway decided to leave Blackpool after accepting an offer from fellow Championship club Crystal Palace to be their manager.[50] He was replaced four days later by Michael Appleton, who left League One side Portsmouth to take up the position; however, after being in charge for just two months, Appleton left for Lancashire neighbours Blackburn Rovers, becoming the shortest-serving manager in Blackpool's history. On 18 February, after just over a month without an appointment, the club made former England captain Paul Ince their third manager of the campaign.[51] It was under Ince that the club made their best-ever start to a league season. Their victory at AFC Bournemouth on 14 September 2013 gave them 16 points out of a possible 18. The sequence of results was two wins, a draw, and three wins.[52] This was countered by a run of nine defeats in 10 games, which resulted in Ince being sacked on 21 January 2014, 11 months into his tenure.[53]
Barry Ferguson was named caretaker manager upon Ince's dismissal. Of Ferguson's 20 league games in charge, Blackpool won just three and finished the 2013–14 season in 20th place.[54] On 11 June 2014, almost five months after Paul Ince's dismissal, the club appointed Belgian José Riga as manager. He was Blackpool's first overseas manager.[55]
Prior to the start of
On 6 April 2015, with six league fixtures remaining, Blackpool were relegated to League One.[59] On 2 May 2015, the final match of the Championship season against Huddersfield Town was abandoned in the 48th minute following an on-pitch protest by hundreds of Blackpool supporters regarding the actions and management style of the directors and owners. The Football League subsequently declared the result the 0–0 scoreline it was at the time of abandonment, which meant Blackpool finished the season with 26 points.[60] Following the resignation of Lee Clark on 9 May 2015, Blackpool appointed Neil McDonald as manager on 2 June.[61]
In May 2016, a second successive relegation occurred, which put Blackpool in the bottom tier of English professional football for the first time in 15 years. Less than two weeks later, Neil McDonald was sacked as manager.[62] He was replaced by Gary Bowyer, the club's eighth manager in three-and-a-half years.
In late 2016, as the sexual abuse scandal developed, former Blackpool player Paul Stewart alleged he had been abused by Frank Roper, a coach associated with Blackpool in the 1980s.[63]
In May 2017, under Bowyer, Blackpool won promotion to League One after beating Exeter City 2–1 at Wembley in the play-off final. The victory meant that Blackpool became the most successful side in English play-off history, winning their fifth final.[64]
End of the Oyston era (2017–2019)
On 10 November 2017, Blackpool was put up for sale by the Oyston family. The sale included the club itself and the properties division that owns Bloomfield Road stadium.[65][66][67]
On 2 February 2018, Owen Oyston relieved Karl Oyston of his role as chairman and appointed his 32-year-old daughter, Natalie Christopher, in his place, just two weeks after appointing her to the club's board.[68]
Gary Bowyer resigned in August 2018 after two years in charge, after the first game of the season for undisclosed reasons.[69] He was replaced with his assistant Terry McPhillips as caretaker manager. McPhillips was made the permanent manager a month later.
On 13 February 2019, the football club was put into receivership by the High Court, which forced Owen Oyston to pay ex-director Valērijs Belokoņs some of the £25m he was owed. Oyston was removed from the board of the club by the receiver on 25 February 2019.[70] The receiver was tasked with discharging some of Oyston's assets, as well as Blackpool Football Club (Properties) Ltd, which owns the football club. The ruling could have resulted in the club being deducted 12 league points; however, this was eventually ruled against by the EFL on 11 April 2019.[71]
Under new ownership (2019–present)
On 13 June 2019, Simon Sadler was announced as the new owner of the club, officially ending the Oystons' 32-year tenure, purchasing a 96.2% stake.[72] Sadler was born and raised in Blackpool and has worked in asset management in Hong Kong since 2007.[73] He is the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Segantii Capital Management.[74]
Terry McPhillips resigned as Blackpool manager on 5 July 2019, having informed the club's board that he had no long-term desire to be a manager.[75] He was replaced by Simon Grayson, who returned for a second spell in charge;[76] however, after a long run of defeats, he was sacked on 12 February 2020. Grayson's last game in charge was a 3–2 home loss to Gillingham.[77] Liverpool U23s manager Neil Critchley was appointed head coach – the first such role for the club – as his replacement on 2 March 2020.[78] After a curtailed regular season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, Blackpool finished the 2019–20 season in 13th position after standings were amended to reflect a points-per-game ratio.[79]
At the end of the following campaign, Blackpool were promoted back to the second tier of English football, after a six-year absence, after winning the 2021 EFL League One play-off final. It was Blackpool's sixth victory in a play-off final in eight such appearances.[80]
On 2 June 2022, Neil Critchley resigned from his role as head coach and joined Aston Villa as assistant head coach.[81] Critchley told Simon Sadler he was keen to work again with Steven Gerrard and "pit himself against some of the best coaches in the world".[82] Just over two weeks later, the club appointed its former manager Michael Appleton as Critchley's successor.[83] Appleton was sacked seven months later, on 18 January 2023, after the club managed one win in eleven games.[84] Veteran Mick McCarthy was appointed to oversee the rest of the season,[85] but an Easter Monday defeat at home to fellow strugglers Cardiff City ended his spell in charge.[86] Interim manager and former Seasiders striker Stephen Dobbie could not keep them in the division. Blackpool were relegated to League One after a home defeat to Millwall on 28 April 2023.[87]
Colours
Blackpool first began wearing tangerine for the
Before changing to tangerine permanently, the team tried several different colours: blue-and-white striped shirts in the 1890s (becoming known as the Merry Stripes); a mixture of red or white shirts at the turn of the 20th century; and, during the First World War, black, yellow and red. The latter was adopted to include the colours of the flag of Belgium, a show of support for the large number of Belgian refugees that had arrived in the town. After the war, they wore white shirts and navy-blue shorts. The board introduced another change in 1934 when the team appeared in alternating dark- and light-blue stripes (which have been reintroduced several times in the mid-1990s and 2002, for Blackpool's return to the top flight in 2010 as the club's third kit, and as their away kit in 2019–20), but they bowed to public pressure in 1939 and settled on tangerine.[88] Between 1938 and 1958 Blackpool's kit consisted of tangerine shirts, white shorts and navy blue socks. The club now uses tangerine socks, though navy was used as a secondary colour in the late 1980s and early 1990s.[89]
Stadium
Blackpool have played their home games at Bloomfield Road since 1901. The stadium's current capacity is 16,616, all-seated.
In the summer of 2010, work was done on the stadium to prepare for the club's debut season in the Premier League. A new 5,120-capacity temporary East Stand was built, together with improvements to the floodlighting, media and medical facilities and the dugouts. Painting work was also done on the Stanley Matthews (West) Stand and the Mortensen Kop (North Stand). A new video screen was also installed. A new South Stand named after Jimmy Armfield was opened in 2010 with 3,600 seats. From the first home game in the Premier League, against Fulham on 28 August 2010, the capacity was 16,220, the highest at Bloomfield Road in 30 years.
In the 2011–12 season, the south east corner between the Armfield Stand and the temporary East Stand was filled with an additional 500 seats, the area also incorporating the BFC Hotel, which welcomed its first guests at the end of June 2012. It was officially opened on 26 July 2012, the club's 125th anniversary.
Supporters
Blackpool supporters are known by the general terms Tangerine Army or Seaside Barmy Army. Whilst Blackpool had the lowest average home attendance in the Premier League, the atmosphere generated by the home support was regarded as loud and intimidating.
After Steve McMahon resigned as Blackpool manager in 2004, he said of the Tangerine support: "During my time here, the supporters have been fantastic and are a credit to the club. Whilst they have that support, I am sure they can go a long way. I think both on and off the pitch the club is going forward in a big way and unfortunately I'm not part of that anymore."[2] The club was promoted three years later to the Championship, and again in 2010 to the Premier League for the 2010–11 season.
In September 2009, freelance journalist Mike Whalley said after attending a game against Peterborough United: "The home fans certainly make plenty of noise. Bloomfield Road does not lack for atmosphere. Or a drummer. Every home game is played to a thumping drum beat."[91] After Blackpool beat Newcastle United 2–1 on 16 September 2009, Scott Wilson of the Northern Echo wrote: "Almost 10,000 spectators created a hostile and intimidating atmosphere that was a throwback to footballing days gone by"[92] while the Sky Sports match report described the Blackpool support as "boisterous".[93]
On 28 August 2010 Blackpool played Fulham in their first-ever home Premier League game, in front of a crowd of 15,529, the largest attendance for over 30 years at Bloomfield Road. On Sky Sports' Football First programme, co-commentator Barry Horne said: "They are a fantastic crowd. I've watched a lot of Championship games here and the crowd have always been brilliant; they get behind their team." Commentator Will Cope later said: "It's deafening; deafening by the seaside. You wouldn't have thought 15,000 fans could make so much noise." After the game Fulham manager Mark Hughes also praised the home support saying that the atmosphere in the stadium would really help the team in their debut season in the Premier League.[94]
During the 2010–11 Premier League campaign, a decibel-metre was set up three times at each stadium, and an average then taken to indicate the loudest supporters. Despite having a capacity of 16,220, the Blackpool support was ranked the fifth-loudest, at 85 decibels.[95]
In January 2013, a supporters' group named SISA (Seasiders Independent Supporters Association) was formed. It folded in July the following year[96] to become Blackpool Supporters Trust.[97]
Blackpool Fans' Progress Group, a supporters' liaison group, was founded in 2015.[98]
Rivalries
Blackpool's primary rival is
Since 2012–13, a
According to a survey conducted in 2019, Blackpool's other significant rivalries are with Bolton Wanderers, Burnley and Blackburn Rovers.[100]
Players
First-team squad
- As of 1 February 2024[101]
Note: EFL clubs are limited to a squad of 22 senior players (aged 21 or over). There is no limit to the number of players who were aged 20 or younger on 1 January 2022, that the club can use.[102][103]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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Reserve team
Up until the 2009–10 season the reserve team competed in the
With the first team promoted to the Premier League, for the
Blackpool reintroduced reserve-team football for the 2019–20 season. They joined a regional five-team Central Division.
Academy
The club's Academy, headed by Ciaran Donnelly, is rated as Category 3 (the highest, of four categories, being Category 1).[105] It consists of an under-18s squad and a development squad. As of 2021, the Academy had around 140 players, ranging in age from six to twenty-one, and employed twelve full-time members of staff. Its facilities are split between Myerscough College and Blackpool's Stanley Park.[106]
Internationals
Blackpool have had 61 full-international representatives. Their first was Fred Griffiths, for Wales, in 1900.[1] Their most recent was CJ Hamilton, for the Republic of Ireland, in 2022.[107] In 1996, Northern Ireland's James Quinn became the club's first player in sixteen years to be selected for a full international, the previous one being Derek Spence in 1980.
- Many players won additional caps with other clubs, but the totals given below apply solely to appearances made while with Blackpool.
- As of 17 June 2023
- England (13):
Name | Years | Caps | Goals |
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Harry Bedford | 1923–1924 | 2 | 1 |
Jimmy Hampson | 1930–1932 | 3 | 5 |
Harry Johnston | 1946–1953 | 10 | 0 |
Stan Mortensen | 1946–1954 | 25 | 23 |
Stanley Matthews | 1946–1957 | 36 | 3 |
Eddie Shimwell | 1949 | 1 | 0 |
Tommy Garrett | 1951–1954 | 3 | 0 |
Ernie Taylor |
1953–1954 | 1 | 0 |
Bill Perry | 1955–1956 | 3 | 2 |
Jimmy Armfield | 1958–1966 | 43 | 0 |
Ray Charnley | 1962–1963 | 1 | 0 |
Tony Waiters | 1963–1965 | 5 | 0 |
Alan Ball | 1964–1966 | 14 | 1 |
- Scotland (13):
Name | Years | Caps | Goals |
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Phil Watson | 1933 | 1 | 0 |
Alex Munro |
1938 | 1 | 0 |
Frank O'Donnell | 1938 | 2 | 0 |
Jimmy Blair |
1946 | 1 | 0 |
Allan Brown | 1951–1954 | 11 | 3 |
George Farm | 1952–1959 | 10 | 0 |
Hugh Kelly | 1952 | 1 | 0 |
Jackie Mudie | 1956–1958 | 17 | 9 |
Tony Green | 1971 | 4 | 0 |
Charlie Adam |
2009–2011 | 7 | 0 |
Stephen Crainey | 2010–2013 | 3 | 0 |
Matt Phillips | 2012–2013 | 1 | 0 |
Matt Gilks | 2012–2013 | 3 | 0 |
- Wales (6):
Name | Years | Caps | Goals |
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Fred Griffiths | 1899–1900 | 2 | 0 |
Dai Astley | 1938–1939 | 1 | 1 |
Glyn James | 1965–1971 | 9 | 0 |
Wyn Davies | 1973 | 1 | 0 |
David Vaughan | 2008–2011 | 8 | 1 |
Neal Eardley | 2009–2013 | 4 | 0 |
- Northern Ireland (9):
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.
Name | Years | Caps | Goals |
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Sammy Jones | 1933–1934 | 1 | 1 |
Peter Doherty | 1934–1936 | 4 | 0 |
Malcolm Butler |
1938–1939 | 1 | 0 |
Derek Spence | 1976–1980 | 15 | 3 |
James Quinn | 1996–1998 | 10 | 1 |
Craig Cathcart | 2010–2014 | 15 | 0 |
Jordan Thompson | 2018–2020 | 6 | 0 |
Daniel Ballard | 2020–2021 | 4 | 0 |
Shayne Lavery | 2021– | 7 | 2 |
- Republic of Ireland (3):
Name | Years | Caps | Goals |
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Mickey Walsh | 1975–1977 | 4 | 1 |
Wes Hoolahan | 2008 | 1 | 0 |
CJ Hamilton | 2022 | 1 | 0 |
- Latvia (1):
Name | Years | Caps | Goals |
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Kaspars Gorkšs | 2006–2008 | 14 | 1 |
- Algeria (1):
Name | Years | Caps | Goals |
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Hamer Bouazza | 2009–2010 | 6 | 1 |
- Australia (2):
Name | Years | Caps | Goals |
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David Carney | 2010–2011 | 7 | 2 |
Kenny Dougall | 2021– | 4 | 0 |
- Congo (1):
Name | Years | Caps | Goals |
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Christoffer Mafoumbi | 2019 | 3 | 0 |
- Ghana (1):
Name | Years | Caps | Goals |
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Richard Kingson | 2010–2011 | 3 | 0 |
- Costa Rica (1):
Name | Years | Caps | Goals |
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José Miguel Cubero | 2014 | 1 | 0 |
- Estonia (1):
Name | Years | Caps | Goals |
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Sergei Zenjov | 2014 | 1 | 0 |
- Iceland (1):
Name | Years | Caps | Goals |
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Daníel Grétarsson | 2021 | 4 | 0 |
- Jamaica (1):
Name | Years | Caps | Goals |
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Kevin Stewart | 2022– | 2 | 0 |
- Sierra Leone (1):
Name | Years | Caps | Goals |
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Sullay Kaikai | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
One-club men
Nine players spent their entire professional playing careers with Blackpool:[108]
Name | Years | Apps | Goals |
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Bob Birket | 1896–1906 (10) | 215 | 44 |
Edward Threlfall | 1900–1911 (11) | 320 | 11 |
John Charles | 1912–1924 (12) | 228 | 30 |
Bert Tulloch | 1914–1924 (10) | 178 | 0 |
Harry Johnston | 1934–1955 (21) | 398 | 11 |
Hugh Kelly | 1943–1960 (17) | 428 | 8 |
Jimmy Armfield | 1954–1971 (17) | 569 | 6 |
Glyn James | 1960–1975 (15) | 399 | 22 |
Mike Davies | 1984–1995 (11) | 310 | 16 |
Training facility
Blackpool's training ground, currently known as the e-Energy Training Centre,
In August 2014, former Blackpool defender
In June 2020, the club purchased a modular building for the training ground. It includes changing facilities for players and staff, along with eating areas, meeting rooms and medical facilities.[113]
A site for a new training facility, bordering the Grange Park Estate and Baines School on Garstang Road, was purchased in May 2022.[114] The new training facility, combined with replacing Bloomfield Road's temporary East Stand with a permanent structure, is estimated to cost between £30 and £40 million.[82] A planning application was expected to be submitted in May 2023.[115]
Managers
Including repeat appointments, there have been 39 full-time managers of Blackpool F.C., the first being
There have been five repeat appointments: Bob Stokoe, Allan Brown, Simon Grayson, Michael Appleton, and Neil Critchley.
In 2014,
In 2020, Neil Critchley became the first appointment to be known as a head coach.
Non-playing staff
Owner: Simon Sadler[82]
Chief executive officer: Julian Winter[117]
Chief operating officer: Jonty Castle[118]
Head of Finance and Operations: Mark McGhee
Sporting director: David Downes
Head coach: Neil Critchley
Assistant head coaches: Mike Garrity and Iain Brunskill
Goalkeeping coach: Steve Banks
Coach: Andy Hodgens[119]
U18s coach: Neal Eardley[120]
Academy director: Ciaran Donnelly[121]
Senior professional development phase coach: Stephen Dobbie
Physiotherapist: Stuart Irwin[122]
Chief scout: Stuart Benthom[123]
Honours and achievements
Blackpool were the first team to be promoted through all divisions of the Football League via the play-off system and the club has the most play-off trophies (6).[124]
League
- Championship(level 2)
- League One(level 3)
- Fourth Division / Third Division / League Two (level 4)
Cup
- FA Cup
- Winners: 1952–53
- Football League Trophy
- Anglo-Italian Cup
- Winners: 1971
- Football League War Cup
- Winners: 1943
- Lancashire Senior Cup
- Winners (7): 1935–36, 1936–37, 1941–42, 1953–54, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96
Records
Club
- Highest finish: 2nd in 1956)
- Lowest finish: 21st in 1983)
Players
- Most Football League appearances: Jimmy Armfield (569; between 27 December 1954 and 1 May 1971)
- Top goalscorer: Jimmy Hampson (252; between 15 October 1927 and 8 January 1938)
- Most capped player: Jimmy Armfield (43; for England)
Managers
- Longest-serving manager: Joe Smith(22 years, 9 months; from 1 August 1935 to 30 April 1958)
Sponsors
Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
---|---|---|
1974–1979 | Umbro | None |
1979–1981 | Easywear | |
1981–1982 | None | |
1982–1983 | Pembroke Hotel | |
1983–1984 | Hobott | None |
1984–1985 | Umbro | JK Brown |
1986–1987 | Scoreline | Harry Feeney Autos |
1987–1988 | Lowfields | |
1988–1989 | Scoreline | Bass |
1989–1990 | None | |
1990–1991 | Vaux | |
1991 August–1991 October | Gola | None |
1991 October–1993 | Inenco | |
1993–1994 | Pelada | |
1994–1997 | Rebecca's Jewellers of Southport | |
1997–1999 | Lotto | Telewest |
1999–2001 | Super League | |
2001–2003 | TFG Sport | Electricity Direct |
2003–2004 | Sporta | Life Repair Group |
2004–2005 | Pricebusters | |
2005–2007 | Uhlsport | Pointbetgames.com (home and away)1
Kimmel Lager (third) |
2007–2008 | Carlotti | Floors-2-Go2 |
2008–2009 | Carbrini
| |
2009–2010 | Carbrini
| |
2010–2011 | Wonga.com | |
2011–2013 | Fila
| |
2013–2015 | Erreà | |
2015–2016 | Village[125] | |
2016–2018 | tp. | |
2018–2019 | BetSid | |
2019–2020 | Blackpool Council ("VisitBlackpool.com" on home kits; "GET VOCAL" on away kits) | |
2020–2022 | Puma[126] | VisitBlackpool.com (home kit)[127] Utility Team (away kit)[128] Get Vocal (third kit)3[129] |
2022–2023 | Utilita[130] | |
2023– | LeoVegas Utilita (back-of-shirt)[118] |
1 Derek Woodman BMW sponsored the club's home shorts, while Derek Woodman Mini sponsored their away versions
2 Blackpool Leisure were the shorts sponsors
3 Tower Insurance were the shorts sponsors[131]
Between the 2005–06 season and the 2009–10 season, Glyn Jones Estate Agents appeared in the back of their home shirts, while JMB Properties Ltd. appeared on the back of their away shirts.[132] For the 2020–21 season, FTS became the back-of-shirt sponsor.[133]
Tangerine TV
In August 2021, the club launched Tangerine TV as a direct replacement to the EFL's iFollow streaming service. There are four subscription levels, in addition to single-game match passes:[134]
- Basic membership: allows exclusive access to new club content
- International season pass: allows overseas viewers access to live streams of each of the club's Football League matches (except those chosen for international broadcast)
- Audio season pass: live audio commentary for each of the club's league matches
- Audio monthly pass: one month's worth of live audio commentaries of the club's league matches
Blackpool F.C. Ladies
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General
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Further reading
- Daniels, Robin (17 October 1972). Blackpool Football: The Official Club History (1st ed.). Robert Hale Ltd. ISBN 0-7091-3501-7.
- Wolstenholme, Gerry (7 December 1998). Cup Kings – Blackpool 1953. Blackpool: The Bluecoat Press. ISBN 1-872568-58-0.
- Prestage, Michael (September 2000). Blackpool: The Glory Years Remembered (1st ed.). Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd. ISBN 1-85983-198-2.
- Singleton, Steve, ed. (19 December 2007). Legends: The Great Players of Blackpool F.C (1st ed.). Blackpool: At Heart Ltd. ISBN 978-1-84547-182-8.
- Gillatt, Peter (30 November 2009). Blackpool FC On This Day: History, Facts and Figures from Every Day of the Year. Pitch Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-905411-50-4.
- Wolstenholme, Gerry (2010). Return to the Top Flight: Blackpool Football Club's Promotion Campaign 1969/70. Blackpool Programme and Memorabilia Collectors Club. (limited edition of 200 copies)
- Wolstenholme, Gerry (2014). By Bus to Wollongong: Blackpool Football Club's World Tour 1958. Red Rose Books. (limited edition of 250 copies)