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Blackpool F.C.

Football club information
Full nameBlackpool Football Club
NicknameThe Seasiders,
The 'Pool,
The Tangerines
Founded26 July 1887
StadiumBloomfield Road
Blackpool, England (capacity : 16220)
OwnerOwen Oyston
Valeri Belokon
ChairmanKarl Oyston
ManagerIan Holloway
LeagueThe Championship
2010 � 11Premier League, 19th
(relegated)
Current season2011-12 Blackpool F.C. season

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Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They will be competing the 2011 � 12 season in the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the 2010 � 11 campaign. It was their debut season in the Premier League, and it was their first appearance in England's top flight since 1971. They hold the record for being the only club in English football to be promoted through all four divisions via the play-offs.

The club's home ground has been Bloomfield Road since 1901, and their main nicknames are the Seasiders, the 'Pool and the Tangerines, the latter in reference to the colour of their home kit, which is often mistaken for orange. Their motto is Progress, as featured on the club crest. They have a fierce local rivalry with Preston North End, who currently play in the third tier. Meetings between the two clubs are known as the West Lancashire derby.

Blackpool's most notable 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", though it became a day that English football fans would rather forget. Their least successful period came in the 1980s, and in 1982 � 83 they finished 21st in English League football's lowest tier, their lowest-ever League finish.

The club has been managed since May 2009 by Ian Holloway, who guided them to the Premier League in his first season in charge. At the end of the 2010 � 11 season, Holloway's win-percentage in League matches as Blackpool manager was 34.5%.

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No. Nationality Position Player Other
—SCOMFCharlie Adam
—ENGFWLouis Almond
—ENGDFAlex Baptiste
—ENGFWThomas Barkhuizen
—ENGMFChris Basham
—ENGFWD. J. Campbell
—NIRDFCraig Cathcart
—ENGDFMatthew Challoner
—IREFWBilly Clarke
—SCODFStephen Crainey
—SWEMFBojan Djordjic
—ENGMFAdam Dodd
—WALDFNeal Eardley
—ENGDFAshley Eastham
—ENGDFIan Evatt
—ENGFWKingsley Francis-Reynolds
—SCOGKMatthew Gilks
—FRAMFElliot Grandin
—ENGMFRyan Gratton
—ENGGKMark Halstead
—SCOMFStephen Husband
—BELFWPa Modou Jobe
—SCOGKChristopher Kettings
—ENGMFJoseph MacDonald
—ENGMFJamie Menagh
—ENGDFAdam Mitter
—ENGMFDillan O'Connor
—ENGFWBrett Ormerod
—ENGMFMatt Phillips
—WALDFJosh Roberts
—ENGMFKeith Southern
—GPEMFLudovic Sylvestre
—ENGGKElliott Tarney
—ENGMFGary Taylor-Fletcher
—ARMFWGaren Tchobanian
—ENGMFCurtis Thompson
—ENGMFLiam Tomsett
—NGRDFBiko Younda

One-club men :
Name Years Apps Goals
Bob Birkett 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

Internationals :
Name Years Caps Goals
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

Internationals :
Name Years Caps Goals
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 �   7   0
Stephen Crainey 2010 �   2   0

Internationals :
Name Years Caps Goals
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 �   4   0

Internationals :
Name Years Caps Goals
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 �   2   0

Internationals :
Name Years Caps Goals
Mickey Walsh 1975 � 1977   4   1
Wes Hoolahan 2008   1   0

Internationals :
Name Years Caps Goals
Kaspars Gorkšs 2006 � 2008  14   1

Internationals :
Name Years Caps Goals
Hameur Bouazza 2009 � 2010   6   1

Internationals :
Name Years Caps Goals
David Carney 2010 � 2011   7   2

Internationals :
Name Years Caps Goals
Richard Kingson 2010 � 2011  3   0

Football League 100 Legends :
Name Role
Valeri Belokon President
Karl Oyston Chairman
Normunds Malnacs Director
Owen Oyston Director
Gavin Steele Director
Jimmy Armfield Vice-President
Matt Williams Secretary
Ian Holloway Manager
Steve Thompson Assistant manager
Andy Fairman Goalkeeping coach
Stephen McPhee Coach
Jamie Shore Acting Head of Youth
Garreth Barker Centre of Excellence manager
Phil Clarkson Centre of Excellence coach
Alan Wright Centre of Excellence coach
John Hills Centre of Excellence coach
Phil Horner Head physiotherapist
Alan Bent Physiotherapist
Chris Edmundson Sports Science and Fitness
Dr. Celikkol Doctor
Liam Sweeting Match analyst
Steve Wales Kit manager

Football League 100 Legends :
Name From To Games Won Drawn Lost Win% Honours won
No manager 1896 1903 196 63 38 95 32.14
Tom Barcroft  (secretary-manager) 1903 1909 220 61 55 104 27.73
Jack Cox  (player-manager) 1909 1911 76 30 18 28 39.47
No manager 1911 1915 152 48 35 69 31.58
Bill Norman  c. 1 August 1918 c. 31 May 1923 168 74 36 58 44.05
No manager c. 31 May 1923 5 October 1923 8 1 5 2 12.50
Major Frank Buckley 6 October 1923 c. 31 May 1927 160 66 36 58 41.25
Sydney Beaumont c. 1 August 1927 c. 31 May 1928 42 13 8 21 30.95
Harry Evans (honorary manager) c. 1 August 1928 c. 31 May 1933 210 83 35 92 39.52 Division Two championship (1929 � 30)
Sandy MacFarlane 1 July 1933 31 July 1935 84 36 24 24 42.86
Joe Smith c. 1 August 1935 30 April 1958 714 306 164 244 42.86 Promotion to Division One (1936 � 37), FA Cup (1953)
Ron Suart  1 May 1958 1 February 1967 363 116 91 156 31.96
Stan Mortensen  1 February 1967 30 April 1969 99 40 27 32 40.40
Les Shannon 1 May 1969 26 October 1970 56 22 17 17 39.29 Promotion to Division One (1969 � 70)
Jimmy Meadows (caretaker manager) 26 October 1970 20 December 1970 8 1 1 6 12.50
Bob Stokoe 20 December 1970 23 November 1972 80 28 24 28 35.00 1971 Anglo-Italian Cup
No manager 23 November 1972 1 January 1973 7 4 0 3 57.14
Harry Potts 1 January 1973 5 May 1976 143 52 47 44 36.36
Allan Brown  5 May 1976 6 February 1978 69 28 23 18 40.58
Bobby Smith (caretaker manager) 6 February 1978 7 March 1978 2 0 1 1 00.00
Jimmy Meadows (caretaker manager) (second time) 7 March 1978 20 May 1978 13 1 6 6 07.69
Bob Stokoe (second time) 20 May 1978 17 August 1979 46 18 9 19 39.13
Stan Ternent 19 September 1979 1 February 1980 29 9 7 13 31.03
Freddie Scott (caretaker manager) February 1980 February 1980 ? ? ? ? ??.??
Alan Ball  February 1980 28 February 1981 51 13 14 24 25.49
Allan Brown  (second time) 1 March 1981 31 May 1982 58 17 17 24 29.31
Sam Ellis 1 June 1982 28 March 1989 311 117 89 105 37.62 Promotion to Division Three (1984 � 85)
Jimmy Mullen (caretaker manager) 28 March 1989 20 May 1989 11 5 1 5 45.45
Jimmy Mullen 20 May 1989 30 April 1990 45 10 16 19 22.22
Tom White  (caretaker manager) 30 April 1990 11 June 1990 1 0 0 1 00.00
Graham Carr 11 June 1990 30 November 1990 16 5 3 8 31.25
Billy Ayre 30 November 1990 10 June 1994 164 68 37 59 41.46 Promotion to (new) Division Two (1991 � 92)
Sam Allardyce 19 July 1994 29 May 1996 92 41 23 28 44.57
Gary Megson 5 July 1996 1 July 1997 46 18 15 13 39.13
Nigel Worthington  8 July 1997 23 December 1999 113 34 32 47 30.09
Mick Hennigan &
Mike Davies  (temporary managers)		 23 December 1999 7 January 2000 3 0 1 2 00.00
Steve McMahon 7 January 2000 6 June 2004 206 72 53 81 34.95 Promotion to Division Two (2000 � 01), League Trophy (2002 and 2004)
Colin Hendry  7 June 2004 10 November 2005 62 18 19 25 29.03
Simon Grayson  (caretaker manager) 10 November 2005 5 June 2006 30 9 10 11 30.00
Simon Grayson  5 August 2006 23 December 2008 116 43 37 36 37.06 Promotion to The Championship (2006 � 07)
Tony Parkes (caretaker manager) 24 December 2008 18 May 2009 22 6 9 7 27.27
Ian Holloway 21 May 2009 Present 84 29 22 33   Promotion to the Premier League (2009 � 10)
Totals 4,376 1,605 1,105 1,666  

Football League 100 Legends :

Football League 100 Legends :
Honour > Number > Years >
League
Champions 1 1929 � 30 (Division 2)
Automatic promotions 3 1936 � 37 (Division 2 to Division 1); 1969 � 70 (Division 2 to Division 1); 1984 � 85 (Division 4 to Division 3)
Promotions via play-offs 4 1991 � 92 (Division 4 to new Division 2); 2000 � 01 (Division 3 to Division 2); 2006 � 07 (League One to The Championship); 2009 � 10 (The Championship to the Premier League)
Cups
FA Cup winners 1 1953
Anglo-Italian Cup winners 1 1971
Football League Trophy winners 2 2002, 2004
South West Challenge Cup winners 1 2010*
Football League War Cup winners 1 1943
Lancashire Senior Cup winners 7 1936, 1937, 1942, 1954, 1994, 1995, 1996
Lancashire Junior Cup winners 2 1888, 1891

Sponsors :
Years Sponsor(s)
1979 � 1981 Easywear
1981 � 1982 None
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
No sponsor between August and October 1991
October 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
2008 � 2010 Carbrini
2010 � present Wonga.com

Sponsors :
Years Sponsor(s)
2005 � 2010 Glyn Jones Estate Agents (home); JMB Properties, Ltd. (away)

Sponsors :
Years Sponsor(s)
2005 � 2007 Derek Woodman BMW (home); Derek Woodman Mini (away)
2007 � 2008 Blackpool Leisure

Manufacturers :
Years Sponsor(s)
1974 � 1983 Umbro
1983 � 1984 Hobott
1984 � 1985 Umbro
1986 Scoreline
1987 Lowfields
1988 � 1989 Scoreline
1991 � 1993 Gola
1993 � 1997 Pelada
1997 � 1999 Lotto
1999 � 2001 Super League
2001 � 2003 TFG Sports
2003 � 2005 Sporta
2005 � 2007 Uhlsport
2007 � 2009 Carlotti
2009 � present Carbrini

Matchday programmes :
Era Name Price
1950s Blackpool Football Club two pence
1968 Blackpool one shilling
Early 1970s Blackpool Football Club one shilling
Circa 1972 The Seasiders 7 pence (75th anniversary season of their debut in the Football League)
Mid-1970s Tangerine News 8 pence
Circa 1976 The Seasider 15 pence
1980s Seasiders Scene 20 pence
1990s The Seasiders 80 pence
1990s Pool Review £1.10
2000 � 2002 Offside £2.00
2002 � 2003 Bloomfield Bulletin £2.00
2003 � 2005 Blackpool £2.50
2005 � 2007 BFC £3.00
2007 � 2008 BFC £3.50
2008 � 2009 Up the Pool £3.50
2009 � present Up the Pool £3.00

Blackpool Football Club

History1887 to 1962, 1962 to present
Home stadiumBloomfield Road
RivalriesWest Lancashire derby
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Football League Championship

2010 �11 teamsBarnsley, Bristol City, Burnley, Cardiff City, Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Derby County, Doncaster Rovers, Hull City, Ipswich Town, Leeds United, Leicester City, Middlesbrough, Milwall, Norwich City, Nottingham Forest, Portsmouth, Preston North End, Queens Park Rangers, Reading, Scunthorpe United, Sheffield United, Swansea City, Watford
Former teamsBirmingham City, Blackpool, Brighton & Hove Albion, Charlton Athletic, Colchester United, Crewe Alexandra, Gillingham, Luton Town, Newcastle United, Peterborough United, Plymouth Argyle, Rotherham United, Sheffield Wednesday, Southampton, Southend United, Stoke City, Sunderland, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United, Wigan Athletic, Wolverhampton Wanderers
CompetitionSeasons, Teams (winners), Players (foreign) (winners), Managers (current), Stadia, Referees
Statistics and awardsRecord, All-time table, Golden Boot, Macron Golden Glove, Manager of the Month
FinancesClub Owners, Premier League �Football League gulf
SponsorsCoca-Cola (2004-10), Npower (2010-13)
Associated competitionsFA Cup, Football League Cup, Play-offs
Seasons2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11
ProspectsPromotion to FA Premier League; Relegation to Football League One

Premier League

2010 �11 teamsArsenal, Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Blackburn Rovers, Blackpool, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, Everton, Fulham, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Stoke City, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United, Wigan Athletic, Wolverhampton Wanderers
Former teamsBarnsley, Bradford City, Burnley, Charlton Athletic, Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Derby County, Hull City, Ipswich Town, Leeds United, Leicester City, Middlesbrough, Norwich City, Nottingham Forest, Oldham Athletic, Portsmouth, Queens Park Rangers, Reading, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, Southampton, Swindon Town, Watford, Wimbledon
CompetitionSeasons, Teams (winners), Players (foreign) (winners), Managers (current), Stadia, Founding, Broadcasters, Referees
Statistics and awardsRecords, All-time table, Hat-tricks, Golden Boot, Golden Glove, Manager of the Year, Manager of the Month, Player of the Month, Arsenal undefeated season, 10 Seasons Awards
FinancesRichest clubs: (Deloitte list) (Forbes' list), Team owners, Average attendances, Transfer records, Game 39, Premier League �Football League gulf, Relegated teams (2005 �present)
Associated competitionsAsia Trophy, FA Community Shield, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, Women's League, Reserve League, Academy League
SeasonsFootball League, 1992 �93, 1993 �94, 1994 �95, 1995 �96, 1996 �97, 1997 �98, 1998 �99, 1999 �2000, 2000 �01, 2001 �02, 2002 �03, 2003 �04, 2004 �05, 2005 �06, 2006 �07, 2007 �08, 2008 �09, 2009 �10, 2010 �11



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