Blackpool F.C.
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| Full name | Blackpool Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | 'Pool, The Seasiders, The Tangerines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1877 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Bloomfield Road South Shore Blackpool Lancashire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 11,295 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Image:Flag of England.svg Karl Oyston | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Image:Flag of England.svg Simon Grayson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | League One | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | League One, 19th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Blackpool Football Club is an English football club. Their home ground is Bloomfield Road in the seaside resort of Blackpool in north-west England. Their nicknames are "The 'Pool", "The Seasiders" and "The Tangerines", the latter stemming from their home colour. Blackpool have a fierce rivalry with local arch-enemy Preston North End.
The club's most famous achievement is winning the FA Cup in 1953 (in the so-called "Matthews Final"), when they beat Bolton Wanderers 4-3, overturning a 1-3 deficit in the closing stages of the game.
Although the main entrance to the ground (via the now-demolished South Stand) used to be on Bloomfield Road, since the re-development of the ground, it is now from Seasiders Way in the West (main) Stand.
Blackpool have been outside the top division since 1971, and are currently in League One (the third tier of the English league).
In 1982-83, Blackpool endured the worst season in their history. They finished second from bottom in the Fourth Division and were only saved from relegation to the Alliance Premier League (now the Conference) because the re-election system voted in their favour. The club recovered two years later to win promotion to the Third Division, only to go down again in 1990.
The club's owners, the Oyston family, announced in December 2005 that they were considering three bids for the club.
In early May 2006, it appeared that Valeri Belokon, a Latvian businessman with connections in both banking and beer, was poised to make a considerable investment in the club, possibly even taking over the chairmanship from Karl Oyston. On May 19, 2006, it was announced that Belokon had agreed to invest £5 million into the club, which will be spread over several years.
On June 29, 2006, Belokon invested in Blackpool, purely on the playing side of the club, of which he now has a newly-issued share holding of 20%, with the option to double the stake at a later date. Belokon became the new president and a director of the club. Coincidentally, the team travelled to Latvia for a three-match pre-season tour in mid-July. Belokon's assistant, Normund Malnacs, is also a director of the club now. Belokon has also bought a football club in Riga, Latvia, with the sole intention of its being a feeder club with the possibility of providing players for the club.<ref>http://www.mysporttoday.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=64&ArticleID=1828731&sitecode=blac&sportcode=blac</ref>
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[edit] History
- 1889-90: Founder member of Lancashire League
- 1890-91: Lancashire League runners-up
- 1891-92: Lancashire League runners-up
- 1892-93: Lancashire League runners-up (lost on goal average)
- 1893-94: Lancashire League champions
- 1894-95: Lancashire League runners-up
- 1896: Elected to the Football League
- 1899: Not re-elected to the Football League
- 1899-00: Re-joined Lancashire League. South Shore amalgamated during the season
- 1900: Re-elected back into Football League
- 1929-30: Division Two champions; promoted to Division One.
- 1933: Relegated to Division Two
- 1936-37: Division Two runners-up; promoted to Division One
- 1939-40: League programme abandoned due to outbreak of World War II
- 1947-48: F.A. Cup runners-up
- 1950-51: F.A. Cup runners-up
- 1952-53: F.A. Cup winners
- 1955-56: Division One runners-up (on goal average)
- 1961-62: League Cup semi-finalists
- 1967: Relegated to Division Two
- 1967-68: Missed runners-up spot and promotion on goal average
- 1969-70: Division Two runners-up; promoted to Division One
- 1971: Relegated to Division Two; winner of the Anglo-Italian Cup
- 1978: Relegated to Division Three
- 1982-83: Two points deducted for fielding an ineligible player
- 1984-85: Division Four runners-up; promoted to Division Three
- 1990: Relegated to Division Four
- 1990-91: Division Four play-off runners-up (Blackpool 2-2 Torquay United, at Wembley; Torquay won 5-4 on penalties)
- 1991-92: Division Four play-off winners; promoted to Division Three (Blackpool 1-1 Scunthorpe United, at Wembley; Blackpool won 4-3 on penalties)
- 1992-93: Division Three re-designated Division Two upon formation of the F.A. Premier League
- 1995-96: Division Two play-off semi-finalists (Bradford City 0-2 Blackpool (first leg), Blackpool 0-3 Bradford City (second leg; 2-3 on aggregate)
- 2000: Relegated to Division Three
- 2000-01: Division Two play-off winners; promoted to Division One (Blackpool 4-2 Leyton Orient, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff)
- 2001-02: League Trophy Winners
- 2003-04: League Trophy Winners
Source: Blackpool at the Football Club History Database
[edit] Managers past and present
[edit] 1990s
Under the management of Billy Ayre, Blackpool reached the Fourth Division playoff final in 1991 but lost to Torquay on penalties, only to win the following year's final in the same manner against Scunthorpe.
Blackpool narrowly avoided relegation from Division Two in 1994. Ayre was sacked, to be replaced by Sam Allardyce, who guided them to third place in 1996; however, he too was sacked after they lost to Bradford in the playoffs.
Nigel Worthington was appointed manager for the 1997-98 season, replacing Stockport-bound Gary Megson, but was relieved of his position two years later with Blackpool heading for relegation to Division Three.
[edit] New millennium
Megson's successor, Steve McMahon, was unable to save the Seasiders from relegation, but brought them back at the first attempt via the playoffs. He was replaced by Colin Hendry three years later. Hendry lasted little over a year before being replaced by Simon Grayson.
Grayson had previously briefly teamed up with Mike Flynn for the final game of the 2003-04 season (after McMahon's departure). With assistance from experienced coaches Tony Parkes and Asa Hartford, Grayson was able to guide the team to 19th place and safety in his first managerial job.
There have been 27 different Blackpool managers:
- Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Simon Grayson (November 11, 2005 to date)
- Image:Flag of Scotland.svg Colin Hendry (June 7, 2004 to November 10, 2005)
- Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Steve McMahon (January 7, 2000 to June 6, 2004)
- Image:Flag of Northern Ireland (bordered).svg Nigel Worthington (July 8, 1997 to December 23, 1999)
- Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Gary Megson (July 5, 1996 to July 1, 1997)
- Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Sam Allardyce (July 19, 1994 to May 29, 1996)
- Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Billy Ayre (November 30, 1990 to June 10, 1994)
- Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Graham Carr (June 11, 1990 to November 30, 1990)
- Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Jimmy Mullen (May 20, 1989 to April 30, 1990)
- Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Sam Ellis (June 1, 1982 to April 30, 1989)
- Image:Flag of Scotland.svg Allan Brown (March 1, 1981 to May 31, 1982) (second time)
- Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Alan Ball (July 7, 1980 to February 28, 1981)
- Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Stan Ternent (September 19, 1979 to February 1, 1980)
- Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Bob Stokoe (May 20, 1978 to August 17, 1979) (second time)
- Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Jimmy Meadows (March 7, 1978 to May 20, 1978) (second time)
- Image:Flag of Scotland.svg Allan Brown (May 5, 1976 to February 6, 1978)
- Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Harry Potts (January 1, 1972 to May 5, 1976)
- Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Bob Stokoe (December 20, 1970 to November 23, 1972)
- Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Jimmy Meadows (October 26, 1970 to December 20, 1970)
- Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Les Shannon (May 1, 1969 to October 26, 1970)
- Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Stan Mortensen (February 1, 1967 to April 30, 1969)
- Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Ron Suart (May 1, 1958 to February 1, 1967)
- Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Joe Smith (August 1, 1935 to April 30, 1958) (Blackpool's longest-serving manager at 23 years)
- Image:Flag of Scotland.svg Alex 'Sandy' MacFarlane (July 1, 1933 to July 31, 1935)
- Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Harry Evans (August 1, 1928 to May 31, 1933)
- Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Sydney Beaumont (August 1, 1927 to May 31, 1928)
- Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Major Frank Buckley (July 1, 1923 to May 31, 1927)
- Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Bill Norman (August 1, 1919 to May 31, 1923)
- Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg John Cox (August 1, 1909 to December 31, 1911)
- Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Tom Barcroft (August 1, 1903 to May 31, 1909)
[edit] Current squad
[edit] Out on loan
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[edit] Current starting eleven
Opposition: MK Dons (a) (FA Cup; December 2, 2006)
Formation: 4-4-2
GK: Evans
RB: Barker
CB: Jackson
CB: Evatt
LB: Dickinson
RM: Forbes
CM: Southern
CM: Fox
LM: Jorgensen
ST: Parker
ST: Morrell
[edit] Non-playing staff
[edit] Honours
[edit] Notable players
[edit] Internationals
Blackpool's first full-international representative was F.J. Griffiths, for Wales, in 1899; their most recent was Northern Ireland's James Quinn in 1998. [edit] Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg England
[edit] Image:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
[edit] Image:Flag of Wales (bordered).svg Wales
[edit] Image:Flag of Northern Ireland (bordered).svg Northern Ireland
[edit] Image:Flag of Ireland.svg Republic of Ireland
Source: Calley, Roy. Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992, Breedon Books Sport, 1992. [edit] Club records
[edit] Notable fans
[edit] Ground historyBlackpool have called the following grounds home during their existence:
[edit] References1."Belokon buys club to feed 'Pool" Blackpool Gazette, October 18, 2006, retrieved October 18, 2006 [edit] External links
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