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BLACKPOOL FC - "THE SEASIDERS"

7 May 2009 - 10:22am — 188FOOTBALL

Blackpool FC was founded in 1887 following a merger with a breakaway group from another local side, winning two trophies in their first season, and has been a member of the Football League since 1896.

Blackpool football club spent most of the period from 1900 to the Second World War in the Second Division, with two spells in the top tier.

After finishing the 1936-37 campaign as runners-up, Blackpool FC won promotion to the First Division, where they remained until the mid 1960s.

Blackpool FC's finest hour was winning the 1953 FA Cup Final dubbed the "Matthews Final" after Sir Stanley Matthews when the football club beat Bolton Wanderers 4-3.

The 1950s were the Seasiders' glory years an era that saw the football club achieve success that included reaching the FA Cup Final three times, including that famous 1953 success, and finishing second in the Football League in 1955-56, a club record.

The Seasiders' relegation in 1967 to the Second Division, for the first time in 30 years, heralded four decades of ups and downs between the second and fourth levels, apart from a brief spell in the top tier in 1970-71.

Blackpool FC's darkest hour came in the 1982-83 season when they finished four places from the bottom of the Football League their lowest ranking in the competition, only to be saved from relegation because the re-election system voted in their favour.

Blackpool Football Club were back on track by 2001, however, when they gained promotion to the Second Division, going on to win the Football League trophies in 2002 and 2004.

Elevation to the Championship came in 2007 by virtue of winning the League One play-off final, with Blackpool ending their last season in League One as top scorers with 76 goals, and the football club have been in the Championship since.

Blackpool FC Did You Know...?

  1. Blackpool won the 1953 FA Cup Final, against Bolton Wanderers coming back from 1-3 to win 4-3 in the last few minutes of the game
  2. Blackpool's match day programme has increased from one shilling in the early 1970s to £3.50 in 2008
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Bad Day for Blackpool

6 October 2009 - 9:06am — Steve Gerrard

My initial thoughts were that everyone has a bad day. After watching the highlights I realised that the Blackpool back line did struggle with those direct balls over their heads into the box. They need to figure out what to do with their line. It's not a bad day if your back line fail to deal with aerial balls into the box on 3 occassions. They did just watch it sail over their heads. I think its cause for concern, but realistically we have to see if the problem persists in Blackpoll's next game against Plymouth.

Blackpool Hammered at Palace

5 October 2009 - 12:13pm — George Best

Blackpool who are not doing to badly in the championship were found wanting this past week against a rampant Crystal Palace. Blackpool's defense were struggling with the direct balls into the box, 3 out of the 4 goals came from a direct ball into the box landing just behind the defense. Blackpool were left watching as Palace players strolled into the box and picked their spots under almost no pressure. In defense Ian Halloway, Blackpool manager, has made a call for technology to be introduced.