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Blackpool F.C.
| Blackpool F.C. | |
| Ground | Bloomfield Road , Blackpool |
| Formed | 1877 |
| Elected to league | 1900 |
| Club colours | Tangerine and White |
| Change colours | Black and Orange |
| Head Coach | Colin Hendry |
| Nicknames | Seasiders |
| Mascot | Bloomfield Bear |
Blackpool Football Club is an English professional football club. Their home ground is located at Bloomfield Road in the centre of the resort of Blackpool in north-west England.
Blackpool FC are known as the Seasiders or Tangerines. Their team colour is tangerine.
The club's most famous achievement was 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.
The club is currently in the Football League One.
Although the main entrance (via the now demolished South stand) used to be on Bloomfield Rd, since the re-development of the North and West stands, the main access to the ground is Seasiders Way.
History
- 1889-90 - Founder member of Lancashire League
- 1890-91 - Lancashire League runner-up
- 1891-92 - Lancashire League runner-up
- 1892-93 - Lancashire League runner-up (lost on goal average)
- 1893-94 - Lancashire League Champions
- 1894-95 - Lancashire League runner-up
- 1896 - Elected to Football League
- 1899 - Not re-elected to Football League
- 1899-00 - Rejoined Lancashire League. South Shore amalgamated during the season.
- 1900 - Re-elected back into Football League
- 1929-30 - Football League Division Two Champions; promoted to Division One.
- 1933 - Relegated to Division Two
- 1936-37 - Football League Division Two runner-up; promoted to Division One
- 1939-40 - Football League programme abandoned due to outbreak of war
- 1947-48 - F.A. Cup runner-up
- 1949-50 - F.A. Cup runner-up
- 1952-53 - F.A. Cup Winners
- 1955-56 - Football League Division One runner-up (on goal average)
- 1961-62 - Football League Cup semi-finalists
- 1967 - Relegated to Division Two
- 1967-68 - Missed runner-up spot and promotion on goal average
- 1969-70 - Football League Division Two runner-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 - Football League Division Four runner-up; promoted to Division Three
- 1990 - Relegated to Division Four
- 1990-91 - Not promoted after play-offs (SF Scunthorpe United 1 Blackpool 1, Blackpool 2 Scunthorpe United 1 - Agg 3-2, F Blackpool 2 Torquay United 2 @ Wembley, Torquay United won 5-4 on penalties)
- 1991-92 - Promoted to Division Three after play-offs (SF Barnet 1 Blackpool 0, Blackpool 2 Barnet 0 - Agg 2-1, F Blackpool 1 Scunthorpe United 1 @ Wembley, Blackpool won 4-3 on penalties)
- 1992-93 - Division Three re-designated Division Two on formation of F.A. Premier League
- 1995-96 - Not promoted after play-offs (SF Bradford City 0 Blackpool 2, Blackpool 0 Bradford City 3 - Agg 2-3)
- 2000 - Relegated to Division Three
- 2000-01 - Promoted to Division two after Play-offs (SF Blackpool 2 Hartlepool United 0, Hartlepool United 1 Blackpool 3 - Agg 5-1, F Blackpool 4 Leyton Orient 2 @ Millennium Stadium, Cardiff)
- 2001-02 - Football League Trophy Winners
- 2003-04 - Football League Trophy Winners (2nd time)
Source: Football Club History Database
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