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The Seasiders |
Blackpool FC
Founded 26 July 1887 out of
Blackpool St Johns FC
Turned professional 1887
Name Changed Summer 1887
Merged with South Shore FC on 12 December
1899
Players provided 13
Different scorers 6 (34 goals)
Total appearances
147
1923-66 |
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Bloomfield
Road |
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Domestic Honours |
Lancashire League founder members
Football League Second Division winners 1929-30,
runners-up 1936-37; Division One runners-up 1955-56;
Division Four runners-up 1984-85;
Football League War Cup winners
1943;
FA Cup runners-up 1947-48, 1950-51; winners
1952-53;
FA Charity Shield runners-up 1953;
Football League Cup: semi-finalist 1961-62;
Associate-Members Trophy winners 2001-02, 2003-04;
After
league restructure: Division Two/League one
third place-playoff semi-finalist 1995-96, third-place-play-off
winners 2006-07, third place-play-off
winners 2020-21; Division Three/League Two
seventh-place play-off winners 2000-01, fourth place-play-off winners 2016-17;
Division
One/Championship sixth place-play-off winners
2009-10, fifth place-play-off runners-up 2011-12; |
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European Honours |
Anglo-Italian Cup winners 1970-71
(beat Bolgona 2-1),
runners-up 1972 (beaten by Roma, 1-3); |
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venue |
Bloomfield Road Ground, since 1899;
Raikes Hall Gardens, 1899; Athletic Grounds,
1897-99; Raikes Hall Gardens, 1887-97; |
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Home strip |
Tangerine shirts, white shorts, white
socks. |
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