Blackpool F.C.
Blackpool F.C. is an English football club. They currently play in League One. The club is based in Blackpool in the county of Lancashire. They started in 1887 and play their home games at a stadium called Bloomfield Road. The club won the FA Cup in 1953.[1]
Full name | Blackpool Football Club | ||
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Founded | 1887 | ||
Ground | Bloomfield Road Blackpool, England (capacity: 17,338) | ||
Chairman | Simon Sadler | ||
Manager | Neil Critchley | ||
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League position
Season | League | Position |
2000/01 | Third Division | 7th |
2001/02 | Second Division | 16th |
2002/03 | Second Division | 13th |
2003/04 | Second Division | 14th |
2004/05 | League One | 16th |
2005/06 | League One | 19th |
2006/07 | League One | 3rd |
2007/08 | League Championship | 19th |
2008/09 | League Championship | 16th |
2009/10 | League Championship | 6th |
2010/11 | Premier League | 19th |
2011/12 | League Championship | 5th |
2012/13 | League Championship | 15th |
2013/14 | League Championship | 20th |
2014/15 | League Championship | 24th |
2015/16 | League One | 22nd |
2016/17 | League Two | 7th |
2017/18 | League One | 12th |
2018/19 | League One | 10th |
2019/20 | League One | 13th |
Former position
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Blackpool F.C. Media
A graph displaying Blackpool's finishing positions in the Football League from 1896 to the present
Sparta Rotterdam vs. Blackpool, August 1957
1971 Anglo-Italian Cup winners Blackpool F.C.
Bloomfield Road, Blackpool's home since 1899, during its reconstruction phase in the early part of the 21st century. This view is looking north
Bloomfield Road, looking north, during a Premier League game against Fulham in 2010
Jimmy Armfield won 43 caps for England between 1959 and 1966, and captained his country on fifteen occasions
Charlie Adam won seven Scotland caps during his two years with the club
David Vaughan was capped eight times for Wales during his three years at Bloomfield Road
Derek Spence, who had two spells at Blackpool, won fifteen caps and scored three goals for Northern Ireland during his time at the club
References
- ↑ Matthews Final: When Blackpool fulfilled Sir Stan's FA Cup dream. BBC Sport. Published 2 January 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2018.