Blackpool F.C. facts for kids

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Blackpool F.C.

Full name	Blackpool Football Club
Founded	1887
Ground	Bloomfield Road Blackpool, England
Ground Capacity	17,338
Chairman	Simon Sadler
Manager	Neil Critchley
Home colours Away colours

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.

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

1896/97 : Second Division - 8th 1897/98 : Second Division - 11th 1898/99 : Second Division - 16th 1900/01 : Second Division - 12th 1901/02 : Second Division - 13th 1902/03 : Second Division - 14th 1903/04 : Second Division - 15th 1904/05 : Second Division - 15th 1905/06 : Second Division - 14th 1906/07 : Second Division - 13th 1907/08 : Second Division - 15th 1908/09 : Second Division - 20th 1909/10 : Second Division - 12th 1910/11 : Second Division - 7th 1911/12 : Second Division - 14th 1912/13 : Second Division - 20th 1913/14 : Second Division - 16th 1914/15 : Second Division - 10th 1919/20 : Second Division - 4th 1920/21 : Second Division - 4th 1921/22 : Second Division - 19th 1922/23 : Second Division - 5th 1923/24 : Second Division - 4th 1924/25 : Second Division - 17th 1925/26 : Second Division - 6th 1926/27 : Second Division - 9th 1927/28 : Second Division - 19th 1928/29 : Second Division - 8th 1929/30 : Second Division - Champions 1930/31 : First Division - 20th 1931/32 : First Division - 20th 1932/33 : First Division - 22nd 1933/34 : Second Division - 11th 1934/35 : Second Division - 4th 1935/36 : Second Division - 10th 1936/37 : Second Division - 2nd 1937/38 : First Division - 12th 1938/39 : First Division - 15th 1939/40 : First Division - - 1946/47 : First Division - 5th 1947/48 : First Division - 9th 1948/49 : First Division - 16th 1949/50 : First Division - 7th 1950/51 : First Division - 3rd 1951/52 : First Division - 9th 1952/53 : First Division - 7th 1953/54 : First Division - 6th 1954/55 : First Division - 19th 1955/56 : First Division - 2nd 1956/57 : First Division - 4th 1957/58 : First Division - 7th 1958/59 : First Division - 8th 1959/60 : First Division - 11th 1960/61 : First Division - 20th 1961/62 : First Division - 13th 1962/63 : First Division - 13th 1963/64 : First Division - 18th 1964/65 : First Division - 17th 1965/66 : First Division - 13th 1966/67 : First Division - 22nd 1967/68 : Second Division - 3rd 1968/69 : Second Division - 8th 1969/70 : Second Division - 2nd 1970/71 : First Division - 22nd 1971/72 : Second Division - 6th 1972/73 : Second Division - 7th 1973/74 : Second Division - 5th 1974/75 : Second Division - 7th 1975/76 : Second Division - 10th 1976/77 : Second Division - 5th 1977/78 : Second Division - 20th 1978/79 : Third Division - 12th 1979/80 : Third Division - 18th 1980/81 : Third Division - 23rd 1981/82 : Fourth Division - 12th 1982/83 : Fourth Division - 21st 1983/84 : Fourth Division - 6th 1984/85 : Fourth Division - 2nd 1985/86 : Third Division - 12th 1986/87 : Third Division - 9th 1987/88 : Third Division - 10th 1988/89 : Third Division - 19th 1989/90 : Third Division - 23rd 1990/91 : Fourth Division - 5th 1991/92 : Fourth Division - 4th 1992/93 : Second Division - 18th 1993/94 : Second Division - 20th 1994/95 : Second Division - 12th 1995/96 : Second Division - 3rd 1996/97 : Second Division - 7th 1997/98 : Second Division - 12th 1998/99 : Second Division - 14th 1999/00 : Second Division - 22nd

Images for kids

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  Sparta Rotterdam vs. Blackpool, August 1957

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  1971 Anglo-Italian Cup winners Blackpool F.C.

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  Bloomfield Road, Blackpool's home since 1899, during its reconstruction phase in the early part of the 21st century. This view is looking north

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  Blackpool F.C.'s positions in the Premier League after each round of the 2010–11 season

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  Bloomfield Road, looking north, during a Premier League game against Fulham in 2010

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  Derek Spence, here inside Rangers' trophy room in 1994, had two spells at Blackpool

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  Lytham St Annes-based energy-conservation company Inenco sponsored Blackpool for three seasons in the early 1990s