The record attendance at Bloomfield Road is 38,098, when Blackpool played Wolverhampton Wanderers on 17 September 1955.[5]. 201718: 4,178 [8] Regional competitions were implemented again between 1939 and 1945. It has also been the venue for the final of the Northern Rail Cup, a rugby league tournament. "We are never going back to our training ground again," explained Holloway. The sale included the club itself and the properties division that owns Bloomfield Road stadium. This article is about the men's football club. 200203: 6,991 (69%) 17,338 Capacity: 17,338. Gainsborough Trinity were the first visitors to Bloomfield Road for a Football League game. Smith was succeeded, in May 1958, by Ron Suart, the first former Tangerine to return to the club as manager. "[5], An England v. Ireland amateur international was staged at the ground on 12 November 1927. This will mean a larger stand is to be built, which will require additional land to be acquired. [44] They climbed out of the bottom three, at the expense of Wigan Athletic, with successive home draws against Newcastle United and Stoke City. Four days later, Blackpool completed their programme and were 16th with 37 points two points clear of Leyton Orient in the third relegation slot, with a vastly superior goal difference (1, which was four better than fifth-placed Blackburn Rovers). [5] Lord Pendry unveiled a plaque above the main entrance celebrating the Football Foundation's contribution to the new stadium. Blackpool were relegated with 37 points (the seven teams above them all having 38 ), and were not to return to the second tier for 29 years: Bob Stokoe returned for a second stint as manager for the 197879 campaign, at the end of which Blackpool finished mid-table. Mid-table finishes in 196162 and 196263 (and an appearance in the League Cup semi-finals during the former) were offset by another lowly finish of 18th in 196364, with Alan Ball top-scoring with 13 goals. On 23 December 2008, Simon Grayson left the club to join League One club Leeds United after just over three years in charge at Bloomfield Road. The visitors won 20. [5], In July 2003, Bloomfield Road was granted a licence to hold marriage ceremonies.[5]. [5], After this match, Blackpool returned to play at their Raikes Hall ground, where the Christmas Day game against Oswaldtwistle Rovers resulted in a "better attendance than ever". From the first home game in the Premier League, against Fulham on 28 August 2010, the capacity was 16,220, the highest at Bloomfield Road in 30 years. Land subsequently became available across Bloomfield Road and, after much delay, was purchased from British Rail in early 1973. These will double up as hospitality boxes on match days and the hotel will be linked through to the function rooms in the West Stand. Eventually, however, the sloping corrugated-iron roofs of the East and West stands were painted to expand the advertising and, in turn, revenue options. This was achieved without the services of Jimmy Armfield, who retired in May after 17 years and 627 appearances for the club. After struggling to repeat the success of the 189394 season, the Blackpool board decided it was time to leave local football behind, so on 13 May 1896 the club became a limited company and applied for entry to the Football League. [58], On 6 April 2015, with six league fixtures remaining, Blackpool were relegated to League One. [78] After a curtailed regular season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, Blackpool finished the 201920 season in 13th position after standings were amended to reflect a points-per-game ratio. Cool, refreshing flavour".[75]. He was sacked in November 1990 with Blackpool in 18th place. [121], 1 Derek Woodman BMW sponsored the club's home shorts, while Derek Woodman Mini sponsored their away versions, 2 Blackpool Leisure were the shorts sponsors, 3 Tower Insurance were the shorts sponsors[128], Between the 200506 season and the 200910 season, Glyn Jones Estate Agents appeared in the back of their home shirts, while JMB Properties Ltd. appeared on the back of their away shirts. There is no hospitality balcony at the rear of the stand, with additional rows of general seating and office space behind, which during matches are "blacked out". [51] It was under Ince that the club made their best-ever start to a league season. List of England Football Stadium ordered by capacity According to a survey conducted in 2019, Blackpool's other significant rivalries are with Bolton Wanderers, Burnley and Blackburn Rovers. Coming from the south, supporters would have had to navigate their way through row after row of allotments along Central Drive from Waterloo Road. The club were founder members of the Lancashire League in 1889 and were invited into the Football League Second Division in 1896. Oyston had previously insisted that work would only begin on the long-awaited structure when office space had been sold. Who do you want to win? Bloomfield Road known informally to fans as Bloomers is a purpose-built football stadium located in the English seaside town of Blackpool. Bloomfield Road - Blackpool FC Blackpool finished twelfth in their first season in Division Four; however, unable to handle the pressure of the job,[1] Brown resigned during the close season. [17] Tottenham went on to win the competition. [79], At the end of the following campaign, Blackpool were promoted back to the second tier of English football, after a six-year absence, after winning the 2021 EFL League One play-off final. [9] Ayre was sacked in the summer of 1994 and was replaced by Sam Allardyce. In late 1993 they were as high as fourth but tumbled down the table in the second half of that season to miss the drop by a whisker in 20th, avoiding relegation by virtue of a 41 victory over Leyton Orient on the final day of the season. [5], In March 2008, following news that Whyndyke Farm is to be the home for a new psychiatric hospital to replace the Parkwood unit at Victoria Hospital, and that the site is also earmarked for new housing, Karl Oyston confirmed that plans for a move to a new stadium at Whyndyke Farm were unlikely to ever be revived. [45] On 8 July 2008, the club confirmed that they still proposed to go ahead with the extension. Within the stand, blocks A to C and the front rows of blocks D and E are the Spion Kop (now called Clifton Quality Meats Stand) and the rear of blocks D and E contain the club's Family Stand (now the Check in Family Stand). [44] In a radio phone-in on BBC Radio Lancashire on 6 February 2008, Karl Oyston stated that, "The South will be built as and when it is right for the football business. [5] A fire ripped through the building in November 2002, and its demolition was discussed. Detailed statistics for Blackpool players, including games played, goals, yellow cards, red cards and fantasy football, plus access to player bios. There are four subscription levels, in addition to single-game match passes:[131], Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}534817N 030253W / 53.80472N 3.04806W / 53.80472; -3.04806. . The stand also contains office space as well as all the club offices and main reception. A display of national dances in costume took place before the ensemble Grand Finale Parade. The main rival of Blackpool is Preston North End. A new north terrace (Spion Kop) was completed in 1930, bringing the total capacity to a little over 30,000 people. A new video screen was also installed. The team competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. [6], When Blackpool F.C. [91], During the 201011 Premier League campaign, a decibel-metre was set up three times at each stadium, and an average then taken to indicate the loudest supporters. Been here 25+ times. [65][66][67], On 2 February 2018, Owen Oyston relieved Karl Oyston of his role as chairman and appointed his 32-year-old daughter, Natalie Christopher, in his place, just two weeks after appointing her to the club's board.[68]. Tony Ellis was the club's top scorer with 17 league goals. If you are looking for capacity of blackpool stadium then Check Below capacity of blackpool stadium with Updated Information. [5], On 13 January 1917, a fire in the West Stand, likely caused by the dressing-room heating system, badly damaged the structure. "[59], The hotel includes a second-floor restaurant named The Corner Flag[60] (formerly Rowley's Bar & Bistro),[61] a spa[62] and a fitness centre. [84], Blackpool first began wearing tangerine for the 192324 season, after a recommendation from referee Albert Hargreaves, who officiated an international match between the Netherlands and Belgium and was impressed by the Dutchmen's colours. Blackpool FC Homepage. Bedford repeated the feat the following season, this time under the watchful eye of new manager Frank Buckley, who replaced Bill Norman after his four years of service. Q.P.R. Mortensen picked up the pieces for the club's first season back in the Second Division in 30 years, guiding them to a third-placed finish. Phone: 01253 401953. In the semi-finals, Blackpool travelled to Bradford City and won 20. [71], On 13 June 2019, Simon Sadler was announced as the new owner of the club, officially ending the Oystons' 32-year tenure, purchasing a 96.2% stake. Bloomfield Road is a single-tier football stadium in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, which has been the home of Blackpool F.C. Harry Evans was installed as the new Blackpool manager, in an honorary capacity, for the 192829 campaign. 201516: 7,052 Blackpool fixtures tab is showing the last 100 football matches with statistics and win/draw/lose icons. In the mid-1990s, the entire East Stand roof was painted tangerine and featured, in black lettering, an advert for Coucher & Shaw, a local solicitors company.[79]. [17] Outline planning permission for the new ground, which was to be built at nearby Whyndyke Farm, was granted in June 1992. Go to club portrait. Also in 1906, a 2,000-capacity stand was constructed on the north side of the ground. His replacement was another former Blackpool player, Stan Mortensen. The incident made front-page headlines nationally as "alarming and frightening developments" in football hooliganism. [31] Scotland manager Craig Levein was also in attendance. Blackpool FC To Build New East Stand with a Surprise In December 2007, following a home match against Stoke City, the stand was slightly damaged due to the appearance of a small hole in the floor. CREDIT Jay Jerry_Blackpool FC Bloomfield Road. The plans included a 20,000 capacity stadium with retractable roof, 92 executive boxes in the North and South stands, and a twelve-storey luxury hotel with 115 rooms with balconies overlooking the pitch. Blackpool's primary rival is Preston North End the two clubs' grounds being seventeen miles apart and matches between the two clubs are known as the West Lancashire derby. [5] The stand was opened for the visit of eventual champions Arsenal on 30 August 1930, and a record 28,723[9] paid 1,896 to watch the proceedings. Whilst they have that support, I am sure they can go a long way. [1] Their most recent was CJ Hamilton, for the Republic of Ireland, in 2022. The worst-case scenario fallback is to build a temporary south." It cost just over 13,000 and held 4,000 people, bringing the total ground capacity to well over 20,000. 199495: 4,744 (46%) Its facilities are split between Myerscough College and Blackpool's Stanley Park.[103]. The overall capacity was announced as 15,254. [5], On 25 June 2003, fans were allowed into the ground to take a final look around the South and East stands before their demolition. MacFarlane occupied the Bloomfield Road hot seat for just two seasons, in which the club finished 11th and fourth. The board introduced another change in 1934 when the team appeared in alternating dark- and light-blue stripes (which have been reintroduced several times in the mid-1990s and 2002, for Blackpool's return to the top flight in 2010 as the club's third kit, and as their away kit in 201920), but they bowed to public pressure in 1939 and settled on tangerine. [80], On 2 June 2022, Neil Critchley resigned from his role as head coach and joined Aston Villa as assistant head coach. The 192425 season was not as successful; a 17th-placed finish tempered only slightly by the club's reaching the fourth round of the FA Cup for the first time. [5] The Gunners also helped set the record twice in the two seasons that followed: 29,576 in 193031 and 30,218 in 193132. The only reason that the opening fixture was played at Bloomfield Road is that, with it being the tail end of the summer season, Raikes Hall Pleasure Gardens were still being used to entertain the public and as such the football field was unavailable. The pitch was also relaid. It confirmed that plans had been submitted to the borough council and both the chief executive and principal planning officer said that the proposals were both "realistic and attractive". After its rebuilding, the stand was originally known as The Pricebusters Matthews Stand. The ground is located in the city of Blackpool in Lancashire and was the 68th stadium in the country to host a Football League match. [17], On 25 April 2009, after his Nottingham Forest team drew 11 with Blackpool at Bloomfield Road, Billy Davies complained about the state of the stadium and its pitch: "It is a disgrace and so are some of the surroundings. Stay at our seaside hotel | Blackpool FC Stadium Hotel He was concerned that the news could drive potential investors away from purchasing space in the South Stand. It was not until the start of the 190102 season that Bloomfield Road became the permanent home of Blackpool Football Club. [82] Critchley told Simon Sadler he was keen to work again with Steven Gerrard and "pit himself against some of the best coaches in the world". On 18 February, after just over a month without an appointment, the club made former England captain Paul Ince their third manager of the campaign. Liverpool's centre-forward Albert Stubbins netted five times in the Football League's 63 victory.[5]. Bloomfield Road was rapidly developed over the next few decades, eventually reaching a capacity of over 20,000 people by the mid-1920s. After some delay, the police finally entered the terraces and restored order.[5]. 200102: 5,701 (56%) In the 200607 FA Cup Blackpool reached the fourth round for the first time in 17 years, after beating Aldershot Town 42 at Bloomfield Road, but were knocked out by Norwich City, 32 after a replay at Carrow Road. The latter was adopted to include the colours of the flag of Belgium, a show of support for the large number of Belgian refugees that had arrived in the town. Two years later, the Spion Kop, the former South Stand, was built, holding about a thousand standing spectators. Visiting Bloomfield Road | Blackpool Football Club The "Golden Gamble" match-day draw scheme was introduced for the first time for the visit of 4 September 1993 visit of Barnet to Bloomfield Road. [19], In January 2007, Blackpool chairman Karl Oyston reacted angrily to news that the town had lost out to rank outsiders Manchester in the race for the UK's first supercasino. Blackpool Football Club is a professional association football club based in the seaside town of Blackpool, Lancashire, England. Figures taken from the Safety Certificate document issued by Blackpool Council in November 2018. Blackpool reached the Premier League in 2010, after becoming the first club to gain promotion from every division of the Football League via the play-off system; they won the 2001 Third Division play-offs, 2007 League One play-offs and the 2010 Championship play-offs. Criteria of a minimum of ten years service used. It was Ellis's third season, however, that brought the success the club had been looking for. [20] On 31 July it was announced that club president Valrijs Belokos was setting up a new transfer fund, into which he was adding a "considerable amount" to invest in new players identified by Holloway. Behind the stand is a statue of Mortensen, which was unveiled on 23 August 2005 by his widow and Jimmy Armfield. 200001: 4,459 (44%) Market values . We have also made this application in order to improve the external appearance of the stand so that it will sit better with the improvements that have been made to Bancroft Park and Central Corridor. On 8 September 1900, they drew 11 with the Seasiders, in front of what was a "good"[7] attendance of "just under 2,000". The club's form nosedived in the 192122 season, with a finishing position of 19th, before bouncing back to a fifth-placed finish the following campaign. Gary Bowyer resigned in August 2018 after two years in charge, after the first game of the season for undisclosed reasons. The club's relegation prompted the Blackpool board to install a recognised manager, and they opted for Sandy MacFarlane. For the last of those seasons, Joe Lane netted 28 goals. It has also been the venue for the final of the Northern Rail Cup, a rugby league tournament. On 2 May 2010, the 57th anniversary of Blackpool's FA Cup Final victory, Blackpool hosted Bristol City for the final League game of the season. Ball himself only lasted a year in the job, and departed when the club were relegated to the League's basement division. The manufacturers guaranteed that the galvanised tubular-steel towers would not only resist corrosion but would also be able to withstand winds of between 90 and 100 miles per hour. Located in a disused ticket office in the north-east corner of the ground, the shop was run by the supporters' club and made available a full range of football souvenirs, including badges, pens, scarves and pennants. It includes changing facilities for players and staff, along with eating areas, meeting rooms and medical facilities. 199798: 5,212 (46%) It is named after Sir Stanley Matthews. "[51] He also confirmed that the club had no immediate plans to start building the stand. In 2023, discussions got underway regarding creating enough space in Henry Street to build a permanent East Stand. [5], For the opening game of the 192930 campaign, a visit of Millwall Athletic on 31 August, the new West Stand was opened for the first time. Blackpool won 80. Kassam Stadium; Capacity: 12,500; Opened: 2001; The Kassam Stadium, with only three stands, opened in 2001 to . [11] The attendance was 23,000. Blackpool have played their home games at Bloomfield Road since 1901. Blackpool live score, schedule & player stats | Sofascore But of what are they frightened?" This included Blackpool Council being asked to use eminent domain to purchase and demolish twenty-seven buildings in that street. When Blackpool F.C. It gets its name from the road that the main entrance to the ground used to stand on. This corner contains 815 seats, houses a large video screen, and the players' families' hospitality balcony. Ismail & Co. Ltd.'s advert remained. [5] Also that year, the North-West Stand was condemned in the wake of stricter safety standards. Commentator Will Cope later said: "It's deafening; deafening by the seaside. [55], In April 2009, 'Pool's first-choice goalkeeper, Paul Rachubka, revealed that work commencing on the South Stand was a contributing factor to his signing a two-year extension to his contract. [49], On 3 November 2012, Ian Holloway decided to leave Blackpool after accepting an offer from fellow Championship club Crystal Palace to be their manager. Bloomfield Road (Blackpool) - The Matchday Man Several were taken to hospital, and four spectators including a police officer were detained overnight. ", in reference to the town's tea and coffee merchants Ismail & Co. Ltd., located on Birley Street. For accommodation overlooking Blackpool FC football pitch, upgrade to a Superior Room with a pitch view for a unique experience. 199899: 5,116 (45%) Inevitably, Cardiff City beat Notts County, Leyton Orient drew with Charlton and, in the final match, Leyton Orient, who up to that point had only won one away game all season, and had lost six out of their previous eight away games, with no wins, beat now-safe Cardiff City, who had lost only two home games all season and had won six out of their previous seven homes games, with no defeats.