OLD PICTURES OF BLACKPOOL FC

South Stand and East Paddocks (Scratching Shed) 2003 Bloomfield Road, Blackpool FC.

A walk through of the South Stand including changing room and players tunnel and the East Paddocks in 2003 prior to demolition.
The walkthrough series of clips was featured in b&w on the Seasiders DVD's some years ago. These were in colour and have been upscaled to HD here.

Also original 1979 Ground footage of Bloomfield Road originally recorded on film by William Gibson. This was part of a series of football grounds shot on super 8 film which I digitised on his behalf and uploaded to the football grounds website back in 2008. The original clip of Bloomfield Road has been upscaled.

 
40 years ago this weekend....
Dianne Hall - blamed for us having to apply for re-election due to her not posting the registration forms for a player which cost us 2 points.
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Mark Taylor..what an underrated finisher he was.

He arrived unheralded and soon established himself as a surprisingly prolific goalscorer before injury cruelly affected his game. Two away games will always stand out for me; a 3-1 win at Middlesborough when he got a brilliant glancing header, and then away at Sealand Road when he lobbed their keeper to seal a 4-1 victory.

There's no footage of those goals, sadly, but in some ways that's what makes them so special.Mark Taylor.jpeg
 
stan the man.jpgSir Stanley Mathews (1915-2000)
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Only player to be given a knighthood whilst still playing the game
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Represented England at 2 World Cups
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FA Cup winner with Blackpool (1953)
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Oldest player to play in the top division (50)
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Oldest player to represent England (42)
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First Ballon D'Or winner (1956)
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First winner or European Footballer of the Year
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Football Writers Footballer of the Year
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Twice promoted to the 1st Division with Stoke City
(1932/33 & 1962/63)
 
BIG_BERTHA_3 said:
View attachment 15462Sir Stanley Mathews (1915-2000)
👏

Only player to be given a knighthood whilst still playing the game
✅️

Represented England at 2 World Cups
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FA Cup winner with Blackpool (1953)
✅️

Oldest player to play in the top division (50)
✅️

Oldest player to represent England (42)
✅️

First Ballon D'Or winner (1956)
✅️

First winner or European Footballer of the Year
✅️
Football Writers Footballer of the Year
✅️

Twice promoted to the 1st Division with Stoke City
(1932/33 & 1962/63)
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First Football Writers winner (1948)
 
Often overlooked but not forgotten in terms of importance, today's 1986-87 pen picture is Sam Ellis.

Not a player-manager, but judging by this rare snap he was thinking about a comeback, perhaps?!

'Sam Ellis' Tangerine Army' still rings in my head, and it was often relentless at some matches. What a role he played in getting us off the floor....Sam Ellis.jpeg
 
Thepoolaregoingup said:
Often overlooked but not forgotten in terms of importance, today's 1986-87 pen picture is Sam Ellis.

Not a player-manager, but judging by this rare snap he was thinking about a comeback, perhaps?!

'Sam Ellis' Tangerine Army' still rings in my head, and it was often relentless at some matches. What a role he played in getting us off the floor....View attachment 15478
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Won't go into gambling details, I used to do the boosts at betfreds every Saturday morning. Had to move around shops & frequently spoke to Sam in the Kirkham branch. He even remembered my dad & mum who'd set up an appeal fund around 83/84.
 
FessParker said:
Fred Pickering 2 , Ronnie Brown were the scorers. Attendance 22162 . I think from memory the Albion goalkeeper John Osborne
was injured during the game.
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Cheers Fess always respect your accurate replies. 22k was a decent attendance. I was about 8yrs old that season & my dad used to sneak me into the old South stand. Got very real horrible recognitions of that Chelsea game 😞
 
Willie Mcgrotty said:
Cheers Fess always respect your accurate replies. 22k was a decent attendance. I was about 8yrs old that season & my dad used to sneak me into the old South stand. Got very real horrible recognitions of that Chelsea game 😞
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Thank you. I played on Saturdays at that time so missed quite lot of games that season including the Chelsea game I'm pleased to say!
 
strahovski said:
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Part of our history.

Ps. and slightly O/T but as I was trying to find an old picture of Raikes Hall stadium I somehow stumbled upon New Brighton (Wirral) Tower. In my 30-odd years I have never known about this now demolished rival to Blackpool's tower until today!
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Photo was taken by Kaspars Varpins whilst I was showing around SG ' out of hours ' as he had never seen it
 
Thepoolaregoingup said:
Often overlooked but not forgotten in terms of importance, today's 1986-87 pen picture is Sam Ellis.

Not a player-manager, but judging by this rare snap he was thinking about a comeback, perhaps?!

'Sam Ellis' Tangerine Army' still rings in my head, and it was often relentless at some matches. What a role he played in getting us off the floor....View attachment 15478
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Named my son after him 👍
 
Dollar Thief said:
I think it's more a case of white vs blue is a clearer difference than tangerine vs blue so the 1st option is easier on the eye.

We played in white away at Cardiff in the 3-1 win and that was February 2012.
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Yes, you're right. In this age of UHD TVs, they are still considering the contrast for those watching in black and white.
 
There will always be one player that polarises opinion: in the 1980s, it was Mike Davies.

Who put the ball in the Nob End net?

Ginge was the man who infuriated Ozzy at Port Vale when he missed a brilliant opportunity for a seventh goal and it still makes me laugh to think about it: You @£$%&^$, Davies, I have NEVER seen us score 7!

He was also the bloke that was cat-called by home fans when he came on as a sub, but then struck the winning goal against Bristol City.

You never boo a player in a tangerine shirt.

And no, I have not photo-shopped any colours in this scan.Davies.jpeg
 
Thepoolaregoingup said:
Mark Taylor..what an underrated finisher he was.

He arrived unheralded and soon established himself as a surprisingly prolific goalscorer before injury cruelly affected his game. Two away games will always stand out for me; a 3-1 win at Middlesborough when he got a brilliant glancing header, and then away at Sealand Road when he lobbed their keeper to seal a 4-1 victory.

There's no footage of those goals, sadly, but in some ways that's what makes them so special.View attachment 15449
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After King Alan this is my next favourite Pool player.
 
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