OLD PICTURES OF BLACKPOOL FC

Ball on Fire said:
I bet Stan never wore those boots that he promoted and advertised either, they weremade from very hard leather with no give and they played havoc with your ankles even if you wore two pairs of socks.
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I read his autobiography. He had boots specially made for him and they were that soft and pliable he said he could fold them in half and put them in his coat pocket.
 
1966_and_all_that said:
I read his autobiography. He had boots specially made for him and they were that soft and pliable he said he could fold them in half and put them in his coat pocket.
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Yes that is true but the typical man on the street and young kids from working class families could never afford the boots that Stan wore. I have read lots of books about Stan Matthews and he apparently never smoked apart from the last 20 minutes of the 1953 FA Cup final when he was on fire.
 
There was a pic on here of Briggs. Cannot find it. Will one of you put it here. Want to show it to someone.Thanks.
Edit. Got it now. On previous page. I am dozy !
 
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1966_and_all_that said:
I read his autobiography. He had boots specially made for him and they were that soft and pliable he said he could fold them in half and put them in his coat pocket.
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I had a couple of pairs of Stan's boots that my dad got me and they really were soft, I was too young to appreciate their value [historically not just
monetary] and they disappeared
during several moves.
 
Ball on Fire said:
Would love to know what was wrong with Harry Thomson in the second half of that Div 1 home game against Chelsea in Oct 1970. Blackpool were winning 3-0 at half time and ended up losing 4-3. Thomson was rooted to his goal line in the second half and didn’t come for crosses and seemed to struggle to catch and hold the ball.
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The team imploded in the second half, I just don't think they believed they could beat Chelsea even with a 3-0 lead. I don't think you can blame Harry For Scotland for Dave Hatton's sliced own goal from 10 yards for Chelsea's winner.
 
Meliora said:
The team imploded in the second half, I just don't think they believed they could beat Chelsea even with a 3-0 lead. I don't think you can blame Harry For Scotland for Dave Hatton's sliced own goal from 10 yards for Chelsea's winner.
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I remember this game Ike it was yesterday, Harry Thomson never left his goal line for the whole of the 2nd half. Pressure was building and Chelsea were putting lots of balls into the box and our defence was having to play very deep so Hutton’s sliced own goal didn’t surprise me
 
kuriousoranj said:
If you have £100-£150,000 to spare crack on!
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Peanuts when we paid around £500K for Dale and even more for Lubala and Nuttall, none of whom will ever become Pool Legends. I also heard Simon Sadler paid £250,000 for Matthews 1953 FA Cup medal, you could get 2 fantastic statues for £250,000, all depends on your priorities. Blackpool are one of only 8 teams who had an England player who won the World Cup in 1966, every other player has a statue but not Alan Ball. Stan Matthews has a fantastic statue at Stoke City but Stan’s achievements at Stoke do not bear comparison with his achievements at Blackpool. Alan Ball’s last competitive appearance as a Blackpool player was in a World Cup final, that fact alone is worth a statue.
 
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Wizzerboy said:
Two members of an England World Cup winning squad👍🏻
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14 different Clubs supplied the 22 players for England’s 1966 World Cup squad, 2 Clubs supplied two players each — Blackpool & Leeds Utd and 3 Clubs supplied three players each — Man Utd, Liverpool & West Ham. Blackpool were in great company back in 1966. Alan Ball is still the last Blackpool player to play for England and that was in a World Cup final.
 
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Ball on Fire said:
Would love to know what was wrong with Harry Thomson in the second half of that Div 1 home game against Chelsea in Oct 1970. Blackpool were winning 3-0 at half time and ended up losing 4-3. Thomson was rooted to his goal line in the second half and didn’t come for crosses and seemed to struggle to catch and hold the ball.
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Thomson was a good shot stopper but not good on crosses. Leeds away that season was a game I remember when he dropped a cross that he should have taken comfortably and Leeds scored to go ahead. We used several keepers that season as Thomson was dropped. Ramsbottom,Blacklaw,Burridge,Taylor if my memory serves me right.
 
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Ball on Fire said:
14 different Clubs supplied the 22 players for England’s 1966 World Cup squad, 2 Clubs supplied two players each — Blackpool & Leeds Utd and 3 Clubs supplied three players each — Man Utd, Liverpool & West Ham. Blackpool were in great company back in 1966. Alan Ball is still the last Blackpool player to play for England and that was in the 1966 World Cup final.
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Do you think we don't know all this?
 
Trammo said:
Thomson was a good shot stopper but not good on crosses. Leeds away that season was a game I remember when he dropped a cross that he should have taken comfortably and Leeds scored to go ahead. We used several keepers that season as Thomson was dropped. Ramsbottom,Blacklaw,Burridge,Taylor if my memory serves me right.
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Blackpool Manager Les Shannon resigned after that Chelsea result and soon afterwards Bob Stokoe became Manager, Harry Thomson had been disciplined by Blackpool, don‘t know the reason why, but he missed half a dozen League games, Stokoe picked Thomson for 3 games and then terminated his contract in Feb 1971.
 
Ball on Fire said:
Blackpool Manager Les Shannon resigned after that Chelsea result and soon afterwards Bob Stokoe became Manager, Harry Thomson had been disciplined by Blackpool, don‘t know the reason why, but he missed half a dozen League games, Stokoe picked Thomson for 3 games and then terminated his contract in Feb 1971.
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Harry Thompson
Off the pitch he was a liability — I think there was one story about him making a home made bomb which he left outside his brother in laws and there mayhave been other brushes with the law

We had quite a few characters in those days — Ramsbottom (I neverreally rated him) ended up at Coventry and kept Bill Glazier out of the team for a while

Budgie was jus5 Budgie !

T‘was a Long time ago !
 
Ball on Fire said:
Peanuts when we paid around £500K for Dale and even more for Lubala and Nuttall, none of whom will ever become Pool Legends. I also heard Simon Sadler paid £250,000 for Matthews 1953 FA Cup medal, you could get 2 fantastic statues for £250,000, all depends on your priorities. Blackpool are one of only 8 teams who had an England player who won the World Cup in 1966, every other player has a statue but not Alan Ball. Stan Matthews has a fantastic statue at Stoke City but Stan’s achievements at Stoke do not bear comparison with his achievements at Blackpool. Alan Ball’s last competitive appearance as a Blackpool player was in a World Cup final, that fact alone is worth a statue.
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Alan Ball's last competitive game for Blackpool was at Brentford in 1981, a 2-0 defeat, not the 1966 Cup Final
 
KhonKaenSeasider said:
Alan Ball's last competitive game for Blackpool was at Brentford in 1981, a 2-0 defeat, not the 1966 Cup Final
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Yes you are correct, however I don’t count Alan Ball’s Blackpool appearances playing in the third tier of English football in the 1980s, he was in his mid 30s by then and had not played for England for 5 years and was very close to retirement. The Alan Ball I prefer to remember played for Blackpool from the aged of 17 to 21, arguably was MOM for England in the 1966 World Cup final and was sold to Everton for a record transfer fee in Aug 1966. Alan Ball became one of the outstanding midfield players in the 1960s & 1970s and I am very proud he was discovered and developed by Blackpool FC.
 
1966_and_all_that said:
Perhaps he should have said that a Blackpool player's last competitive game for England was in the World Cup Final.
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I still say Alan Ball’s last competitive appearance as a Blackpool player was in the 1966 World Cup final, did you ever see Alan Ball playing for Blackpool in the 3rd tier of English football in the early 1980s, he may have been competitive but the team definitely weren’t?
 
Ball on Fire said:
I still say Alan Ball’s last competitive appearance as a Blackpool player was in the 1966 World Cup final, did you ever see Alan Ball playing for Blackpool in the 3rd tier of English football in the early 1980s, he may have been competitive but the team definitely weren’t?
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Yes I did. From very high expectation to huge disappointment.
 
Huddersfield Town v Blackpool Leeds Road 1970

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