OLD PICTURES OF BLACKPOOL FC

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Cow Gap Lane home of South Shore FC

Situated on Waterloo Road close to Blackpool South Station and the the central gateway

Fun fact (ive been down a South Shore rabbit hole the last few days) South shore travelled to Chatham in 1888 for the first round of the FA Cup.When they arrived the ground at Chatham was open fields with no facilities to accept admissions.Therefore costs could not be covered for South Shore's travel down south.Following this the FA introduced new eligibility rules stating ties must take place in an enclosed ground.
 
This is Pool v Bolton at Bloomfield Rd in 1960, the first ever live televised Football League game apparently. We lost 1-0.

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Does not appear to be a floodlight pylon in the corner of the ground shown in the picture. When did we first get floodlights?
 
Notathome said:
Does not appear to be a floodlight pylon in the corner of the ground shown in the picture. When did we first get floodlights?
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I will answer my own question Google tells me that the first match under floodlights at Bloomfield Road was in October 1958, so I would suggest the match shown in the picture predates this and is not the first televised match.
 
Notathome said:
I will answer my own question Google tells me that the first match under floodlights at Bloomfield Road was in October 1958, so I would suggest the match shown in the picture predates this and is not the first televised match.
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I’ve seen that photo before, can’t remember the details but it definitely predates 1960 by some way
 
voyeur said:
This is Pool v Bolton at Bloomfield Rd in 1960, the first ever live televised Football League game apparently. We lost 1-0.

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The game shown in the above picture, and described as the "1960 Pool v Bolton" match is, in fact, a Blackpool home game from the 1924/25 season. The construction at the north end of the ground is not the Spion Kop, rather it is the 'Motor Stand' that was demolished in 1930.
 
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1966_and_all_that said:
The game shown in the above picture, and described as the "1960 Pool v Bolton" match is, in fact, a Blackpool home game from the 1924/25 season. The construction at the north end of the ground is not the Spion Kop, rather it is the 'Motor Stand' that was demolished in 1930.
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Yes it confused me but the article that contained it described it as the 1960 game. The stand is obviously not the Kop.
 
voyeur said:
Yes it confused me but the article that contained it described it as the 1960 game. The stand is obviously not the Kop.
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It sounds like the match was a bit of a disaster for live coverage, the report says the star attraction for the watching viewers, Stanley Matthews, didn't even play and the crowd of 17,166 was apparently far lower than it would have been if not televised.
 
onlyonepool said:
It sounds like the match was a bit of a disaster for live coverage, the report says the star attraction for the watching viewers, Stanley Matthews, didn't even play and the crowd of 17,166 was apparently far lower than it would have been if not televised.
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Correct. Only the second half was broadcast and the experiment was deemed a failure.
 
1966_and_all_that said:
The game shown in the above picture, and described as the "1960 Pool v Bolton" match is, in fact, a Blackpool home game from the 1924/25 season. The construction at the north end of the ground is not the Spion Kop, rather it is the 'Motor Stand' that was demolished in 1930.
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That picture appeared on Facebook. Like you 66 I googled the building of the spion kop as 1930 so debated that picture must be from the 20's
 
Hearts were Scottish champions at the time with Mackay and Alex Young. If I remember correctly there was a parade on the pitch with a pipe band and band major throwing the band pole into the air. We won 3-1 I think. I was in the scratching shed
 
Mick Clarke said:
Hearts were Scottish champions at the time with Mackay and Alex Young. If I remember correctly there was a parade on the pitch with a pipe band and band major throwing the band pole into the air. We won 3-1 I think. I was in the scratching shed
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13th Oct 1958, Blackpool won 2-1, both goals scored by Jackie Mudie. First goal scored under floodlights was scored in the 8th minute by Jackie Mudie. Attendance was 15437.
 
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