OLD PICTURES OF BLACKPOOL FC

[FessParker]

A pat on the back if you can name the Blackpool player to the left of the ball as you look.
Additional kudos if you can name the West Ham player having the shot.

 

[Meliora]

Des Horne?

 

[FessParker]

Des Horne?

No , sorry. I'll give the answer tomorrow .

 

[Newton]

Tommy Thompson? Geoff Hurst?

 

[Wizaard]

Leslie Lea, Clyde Best

 

[FessParker]

Tommy Thompson? Geoff Hurst?

Sorry , neither. Answer tomorrow.

 

[FessParker]

Leslie Lea, Clyde Best

Sorry , neither. Answer tomorrow.

 

[FessParker]

A pat on the back if you can name the Blackpool player to the left of the ball as you look.
Additional kudos if you can name the West Ham player having the shot.

The Blackpool player is John Prentis standing in for Jimmy Armfield. This was his 8th and final appearance for us.

The WHU player shooting is Brian Dear , who was one of the 4 WHU players fined for the 'Brian London incident 'a few years later.

The game was played on 19/3/66 and Blackpool won the game 2 1. This was the first win in 8 and we won 4 of the next 6 games to more or less ensure survival in the top division.

 

[Born tangerine]

Great picture Fess and super information as well. I was on that day and even though we flirted with relegation most seasons we had some good players and played good football.

 

[1966_and_all_that]

The Blackpool player is John Prentis standing in for Jimmy Armfield. This was his 8th and final appearance for us.

The WHU player shooting is Brian Dear , who was one of the 4 WHU players fined for the 'Brian London incident 'a few years later.

The game was played on 19/3/66 and Blackpool won the game 2 1. This was the first win in 8 and we won 4 of the next 6 games to more or less ensure survival in the top division.

A year before my time. I take it that is Waiters in goal. Who is our defender stood just in front of him? Looks a bit like Armfield on that photo.

 

[FessParker]

A year before my time. I take it that is Waiters in goal. Who is our defender stood just in front of him? Looks a bit like Armfield on that photo.

Yes , Waiters in goal , Tommy Thompson is the player just in front of him . The other Blackpool players in the picture are Hughie Fisher
on his knees and John McPhee ,I think, far right.

 

[1966_and_all_that]

Yes , Waiters in goal , Tommy Thompson is the player just in front of him . The other Blackpool players in the picture are Hughie Fisher
on his knees and John McPhee ,I think, far right.

Thanks Fess. Wasn't it around that time that Chopper won our player of the year?

 

[FessParker]

Thanks Fess. Wasn't it around that time that Chopper won our player of the year?

Player of the season 64/5 and 67/8. He was also Blackpool's first ever substitute.

 

[1966_and_all_that]

Player of the season 64/5 and 67/8. He was also Blackpool's first ever substitute.

Thanks. I was at one match in 1966/67. 1967/68 was my first 'proper' season but I wouldn't have been aware of that. I was too busy goggling at Tony Green and Gerry Ingram.

 

[BigHandsOliverKahn]

This is from Facebook -

 

[pickering_hat_trick]

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And two years after this pic was taken the man in blue made himself a proper Pool legend.

 

[Born tangerine]

Arise Sir Fred

 

[pickering_hat_trick]

Arise Sir Fred

 

[Born tangerine]

I was on that day and a night never forgotten in the memory bank.
No footage which there wasn't those days which was a shame.
An old preston fan once told me he'd never seen the ground so full it was a sea of tangerine.

 

[pickering_hat_trick]

I was on that day and a night never forgotten in the memory bank.
No footage which there wasn't those days which was a shame.
An old preston fan once told me he'd never seen the ground so full it was a sea of tangerine.

Ha ha they always deny that , a great night nonetheless.

 

[onlyonepool]

Ha ha they always deny that , a great night nonetheless.

I wasn't there but the attendance was given as 34,000 and supposedly many locked out. They played at home to Cardiff exactly a week later at Deepdale in front of just over 5.000..