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On 3 September, Blackpool beat Crewe Alexandra 4–1 at Bloomfield Road in the group stage of the EFL Trophy, maintaining Richard Keogh's unbeaten start as interim manager. Jordan Rhodes, Sonny Carey and CJ Hamilton (2) got Blackpool's goals. [20] Immediately after the match, Steve Bruce was announced as Blackpool's new head coach. [21]
Including repeat appointments, there have been 42 full-time managers of Blackpool F.C., the first being Bill Norman between 1918 and 1923. The longest-serving manager was Joe Smith, who occupied the role for 23 years; Michael Appleton, meanwhile, lasted 65 days in the role in his first stint at the club. [1]
Blackpool FC On This Day: History, Facts and Figures from Every Day of the Year. Pitch Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-905411-50-4. Wolstenholme, Gerry (2010). Return to the Top Flight: Blackpool Football Club's Promotion Campaign 1969/70. Blackpool Programme and Memorabilia Collectors Club. (limited edition of 200 copies) Wolstenholme, Gerry (2014).
Leisuretime [1] [2] was founded in 1996 by Ceri Johnson who leased a vacant office at the former Cardiff Bus headquarters. Originally trading as Leisure Time Tours, the company began by running coach holidays from South Wales to destinations across the UK.
Blackpool achieved successive promotions from what was then the eighth tier Lancashire County Division Two, seventh tier Lancashire County Division One, and sixth tier North West Regional Northern Division during the 2008–09, 2009–10, and 2010–11 seasons. After seven seasons in the North West Regional Premier Division, the club were ...
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Blackpool won their fifth match out of their last eight on 17 April with a single–goal scoreline at home to Sunderland. The club's first league defeat in two-and-a-half months occurred at Rochdale on 20 April. Blackpool remained fifth in the table despite the defeat. Another defeat followed four days later at home to Shrewsbury Town.
Blackpool climbed one place to ninth with the result, [46] but dropped to 11th after the following evening's games. On 25 November, assistant head coach Stuart McCall left Blackpool to become assistant manager to Paul Heckingbottom at Sheffield United. [47] The final game of the month was a single-goal defeat at Birmingham City on 27 November ...