The Blackpool Football Club is the 44th to play in the Premier League and this Lancashire holiday town are getting ready for football fans visiting Blackpool and staying for the weekend in one of the many Cheap Hotels in Blackpool. Its history begins over a hundred years ago, when in 1877 the Reverend James Wayman established the Victoria Football Club. Its original location was on Manchester’s Field in Blackpool, England. Within the first ten years, the Victoria F.C. disbanded and the former members banded together to form the Blackpool St. Johns team. Then in 1887, in-fighting among the players led to a change in name: Blackpool St. Johns became the Blackpool Football Club.
By 1888, the club had become a founding member of the Lancashire League. It boasted eight highly successful seasons, ending with a championship win in the ‘93-’94 season. In May of 1896, the Blackpool Football Club became a Limited Company worth 2,000 pounds in 1-pound shares. Two months later, it successfully entered into the Football League. Its first official League match was played in Lincoln City on September 5th, 1896. There were 2,000 spectators at the game that day, which ended in a defeat. Blackpool’s first League goal was shot by Charles Mount.
In that first League season, the Blackpool F.C. finished in eighth place in the Second Division. They scored 31 goals in a total of 30 games. For the next thirty years or so, Blackpool remained in Division Two with only occasional success. Following the Great War, the club attempted to rank into Division Two. Around this time, the famous George Mee joined up and made an incredible 195 consecutive appearances, becoming a club favorite in the 1920s. Other well-known players from the 1920s include Billy Benton, “Matty” Barrass, Jackie Meredith, Harry Bedford, and Jimmy Hampson.
In the 1922-1923 season, Blackpool owners hired Major Frank Buckley as team manager. With revolutionary training skills and an exceptional scouting system, he was a valuable asset to the club during his four year stay. The following couple of years, the club began to lose its financial grip and it was only through the pains of The Supporters’ Club that enough money was raised to keep the team running.
As the years passed, the Blackpool F.C. jumped into the First Division at last, and though it had difficulty holding its position at first, by the 1960s it had become a first class organization. In 1953, it even walked away with the F.A. Cup. Later, the club continued to sway in and out of Division One and financial woes deprived it of key players. A real comeback wasn’t realized until recently, when the Blackpool Football Club has run across some newfound success.
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