Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887–1992
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| Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887–1992 | |
 Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887–1992 book cover |
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| Author | Roy Calley |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Subject(s) | Blackpool Football Club |
| Genre(s) | Sport |
| Publisher | Breedon Books Sport |
| Publication date | 1992 |
| Media type | Hardback |
| Pages | 416 |
| ISBN | ISBN 1873626-07-X |
Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887–1992 is a book by English journalist Roy Calley, published in 1992. It plots the history of Blackpool Football Club over 105 years, from its foundation in 1887 through to the end of the 1991–92 season. The first statistical history of Blackpool F.C., it documents the club's results, line-ups and scorers in each competitive game between 1896 (the club's debut year in the Football League) and 1992. Also included is a biography of each of the club's nineteen managers up until that point.
The book's foreword is provided by Owen Oyston, who was the club's chairman when the book was published. His son, Karl, now occupies the role.
The book is divided into fifteen sections:
- Introduction and acknowledgements (by the author, written in June 1992) (1 page)
- Foreword (by Owen Oyston) (1 page)
- The Blackpool Story (44 pages)
- The 1980s – A Time of Trauma (2 pages)
- The Bloomfield Road Story (5 pages)
- Blackpool Managers (15 pages)
- Bill Norman (1919–1923)
- Major Frank Buckley (1923–1927)
- Sydney Beaumont (1927–1928)
- Alex "Sandy" MacFarlane (1933–1935)
- Joe Smith (1935–1958)
- Ron Suart (1958–1967)
- Stan Mortensen (1967–1969)
- Les Shannon (1969–1970)
- Bob Stokoe (1970–1973 and 1978–1979)
- Harry Potts (1973–1976)
- Allan Brown (1976–1978 and 1981–1982)
- Stan Ternent (1979–1980)
- Alan Ball (1980–1981)
- Sam Ellis (1982–1989)
- Jimmy Mullen (1989–1990)
- Graham Carr (1990)
- Billy Ayre (then-incumbent)
- Blackpool Stars (53 pages)
- Matches to Remember (42 pages)
- Blackpool in the Football League 1896–97 to 1991–92 (1 page)
- Blackpool Season-by-Season (190 pages)
- Blackpool Against Other Clubs (2 pages)
- Blackpool in Other Competitions (6 pages)
- Blackpool Internationals (8 pages)
- Blackpool Career Records (36 pages)
- Subscribers (4 pages)
[edit] Front cover
The front cover shows (clockwise from top left): Steve McIlhargey saving a penalty from Scunthorpe United's Graham Alexander in the 1991–92 Division Four play-off final at Wembley Stadium, which helped Blackpool to promotion; Sir Stanley Matthews, "arguably the greatest-ever footballer";[1] Jimmy Hampson, "the Seasiders' pre-war goalscoring machine";[1] and Jimmy Armfield, "a great Blackpool skipper".[1]
