Blackpool Mechanics F.C.
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| Full name | Blackpool Mechanics Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | The Mechs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1947 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Jepson Way, Common Edge Road, Blackpool (Capacity 1,500) |
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| Chairman | H D Baldwin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Stuart Parker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | North West Counties Football League, Division Two |
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Blackpool Mechanics F.C. are a football club based in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, currently playing in the North West Counties League Division Two. Their home ground is Jepson Way and they are nicknamed "The Mechs". They played at Stanley Park Arena before moving to their current ground.
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[edit] History
The club was founded in 1947 and played initially in local leagues before joining the West Lancashire League in 1959. In their first season, they were Runners Up and the following two seasons, Champions.
In 1962, they joined the Lancashire Combination Division Two. In the 1972-73 season they won the Lancashire Combination Bridge Shield and in 1974-75 finished as runners-up in the league, just one point behind champions Darwen.
With the formation of the North West Counties Football League, they were placed in Division Three, and were promoted to Division Two in 1985-86. They were briefly promoted to Division One in 1991-92 before being relegated back to Division Two, where they now play.
In May 2005 Lytham St.Annes FC, who had just won the West Lancashire League Division One title, merged with the Mechanics. Lytham St.Annes resigned from the West Lancashire league bringing their resources and manpower to Jepson Way in a bid to launch a new look Mechanics in their push up the non league football pyramid.[1]
The biggest game in Blackpool Mechanics' history came in February 2006 when they played FC United of Manchester in the league. With FC United attracting such a huge following, the game was switched from Jepson Way to Blackpool's Bloomfield Road ground,[2] and drew a crowd of 4,300 spectators. Mechanics lost the game 4-2, but netted £10,000 from the game.[3] In December 2007, the club announced plans for a £60,000 facelift to the Jepson Way ground following contributions from the Football Foundation and the clubs sponsors, Northern Care. Improvements are due to be made to the pitch as well as new crowd barrier fencing and concreting the spectators are right round the pitch. Drainage work will begin on the pitch in April 2008, as well as levelling and reseeding the pitch.[4]
[edit] Club honours
[edit] League
- West Lancashire League Champions (2): 1960-61, 1961-62
[edit] Cup
- Lancashire County Football Association Shield Winners (1): 1957-58
- Lancashire Combination Bridge Shield Winners (1): 1972
[edit] References
- ^ "Mechanics in merger with LSA", Blackpool Gazette, 2007-03-12. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
- ^ "Mechs talk to Pool about big match switch", Blackpool Gazette, 2005-10-20. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
- ^ "Mechs reap big payday!", Blackpool Gazette, 2006-02-20. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
- ^ "Mechanics set for £60,000 spruce-up", Blackpool Gazette, 2007-12-06. Retrieved on 2007-12-09.
[edit] External links
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