List of Blackpool F.C. records

This page details Blackpool Football Club's all-time records.

Contents 1 Club records 1.1 Results 1.2 League finishing positions 1.3 Transfer fees 1.3.1 Record transfer-fee progression 1.3.1.1 Paid 1.3.1.2 Received 2 Individual records 2.1 Players 2.2 Managers 3 Attendances 3.1 Home gate receipts 4 References

Club records

Results

• Largest victory: 10–0 (v. Lanerossi Vicenza, Anglo-Italian Cup on 10 June 1972)
• Largest defeat: 1–10 (v. Small Heath, Division Two, on 2 March 1901 and v. Huddersfield Town, Division One, on 13 December 1930)
• Consecutive victories: 12 (between 31 March 2007 and 14 August 2007)
• Consecutive defeats: 8 (between 26 November 1898 and 7 January 1899 and between 28 November 1964 and 16 January 1965)

League finishing positions

• Highest: 2nd in Division One (1956)
• Lowest: 21st in Division Four (1983)

Transfer fees

• Largest transfer fee paid: £1,250,000 (D. J. Campbell, to Leicester City, 2010)
• Largest transfer fee received: £7,000,000 (Charlie Adam, from Liverpool, 2011)

Record transfer-fee progression

Paid

Player	From	Fee	Year
Jock Dodds	Sheffield United	£10,000	1939
Alan Suddick	Newcastle United	£63,000	1966
Tony Kellow	Exeter City	£125,000	1978
Jack Ashurst	Sunderland	£132,400	1979
Andy Morrison	Blackburn Rovers	£245,000	1994
Chris Malkin	Millwall	£275,000	1996
Charlie Adam	Rangers	£500,000	2009
D. J. Campbell	Leicester City	£1,250,000	2010

Received

Player	To	Fee	Year
Joe Lane	Birmingham City	£3,600	1920
Alan Ball	Everton	£112,000	1966
Tony Green	Newcastle United	£150,000	1971
Mickey Burns	Newcastle United	£166,000	1974
Paul Stewart	Manchester City	£200,000	1987
Alan Wright	Blackburn Rovers	£400,000	1991
Trevor Sinclair	Q.P.R.	£600,000	1993
Brett Ormerod	Southampton	£1,750,000	2001
Charlie Adam	Liverpool	£7,000,000[1]	2011

Individual records

Players

• Most Football League appearances: Jimmy Armfield (569, between 27 December 1954 and 1 May 1971)

For a list of Blackpool players with the most League appearances, see here and sort by appearances.

• Most consecutive League appearances: Georgie Mee (195, between 25 December 1920 and 12 September 1925)
• Most goals in total: Jimmy Hampson (252, between 15 October 1927 and 25 December 1938)
• Most Football League goals: Jimmy Hampson (248)

For a list of Blackpool players with the most League goals, see here and sort by goals.

• Most League goals in one season: Jimmy Hampson (45, 1929–30)
• Most goals in one game: 5 (Jimmy Hampson; v. Reading on 10 November 1928^[2] and Jimmy McIntosh; v. Preston North End on 1 May 1948)
• Fastest goal: 11 seconds: Bill Slater (v. Stoke City on 10 December 1949)^[3] and James Quinn (v. Bristol City on 12 August 1995)^[4]
• Most capped player: Jimmy Armfield (43; for England)

Managers

• Longest-serving manager: Joe Smith (22 years, 9 months; from 1 August 1935 to 30 April 1958)

Attendances

• Largest attendance – Pre-2002: 38,098; v. Wolverhampton Wanderers on 17 September 1955.
• Largest attendance – 2002 onwards: 16,116 (99.48% of capacity; v. Manchester City on 17 October 2010)

Home gate receipts

• Highest: £72,949 (v. Tottenham Hotspur, FA Cup Third Round, 5 January 1991)^[4]

References

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