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Friendly vs Blackpool 1961


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15 minutes ago, DamoFramo said:

Does anyone have any information about a mid season friendly played in January 1961 at Bloomfield Road, vs Blackpool?

Result scorers etc.

 

The only info. I can pass on min is that Blackpool must have been very poor back then as AFC, under the management of Tommy Pearson, were grim.

@Poodlerhas kindly provided a very informative link for you to look over st your leisure. 

If @Captain Cavemanwas still posting, he would've provided you with the relevant information you seek.

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10 hours ago, Matt Armstrong's Dog said:

The only info. I can pass on min is that Blackpool must have been very poor back then as AFC, under the management of Tommy Pearson, were grim.

@Poodlerhas kindly provided a very informative link for you to look over st your leisure. 

If @Captain Cavemanwas still posting, he would've provided you with the relevant information you seek.

Weirdly Blackpool were actually in one of the better phases of their history with a prolonged period in the top division. 

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3 hours ago, RUL said:

Weirdly Blackpool were actually in one of the better phases of their history with a prolonged period in the top division. 

Very true min. IIRC they finished FA Cup runners-up in 1948 (losing to Manchester United in the final) and 1951 (getting beat by Newcastle United (one of the Magpies' last ever domestic trophy successes:laughing:)).

Finally Blackpool won the cup in 1953, when Stan Mortensen, who played for AFC during WWII, scored a hat-trick. Their side also included legends Stanley Matthews and one club man Jimmy Armfield.

Finished runners-up in the top division a few tears before we played them in the friendly, in question.

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2 hours ago, TerryMcDermott said:

One must appreciate the mindset of a 1961 programme illustrator.

“It says Blackpool and it’s football but will the average reader absorb this? I think not. So I’ll draw football and put a Blackpool Tower on it”

To be fair he could have drawn litter, seagull crap and a 1970’s bbc nonce grooming kids and got not quite the same effect

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