Blackpool FC

BLACKPOOL FC. Blackpool Football Club is a professional association football club based in the seaside resort of Blackpool Lancashire. The team currently competes in EFL League One, the third tier of the English football league system. From 1923 onwards, they have worn the tangerine shade of orange shirts accompanied by white shorts and tangerine socks. They remained in the Second Division until they won the league title in 1929–30. They were relegated after three seasons in the First Division. Promoted again in 1936–37, the club entered a golden period under the stewardship of long-time manager Joe Smith. They lost the 1948 and 1951 FA Cup finals before winning the competition in 1953 the so-called "Matthews final". They beat Bolton Wanderers 4–3, overturning a 3–1 deficit in the closing stages of the game. That same year, four Blackpool players were in the England team which lost against Hungary at Wembley. In the 1950s they had four top-six finishes in the First Division with their best position being runners-up to Manchester United in 1955–56. In 1956, Stanley Matthews was the inaugural recipient of the Ballon d'Or. They were relegated from the First Division in 1967 and again in 1971 after winning promotion in 1969–70