OLD PICTURES OF BLACKPOOL FC

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Sorry I couldn't resist this one. I used to watch Football Italia on a alarm clock TV (screen 2' ɓy 2') in my Sheffield student bedsit and loved Luca Vialli. What a gent. When Ken Bates caught him having a fag behind the Chelsea training ground that was the icing on the cake...named my son after him!
 
caveman88 said:
Do you know of any record or phjotographs of the purple/blue away versions of these kits? For alll the kits from FH Brown right up to Bass and 1990?
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I never saw any, Caveman…the away shirts usually arrived in the club shop in October so summer photo calls would have been unlikely….
 
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Some nice pics robbed off the Gazette site
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1.Side view of Kop would say early 70's
2.Zulu time 1989
3 TV Time?
4 Kop roof construction 1960
5.Snow time 1982
6.West Paddock 1985
7.West Stand demolition 2000
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No 3 TV time is presumably the first live televised league game ( 2nd half only) against Bolton in Sept 1960 . Cameras on the Kop seems weird . It
was a poor match which we lost 0 1 and no further league games were televised as this was supposed to be the first of a series.
 
FessParker said:
No 3 TV time is presumably the first live televised league game ( 2nd half only) against Bolton in Sept 1960 . Cameras on the Kop seems weird . It
was a poor match which we lost 0 1 and no further league games were televised as this was supposed to be the first of a series.
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Cheers for that .👍
 
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Best goalmouth scramble ever. Darren Whiting is the commentator, he used to come out with some classic stuff on the VHS season highlights that had us in hysterics.

'Andy Garner, 5 '11, a very tall man...'
 
mad-link said:
Best goalmouth scramble ever. Darren Whiting is the commentator, he used to come out with some classic stuff on the VHS season highlights that had us in hysterics.

'Andy Garner, 5 '11, a very tall man...'
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Worst goalmouth scramble ever. The keeper, Barry Siddall, gets booted twice.
 
mad-link said:
Best goalmouth scramble ever. Darren Whiting is the commentator, he used to come out with some classic stuff on the VHS season highlights that had us in hysterics.

'Andy Garner, 5 '11, a very tall man...'
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Thank you, ML; I am 6 ft tall now but that seemed a lot back then!

As for that City goal, there was no way that I was going to be able to identify that scorer given the view from the West! It was so predictable that they’d equalise, wasn’t it?
 
Came across these photos from the Staffordshire Sentinel, February 20th 1954 - the last day that Blackpool could truly be called 'Cup holders'. They lost 2-0 that day at Third Division Port Vale, who were on their way to the semi-final, where only dodgy refereeing stopped them reaching Wembley.

On page 1 was this fine shot of the Blackpool team taken at the Castle Hotel, Newcastle-under-Lyme, where they stayed the night before the game. You'll notice there are only ten players. The caption was 'where is the missing man?'

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The missing man was Stanley Matthews, who wasn't staying at the hotel. He was spending the night with his family down the road in Hanley. The Staffordshire Sentinel tracked hin down too:

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Stanley Jr on the right went on to become a well-known tennis player, appearing at Wilmbledon in the 1960s.

The Sentinel also caught up with Blackpool fans arriving at Longport Station, close to Vale Park:

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Apparently there were 12,000 Blackpool fans at the game, 'the largest exodus since Wembley'.

This story was also in the same issue of the Sentinel:

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No connection to the Cup tie, you might think. But actually, those restrictions prevented one important Blackpool 'supporter' attending the match. That was the famous duck, the club mascot, who'd been smuggled into Wembley the year before.

No other explanation for the defeat is necessary.
 
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And continuing the theme, while researching the history of Harry Lockett (long story), I found this evocative aerial shot of Hanley in 1931, taken from the Historic England collection. It's 'too large' to upload, so please click on this link:

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In the distance you can see Hanley Greyhound Stadium, but that's not the most interesting thing about the picture. Completely by chance, the most prominent street in the shot is Seymour Street, the Matthews family home where that picture of Stanley and his folks was taken before the Port Vale Cup tie. Zooming in, we can see the street more clearly, running down the right hand side of the picture:

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Now let's circle the Matthews family house:

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It's number 63, and you can see quite a street scene outside his front door, with three or four people visible and a couple of interesting looking objects that may or may not be small vehicles.

Now the date on the photo is also intriguing - July 1st 1931. Stanley signed for Stoke City on his 17th birthday, which was February 1st 1932, exactly seven months later. He would definitely have been living at this address when the photo was taken. Who knows, maybe one of those figures we can see is actually Stanley himself, a waif-like 16 year old on his way to becoming the world's most famous footballer.
 
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The legendary cartoonist Tom Webster was at Vale Park that day in 1954, working for the News Chronicle. This was pre-match:

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And here are some of the frames from the main piece on the Monday morning:

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And this was Vale manager Freddie Steele telling how they stopped Matthews, from the same paper. It's a bit difficult to read, but worth the effort:

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And here's another picture from the tie at Port Vale - 'flamboyant Blackpool fans' is the caption.

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It's the famous 'Atomic Boys' - you can see it written on the case on the ground. But no duck.
 
FessParker said:
Armfield scored 6 league goals in his Blackpool career , that was his 5th. In the picture is Ray Charnley playing in his final game for us , fittingly he
scored . That was his 193rd league goal .
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I remember that game really well . We were near the top of div 2 , (championship) and were playing Palace in front of a very decent crowd of over 20,000 . The heavens opened and everyone tried to take cover at the back of already well populated stands . When Jimmy scored that goal it became one of the biggest crushes at a match that I recall at Bloomfield Rd, I had gone with my neighbour and his ribs were broken against a barrier . Wouldn’t happen now .
 
When we started videoing games in 1987 we had to set up in the old West Stand adjacent to the Directors Box. This is Chris, one of the camera men, who tried to do the best he could with a crap, obstructed view and my inane comments in his earshot...I should take this opportunity to again apologise for my outputs and our dreadful view of the action!

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FessParker said:
Armfield scored 6 league goals in his Blackpool career , that was his 5th. In the picture is Ray Charnley playing in his final game for us , fittingly he
scored . That was his 193rd league goal .
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I've been puzzling over your comments here Fess. I always believed that Charnley left before the start of the 1967/68 season. Also, because he was absent from the team in the home match against Sheff Utd in April 1967 (my first ever match), I assumed that I never saw him play for Blackpool. However, since you posted your comment I've gone back to my Calley and discovered that I've been well wide of the mark. Not only did he not leave until after the Crystal Palace match (21st Oct 67) but I saw him in that match and earlier in the season against Millwall (my second ever game).
 
1966_and_all_that said:
I've been puzzling over your comments here Fess. I always believed that Charnley left before the start of the 1967/68 season. Also, because he was absent from the team in the home match against Sheff Utd in April 1967 (my first ever match), I assumed that I never saw him play for Blackpool. However, since you posted your comment I've gone back to my Calley and discovered that I've been well wide of the mark. Not only did he not leave until after the Crystal Palace match (21st Oct 67) but I saw him in that match and earlier in the season against Millwall (my second ever game).
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I don't think big Ray received the acclaim he should have when he played. In the early 60s when he was at his peak the team were in decline so his goalscoring feats were all the more praiseworthy. Great in the air , could look awkward when with the ball at his feet but a strong right foot and the happy knack of being in the right place at the right time.
 
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Sorry I couldn't resist this one. I used to watch Football Italia on an alarm clock TV (screen 2' ɓy 2') in my Sheffield student bedsit and loved Luca Vialli. What a gent. When Ken Bates caught him having a fag behind the Chelsea training ground that was the icing on the cake...named my son after him!
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I had one of those when I went to Sheffield Poly
 
FessParker said:
I don't think big Ray received the acclaim he should have when he played. In the early 60s when he was at his peak the team were in decline so his goalscoring feats were all the more praiseworthy. Great in the air , could look awkward when with the ball at his feet but a strong right foot and the happy knack of being in the right place at the right time.
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My dad rated him highly.
 
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