Blackpool F.C.
Blackpool Fitbaa Club are an Inglis fitbaa club foondit in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside toun o Blackpool. They are competin the 2010–11 saison in the Premier League, the top tier o professional fitbaa in Ingland, haein wan the Fitbaa League Championship play-aff Final at the end o the 2009–10 campaign, their 100t consecutive season in the Fitbaa League. It is their debut in the Premier League, an it is their first appearance in Ingland's top flight since 1971. It completes a climb o fower divisions in nine years. They hold the record for being the first club in Inglis fitbaa tae be promotit through aw fower divisions via the play-affs.
[edit] Honours
Blackpool hae aicht Fitbaa League an fifteen cup honours tae their name. They are:
| Honour | Number | Years | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | |||||
| Champions | 1 | 1929–30 (Division 2) | |||
| Automatic promotions | 3 | 1936–37 (Division 2 tae Division 1); 1967–70 (Division 2 tae Division 1); 1984–85 (Division 4 tae Division 3) | |||
| Promotions via play-affs | 4 | 1991–92 (Division 4 tae new Division 2); 2000–01 (Division 3 tae Division 2); 2006–07 (League Ane tae The Championship); 2009–2010 (The Championship tae the Premier League) | |||
| Cups | |||||
| FA Cup winners | 1 | 1953 | |||
| Anglo-Italian Cup winners | 1 | 1971 | |||
| Fitbaa League Trophy winners | 2 | 2002, 2004 | |||
| Sooth Wast Challenge Cup winners | 1 | 2010* | |||
| League War Cup winners | 1 | 1943 | |||
| Lancashire Senior Cup winners | 7 | 1936, 1937, 1942, 1954, 1994, 1995, 1996 | |||
| Lancashire Junior Cup winners | 2 | 1888, 1891 | |||
* denotes maist recent honour
