This page details Blackpool Football Club's all-time records.
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 (DJ Campbell, to Leicester City, 2010) Largest transfer fee received: £6,750,000 (Charlie Adam, from Liverpool, 2011)
Record transfer-fee progression Paid PlayerFromFeeYear 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 DJ Campbell Leicester City £1,250,000 2010
Received PlayerToFeeYear Joe Lane Birmingham City £3,600 1920 Alan Ball Everton £112,000 1966 Tony Green Newcastle United £150,000 1971 Micky 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 £6,750,000"Adam ready to give Dalglish selection headache" – Daily Mirror, 9 July 2011 2011
Individual records
Players Most Football League appearances: Jimmy Armfield (569; between 27 December 1954 and 1 May 1971) 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 8 January 1938) Most Football League goals: Jimmy Hampson (248) Most League goals in one season: Jimmy Hampson (45; in 1929–30) Most goals in one game: 5 (Jimmy Hampson; v. Reading on 10 November 1928Seaside Legends – Blackpool's official website and Jimmy McIntosh; v. Preston North End on 1 May 1948) Fastest goal: 11 seconds (Bill Slater; v. Stoke City on 10 December 1949Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887–1992, p. 115 and James Quinn; v. Bristol City on 12 August 1995 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)
Personal honours Ballon d'Or The following players have won the Ballon d'Or while playing for Blackpool: Stanley Matthews – 1956
FWA Footballer of the Year The following players have won the FWA Footballer of the Year award while playing for Blackpool: Stanley Matthews – 1947–48 Harry Johnston – 1950–51
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)
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