Post-war Blackpool were a force in English football, but apart from a brief flirtation with the Premier League the club have bounced up and down the Football League for many years.
Blackpool are an English football club who play in League One, the third tier of the English pyramid.
The 1953 FA Cup winners' most famous player is the legendary Sir Stanley Matthews. The "Wizard of the Dribble" made 440 appearances for the club between 1947 and 1961.
Blackpool spent one season in the Premier League, in 2010/11 under the guidance of enigmatic manager Ian "Olly" Holloway.
Although they were relegated upon the conclusion of the campaign, Blackpool were true crowd pleasers throughout the course of the campaign, playing an attractive brand of football and putting players such as Charlie Adam on the big stage.
Since then, Blackpool have dropped as low as League Two before fighting their way back into the Championship.
Blackpool won promotion to the Championship out of League One at the end of the 2020/21 season via a successful run in the play-offs.
But the club dropped out of the Championship at the end of the 2022/23 season after finishing 23rd in the table, five points from safety.
Blackpool early history
Blackpool and the Joe Smith era
Blackpool's years in the wilderness and the Oyston takeover
Blackpool in the Premier League
Blackpool's slide and sale
Critchley's second spell
Steve Bruce returns to management
Blackpool rivalries
Blackpool fanbase
Blackpool finances
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