See all the
players' pictures and League career totals on Nigel
Mercer's site at
FKS 1970-71 - Blackpool
There will be three
ages of football fans, 1) those that cannot believe
Blackpool are not still in the top division, 2) those
that cannot believe they ever were, and then 3) the
fortysomethings, like me, who have moved from catagory
one to catagory two as they've got older. The Sir Stanley
Matthews years - from 1947 to 1961 - saw the club's only
F.A. Cup win in 1953 plus two further visits to the
final, and their highest League placing of the
Championship runners-up in 1955-56. In 1962 they reached
the club's best League Cup run as semi-finalists.
This side was promoted
the season before (69-70), and went straight back down
again in 70-71, in what was their most recent (I'm being
nice) visit to the top league. But what the heck, they
were Anglo-Italian Cup Winners in 1971!! And Jimmy
Armfield was the last manager of a Leeds Utd. European
Cup final side, you know...
World of Soccer
Stars Players
Note below: The
1st number is the picture number in the FKS Soccer Stars
album. The team in bold italics is the team that player
played most League games for, and 1980 =1980-81 season.
Manager : Les Shannon (Click to see picture, and Les
summing up the 1969-70 season)
16. Terry Allcock
Born : Hanley, 9
December, 1946.
Played : 1963-77 Port
Vale, Blackpool, Bury (loan),
Blackburn Rovers (loan), Port Vale, Halifax Town.
Blackpool League record
: 196 games, 21 goals.
Career League record :
335 games, 25 goals.
Where are they now ? :
See September 2000 E-Mails, November
2001, and
Caught In Time October, 2004,
See a picture from
1974-75 at http--www.seasiders.net-memorylane517.htm
17. Jimmy Armfield. Click to see a picture and
more information about Jimmy.
 Born : Denton, 21 September,
1935.
Played : 1954-70 Blackpool
Blackpool and League
record : 568 games, 6 goals. Current appearance club
record.
England internationals
: 43 caps. Current club record.
Where are they now ? :
See Where are they now ? :
Commentators.
Thanks to Peter Gillatt
at SEASIDERS.NET for the picture.
18. Bill Bentley.
Born : Stoke, 21
October, 1947.
Played : 1964-79 Stoke
City, Blackpool, Port Vale
Blackpool League record
: 296 games, 10 goals.
Career League record :
439 games, 11 goals.
Where are they now ? :
See Where are they now ?,Caught
In Time
See a picture of Bill
in the 1974-75 season at http--www.seasiders.net-memorylane502.htm
19. Micky Burns.
Born : Preston, 21
December, 1946.
Played : 1969-80 Blackpool,
Newcastle United, Cardiff City, Middlesbrough.
Blackpool League record
: 179 games, 53 goals.
Career League record :
391 games, 116 goals.
Where are they now ? :
See Where are they now ? , Caught
In Time
20. John Craven.
Born : St Annes, 15
May, 1947. Died, 1996.
Played : 1965-77 Blackpool,
Crystal Palace, Coventry City, Plymouth Argyle
Blackpool League record
: 163 games, 24 goals.
Career League record :
360 games, 49 goals.
Where are they now ? :
See Where are they now ?, Caught
In Time
21. Tony Green.
 Click to see pictures of Tony
Born : Glasgow, 13
October, 1946.
Played : 1966-72 Blackpool,
Newcastle United.
Blackpool League record
: 123 games, 13 goals.
Career League record :
156 games, 16 goals.
Scotland internationals
: 6 caps.
Where are they now ? :
See Where are they now ?, Caught In Time
22. Dave Hatton.
Born : Famworth, 30
October, 1943.
Played : 1961-78 Bolton
Wanderers, Blackpool, Bury.
Blackpool League record
: 250 games, 6 goals.
Career League record :
578 games, 16 goals.
Where are they now ? :
See Pringle and Fissler , Caught
In Time
23. Tommy Hutchison. Click to see a picture of
Tommy.
Born : Cardenden, 22
September, 1947.
Played : 1967-90
Blackpool, Coventry City,
Manchester City, Burnley, Swansea City.
Blackpool League record
: 165 games, 10 goals.
Career League record :
795 games, 51 goals. See 700+Club
Scotland internationals
: 17 caps.
Where are they now ? :
See Where are they now ?,Richard Whitehead, Caught In Time
24. Glyn James.
 Click to see a picture and more
information on Glyn
Born : Llangollen, 17
December, 1941.
Played : 1959-74 Blackpool.
Blackpool and career
League record : 399 games, 22 goals.
Wales internationals :
9 caps.
Where are they now ? :
See Where are they now ? , Caught
In Time
See a picture from the
1974-5 season at http--www.seasiders.net-memorylane501.htm
25. Johnny Johnston.
Born : Belfast, 2 May,
1947.
Played : 1968-78
Blackpool, Halifax Town (loan), Bradford City, Southport,
Halifax Town.
Blackpool League record
: 24 games, 2 goals.
Career League record :
242 games, 20 goals.
Where are they now ? :
See Pringle and Fissler,
26. Henry Mowbray.
Born : Hamilton, 1 May,
1947.
Played : 1967-72 Blackpool,
Bolton Wanderers.
Blackpool League record
: 91 games, 0 goals.
Career League record :
122 games, 0 goals.
Where are they now ? :
See Where are they now ?,
Also see Soccer-Files
at HenryMowbray
27. Fred Pickering.
Born : Blackburn , 19
January, 1941.
Played : 1958-70 Blackburn
Rovers, Everton, Birmingham City,
Blackpool, Blackburn Rovers.
Blackpool League record
: 49 games, 24 goals.
Career League record :
354 games, 168 goals.
England internationals
: 3 caps.
Where are they now
? : See Where are they now ?, Caught In Time
Moved to Blackburn Rovers on 11 March for 20,000
pounds
28. Graham Rowe.
Born : Southport, 28
August, 1945.
Played : 1963-71
Blackpool, Tranmere Rovers (loan), Bolton Wanderers.
Blackpool League record
: 105 games, 12 goals.
Career League record :
118 games, 12 goals.
Where are they now ? : E-mail Bob if you know !
29. Alan Suddick.
Born :
Chester-le-Street, 2 May, 1944.
Played : 1961-77
Newcastle United, Blackpool,
Stoke City, Southport (loan), Bury.
Blackpool League record
: 310 games, 64 goals.
Career League record :
504 games, 108 goals.
Where are they now ? :
See Where are they now ? , Caught
In Time
See a picture taken in
the 1974-5 season at http--www.seasiders.net-memorylane505.htm
30. Harry Thomson.
Born : Edinburgh, 25
August, 1940.
Played : 1964-71 Burnley,
Blackpool, Barrow.
Blackpool League record
: 59 games, 0 goals.
Career League record :
216 games, 0 goals.
Where are they now ? :
See Summer 2004, Caught
In Time
Further squad
members who are included in the 1970-71 Rothmans are ...
Adam Blacklaw: Former Burnley and Scottish
goalkeeper
Where are they now
? See November 2002
P.Brown
R.Brown
A.Coleman
John Hughes
P.Kendrick
William McGrotty
J.McNicholas
John Murray
Moved to Bury in February 1971
P.Nicholson
Peter Suddaby
Alan Taylor
Loaned to Stockport County August- September 1970
Robert Thomas
Tommy Thompson
Moved to York
City in
July 1970
Dennis Wann
Additional players ...
Steve Harrison. Steve signed in December 1970,
from the apprentices.
See Where are they now?
Career 1999- : 1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2001-2002, 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007
Other Staff include...
Chairman: Bill Cartmell. See Caught In Time
Try these Blackpool
links ...
Click to see A&BC Gum
Cards
plus all the details of the 1970-71 Blackpool season at:
Nigel Mercer's Galleries of English Football Cards
1965-75
Click to see Blackpool 70-71
autographs at Lennart Kristiansson's site:
English Football League 70-71 Autographs
See
a comprehensive list of Blackpool's players at Neil
Brown's Site
www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com-blackpool
seasiders.net See E-mail.
(I see
seasiders.net has closed after 10 years
- this is a huge shame.
Many thanks to Peter Gillatt for his previous contacts)
See some great 70-71
photos at Memory Lane Page - Blackpool v
Hull City Jan 1971
The official site is Blackpool Football club.
Note: Birth information and League career
statistics from:
"The PFA Premier and Football League Players'
Records 1946-1998"
Edited and compiled by Barry J. Hugman. Lennard Queen
Anne Press, 1998.
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