Some may know that Blackpool was my favourite team. I couldn't have lived further away from the seasiders, but Stanley Matthews played for them and he was my favourite player. I did meet him on several occasions when I was a big boy, but when it was really important, I only had pictures of him on my bedroom wall from Football Monthly next to Helen Shapiro and the Billy Fury! I mention Helen especially, because she featured on radio this morning singing "Walking Back to Happiness". Nice frock.
Their record was Home P21 W1 D5 L15 F18 A36 = 7 points
the Away record reads P21 W 5 D4 L12 F23 A40 = 14 points Total 21 pts and position 22nd out of 22. Their last game was on May 22nd when they beat Liverpool 3-1 at Anfield. They were relegated to Division 2.
Blackpool added to their poor record when they lost to Birmingham City 2-3 in the FA Cup Rd 3 BUT in the Football League Cup they went through Rd 1 beating Manchester United at home 5-1, then met Chelsea drawing 1-1 at home and winning away 3-1, then Fulham at home 4-2 and bowing out to West Ham at home 1-3 on December 7th. (imagine the West Ham team in 1966).
Mario Balotelli and some mates, on October 22nd 2011, on the eve of the City v United derby, let off fireworks in his home flat, causing £400,000 worth of damage. He then celebrated by scoring twice in a 6-1 Premier League game for City at Old Trafford.
On the same date in 1972, Gordon Banks, travelling home after a day at his club, Stoke City, had a car accident and lost an eye; end of career!
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