About Blackpool F.C.

Blackpool Football Club are an English football club from the Lancashire seaside resort of Blackpool, who will next season be playing in The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, after winning the 2006-07 League One play-off final. The club's home ground is Bloomfield Road and their nicknames include The 'Pool, The Seasiders and The Tangerines, the latter stemming from their home colour. They have a fierce rivalry with local arch-enemy Preston North End. Blackpool's most famous achievement is winning the 1953 FA Cup Final, the so-called "Matthews Final", in which they beat Bolton Wanderers 4-3, overturning a 1-3 deficit in the closing stages of the game.