AFC Blackpool

FORMED
1947

MANAGER
John Salanki

GROUND
Mechanics Ground

TWITTER
@AFCBlackpool

Current Position: 21st

P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
15	2	2	11	18	31	8

Current Form: 18th

P	W	D	L	F	A
6	1	1	4	8	14

Last Six Matches:

Date	Opponent	Score
17/10/26	Colne (H)	D 1-1
14/10/26	Garstang (H)	L 0-2
10/10/26	Uppermill (A)	W 4-1
03/10/26	Ashton Town (A)	L 0-4
26/09/26	Barnoldswick Town (A)	L 1-3
23/09/26	Thornton Cleveleys (H)	L 2-3

Next Six Matches:

Date	Opponent	K.O.
24/10/26	Ashton Athletic (H)	15:00
07/11/26	Maine Road (A)	15:00
10/11/26	Holker Old Boys (A)	19:45
14/11/26	Colne (A)	15:00
18/11/26	Steeton (H)	19:45
21/11/26	Ashville (A)	15:00

Latest News:

	AFC Blackpool counting the cost after break-in
	The Mechanics have had a break-in at Jepson Way

	Martin Baird Steps down at AFC Blackpool
	The Mechanics boss has stepped down due to work commitments.

	Bounty to be had at Jepson Way near the Aero-drome
	AFC Blackpool to salute its patrons with a free brew and Chocolate Bar this weekend

	JT Makes his PNE Debut
	Former AFC Blackpool star Jamie Thomas has recently made his debut in The Championship for Preston North End

Fixtures & Results

Date	Opposition	H/A	K.O.	Score	Goalscorers
Sat 01/08/26	Ashton Athletic	A	15:00	L 0-2
Tue 04/08/26	Maghull	A	19:45	L 0-1
Sat 08/08/26	Maine Road	A	15:00	L 0-4
	(The Edward Case Cup P N)
Wed 12/08/26	Cammell Laird 1907	H	19:45	D 1-1	Charlie King (54p)
Sat 15/08/26	Route One Rovers	A	15:00	LOST	Ethan Brough (3) Charlie King (35) Oliver Hesford (58)
	(The FA Vase 1Q)
	(3-3 after 90 mins, Route One Rovers won 6-5 on pens)
Wed 19/08/26	Darwen FC	A	19:45	L 2-3	Charlie King (5) Blessing Igharo (45)
Sat 22/08/26	Flixton	A	15:00	L 1-3	Blessing Igharo (84)
Sat 29/08/26	Halewood Apollo	H	15:00	W 2-1	Alfie Cox (18) Alfie Cox (54)
Mon 31/08/26	Daisy Hill	A	19:45	L 0-1
Sat 05/09/26	Bacup Borough	A	15:00	L 1-2	Caden Beckett (11)
Sat 12/09/26	Cammell Laird 1907	A	15:00	L 3-4	Alfie Cox (19) Charlie King (28) Alexander McLoughlin (85)
Sat 19/09/26	Holker Old Boys	H	15:00	L 1-2	Charlie King (30)
Wed 23/09/26	Thornton Cleveleys	H	19:45	L 2-3	Charlie King (25) Caden Beckett (73)
Sat 26/09/26	Barnoldswick Town	A	15:00	L 1-3	Seifeldein Aboelela (77)
	(The Macron Cup 1)
Sat 03/10/26	Ashton Town	A	15:00	L 0-4
Sat 10/10/26	Uppermill	A	15:00	W 4-1	Blessing Igharo (35) David Rossall (47) Charlie King (52) Dominic Ritchie (78)
Wed 14/10/26	Garstang	H	19:45	L 0-2
Sat 17/10/26	Colne	H	15:00	D 1-1	Blessing Igharo (31)
Sat 24/10/26	Ashton Athletic	H	15:00
Sat 07/11/26	Maine Road	A	15:00
Tue 10/11/26	Holker Old Boys	A	19:45
Sat 14/11/26	Colne	A	15:00
Wed 18/11/26	Steeton	H	19:45
Sat 21/11/26	Ashville	A	15:00
Sat 28/11/26	AFC Knowsley	A	15:00
Sat 05/12/26	Ashton Town	H	15:00
Sat 12/12/26	Maine Road	H	15:00
Sat 26/12/26	Squires Gate	H	15:00
Sat 02/01/27	Woolton	A	15:00
Sat 09/01/27	AFC Knowsley	H	15:00
Sat 16/01/27	Uppermill	H	15:00
Sat 23/01/27	Bacup Borough	H	15:00
Sat 30/01/27	Fulwood Amateurs	A	15:00
Sat 06/02/27	Steeton	A	15:00
Sat 13/02/27	Ashville	H	15:00
Fri 26/02/27	Thornton Cleveleys	A	19:45
Sat 06/03/27	Darwen FC	H	15:00
Wed 10/03/27	Fulwood Amateurs	H	19:45
Sat 13/03/27	Garstang	A	15:00
Sat 20/03/27	Flixton	H	15:00
Sat 27/03/27	Woolton	H	15:00
Mon 29/03/27	Squires Gate	A	15:00
Sat 03/04/27	Maghull	H	15:00
Sat 10/04/27	Halewood Apollo	A	15:00
Sat 17/04/27	Daisy Hill	H	15:00

Fixtures & Results

Date	Opposition	KO/Score
Sat 01/08/26	Ashton Athletic (A)	L 0-2
Tue 04/08/26	Maghull (A)	L 0-1
Sat 08/08/26	Maine Road (A)	L 0-4
(The Edward Case Cup P N)
Wed 12/08/26	Cammell Laird 1907 (H)	D 1-1
Sat 15/08/26	Route One Rovers (A)	L
(The FA Vase 1Q)
(3-3 after 90 mins, Route One Rovers won 6 5 on pens)
Wed 19/08/26	Darwen FC (A)	L 2-3
Sat 22/08/26	Flixton (A)	L 1-3
Sat 29/08/26	Halewood Apollo (H)	W 2-1
Mon 31/08/26	Daisy Hill (A)	L 0-1
Sat 05/09/26	Bacup Borough (A)	L 1-2
Sat 12/09/26	Cammell Laird 1907 (A)	L 3-4
Sat 19/09/26	Holker Old Boys (H)	L 1-2
Wed 23/09/26	Thornton Cleveleys (H)	L 2-3
Sat 26/09/26	Barnoldswick Town (A)	L 1-3
(The Macron Cup 1)
Sat 03/10/26	Ashton Town (A)	L 0-4
Sat 10/10/26	Uppermill (A)	W 4-1
Wed 14/10/26	Garstang (H)	L 0-2
Sat 17/10/26	Colne (H)	D 1-1
Sat 24/10/26	Ashton Athletic (H)	15:00
Sat 07/11/26	Maine Road (A)	15:00
Tue 10/11/26	Holker Old Boys (A)	19:45
Sat 14/11/26	Colne (A)	15:00
Wed 18/11/26	Steeton (H)	19:45
Sat 21/11/26	Ashville (A)	15:00
Sat 28/11/26	AFC Knowsley (A)	15:00
Sat 05/12/26	Ashton Town (H)	15:00
Sat 12/12/26	Maine Road (H)	15:00
Sat 26/12/26	Squires Gate (H)	15:00
Sat 02/01/27	Woolton (A)	15:00
Sat 09/01/27	AFC Knowsley (H)	15:00
Sat 16/01/27	Uppermill (H)	15:00
Sat 23/01/27	Bacup Borough (H)	15:00
Sat 30/01/27	Fulwood Amateurs (A)	15:00
Sat 06/02/27	Steeton (A)	15:00
Sat 13/02/27	Ashville (H)	15:00
Fri 26/02/27	Thornton Cleveleys (A)	19:45
Sat 06/03/27	Darwen FC (H)	15:00
Wed 10/03/27	Fulwood Amateurs (H)	19:45
Sat 13/03/27	Garstang (A)	15:00
Sat 20/03/27	Flixton (H)	15:00
Sat 27/03/27	Woolton (H)	15:00
Mon 29/03/27	Squires Gate (A)	15:00
Sat 03/04/27	Maghull (H)	15:00
Sat 10/04/27	Halewood Apollo (A)	15:00
Sat 17/04/27	Daisy Hill (H)	15:00

Squad Members

	Start	Sub	Start	Sub	Red	Yellow
Player Name	Appearances		Goals		Cards		Mom
Seifeldein Aboelela	2	7	1	0	0	0	0
Shakil Ali	10	0	0	0	0	0	1
Harry Ascroft (GK)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Caden Beckett	10	2	2	0	1	0	2
Ethan Benn	7	6	0	0	0	0	0
Finlay Brooks	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ethan Brough	7	9	1	0	0	0	0
Mohammed Butt	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
Kieron Channon	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
Alfie Cox	10	1	3	0	0	1	0
Jake Dennett	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mahamadou Diallo	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Billy Dollin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luis Dos Santos	5	2	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas Ellershaw	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Justin Griffiths (GK)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jackson Habermacher	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Hay	8	0	0	0	1	1	0
Oliver Hesford	5	6	1	0	1	2	1
Joseph Hooper	11	3	0	0	1	0	0
Blessing Igharo	15	2	4	0	1	2	4
Marcus Jennings (GK)	11	0	0	0	0	0	1
Angel Karadzhinov	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jayden Kay	8	2	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie King	13	4	7	0	0	1	2
George Lord	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Alexander McLoughlin	14	1	1	0	0	0	0
Sam Montgomery	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mathew Pooke	6	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dominic Ritchie	0	3	1	0	0	1	0
David Rossall	6	0	1	0	0	0	0
Aaron Smith	13	3	0	0	0	5	1
Jay Smith	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
James Stanley	2	1	0	0	0	3	0
Scott Stirling	7	0	0	0	0	0	2
Abdullah Zaffar	9	3	0	0	0	1	0

Former Squad Members

	Start	Sub	Start	Sub	Red	Yellow
Player Name	Appearances		Goals		Cards		Mom
Carson Greaves	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Cherijo Jawla Jallow	2	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jimmy McPhee	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Robbie McPhee	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Staff Members

Name
Scott Christy		Assistant Manager
Justin Jennings		Coach
Mark McLoughlin		Coach
Dominic Moore		Coach
Johnathan Salanki		Manager
Stephen Waters		First Aider

Squad Members

Player Name	Appearances	Goals	Reds	Yellows	Mom
Seifeldein Aboelela	2+7	1	0	0	0
Shakil Ali	10	0	0	0	1
Harry Ascroft	4	0	0	0	0
Caden Beckett	10+2	2	1	0	2
Ethan Benn	7+6	0	0	0	0
Finlay Brooks	0+1	0	0	0	0
Ethan Brough	7+9	1	0	0	0
Mohammed Butt	1+3	0	0	0	0
Kieron Channon	1+1	0	0	1	0
Alfie Cox	10+1	3	0	1	0
Jake Dennett	0	0	0	0	0
Mahamadou Diallo	0+1	0	0	1	0
Billy Dollin	0	0	0	0	0
Luis Dos Santos	5+2	0	0	0	0
Thomas Ellershaw	0	0	0	0	0
Justin Griffiths	3	0	0	0	0
Jackson Habermacher	3	0	0	0	0
John Hay	8	0	1	1	0
Oliver Hesford	5+6	1	1	2	1
Joseph Hooper	11+3	0	1	0	0
Blessing Igharo	15+2	4	1	2	4
Marcus Jennings	11	0	0	0	1
Angel Karadzhinov	2	0	0	0	0
Jayden Kay	8+2	0	0	0	0
Charlie King	13+4	7	0	1	2
George Lord	1+2	0	0	0	0
Alexander McLoughlin	14+1	1	0	0	0
Sam Montgomery	1+2	0	0	0	0
Mathew Pooke	6+1	0	0	0	0
Dominic Ritchie	0+3	1	0	1	0
David Rossall	6	1	0	0	0
Aaron Smith	13+3	0	0	5	1
Jay Smith	1+4	0	0	0	0
James Stanley	2+1	0	0	3	0
Scott Stirling	7	0	0	0	2
Abdullah Zaffar	9+3	0	0	1	0

Former Squad Members

Player Name	Appearances	Goals	Reds	Yellows	Mom
Carson Greaves	0+3	0	0	0	0
Cherijo Jawla Jallow	2+2	0	0	0	1
Jimmy McPhee	0	0	0	0	0
Robbie McPhee	0	0	0	0	0

Staff Members

Name
Scott Christy		Assistant Manager
Justin Jennings		Coach
Mark McLoughlin		Coach
Dominic Moore		Coach
Johnathan Salanki		Manager
Stephen Waters		First Aider

Squad Members

Player Name	Apps	Goals
Seifeldein Aboelela	2+7	1
Shakil Ali	10	0
Harry Ascroft (GK)	4	0
Caden Beckett	10+2	2
Ethan Benn	7+6	0
Finlay Brooks	0+1	0
Ethan Brough	7+9	1
Mohammed Butt	1+3	0
Kieron Channon	1+1	0
Alfie Cox	10+1	3
Jake Dennett	0	0
Mahamadou Diallo	0+1	0
Billy Dollin	0	0
Luis Dos Santos	5+2	0
Thomas Ellershaw	0	0
Justin Griffiths (GK)	3	0
Jackson Habermacher	3	0
John Hay	8	0
Oliver Hesford	5+6	1
Joseph Hooper	11+3	0
Blessing Igharo	15+2	4
Marcus Jennings (GK)	11	0
Angel Karadzhinov	2	0
Jayden Kay	8+2	0
Charlie King	13+4	7
George Lord	1+2	0
Alexander McLoughlin	14+1	1
Sam Montgomery	1+2	0
Mathew Pooke	6+1	0
Dominic Ritchie	0+3	1
David Rossall	6	1
Aaron Smith	13+3	0
Jay Smith	1+4	0
James Stanley	2+1	0
Scott Stirling	7	0
Abdullah Zaffar	9+3	0

Former Squad Members

Player Name	Apps	Goals
Carson Greaves	0+3	0
Cherijo Jawla Jallow	2+2	0
Jimmy McPhee	0	0
Robbie McPhee	0	0

Staff Members

Name
Scott Christy		Assistant Manager
Justin Jennings		Coach
Mark McLoughlin		Coach
Dominic Moore		Coach
Johnathan Salanki		Manager
Stephen Waters		First Aider

Statistics

Match Summary
Biggest Home Win	2-1	29/08/26 v Halewood Apollo (First Division North)
Biggest Away Win	4-1	10/10/26 v Uppermill (First Division North)
Biggest Home Defeat	0-2	14/10/26 v Garstang (First Division North)
Biggest Away Defeat	0-4	08/08/26 v Maine Road (The Edward Case Cup) 03/10/26 v Ashton Town (First Division North)
Highest Drawn Home Game	1-1	12/08/26 v Cammell Laird 1907 (First Division North) 17/10/26 v Colne (First Division North)
Highest Drawn Away Game	3-3	15/08/26 v Route One Rovers (The FA Vase)
Highest Aggregate Home Scoreline	5	2-3 23/09/26 v Thornton Cleveleys (First Division North)
Highest Aggregate Away Scoreline	7	3-4 12/09/26 v Cammell Laird 1907 (First Division North)

Season at a Glance
	Home		Away		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Played	6		12		18
Won	1	16.67%	1	8.33%	2	11.11%
Drawn	2	33.33%	1	8.33%	3	16.67%
Lost	3	50.00%	10	83.33%	13	72.22%
Scored	7	1.17	15	1.25	22	1.22
Conceded	10	1.67	31	2.58	41	2.28

Progression in Cup Competitions
The FA Vase	1st Qualifying Round	3-3	Route One Rovers	(A)
	5-6 on penalties
The Macron Cup	1st Round	1-3	Barnoldswick Town	(A)
The Edward Case Cup	Preliminary Round North	0-4	Maine Road	(A)

Home Attendance Summary
Average Attendance	6 games	133

Number of Games Since
Last Win	2 games
Last Defeat	1 game
Goalless Draw	43 games
Score Draw	0 games
Scored A Goal	0 games
Fail To Score	1 game
Clean Sheet	20 games

Scored / Conceded This Season
	Scored		Conceded
	#	%	#	%
None	6	33.33%	0	0.00%
One	6	33.33%	6	33.33%
Two	3	16.67%	4	22.22%
Three	2	11.11%	5	27.78%
Four	1	5.56%	3	16.67%
Five or more	0	0.00%	0	0.00%

When the Goals Went In
	For		Against		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
0-15	3	13.64%	5	0.00%	3	4.76%
16-30	5	22.73%	8	19.51%	13	20.63%
31-45	4	18.18%	8	19.51%	12	19.05%
46-60	5	22.73%	3	7.32%	8	12.70%
61-75	1	4.55%	9	21.95%	10	15.87%
76-90	4	18.18%	7	17.07%	11	17.46%
90-105	0	0.00%	1	2.44%	1	1.59%
105-120	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%

History

AFC Blackpool was formed in 1947 under the name of Blackpool Metal Mechanics and played at Stanley Park for two years before moving to the current Jepson Way ground.

They played in local leagues before taking the step up to join the West Lancashire League. During this period in local league football they won many awards, taking the Division Two title of the Fylde District League in 1950/51 and in Division One were champions twice and runners-up three times in five consecutive years between 1953/54 and 1957/58. Numerous local cup competitions were also won, including the Lancashire Junior Shield in 1957/58, a competition they were to win again in 1960/61.

As the 50's drew to a close, Blackpool Mechanics decided to take the next step up and join the West Lancashire League. They were an almost immediate success, being runners-up in 1959/60 and champions for the next two seasons. Various cups and trophies from local competitions still regularly found their way to Jepson Way.

The club then took another step up the football ladder by joining the Lancashire Combination. The jump in standard meant the cups and honours that had poured into the trophy room dried up and it was not until the turn of the decade before many more honours were to come their way.

In 1972/73 they won the Lancashire Combination Bridge Shield and in 1974/75 they finished runners-up in the league, just one point behind champions Darwen.

They remained a strong team throughout the 70's although towards the end they suffered some poor results.

With the advent of the North West Counties League, Blackpool Mechanics were placed in Division Three and in 1985/86 were promoted to Division Two. At the end on 1991/92 they were promoted to Division One, but it was not a happy experience and the club returned to Division Two. After a few seasons of struggle, the club is now financially stable and looking forward to developing the club's potential both on and off the pitch.

In the summer of 2005 Blackpool Mechanics FC merged with Lytham St. Annes FC who had just won the West Lancashire League Division One title. Lytham St. Annes resigned from their own league and brought their resources and manpower to Jepson Way in a bid to launch the new look Mechanics in their push up the non-league football pyramid.

The club was re-named AFC Blackpool in May 2008 when Blackpool Mechanics FC and Squires Gate Junior FC got together to form one club. It was decided to mark the start of a new era by re-naming the club and the name 'AFC Blackpool' was chosen. The club leased a further piece of land adjacent to the ground in Jepson Way to accommodate the enlarged club and investment to improve the facilities was begun. The club ground in Jepson Way retains its name 'The Mechanics' to maintain a link with the past.

Season 2010/11 saw the club have probably its best season ever. The first team were promoted to the Premier Divison as Div.1 champions with a record breaking 28 wins and three draws in 34 league matches. They also reached the semi finals in both the 1st Divison Trophy and the League Cup.

There were notable sucesses in the Junior section too with the under 16s doing the league and cup double, the under 10's and 11's winning their respective Divisions and the under 14s also winning promotion.

With the club now providing football from under 6 through to open age the future is looking secure.

Matchday Information

Ground: Mechanics Ground

Address: Jepson Way, off Common Edge Road, Blackpool, Lancashire

Postcode: FY4 5FH

Telephone:

Midweek Night: Wednesday

2026/27 Admission Prices: £7 £4

Programme Price: Digital QR Code in club House

Directions: M6 to M55, exit at junction 4. At roundabout turn left along A583 to traffic lights, turn right into Whitehill Road, to traffic lights (2 miles). Go straight across the main road into Jepson Way, ground at top

Nearest Railway: Squires Gate (1.8 miles)

Nearest Bus Route to Ground: Number 11b from Blackpool Town Centre

Parking Facilities: Parking facilities at the side of the ground

Ground Facilities: Bar and Catering facilities

Additional Visitor Information:

Club Information

Legal Entity: Unincorporated

Ground: Mechanics Ground

Address: Jepson Way, off Common Edge Road, Blackpool, Lancashire

Postcode: FY4 5FH

Telephone:

Website: https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/afcblackpool2

Twitter: @AFCBlackpool

Registered Colours: Tangerine Shirts, Tangerine Shorts, Tangerine Socks

Registered Goalkeeper Colours: Green shirt, Green shorts, Green socks

Alternative Colours: Green Shirts, Green Shorts, Green Socks

Alternative Goalkeeper Colours: Black&Gold shirt,Black shorts,Blacksocks

Secretary: Jim Provan

Chairman: Billy Singleton

Manager: John Salanki

Programme Editor: Connor Goodinson

Committee / Directors: Henry Baldwin, Carole Webster,Thomas Baldwin, Billy Singleton, Phil Baldwin, Scott Christy, John Salanki, Jim Provan, William Walker, Stephen Waters,

County Affiliation: Lancashire FA

Year Formed: 1947

Record Attendance: 4,300 v FC United (18/02/06 at Bloomfield Road), 503 v Bootle (21/03/15 at The Mechanics)

Previous Leagues:

Fylde League
Blackpool &
Fylde Combination
West Lancashire League
Lancashire Combination

Honours:

NWCFL Division 1 Champions 2010/11
NWCFL Division 3 Champions 1985/86
Lancashire County FA Shield Winners 1957/58, 1960/61
West Lancashire League Champions 1960/61, 1961/62
Lancashire Combination Bridge Shield Winners 1972/73

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