AFC Blackpool

FORMED
1947

MANAGER
Martin Baird

GROUND
Mechanics Ground

TWITTER
@AFCBlackpool

Current Position: 11th

P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
3	2	0	1	9	9	6

Current Form: 4th

P	W	D	L	F	A
5	4	0	1	12	10

Last Six Matches:

Date	Opponent	Score
04/11/20	Daisy Hill (H)	W 3-1
28/10/20	Cleator Moor Celtic (H)	W 3-1
10/10/20	Esh Winning (A)	W 2-1
03/10/20	AFC Darwen (A)	L 3-7
19/09/20	Knaresborough Town (H)	W 1-0

Next Six Matches:

Date	Opponent	K.O.
05/12/20	Hallam (A)	15:00
19/12/20	AFC Darwen (H)	15:00
26/12/20	Garstang (A)	15:00
02/01/21	AFC Liverpool (H)	15:00
09/01/21	Bacup Borough (H)	15:00
23/01/21	Holker Old Boys (H)	15:00

Latest News:

	Baird brings in Hurst at Blackpool
	AFC Blackpool Manager Martin Baird has strengthened his backroom team with the arrival of Simon Hurst as Joint Assistant Manager

	McCaragher jets off back to Sweden to continue professional career
	Central midfielder Greg McCaragher's time with AFC Blackpool has come to an end as he flies back to Sweden

	Local community step in for AFC Blackpool
	Vandalism had left the ground in no state to host football, just weeks before the season was due to begin.

	Baird project building at The Mechanics
	AFC Blackpool boss wants his side to take care of the old cliches

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Fixtures & Results

Date	Opposition	H/A	K.O	Score	Goalscorers
Sat 19/09/20	Knaresborough Town	H	15:00	W 1-0	John (42)
	(The Buildbase FA Vase 1Q)
Sat 03/10/20	AFC Darwen	A	15:00	L 3-7	Conah Bishop (40) John Jo-Morris (45) Adam Sumner (65)
Tue 06/10/20	Bacup Borough	A	20:00	Postp
Sat 10/10/20	Esh Winning	A	15:00	W 2-1	Benjamin Duffield (30) Benjamin Duffield (70)
	(The Buildbase FA Vase 2Q)
Wed 14/10/20	Lower Breck	H	19:45	Postp
Sat 17/10/20	Prestwich Heys	A	15:00	Postp
Wed 21/10/20	Pilkington	A	19:45	Postp
Sat 24/10/20	Nelson	H	15:00	Postp
Wed 28/10/20	Cleator Moor Celtic	H	20:00	W 3-1	Jamie Thomas (36) Benjamin Duffield (67) Jamie Thomas (72)
Sat 31/10/20	Hallam	A	15:00	Postp
	(The Buildbase FA Vase 1)
Wed 04/11/20	Daisy Hill	H	19:45	W 3-1	Jamie Thomas (8) Jamie Thomas (29) Jamie Thomas (54)
Sat 05/12/20	Hallam	A	15:00
	(The Buildbase FA Vase 1)
Sat 19/12/20	AFC Darwen	H	15:00
Sat 26/12/20	Garstang	A	15:00
Sat 02/01/21	AFC Liverpool	H	15:00
Sat 09/01/21	Bacup Borough	H	15:00
Sat 23/01/21	Holker Old Boys	H	15:00
Sat 30/01/21	Chadderton	A	15:00
Sat 06/02/21	Bury AFC	A	15:00
Sat 13/02/21	Golcar United	H	15:00
Sat 20/02/21	Ashton Town	H	15:00
Sat 27/02/21	Nelson	A	15:00
Sat 06/03/21	St Helens Town	H	15:00
Sat 13/03/21	Cleator Moor Celtic	A	15:00
Sat 20/03/21	Atherton LR	A	15:00
Wed 31/03/21	Pilkington	H	19:45
Sat 03/04/21	Steeton	A	15:00
Mon 05/04/21	Garstang	H	15:00
Sat 10/04/21	Pilkington	A	15:00
Sat 17/04/21	Lower Breck	A	15:00
Sat 24/04/21	Chadderton	H	15:00
Sat 01/05/21	Holker Old Boys	A	15:00
Mon 03/05/21	Golcar United	A	15:00
Sat 08/05/21	Prestwich Heys	H	15:00
Tue 11/05/21	Ashton Town	A	19:45
Sat 15/05/21	Daisy Hill	A	15:00
Tue 18/05/21	Bacup Borough	A	20:00
Sat 22/05/21	Steeton	H	15:00
Mon 24/05/21	Nelson	H	19:45
Sat 29/05/21	AFC Liverpool	A	15:00
Mon 31/05/21	Lower Breck	H	15:00
Sat 12/06/21	Atherton LR	H	15:00
TBC	Bury AFC	H
TBC	Prestwich Heys	A
TBC	St Helens Town	A

Fixtures & Results

Date	Opposition	KO/Score
19/09/20	Knaresborough (H)	W 1-0
(The Buildbase FA Vase 1Q)
03/10/20	AFC Darwen (A)	L 3-7
06/10/20	Bacup Borough (A)	Postp
10/10/20	Esh Winning (A)	W 2-1
(The Buildbase FA Vase 2Q)
14/10/20	Lower Breck (H)	Postp
17/10/20	Prestwich Heys (A)	Postp
21/10/20	Pilkington (A)	Postp
24/10/20	Nelson (H)	Postp
28/10/20	Cleator Moor (H)	W 3-1
31/10/20	Hallam (A)	Postp
(The Buildbase FA Vase 1)
04/11/20	Daisy Hill (H)	W 3-1
05/12/20	Hallam (A)	15:00
(The Buildbase FA Vase 1)
19/12/20	AFC Darwen (H)	15:00
26/12/20	Garstang (A)	15:00
02/01/21	AFC Liverpool (H)	15:00
09/01/21	Bacup Borough (H)	15:00
23/01/21	Holker OB (H)	15:00
30/01/21	Chadderton (A)	15:00
06/02/21	Bury AFC (A)	15:00
13/02/21	Golcar United (H)	15:00
20/02/21	Ashton Town (H)	15:00
27/02/21	Nelson (A)	15:00
06/03/21	St Helens Town (H)	15:00
13/03/21	Cleator Moor (A)	15:00
20/03/21	Atherton LR (A)	15:00
31/03/21	Pilkington (H)	19:45
03/04/21	Steeton (A)	15:00
05/04/21	Garstang (H)	15:00
10/04/21	Pilkington (A)	15:00
17/04/21	Lower Breck (A)	15:00
24/04/21	Chadderton (H)	15:00
01/05/21	Holker OB (A)	15:00
03/05/21	Golcar United (A)	15:00
08/05/21	Prestwich Heys (H)	15:00
11/05/21	Ashton Town (A)	19:45
15/05/21	Daisy Hill (A)	15:00
18/05/21	Bacup Borough (A)	20:00
22/05/21	Steeton (H)	15:00
24/05/21	Nelson (H)	19:45
29/05/21	AFC Liverpool (A)	15:00
31/05/21	Lower Breck (H)	15:00
12/06/21	Atherton LR (H)	15:00
TBC	Bury AFC (H)
TBC	Prestwich Heys (A)
TBC	St Helens Town (A)

Squad Details

	Start	Sub	Start	Sub	Red	Yellow
Player Name	Appearances		Goals		Cards		Mom
Jacob Aspinall	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Martin Baird	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Conah Bishop	4	0	2	0	0	1	0
Ben Bradley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Robbie Bromley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Buchan	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
Jack Byrne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Cameron (GK)	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
Matthew Cassidy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jake Darnell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carnan Dawson	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
Francis Donaghy	2	1	0	0	1	2	0
Benjamin Duffield	3	0	2	0	0	1	0
Daniel Hall (GK)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Corey Harrison	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Higham	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
James Hughes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Connor Ikin	5	0	0	0	0	3	0
Kayode Leyland	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
William Marment	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
Jacob Marshall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Billy McKenna	0	3	0	0	1	0	0
Alexander McLoughlin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John-Jo Morris	5	0	2	0	0	0	0
Ryan Perkes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Daniel Pickering	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
Benjamin Roberts	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joseph Robinson	5	0	0	0	0	1	0
David Rossall	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Richard Seear	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lewis Simmons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Adam Sumner	5	0	1	0	0	0	1
Jamie Thomas	5	0	5	0	0	1	1
Ryan Vaughan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan White	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isaac Whitehead	1	2	0	0	0	1	0

* Indicates player is no longer a member of the squad

# Indicates player is awaiting International Clearance

Staff Members

Name
Martin Baird
Joseph Collins
Simon Hurst
Jack Taylor
Mark Williams

Squad Details

Player Name	Appearances	Goals	Reds	Yellows	Mom
Jacob Aspinall	1	0	0	0	0
Martin Baird	0	0		0
Conah Bishop	4	2	0	1	0
Ben Bradley	0	0		0
Robbie Bromley	0	0		0
Mark Buchan	3	0	0	1	0
Jack Byrne	0	0		0
Alex Cameron	3	0	0	1	0
Matthew Cassidy	0	0		0
Jake Darnell	0	0		0
Carnan Dawson	3	0	0	1	0
Francis Donaghy	3	0	1	2	0
Benjamin Duffield	3	2	0	1	0
Daniel Hall	0	0		0
Corey Harrison	0	0		0
Kyle Higham	0	0		0
James Hughes	0	0		0
Connor Ikin	0	0		0
Kayode Leyland	1	0	0	0	0
William Marment	0	0		0
Jacob Marshall	0	0		0
Billy McKenna	3	0	1	0	0
Alexander McLoughlin	0	0		0
John-Jo Morris	0	0		0
Ryan Perkes	0	0		0
Daniel Pickering	3	0	0	1	0
Benjamin Roberts	3	0	0	0	0
Joseph Robinson	5	0	0	1	0
David Rossall	0	0		0
Richard Seear	0	0		0
Lewis Simmons	0	0		0
Adam Sumner	0	0		0
Jamie Thomas	5	5	0	1	1
Ryan Vaughan	0	0		0
Ryan White	0	0		0
Isaac Whitehead	0	0		0

Squad Details

Player Name	Apps	Goals
Jacob Aspinall	1	0
Martin Baird	0	0
Conah Bishop	4	2
Ben Bradley	0	0
Robbie Bromley	0	0
Mark Buchan	3	0
Jack Byrne	0	0
Alex Cameron	3	0
Matthew Cassidy	0	0
Jake Darnell	0	0
Carnan Dawson	3	0
Francis Donaghy	3	0
Benjamin Duffield	3	2
Daniel Hall	0	0
Corey Harrison	0	0
Kyle Higham	0	0
James Hughes	0	0
Connor Ikin	0	0
Kayode Leyland	1	0
William Marment	0	0
Jacob Marshall	0	0
Billy McKenna	3	0
Alexander McLoughlin	0	0
John-Jo Morris	0	0
Ryan Perkes	0	0
Daniel Pickering	3	0
Benjamin Roberts	3	0
Joseph Robinson	5	0
David Rossall	0	0
Richard Seear	0	0
Lewis Simmons	0	0
Adam Sumner	0	0
Jamie Thomas	5	5
Ryan Vaughan	0	0
Ryan White	0	0
Isaac Whitehead	0	0

Statistics

Match Summary
Biggest Home Win	3-1	28/10/20 v Cleator Moor Celtic (First Division North)
Biggest Away Win	2-1	10/10/20 v Esh Winning (The Buildbase FA Vase)
Biggest Home Defeat		No home defeats at present
Biggest Away Defeat	3-7	03/10/20 v AFC Darwen (First Division North)
Highest Drawn Game		No draws at present
Highest Aggregate Scoreline	10	03/10/20 3-7 v AFC Darwen (A) (First Division North)

Season at a Glance
	Home		Away		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Played	3		2		5
Won	3	100.00%	1	50.00%	4	80.00%
Drawn	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
Lost	0	0.00%	1	50.00%	1	20.00%
Scored	7	2.33	5	2.50	12	2.40
Conceded	2	0.67	8	4.00	10	2.00

Progression in Cup Competitions
The Buildbase FA Vase	1st Round	v	Hallam	(A)
	To be played on Sat 05/12/20
First Division North		v	Bury AFC	(H)
	To be played on Sun 20/06/21

Home Attendance Summary
Highest Attendance	102	19/09/20 v Knaresborough Town (The Buildbase FA Vase)
Lowest Attendance	76	28/10/20 v Cleator Moor Celtic (First Division North)
Average Attendance	3 games	89

Number of Games Since
Last Win	0 games
Last Defeat	3 games
Goalless Draw	44 games
Score Draw	36 games
Scored A Goal	0 games
Fail To Score	6 games
Clean Sheet	4 games

Scored / Conceded This Season
	Scored		Conceded
	#	%	#	%
None	0	0.00%	1	20.00%
One	1	20.00%	3	60.00%
Two	1	20.00%	0	0.00%
Three	3	60.00%	0	0.00%
Four	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
Five or more	0	0.00%	1	20.00%

When the Goals Went In
	For		Against		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
0-15	1	8.33%	2	20.00%	3	13.64%
16-30	2	16.67%	2	20.00%	4	18.18%
31-45	4	33.33%	2	20.00%	6	27.27%
46-60	1	8.33%	1	10.00%	2	9.09%
61-75	4	33.33%	3	30.00%	7	31.82%
76-90	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
90-105	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
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 5DY

Telephone: 01253 761721

Midweek Night: Wednesday

2020/21 Admission Prices: £6 Adults, £3 Concessions

Programme Price: £2.00

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

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Nearest Railway: Squires Gate

Nearest Bus Route to Ground: Number 17 from Blackpool Town Centre

Parking Facilities: Parking facilities at the side of the ground

Ground Facilities: Bar and Catering facilities

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Club Information

Legal Entity: Unincorporated

Ground: Mechanics Ground

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

Postcode: FY4 5DY

Telephone: 01253 761721

Website: http://www.afcblackpool.org.uk/

Twitter: @AFCBlackpool

Registered Colours: Tangerine Shirts, Tangerine Shorts, White Stockings

Registered Goalkeeper Colours: Green Shirt, Green shorts, Green Socks

Alternative Colours: White Shirts, White Shorts, Orange Socks

Alternative Goalkeeper Colours: Yellow Shirt, Yellow Shorts, Yellow Socks

Secretary: Alan Lowe

Chairman: Henry Baldwin

Manager: Martin Baird

Programme Editor: Antony Clegg

Committee / Directors: Henry Baldwin, Alan Lowe, William Singleton, John Sanderson, Carole Webster, Kerry Rowe,

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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