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Blackpool
Set maker:  A&BC Chewing Gum
Set details: 1970/71 Footballers, Orange backs
Number in set: 255
Checklists: Series 1 (1-84), Series 2 (85-169), Series 3 (170-255), Team checklist
Links: Arsenal, Blackpool, Burnley, Chelsea, Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Derby County, Everton, Ipswich Town, Leeds United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Nottingham Forest, Southampton, Stoke City, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Checklists, Variants and error cards.
1. Goalkeeper
70/71 League App. Gls
Harry Thompson 19 0
Alan Taylor 10 0
Neil Ramsbotham 9 0
Alan Burridge 3 0
Adam Blackslaw 1 0

 

2. Right back
70/71 League App. Gls
Jimmy Armfield 26 0
Terry Alcock 5 0
Dave Hatton 5 0
Henry Mowbray 4 0
Tony Green 1 0
Peter Nicholson 1 0
3. Left back
70/71 League App. Gls
Henry Mowbray 18 0
Bill Bentley 16 0
Peter Suddaby 3 0
John Craven 2 0
Dave Hatton 2 0
Peter Nicholson 1 0
4. Right half
70/71 League App. Gls
Fred Kemp 14 1
Bill Bentley 8 0
John Johnston 8 0
Dave Hatton 6 0
Peter Suddaby 2 0
Henry Mowbray 2 0
John Craven 1 0
Peter Nicholson 1 0
5. Centre half
70/71 League App. Gls
Glyn James 35 1
Terry Alcock 7 0
6. Left half
70/71 League App. Gls
Dave Hatton 21 0
Terry Alcock 11 0
Peter Suddaby 8 0
Bill Bentley 2 0
7. Right wing
70/71 League App. Gls
Mick Burns 25 9
Ron Brown 3 1
Tony Green 3 0
Tom Hutchison 2 0
Fred Kemp 2 0
William McGrotty 2 1
Tony Coleman 1 0
John Johnston 1 0
Fred Pickering 1 0
Alan Suddick 1 0
8. Inside right
70/71 League App. Gls
Tony Green 26 3
John Craven 7 2
Graham Rowe 3 0
Fred Kemp 2 0
Tom Hutchison 1 0
Henry Mowbray 1 0
Alan Suddick 1 0
Dennis Wann 1 0
9. Centre forward
70/71 League App. Gls
John Craven 26 5
Fred Pickering 11 7
John Hughes 2 0
Graham Rowe 2 0
Mick Burns 1 0
10. Inside left
70/71 League App. Gls
Alan Suddick 14 1
Tony Coleman 10 0
Dennis Wann 8 0
Bill Bentley 5 0
John Craven 3 1
John Johnston 1 0
Fred Pickering 1 0
11. Left wing
70/71 League App. Gls
Tom Hutchison 35 1
Tony Coleman 6 0
Mick Burns 1 1
Substitutes


Transferred to Barnsley, June 1970
70/71 League App. Gls
Mick Burns 3 0
Peter Nicholson 3 0
John Johnston 2 0
John Murray 2 0
Alan Suddick 2 0
Ronnie Brown 1 0
John Craven 1 0
John Hughes 1 0
Glyn James 1 0
William McGrotty 1 0
Fred Pickering 1 0
Dennis Wann 1 0

1970/71 League record

  P W D L F A Pts
Home 21 3 9 9 22 31  
Away 21 1 6 14 12 35  
Total 42 4 15 23 34 66 23
League position: 22nd

Team facts - 1970/71

Home ground Bloomfield Road
Ground capacity

38,000

Manager Bob Stokoe
Club captain Jimmy Armfield

Previous 5 seasons...

1965/66 Division 1 - 13th
1966/67

Division 1 - 22nd

1967/68 Division 2 - 3rd
1968/69 Division 2 - 8th
1969/70 Division 2 - 2nd

Next 4 seasons...

1971/72 Division 2 - 6th
1972/73

Division 2 - 7th

1973/74 Division 2 - 5th
1974/75 Division 2 - 7th

1970/71 F.A. Cup

 Rnd

Opponent

Result
3 v. West Ham Utd. 4-0
4 v. Hull City 0-2

 

1970/71 League Cup

 Rnd

Opponent

Result
2 v. Newport Co. 4-1
3 v. Bristol City 0-1

1970/71 League home record

17/08/70 v. Liverpool D 0-0  
22/08/70 v. W.B.A. W 3-1 Brown, Pickering
05/09/70 v. Southampton L 0-3  
19/09/70 v. Everton L 0-2  
03/10/70 v. Stoke City D 1-1 Burns
17/10/70 v. Huddersfield T. D 2-2 Burns, Green
24/10/70 v. Chelsea L 3-4 Pickering 2, Suddick
07/11/70 v. Arsenal L 0-1  
28/11/70 v. Ipswich Town L 0-2  
12/12/70 v. Coventry City W 1-0 Craven
26/12/70 v. Burnley D 1-1 Burns
16/01/71 v. Manchester City D 3-3 Craven, Pickering 2
06/02/71 v. Wolver. Wand. L 0-2  
20/02/71 v. Derby County L 0-1  
27/02/71 v. West Ham Utd. D 1-1 Kemp
13/03/71 v. Leeds United D 1-1 Craven
03/04/71 v. Newcastle United L 0-1  
12/04/71 v. Tottenham H. D 0-0  
17/04/71 v. Nottingham For. L 2-3 McGrotty, Craven
26/04/71 v. Crystal Palace W 3-1 Burns 2, Craven
01/05/71 v. Manchester Utd. D 1-1 Green

1970/71 League away record

15/08/70 v. Huddersfield Town L 0-3  
26/08/70 v. Manchester City L 0-2  
29/08/70 v. Newcastle Utd. W 2-1 Craven
02/09/70 v. Crystal Palace L 0-1  
12/09/70 v. Tottenham H. L 0-3  
26/09/70 v. Manchester Utd. D 1-1 Burns
10/10/70 v. Nottingham For. L 1-3 Burns
31/10/70 v. West Ham Utd. L 1-2 Green
14/11/70 v. Leeds United L 1-3 Craven
21/11/70 v. Derby County L 0-2  
05/12/70 v. Wolver. Wand. L 0-1  
19/12/70 v. W.B.A. D 1-1 James
09/01/71 v. Liverpool D 2-2 Pickering, Burns
30/01/71 v. Ipswich Town L 1-2 Burns
13/02/71 v. Coventry City L 0-2  
06/03/71 v. Chelsea L 0-2  
20/03/71 v. Arsenal L 0-1  
27/03/71 v. Southampton D 1-1 Burns
10/04/71 v. Burnley L 0-1  
13/04/71 v. Stoke City D 1-1 Hutchison
24/04/71 v. Everton D 0-0 Kennedy