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1985–86 Blackpool F.C. Season ...
The 1985–86 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 78th season (75th consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Three, then the third tier of English league football, finishing twelfth. Eamon O'Keefe was the club's top scorer, with seventeen goals. Table References * {{DEFAULTSORT:1985-86 Blackpool F.C. season Blackpool F.C. Blackpool F.C. seasons Blackpool F.C. Blackpool Football Club is a professional association football club based in the seaside town of Blackpool, Lancashire, England. The team competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1887, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985–86 In English Football
The 1985–86 season was the 106th season of competitive football in England. Timeline * 5 July 1985: Everton signed England striker Gary Lineker for £800,000. * 10 July 1985: Everton sold striker Andy Gray to Aston Villa for £150,000, six years after he first left Villa Park to sign for the Wolverhampton Wanderers. Gray departed from Goodison Park despite calls for manager Howard Kendall to retain him, as he helped Everton win three major trophies in his two seasons at the club. * 12 July 1985: West Bromwich Albion signed striker Imre Varadi from Sheffield Wednesday for £285,000. * 2 August 1985: Crystal Palace signed striker Ian Wright from Greenwich Borough. * 10 August 1985: Everton beat Manchester United 2–0 in the FA Charity Shield at Wembley. * 12 August 1985: Sheffield Wednesday signed striker Garry Thompson from West Bromwich Albion for £450,000. * 17 August 1985: The league season began. Defending champions Everton suffered a 3–1 defeat to Leicester City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football League Third Division
The Football League Third Division was the third tier of the English football league system in 1920–21 and again from 1958 until 1992. When the FA Premier League was formed, the division become the fourth tier level. In 2004, following the formation of the Football League Championship, the division was renamed Football League Two. Founder clubs of the Third Division (1920) Most of these clubs were drawn from what was then the top division of the 1919–20 Southern Football League, in an expansion of the Football League south of Birmingham. As Cardiff City was long considered a potential entrant for the Second Division due to their FA Cup exploits and Southern League dominance, they were sent directly into the Second Division and Grimsby Town, who finished in last place in the Second Division in 1919–20, were relegated. * Brentford * Brighton & Hove Albion * Bristol Rovers * Crystal Palace (inaugural champions in 1920–21) * Exeter City * Gillingham * Grimsby Town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Ellis (footballer)
Samuel Ellis (born 12 September 1946) is an English Association football, football coach (sports), coach and former player. He was most recently the assistant manager of Middlesbrough F.C., Middlesbrough. His only honour was guiding Blackpool F.C., Blackpool to promotion from Division Four to Division Three in 1984–85. Career Ellis was born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. In his younger days, he played as a centre-half for Sheffield Wednesday F.C., Sheffield Wednesday in the 1960s. As a teenager he made his debut in the 1966 FA Cup final against Everton F.C., Everton, in which his team lost 3– He then moved on to play for Mansfield Town F.C., Mansfield Town, Lincoln City F.C., Lincoln City, and Watford F.C., Watford. It was at Vicarage Road that he became coach and assistant manager to future England national football team, England boss Graham Taylor (footballer), Graham Taylor. With Ellis' help, Watford climbed the divisions before turning down a new contract in favour of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eamon O'Keefe
Eamonn Gerard O'Keefe (born 13 October 1953) is an English-born Irish former professional Association football, footballer. He played as a Forward (association football), forward, but in later years was moved into a Midfielder, midfield role. He moved from non-league Stalybridge Celtic F.C., Stalybridge Celtic to Plymouth Argyle F.C., Plymouth Argyle, and back into the non-league scene with Hyde United F.C., Hyde United in 1975. The next year he moved to Saudi Arabia to play for Al Hilal SFC, Al-Hilal, before returning to England in 1976 to sign with Mossley A.F.C., Mossley. His 1978–79 Northern Premier League, 1978–79 Northern Premier League success at the club won him a move to Everton F.C., Everton in 1979, before he was sold on to Wigan Athletic F.C., Wigan Athletic in 1982, who were on the verge of promotion into the Football League Third Division, Third Division. He switched to Port Vale F.C., Port Vale the next year, before penning a deal with Blackpool F.C., Blackpool ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competition in the world. It is organised by and named after The Football Association (The FA). Since 2015, it has been known as The Emirates FA Cup after its headline sponsor. A concurrent women's tournament is also held, the Women's FA Cup. The competition is open to all eligible clubs down to Level 9 of the English football league system with Level 10 clubs acting as stand-ins in the event of non-entries from above. Included in the competition are 20 professional clubs in the Premier League (level 1), 72 professional clubs in the English Football League (levels 2 to 4), and all clubs in steps 1–5 of the National League System (levels 5 to 9) as well as a tiny number of step 6 clubs acting as stand-ins for non-entries above. A record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football League Cup
The EFL Cup (referred to historically, and colloquially, as the League Cup), currently known as the Carabao Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual knockout competition and major trophy in men's domestic football in England. Organised by the English Football League (EFL), it is open to any club within the top four levels of the English football league system92 clubs in totalcomprising the top level Premier League, and the three divisions of the English Football League's own league competition (Championship, League One and League Two). First held in 1960–61 as the Football League Cup, it is one of the three top-tier domestic football competitions in England, alongside the Premier League and FA Cup. It concludes in February, long before the other two, which end in May. It was introduced by the league as a response to the increasing popularity of European football, and to also exert power over the FA. It also took advantage of the roll-out of floodlights, allowing the fixture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackpool F
Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Located on the northwest coast of England, it is the main settlement within the borough also called Blackpool. The town is by the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre rivers, and is north of Liverpool and northwest of Manchester. At the 2011 census, the unitary authority of Blackpool had an estimated population of 139,720 while the urban settlement had a population of 147,663, making it the most populous settlement in Lancashire, and the fifth-most populous in North West England after Manchester, Liverpool, Bolton and Warrington. The wider built-up area (which also includes additional settlements outside the unitary authority) had a population of 239,409, making it the fifth-most populous urban area in the North West after the Manchester, Liverpool, Preston and Birkenhead areas. It is home to the Blackpool Tower, which when built in 1894 was the tallest building in the British Empire. Throughout the Medieval an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in England from its foundation until 1992, when the top 22 clubs split from it to form the Premier League. The EFL is divided into the Championship, League One and League Two, with 24 clubs in each division, 72 in total, with promotion and relegation between them; the top Championship clubs change places with the lowest-placed clubs in the Premier League, and the bottom clubs of League Two with the top clubs of the National League. Although primarily an English competition, several clubs from Wales – currently Cardiff City, Swansea City and Newport County – also take part. The Football League had a sponsor from the 1983–84 season, and thus was known by various names. For the 2016–17 season, the league rebranded itself as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football In England
Association football is the most popular sport in England, where the first modern set of rules for the code were established in 1863, which were a major influence on the development of the modern Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game. With over 40,000 association football clubs, England has more clubs involved in the code than any other country. England hosts the world's first club, Sheffield F.C.; the world's oldest professional association football club, Notts County F.C., Notts County; the oldest national governing body, the Football Association; the joint-oldest English national football team, national team; the oldest national knockout competition, the FA Cup; and the oldest national league, the English Football League. Today England's top domestic league, the Premier League, is one of the most popular and richest sports leagues in the world, with five of the ten Forbes' list of the most valuable football clubs, richest football clubs in the world as of 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Football Clubs 1985–86 Season
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