# Mighty Blackpool F.C.
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{{Short description|Association football club in Sierra Leone}}
{{Infobox football club
| clubname = Mighty Blackpool
| image = Mighty Blackpool.jpg
| upright = 0.6
| fullname = Mighty Blackpool
| nickname = ''The Tis-Tas Boys''
| founded = {{start date and years ago|1923|df=yes}}
| ground = [National Stadium](/source/National_Stadium_(Sierra_Leone))
[Freetown](/source/Freetown), [Sierra Leone](/source/Sierra_Leone)
| capacity = 45,000
| chairman = {{flagicon|Sierra Leone}} [Mohamed Bah](/source/Mohamed_Bah)
| manager = {{flagicon|Sierra Leone}} [Alusine ‘Bala’ Kargbo](/source/Alusine_%E2%80%98Bala%E2%80%99_Kargbo)
| league = [Sierra Leone National Premier League](/source/Sierra_Leone_National_Premier_League)
| season = 2024–2025
| position = '''10th'''
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'''Mighty Blackpool''' is a [Sierra Leone](/source/Sierra_Leone)an [football](/source/Association_football) club based in the capital [Freetown](/source/Freetown). They play in the [Sierra Leone National Premier League](/source/Sierra_Leone_National_Premier_League), the top football league in the country. Blackpool represents the West End of Freetown and their home games are played at the [National Stadium](/source/National_Stadium_(Sierra_Leone)) in Freetown.
The club was founded in 1923 under the name '''Socro United''' and they are the oldest and most successful football club in Sierra Leone, having won the Premier League fifteen times and the [FA Cup](/source/Sierra_Leonean_FA_Cup) four times. They changed their name to Mighty Blackpool in 1954 to show their admiration for the former [Blackpool](/source/Blackpool_FC) and [England](/source/England_national_football_team) player [Stanley Matthews](/source/Stanley_Matthews).[[https://web.archive.org/web/20100927030440/http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/sport/2010/08/100809_blackpoolsl.shtml Mighty Blackpool F.C. Sierra Leone] BBC
]
Mighty Blackpool have an intense [rivalry](/source/sports_rivalry) with city rivals [East End Lions](/source/East_End_Lions).
== History ==
Although Mighty Blackpool have won the league title fifteen times, the last time they were league champions was in the 2001 season after a dramatic finish to the season saw them finish one point ahead of [Old Edwardians](/source/Old_Edwardians_F.C.).[{{cite news|title=Blackpool win new Leone league|work=[BBC Sport](/source/BBC_Sport)|date=7 August 2001|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/1477677.stm|access-date=18 July 2007|archive-date=10 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510061947/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/1477677.stm|url-status=live}}]
In 1989, Mighty Blackpool reached the quarter-final stages of the [African Cup of Champions Clubs](/source/African_Cup_of_Champions_Clubs); the first time a club from Sierra Leone had reached that stage. In the first round, they beat reigning champions [ES Sétif](/source/ES_S%C3%A9tif) from [Algeria](/source/Algeria) and on the second round beat [Djoliba Athletic Club](/source/Djoliba_Athletic_Club) from [Mali](/source/Mali), before losing to [Tonnerre Yaounde](/source/Tonnerre_Yaounde) from [Cameroon](/source/Cameroon) in the quarter finals.[{{cite news|title=Blackpool wallops Golf Leopard 2–0 |publisher=The New Citizen |date=17 July 2007 |url=http://www.christiantrede.com/webdesign/clients/newcitizen/sportpage.php?subaction=showfull&id=1184673196&archive=&start_from=&ucat=9 |access-date=22 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009220220/http://www.christiantrede.com/webdesign/clients/newcitizen/sportpage.php?subaction=showfull&id=1184673196&archive=&start_from=&ucat=9 |archive-date=9 October 2007 |url-status=dead }}]
Mighty Blackpool's record in the [African Cup of Champions Clubs](/source/African_Cup_of_Champions_Clubs) has mostly seen them eliminated in the early rounds. In [1968](/source/African_Cup_of_Champions_Clubs_1968), they were due to play [Congolese](/source/Republic_of_the_Congo) club, [Étoile du Congo](/source/%C3%89toile_du_Congo) in the preliminary round but withdrew from the competition before the matches were played handing Étoile du Congo a walkover, and in [1975](/source/African_Cup_of_Champions_Clubs_1975), they lost 3–0 on aggregate to [Djoliba Athletic Club](/source/Djoliba_Athletic_Club) of [Mali](/source/Mali) in the first round. In [1979](/source/African_Cup_of_Champions_Clubs_1979), they again lost in the first round, drawing 4–4 with [Accra Hearts of Oak SC](/source/Accra_Hearts_of_Oak_SC) of [Ghana](/source/Ghana) on aggregate but losing out on penalties 4–2. And in [1980](/source/African_Cup_of_Champions_Clubs_1980) they lost to [ASF Police](/source/ASF_Police) of [Senegal](/source/Senegal) 4–1 on aggregate in the first round.
In [1989](/source/African_Cup_of_Champions_Clubs_1989), they reached the Quarterfinal stage of the African Cup of Champions Clubs. In the preliminary round, they had a walkover, when Benfica withdrew from the competition. In the first round, they beat [Algeria](/source/Algeria)n club [ES Sétif](/source/ES_S%C3%A9tif) 5–3 on penalties after the two matches ended all square at 1–1. In the second round, they met Djoliba Athletic Club again, this time winning 2–1 on aggregate. They went out of the competition in the Quarter Final stage losing 4–1 to [Cameroon](/source/Cameroon) club, [Tonnerre Yaoundé](/source/Tonnerre_Yaound%C3%A9).[{{cite web
| title = African Club Competitions 1989
| publisher = [Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation](/source/Rec.Sport.Soccer_Statistics_Foundation)
| date = 18 May 2002
| url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afcup89.html
| access-date = 18 March 2008
| archive-date = 4 February 2023
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230204045202/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afcup89.html
| url-status = live
}}] In [1992](/source/African_Cup_of_Champions_Clubs_1992), they were again eliminated in the first round, this time by [Canon Yaoundé](/source/Canon_Yaound%C3%A9) of Cameroon after beating [LPRC Oilers](/source/Liberia_Petroleum_Refining_Company_Oilers) of [Liberia](/source/Liberia) in the preliminary round.[{{cite web
| title = African Club Competitions 1992
| publisher = [Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation](/source/Rec.Sport.Soccer_Statistics_Foundation)
| date = 6 January 2003
| url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afcup92.html
| access-date = 18 March 2008
| archive-date = 5 October 2018
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181005024025/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/afcup92.html
| url-status = live
}}]
In [2006](/source/CAF_Confederation_Cup_2006), they played in the [CAF Confederation Cup](/source/CAF_Confederation_Cup), losing to [CSS Richard-Toll](/source/CSS_Richard-Toll) of Senegal in the preliminary round.[{{cite web
| title = African Club Competitions 2006
| publisher = [Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation](/source/Rec.Sport.Soccer_Statistics_Foundation)
| date = 7 September 2007
| url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afcup06.html
| access-date = 18 March 2008
| archive-date = 24 July 2022
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220724105150/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afcup06.html
| url-status = live
}}]
== Honours ==
=== League ===
*'''[Sierra Leone National Premier League](/source/Sierra_Leone_National_Premier_League) champions: 6''' [{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sierchamp.html |title=Sierra Leone – List of Champions |access-date=4 February 2023 |archive-date=7 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207204751/https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sierchamp.html |url-status=live }}]
:: 1968 (not official championship),