Blackpool

FM20 Update

Club
4850Reputation
10Last season
£9,971,135Squad value
17338Capacity

Squad strength

FMDB calculation
50Players
21.6Average age
22Under 21
82Average ability
119Average potential
£9,971,135Squad value
£66,839Wage bill per week
10Nationalities
15Home-grown
17Expiring contracts
108CA16
125PA16

These are the FMDB's own figures over all 50 registered members of the primary team, not just the rows listed below; hover a figure for the population it was computed from. The wage bill is the sum of recorded contract wages, not an asserted payroll. Ages are taken at 1 July 2019, the start of the 2019–20 season from export_meta.game_start_year; no database stores an in-game date. Expiring contracts are those ending by 30 June 2020. CA16 and PA16 are the means of the sixteen highest recorded abilities and potentials; a coded potential enters PA16 at its band's midpoint and the figure says how many did. Home-grown counts players whose person_trained_status names this club.

Best eleven

FMDB calculation
The FMDB's own selection: the highest recorded current ability per slot of the supplied 4-3-3, each player used once, and only where player_position.competency for that slot is at least 10. Mean ability of the eleven 106, from the 46 strongest squad members.

Club

Full name
Blackpool
Short name
Blackpool
Nickname
—
Nation
England
Current division
Sky Bet League One
Continental competition
—
Founded
1887
Reputation
4850
Colours
#FFFFFF #EE6A08
Vice-captain
—
Other teams
—
Professional status
Professional
World reputation
—
Potential reputation
6000
Reputation scope
National
Reputation stars
World reputation (calculated)
0

Finances

Partial export
Balance
£1,000,000
Transfer budget
£50,000
Wage budget
£1,500
Debt
£0
Club value
—
Financial status
—
Owner
—
Shirt sponsor
—
Transfer embargo
No
Transfer budget before the window
£200,000
Maximum player wage
£2,500
Previous turnover
£3,810,469
Previous profit
−£2,162,827
Loans, gifts and FFP rows from club_finance, named by loan_source_type
Source Amount Terms
miscellaneousdebt£49,0570.01% interest
FFP starting totalffp total£4,416,655FFP year 2016
FFP starting totalffp total−£1,762,114FFP year 2016
FFP starting totalffp total£3,810,469FFP year 2017
FFP starting totalffp total−£2,162,827FFP year 2017

Balance is club_finance_detail.cash and Debt its basic_loan_debt, as authored. Every other club_finance row — loans, gifts and FFP totals — is listed by the source family loan_source_type gives it, with the amount's meaning on hover, rather than summed into a figure the source does not state. Club value, a named owner and a shirt sponsor are not established by the export.

Squad

50 people with a club_squad_number row for this teamSet-piece takers
Squad members with number, position, age, nationality, ability, contract, wage, value and last season
at 1 Jul 2019 CA PA Value Apps (Gls) 2019–20 HG As recorded
1Mark Gary Stephen Roger Megson HowardGK32England1091122020-06-30£2,000£367,350—Nation
2Teddy William HoweDR20England1041292022-06-30£1,800£417,8100 (0)Nation
4Jordan ThornileyDC22England1101282022-06-30£3,500£360,1800 (0)Nation
5Ryan Christopher EdwardsDC25England911152021-06-30£2,000£278,820—Nation
7Nathan Abayomi DelfounesoFC28England1071202021-06-30£2,500£439,800—Nation
8Jay Francis SpearingDMC30England1091252020-06-30£2,500£465,310—Nation
9Ryan HardieFC22Scotland991262021-06-30£3,000£300,200——
10Sulaiman Borbor KaikaiFC23England1101272021-06-30£3,500£400,200—Nation
11Liam Michael Feeney-HowardAMR32England1061122020-06-30£2,250£459,800—Nation
12Michael NottinghamDR30Saint Kitts and Nevis981152020-06-30£1,250£322,830—Nation
13Myles BoneyGK21England741252020-06-30£600£104,850—Club Nation
14Sean ScannellAMR28Republic of Ireland1091252020-06-30£3,500£489,8005 (1)Nation
16Ben GarrityMC22England801152021-06-30£800£95,19025 (10)Nation
17Matthew Joseph Virtue ThickMC22England981352021-06-30£3,000£360,810—Nation
19Abdillahie YussufFC26Tanzania841152021-06-30£1,750£239,800—Nation
20Oliver Anthony TurtonDR26England1011122020-06-30£1,200£348,330—Nation
21Armand GnanduilletFC27Ivory Coast1141152020-06-30£2,000£699,000——
22Jamie Martin DevittAMC28Republic of Ireland1031042021-06-30£1,800£429,800—Nation
24Joseph Andre NuttallFC22England1041252022-06-30£3,500£439,800—Nation
26James Andrew HusbandDL25England1101302021-06-30£3,500£340,1700 (0)Nation
27Grant Antony WardMR24England1081262021-06-30£2,000£455,810—Nation
28Jack Stephen John SimsGK20England55-52020-06-30£300£29,970—Club Nation
29Calum MacdonaldDL21Scotland901202021-06-30£800£170,1700 (0)Nation
30Gary Lee MadineFC28England1141232021-06-30£4,000£699,0008 (0)Nation
32Christopher Ethan MaxwellGK28Wales1051252020-06-30£3,000£337,35012 (0)—
33Yusifu CeesayAML24Spain721042020-06-30£500£74,9004 (0)—
34Nathan ShawMR18England751002020-06-30£400£80,655—Club Nation
35Ewan BangeFC17England60-52020-06-30£117£30,040—Club Nation
37Christoffer MafoumbiGK25Congo991152020-06-30£800£262,350——
39Owen WatkinsonFC18England60-52020-06-30£400£30,040—Club Nation
—Aaron Turner—15England65——£117£58,410——
—Andy Kanga—17England50——£117£11,362—Club Nation
—Cameron AntwiMC17England63-552020-06-30£117£34,162——
—Charlie Monks—15England65——£117£31,470——
—David John Ian Dunn Staff—39England——2020-06-30£2,000———
—Ellis Wilson—17England50——£117£15,162—Club Nation
—Harry Winstanley—17England50——£117£22,066—Club Nation
—Hayden Ravenscroft—17England50——£117£11,362—Club Nation
—John James Murphy Staff—42England———£800———
—Matthew Liptrott—17England50——£117£24,662—Club Nation
—Michael Fitzgerald—17England50——£117£8,540—Club Nation
—Nana AdarkwaAMR18England65-552020-06-30£117£39,960—Club Nation
—Neil Critchley Staff—40England——2023-06-30£3,500———
—Perez Goumou—15England———£117£450——
—Robert Apter—15England65——£117£28,538——
—Ryley Smith—17England50——£117£17,964—Club Nation
—Sam Kellett—17England50——£117£10,470—Club Nation
—Sean GrahamWBL18Northern Ireland70-552021-06-30£400£47,59510 (2)—
—Sky Sinclair—15England65——£117£63,665——
—William McGladdery—17England50——£117£15,162—Club Nation

Sort by clicking a column header. Hide columns you do not need; the choice is remembered in this browser. Apps (Gls) is the 2019–20 season, the latest player_history season recorded for anyone in this squad; it is named explicitly because no database records the date the game starts on.

Highest potential

FMDB calculation
Highest recorded potential ability across every team the club owns
Player Pos Age CA PA Value
Matthew Joseph Virtue ThickMC2298135£360,810
James Andrew HusbandDL25110130£340,170
Teddy William HoweDR20104129£417,810
Jordan ThornileyDC22110128£360,180
Sulaiman Borbor KaikaiFC23110127£400,200
Grant Antony WardMR24108126£455,810

The highest recorded player.potential_ability across all 1 of this club's team, one row per person. A negative potential is a coded band rather than a fixed ability and is shown as the code it is, never ranked as a number. Ages are season-start ages where the export records a start year; the list is ranked on potential alone, so it is not an age-filtered wonderkid list.

Facilities

Training only in the export
  • Training facilities5
  • Youth facilities—
  • Youth recruitment—
  • Junior coaching—
  • Corporate facilities—
Academy
—
Morale
14
Season ticket holders
5500
Average attendance
8500
Lowest and highest
3500 / 20000

club_facility carries training facilities only, in every version: youth facilities, youth recruitment, junior coaching and academy category are not in the export. The training ground is the stadium row that club_server names.

Key staff

Chairman
—
Managing Director
Ben Mansford
Director of Football
Tommy Johnson
Assistant Manager
David John Ian Dunn
Head of Youth Development
Warren Green

Roles held now from staff_history. "Unknown person" is a spell whose person uid this version does not contain.

League position by season

25 seasons on this page
Blackpool league position by season11224 1994–951998–992002–032006–072010–112014–152018–19Sky Bet League One, 1994–95: position 12 of 24Sky Bet League One, 1995–96: position 3 of 24Sky Bet League One, 1996–97: position 7 of 24Sky Bet League One, 1997–98: position 12 of 24Sky Bet League One, 1998–99: position 14 of 24Sky Bet League One, 1999–00: position 22 of 24Sky Bet League One, 2001–02: position 16 of 24Sky Bet League One, 2002–03: position 13 of 24Sky Bet League One, 2003–04: position 14 of 24Sky Bet League One, 2004–05: position 16 of 24Sky Bet League One, 2005–06: position 19 of 24Sky Bet League One, 2006–07: position 3 of 24Sky Bet League One, 2015–16: position 22 of 24Sky Bet League One, 2017–18: position 12 of 24Sky Bet League One, 2018–19: position 10 of 24Sky Bet Championship, 2007–08: position 19 of 24Sky Bet Championship, 2008–09: position 16 of 24Sky Bet Championship, 2009–10: position 6 of 24Sky Bet Championship, 2011–12: position 5 of 24Sky Bet Championship, 2012–13: position 15 of 24Sky Bet Championship, 2013–14: position 20 of 24Sky Bet Championship, 2014–15: position 24 of 24Sky Bet League Two, 2000–01: position 7 of 24Sky Bet League Two, 2016–17: position 7 of 24English Premier Division, 2010–11: position 19 of 20
Finishing position as recorded, 1 at the top, from the 25 season rows on this page.
Blackpool league position by season
SeasonCompetitionPosition
2018–19Sky Bet League One10
2017–18Sky Bet League One12
2016–17Sky Bet League Two7
2015–16Sky Bet League One22
2014–15Sky Bet Championship24
2013–14Sky Bet Championship20
2012–13Sky Bet Championship15
2011–12Sky Bet Championship5
2010–11English Premier Division19
2009–10Sky Bet Championship6
2008–09Sky Bet Championship16
2007–08Sky Bet Championship19
2006–07Sky Bet League One3
2005–06Sky Bet League One19
2004–05Sky Bet League One16
2003–04Sky Bet League One14
2002–03Sky Bet League One13
2001–02Sky Bet League One16
2000–01Sky Bet League Two7
1999–00Sky Bet League One22
1998–99Sky Bet League One14
1997–98Sky Bet League One12
1996–97Sky Bet League One7
1995–96Sky Bet League One3
1994–95Sky Bet League One12

Honours

FMDB calculation

Competitions won by any of this club's 1 recorded team, counted from comp_history. Confirmed overall winners in every recorded season; abandoned, cancelled and no-data seasons are excluded and stage placings are counted separately. The newer nation_cup_history export covers national-team tournament runs; it does not establish club cup-run coverage.

Transfers

Exported; UI pending
Record signing
—
Record sale
—
Net spend
—
Date Player From or to Fee
————

Modern exports separate completed transfer events, agreed future moves and club fee records. This panel has not integrated them. Unknown fees and incomplete coverage cannot establish full net spend.

Stadium

In the export
Capacity
17338
Seated
17338
Expandable to
20000
Built
1899-07-01
Pitch
1000 × 640
Roof
Not retractable
Owner
Blackpool Club

Affiliates

Link types are codes
Club Relationship Terms
———

Affiliations from club_link in both directions, with the yearly cost, dates, loan counts and wage share the row records. link_type_id has no lookup table in the catalog, so the relationship is shown as its code rather than given a name. Owned teams are listed separately under Other teams.

Fans

Researched values
Supporter profile
Loyalty 13 · Passion 13 · Patience 11 · Affluence 6 · Temperament 12 · Expectations 10
Expectation
—
Season ticket waiting list
—
Average match ticket
£22.00
Average season ticket
£225.00

Supporter values are the researched 1–20 figures in club_supporter_profile; the expectation is the media's predicted finish in club_media_expectation; ticket prices are from club_finance_detail. Supporter-type percentages and a waiting list are not exported.

Across versions

Recorded
Blackpool reputation across versions05K10K CM0102 RFM06 RFM10 RFM13 RFM16 RFM19 RFM22 RFM26 UReputation, CM0102 Release: 8 Reputation, CM0203 Release: 8 Reputation, CM0304 Release: 8 Reputation, CM0304 Update: 8 Reputation, FM05 Release: 80 Reputation, FM05 Update: 77 Reputation, FM06 Release: 77 Reputation, FM07 Release: 84 Reputation, FM07 Update: 84 Reputation, FM08 Release: 84 Reputation, FM09 Release: 86 Reputation, FM09 Update: 86 Reputation, FM10 Release: 4,350 Reputation, FM10 Update: 87 Reputation, FM11 Release: 5,250 Reputation, FM11 Update: 105 Reputation, FM12 Release: 5,250 Reputation, FM12 Update: 5,400 Reputation, FM13 Release: 5,600 Reputation, FM14 Release: 5,500 Reputation, FM14 Update: 5,550 Reputation, FM15 Release: 5,300 Reputation, FM15 Update: 5,300 Reputation, FM16 Release: 4,750 Reputation, FM16 Update: 4,750 Reputation, FM17 Release: 4,450 Reputation, FM17 Update: 4,450 Reputation, FM18 Release: 93 Reputation, FM18 Update: 4,650 Reputation, FM19 Release: 93 Reputation, FM19 Update: 4,650 Reputation, FM20 Release: 95 Reputation, FM20 Update: 4,850 Reputation, FM21 Release: 97 Reputation, FM21 Update: 4,850 Reputation, FM22 Release: 5,200 Reputation, FM23 Release: 5,350 Reputation, FM24 Update: 5,000 Reputation, FM26 Release: 5,000 Reputation, FM26 Update: 5,000
Recorded reputation in each database where this uid resolves. Missing values remain gaps. Raw export scales may differ between versions.

Current staff

21 spells
Roles held now, from staff_history spells with no end date or one still in the future
Role Person Joined Until Rating FMDB calculation
CoachSimon Peter Wiles———
CoachIan Dawes2018-09-20—10.2 / 20
CoachIan Dawes2018-09-20—10.2 / 20
CoachDanny Ventre2018-10-18——
Managing DirectorBen Mansford2019-11-01——
Director of FootballTommy Johnson2019-10-23——
ManagerJohn James Murphy2017-07-01——
ManagerJohn James Murphy2017-07-01——
ManagerNeil Critchley2020-03-02—15.7 / 20
Assistant ManagerDavid John Ian Dunn2020-01-02—10.8 / 20
Fitness CoachPhil Greenwood2017-07-01——
Goalkeeping CoachSteven Banks2019-07-06—13.3 / 20
Legacy Chief Data AnalystAdam Whiteside2015-06-30——
Legacy Chief Data AnalystNathan Salmon2017-09-01——
Head of Sports ScienceRoss Jones2019-06-25——
Legacy Data AnalystOwen Williams2018-11-01——
Chief ScoutPete Glover2018-05-17——
Chief ScoutJonathan Gibson2019-10-23——
Head PhysioPhil Horner2001-06-01——
Head of Youth DevelopmentWarren Green———
OwnerSimon Sadler2019-06-13——

Playing spells belong to a career and are shown on the person's own page. A further 2 current spells point at a person uid this version does not contain.

Season records

Points as stored, never recomputed
League seasons, as stored: points include any deduction applied at the time
Season Competition Pos Of P W D L GF GA Pts
2018–19Sky Bet League One102446151714505262
2017–18Sky Bet League One122446151516605560
2016–17Sky Bet League Two72446181612694670
2015–16Sky Bet League One222446121024406346
2014–15Sky Bet Championship24244641428369126
2013–14Sky Bet Championship202446111322386646
2012–13Sky Bet Championship152446141715626359
2011–12Sky Bet Championship52446201511795975
2010–11English Premier Division19203810919557839
2009–10Sky Bet Championship62446191314745870
2008–09Sky Bet Championship162446131716475856
2007–08Sky Bet Championship192446121816596454
2006–07Sky Bet League One32446241111764983
2005–06Sky Bet League One192446121717566453
2004–05Sky Bet League One162446151219545957
2003–04Sky Bet League One142446161119586559
2002–03Sky Bet League One132446151318566458
2001–02Sky Bet League One162446141418666956
2000–01Sky Bet League Two7244622618745872
1999–00Sky Bet League One22244681721497741
1998–99Sky Bet League One142446141418445456
1997–98Sky Bet League One122446171118596762
1996–97Sky Bet League One72446181513604769
1995–96Sky Bet League One32446231310674082
1994–95Sky Bet League One122446181018647064

Club records

More record types
Club records
Record type Holder Name as recorded Value
1Keith SouthernKeith Southern331
2John James MurphyJohn Murphy84

record_type is a raw code; the two rows read as most appearances and most goals. Attendance record, biggest win and heaviest defeat belong here too.

Derbies and partnerships

Derbies involving this club
Derby Opponent W Needs data D L First match Needs data Reputation
West LancashirePreston North End3019451901-11-230

No partnerships recorded

club_partnership is empty or near-empty in most versions of the source.

Kits

Season and slots
  • Kit 0, style 12
  • Kit 0, style 0
  • Kit 0, style 1
  • Kit 0, style 1
  • Kit 0, style 5
  • Kit 0, style 10
  • Kit 0, style 1
  • Kit 0, style 1

Showing up to 8 of 18 loaded kit rows. Legacy colour slots are shown. Modern kit-part and style exports now describe the parts, but these drawings have not integrated them.

Data wishlist for this page

20 data pointsWhole site
  • export_meta.game_start_year Season-start ages, under-21 count and this season's expiring contracts Now liveAges are taken at 1 July of the exported game start year and the expiry window closes on 30 June of the next; the convention is stated on every figure because no .dat database stores an in-game date. CSV-era versions carry no start year and say so.
  • player.current_ability, player.potential_ability over the squad CA16 and PA16 Now liveFMDB means of the sixteen highest recorded abilities and potentials in the primary squad; a coded potential is counted at its band midpoint (config/potential.php) and the figure says how many were.
  • player over club_squad_number Squad ability, potential, value and recorded wage totals Now liveFigures cover the whole primary-team squad with recorded-value coverage. League-relative ability stars are not implemented.
  • player.current_ability and player_position Best eleven Now liveFMDB selects eligible players for a fixed 4-3-3 from at most 60 candidates. Empty positions stay blank and a team average requires eleven filled slots.
  • person_trained_status, person_days_at_location Training days and home-grown squad status Partial exportThe squad table and the home-grown count show recorded trained-at-club and trained-in-nation relationships where the version exports them. Rule codes are not interpreted and training days are not shown; neither is a ruling on eligibility under a competition rule.
  • player.current_ability, player.potential_ability Squad member ability and potential Now liveThe squad table displays stored figures where recorded; coded potential is not a fixed ability.
  • player_history Squad appearances and goals for a named season Now liveThe page uses the latest season recorded for anyone in the squad, not an inferred last season relative to a game date.
  • player.potential_ability across the club teams Highest potential at the club Now livePlayers are deduplicated across the club teams. This is not an age-based wonderkid list.
  • club_finance, club_finance_source, club_finance_detail, club_director Balance, budgets, debt rows, embargo and directors Partial exportCash balance, basic loan debt, the embargo flag and directors are displayed, and every other finance row is listed by its loan_source_type family with the amount meaning on hover. Club valuation, a named owner, a financial-status label and a shirt sponsor are not established: owner type, financial state and income type are raw codes.
  • club_facility, club_server.training_ground_stadium_uid Youth facilities, recruitment, junior coaching and academy status Needs source dataOnly training_facilities is present in any version; the training ground is shown where club_server names one. A corporate revenue field is not a facilities rating.
  • club identity Club nickname Needs source dataThe current club catalog has no nickname column; a short name is not a nickname.
  • transfer_event, future_transfer, club_transfer_record Transfers and record signing or sale Exported; UI pendingCompleted FM24/FM26 events, agreed future moves and recorded club fee records now have separate tables. They are not integrated into this panel; incomplete or unknown fees cannot support complete net-spend totals.
  • club_link Affiliations and agreement terms Partial exportLinks in both directions are displayed with cost, dates, loan counts and wage share. link_type_id, flags and reasons have no lookup, so the relationship is shown as a code; club_partnership is a player-pair relation.
  • comp_history for every recorded club team Confirmed titles with competition and years Now liveThe honours calculation covers all recorded club teams, with edition and stage checks where available. nation_cup_history describes national-team tournament runs, not club cup coverage.
  • stadium Stadium capacity, build date, pitch dimensions, roof and owner Now liveThese fields are rendered where recorded. Pitch type and heating remain available source fields not shown in this club panel.
  • staff_history, staff_ability, staff_coaching Staff quality by recorded job Now liveFMDB computes role-specific attribute means with coverage thresholds; these are not stored scouting stars or a staff-subtype census.
  • club_supporter_profile, club_media_expectation Supporter loyalty, passion, patience, affluence, temperament, expectations and media prediction Now liveResearched FM23+ supporter values and the predicted league finish are displayed where exported; computed supporter-type percentages are deliberately absent.
  • derby Derby record and history Now liveRecorded results are oriented to this club; dates and reputation remain missing where unrecorded.
  • club across versions Reputation across versions Partial exportRaw reputation history is live. Squad value and average ability across versions are not implemented; reputation-scale integration is also pending.
  • club_kit, club_kit_part, kit_display_type, kit_style Kit seasons, parts and patterns Partial exportThe page shows legacy kit rows and colour slots. Modern exports now identify parts, goalkeeper kits and style lookups; drawings have not integrated them, and numbering differs by era.

Reviewed 30 September 2026 against the current schema and page implementation. “Now live” means implemented where data is recorded; “Exported; UI pending” means the schema has data this page does not yet use. Tables and coverage vary by version. Missing values stay blank.