Blackpool

FM22 Release

Club
5200Reputation
3Last season
£14,758,552Squad value
17338Capacity

Squad strength

FMDB calculation
63Players
21.0Average age
32Under 21
83Average ability
127Average potential
£14,758,552Squad value
£99,750Wage bill per week
11Nationalities
12Home-grown
19Expiring contracts
112CA16
131PA16

These are the FMDB's own figures over all 63 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 2021, the start of the 2021–22 season from export_meta.game_start_year; no database stores an in-game date. Expiring contracts are those ending by 30 June 2022. 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 114, from the 52 strongest squad members.

Club

Full name
Blackpool
Short name
Blackpool
Nickname
—
Nation
England
Current division
Sky Bet Championship
Continental competition
—
Founded
1887
Reputation
5200
Colours
#FFFFF6 #EE6A08
Other teams
—
Professional status
—
World reputation
—
Potential reputation
6250
Reputation scope
National
Reputation stars
World reputation (calculated)
0

Finances

Partial export
Balance
£1,000,000
Transfer budget
£200,000
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
£3,500
Previous turnover
£5,516,522
Previous profit
−£2,230,095
Loans, gifts and FFP rows from club_finance, named by loan_source_type
Source Amount Terms
chairmandebt£3,576,704—
miscellaneousdebt£182,800from 2020-07-01 · to 2024-04-01 · 33 monthly payments left
FFP starting totalffp total−£2,640,862FFP year 2018
FFP starting totalffp total−£2,230,095FFP year 2019

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

63 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 2021 CA PA Value Apps (Gls) 2021–22 HG As recorded
1Christopher Ethan MaxwellGK30Wales1161252023-06-30£4,750£600,000——
2Callum Alexander ConnollyDC23England1141352023-06-30£5,500£630,000—Nation
3James Andrew HusbandDL27England1081302023-06-30£3,500£408,000—Nation
4Jordan Jay Lawrence-GabrielDR22England1071282025-06-30£4,500£399,5004 (0)Nation
4Jordan ThornileyDC24England1041252022-06-30£3,500£396,000—Nation
5Reece JamesDL27England1081312024-06-30£4,000£408,000—Nation
6Kevin Linford StewartDMC27England1161352023-06-30£5,500£760,000—Nation
9Jerry YatesFC24England1141222024-06-30£6,000£700,000—Nation
10Keshi AndersonAML26England1141302022-06-30£2,500£700,000—Nation
11Joshua Luke BowlerAML22England1181372022-06-30£3,300£900,000—Nation
12Kenneth William DougallDMC28Australia1141222022-06-30£2,500£665,000——
13Stuart MooreGK26England801202022-06-30£1,250£75,150—Nation
14Gary Lee MadineFC30England1071232022-06-30£5,500£470,000—Nation
15Demetri Karim MitchellAMR24England1101322022-06-30£1,800£400,200—Nation
16Sonny CareyAMC20England95-72024-06-30£1,500£350,000—Nation
17Matthew Joseph Virtue ThickMC24England1031302023-06-30£3,250£408,500—Nation
18Grant Antony WardMR26England1081262022-06-30£2,500£456,000—Nation
19Shayne LaveryFC22Northern Ireland1191382023-06-30£1,200£950,000—Nation
20Oliver CaseyDC20England97-652024-06-30£2,000£333,000—Nation
21Marvin EkpitetaDC25Nigeria1111202022-06-30£1,200£495,000—Nation
22Chris HamiltonAMR26England1051202023-06-30£2,000£450,000—Nation
23Daníel Leó GrétarssonDC25Iceland1051222022-06-30£0£405,000——
24Joseph Andre NuttallFC24England951202022-06-30£3,500£350,000—Nation
25Cameron AntwiMC19England85-62022-06-30£650£34,200—Nation
26Richard John KeoghDC34Republic of Ireland1111322022-06-30£3,500£495,000—Nation
27Oliver ŠarkićFC23Montenegro1031202022-06-30£1,800£430,000——
29Luke Samuel GarbuttWBL28England1091302023-06-30£4,000£416,500—Nation
30Beryly Logos LubalaAML23Democratic Republic of Congo951282023-06-30£1,500£350,000—Nation
32Daniel James GrimshawGK23England85-62023-06-30£1,000£187,500—Nation
35Ewan BangeFC19England60-52022-06-30£400£30,040—Club Nation
36Rob ApterAMR18England75-652022-06-30£350£50,100—Club Nation
38Bradley Mason HolmesFC18England80-62022-06-30£300£50,100—Club Nation
—Alec McClachlan—17England45——£145£12,000—Club Nation
—Alec Mclachlan—17England40——£145£3,757——
—Andrew Stuart Murray McCall Staff—57Scotland———£2,500———
—Archie Cunningham—16England40——£145£3,757——
—Arnold Matshazi—17England———£145£500—Nation
—Bobby Bjork—16England45——£145£17,000——
—Cameron Hill—18England60——£300£27,036—Nation
—Charlie Monks—18England65——£300£67,500—Club Nation
—Dannen Francis—17England45——£145£19,000——
—Ethan RobsonMC24England1061252022-06-30£1,600£437,000—Nation
—Jack Moore—17England40——£145£4,258——
—Jake Daniels—16England40——£145£5,010——
—James Harrison—17England40——£145£5,010——
—John James Murphy Staff—44England———£800———
—Johnny Johnston—18England———£300£8,500—Nation
—Joseph Strawn—17England———£145£475—Club Nation
—Josh Nyame—16England45——£145£18,000——
—Kobe Sinclair—16England45——£145£18,000——
—Kron Abdiu—16Kosovo45——£145£20,000——
—Kwaku Donkor—16England40——£145£4,258——
—Luke Byron—16England40——£145£5,010——
—Luke Mariette—17Wales———£400£8,075—Club Nation
—Neil Critchley Staff—42England——2023-06-30£3,500———
—Prince Yelegon—16England———£145£3,000—Club Nation
—Ryan Grant—17England60——£300£25,534—Nation
—Sebastian Wylie—17England———£145£1,530—Club Nation
—Sky Sinclair—18England65——£300£39,100—Club Nation
—Tayt Trusty—17England———£145£500—Club Nation
—Teddy William HoweDR22England891292022-06-30£1,800£246,500—Nation
—Will Squires—17England———£145£693—Club Nation
—Zak Littler—16England40——£145£4,759——

Sort by clicking a column header. Hide columns you do not need; the choice is remembered in this browser. Apps (Gls) is the 2021–22 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
Shayne LaveryFC22119138£950,000
Joshua Luke BowlerAML22118137£900,000
Kevin Linford StewartDMC27116135£760,000
Callum Alexander ConnollyDC23114135£630,000
Richard John KeoghDC34111132£495,000
Demetri Karim MitchellAMR24110132£400,200

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
John Stephenson
Head of Youth Development
Ciaran Donnelly

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 1996–972000–012004–052008–092012–132016–172020–21Sky 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 League One, 2019–20: position 13 of 24Sky Bet League One, 2020–21: position 3 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
2020–21Sky Bet League One3
2019–20Sky Bet League One13
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

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
1040 × 650
Roof
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
Predicted 22nd
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

22 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
CoachAndrew Stuart Murray McCall2021-07-22—12.4 / 20
Managing DirectorBen Mansford2019-11-01——
Director of FootballJohn Stephenson2020-11-27——
PhysioHarry McNeilly2021-07-01——
ManagerJohn James Murphy2017-07-01——
ManagerJohn James Murphy2017-07-01——
ManagerNeil Critchley2020-03-02—14.6 / 20
ManagerDanny Ventre2021-07-01——
ManagerDanny Ventre2021-07-01——
Assistant ManagerMichael Garrity2020-07-01——
Assistant ManagerAndrew Stuart Murray McCall2021-07-22—10.8 / 20
Goalkeeping CoachSteven Banks2019-07-06—13.3 / 20
Head of Sports ScienceRoss Jones2019-06-25——
Chief ScoutPete Glover2018-05-17——
Chief ScoutJonathan Gibson2019-10-23——
Sports ScientistBen McInerney2018-01-01——
Head PhysioStuart Irwin2020-06-23——
Performance AnalystOwen Williams2018-11-01——
Performance AnalystDom Price2020-08-01——
Head Performance AnalystNathan Salmon2017-09-01——
Head of Youth DevelopmentCiaran Donnelly2020-08-10——
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
2020–21Sky Bet League One32446231112603780
2019–20Sky Bet League One132435111212444345
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

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 1
  • Kit 0, style 0
  • Kit 0, style 0
  • Kit 0, style 1
  • Kit 0, style 0
  • Kit 0, style 1
  • Kit 0, style 1
  • Kit 0, style 11

Showing up to 8 of 23 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.