Blackpool

FM26 Release

Club
5000Reputation
9Last season
£0Squad value
16332Capacity

Squad strength

FMDB calculation
69Players
20.7Average age
23Under 21
77Average ability
123Average potential
£0Squad value
£140,950Wage bill per week
6Nationalities
10Home-grown
24Expiring contracts
108CA16
128PA16

These are the FMDB's own figures over all 69 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 2025, the start of the 2025–26 season from export_meta.game_start_year; no database stores an in-game date. Expiring contracts are those ending by 30 June 2026. 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 107, from the 41 strongest squad members.

Club

Full name
Blackpool
Short name
Blackpool
Nickname
—
Nation
England
Current division
Sky Bet League One
Continental competition
—
Founded
1887
Reputation
5000
Colours
#FFFFFF #F66220
Captain
Lee Evans
Vice-captain
George Honeyman
Other teams
—
Professional status
Professional
World reputation
—
Potential reputation
6250
Reputation scope
National
Reputation stars
World reputation (calculated)
0

Finances

Partial export
Balance
£948,233
Transfer budget
£400,000
Wage budget
£1,500
Debt
£0
Club value
—
Financial status
—
Owner
—
Shirt sponsor
—
Transfer embargo
No
Transfer budget before the window
£100,000
Maximum player wage
£5,000
Previous turnover
£17,260,938
Previous profit
−£259,740
Loans, gifts and FFP rows from club_finance, named by loan_source_type
Source Amount Terms
chairmandebt£15,898,080from 2023-07-01
FFP starting totalffp total−£259,740FFP year 2022

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

69 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 2025 CA PA Value Apps (Gls) 2025–26 HG As recorded
2Andrew LyonsDR24Republic of Ireland1021322026-06-30£3,000£0——
3James Andrew HusbandDL31England1041302026-06-30£4,000£0—Nation
4Oliver CaseyDC24England1111272026-06-30£3,000£0—Nation
5Fraser Matthew HorsfallDC28England1111202029-06-30£9,000£0—Nation
6Jordan Brian BrownDMC24England1081252029-06-30£5,000£0—Nation
7Lee EvansDMC30Wales1061302026-06-30£6,000£0—Nation
8Albert Robert MorganMC25England1101282026-06-30£4,000£0—Nation
9Niall Nathan Michael EnnisFC26England1101352027-06-30£8,500£0—Nation
10George HoneymanMR30England1131242027-06-30£8,500£0—Nation
11Ashley Michael FletcherFC29England1071262026-06-30£6,000£0—Nation
14Thomas Stanley BloxhamAMR21England1061252028-06-30£5,000£0—Nation
15Hayden Ross CoulsonWBL27England1041252027-06-30£4,000£0—Nation
18Dale TaylorFC21Northern Ireland1091332029-06-30£8,000£00 (0)Nation
19Joshua Luke BowlerAMR26England1071402027-06-30£5,000£00 (0)Nation
20Michael Absalom Jude Uzuzwu IhiekweDC32England1111202028-06-30£8,000£0—Nation
22Chris HamiltonAML30Republic of Ireland1051202026-06-30£3,250£0—Nation
25Franco Nahuel RavizzoliGK27Argentina941052027-06-30£3,000£0——
26Zac AshworthDL22Wales971132027-06-30£4,000£0—Nation
27Kylian Prince-Emmanuel Tresor KouassiFC22England911152026-06-30£2,500£0—Nation
28Ryan James FinniganMC21England951132026-06-30£2,500£0—Nation
32Harvey Bardsley—20England55—2026-06-30£450£0—Nation
34Dan SassiDC21England731042026-06-30£1,500£0—Nation
40Theo Upton—16England50—2026-06-30£305£0—Club Nation
41Terry Bondo—18England65—2026-06-30£400£0—Nation
42Spencer Knight—16England55—2026-06-30£305£0—Club Nation
43Charlie Brier—16England50—2026-06-30£305£0——
44George Elder—15England45—2027-06-30£305£0——
45Ky-Mani Leliendal—16England50—2026-06-30£305£0—Club Nation
46Oluchi Nwankwo—16England50—2026-06-30£305£0—Club Nation
47Jack Richardson—16England——2026-06-30£305£0—Club Nation
48Kai Crowe—16England45—2026-06-30£305£0—Club Nation
49Johnson Opawole—19England45—2026-06-30£450£0—Club Nation
—Adam Brown Staff—28England———£500———
—Adam Walton Staff—28England———£850———
—Aimée Knight Staff—30England———£600———
—Bethany Joan Pilkington Staff—28England———£650———
—Billy Whaite—16England48—2026-06-30£305£0—Nation
—Callum Crookes Staff—35England———£650———
—Charlie Green Staff—26England———£900———
—Christopher Whalley Staff—29England———£600———
—Ciaran Donnelly Staff—41England———£1,000———
—David Downes Staff—45England———£1,800———
—Dean Hughes Staff—31England———£1,200———
—Derek Oshodi—16England——2026-06-30£305£0—Club Nation
—Harry Quinn—15England45—2027-06-30£305£0——
—Harry Williamson—16England45—2026-06-30£305£0—Club Nation
—Ian Ross Evatt Staff—43England——2028-06-30£6,000———
—James Butterworth—16England45—2026-06-30£305£0—Club Nation
—John Dillon Staff—36England———£900———
—Jonathan Gibson Staff—38England———£1,000———
—Josh Renton—15England45—2027-06-30£305£0——
—Julian Winter Staff—59England———£5,000———
—Kian Daley—15England45—2027-06-30£305£0——
—Lewis Hensey Staff—32Wales———£0———
—Liam McGarry Staff—43England———£1,300———
—Maddox Jonas-Dowling—15England——2027-06-30£305£0——
—Matthew Blinkhorn Staff—40England———£800———
—Max Wylezol—15England45—2027-06-30£305£0——
—Neal James Eardley Staff—36Wales———£800———
—Oliver Holt Staff—31England———£700———
—Ollie Hunter—15England45—2027-06-30£305£0——
—Sam Napier Staff—27England———£550———
—Shay Mannix—15England45—2027-06-30£305£0——
—Simon Sadler Staff—55England———£0———
—Stephen Crainey Staff—44Scotland———£2,000———
—Stephen Dobbie Staff—42Scotland———£1,000———
—Steven Banks Staff—53England———£1,000———
—Tom Say Staff—26England———£0———
—Zaccai Etuhu—15England45—2027-06-30£305£0——

Sort by clicking a column header. Hide columns you do not need; the choice is remembered in this browser. Apps (Gls) is the 2025–26 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
Joshua Luke BowlerAMR26107140£0
Niall Nathan Michael EnnisFC26110135£0
Dale TaylorFC21109133£0
Andrew LyonsDR24102132£0
James Andrew HusbandDL31104130£0
Lee EvansDMC30106130£0

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
8
Season ticket holders
7000
Average attendance
9623
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
Julian Winter
Director of Football
David Downes
Assistant Manager
Stephen Crainey
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 2000–012004–052008–092012–132016–172020–212024–25Sky 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 League One, 2023–24: position 8 of 24Sky Bet League One, 2024–25: position 9 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 Championship, 2021–22: position 16 of 24Sky Bet Championship, 2022–23: position 23 of 24Sky Bet League Two, 2000–01: position 7 of 24Sky Bet League Two, 2016–17: position 7 of 24Premier League, 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
2024–25Sky Bet League One9
2023–24Sky Bet League One8
2022–23Sky Bet Championship23
2021–22Sky Bet Championship16
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
2010–11Premier League19
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

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
16332
Seated
17338
Expandable to
20000
Built
1899-07-01
Pitch
1030 × 640
Roof
Not retractable
Owner
Blackpool Club

Affiliates

Link types are codes
Club Relationship Terms
BlackpoolLink type 25This club is the main club—

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 12 · Passion 16 · Patience 9 · Affluence 5 · Temperament 8 · Expectations 12
Expectation
Predicted 10th
Season ticket waiting list
—
Average match ticket
£28.00
Average season ticket
£350.00

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

34 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
CoachStephen Dobbie2024-06-30—11.0 / 20
CoachLewis Hensey2025-02-12——
Managing DirectorJulian Winter2023-07-21——
Director of FootballDavid Downes2023-06-08——
PhysioAimée Knight2013-09-01——
PhysioAdam Brown2021-08-01——
PhysioBethany Joan Pilkington2024-04-30——
PhysioTom Say2024-09-29——
ScoutPaul Murray——12.5 / 20
ScoutJonathan Gibson2019-10-23——
ScoutJohn Dillon2023-07-04——
ManagerStephen Dobbie2024-06-30—11.5 / 20
ManagerMatthew Blinkhorn2024-11-01——
ManagerIan Ross Evatt2025-10-21—11.7 / 20
Assistant ManagerStephen Crainey2025-10-21——
Goalkeeping CoachSteven Banks2019-07-06——
Head of Sports ScienceSam Napier2023-06-30——
Head of Sports ScienceSam Napier2023-06-30——
Chief ScoutStuart Benthom2022-11-30——
Chief ScoutDean Hughes2025-06-25—11.3 / 20
Chief ScoutDean Hughes2025-06-25—11.3 / 20
Sports ScientistChristopher Whalley2024-05-31——
Head PhysioLiam McGarry2024-06-30——
Recruitment AnalystJohn Dillon2023-07-04——
Recruitment AnalystCharlie Green2024-02-10——
Recruitment AnalystCallum Crookes2025-04-01——
Performance AnalystOliver Holt2023-07-01——
Performance AnalystOliver Holt2023-07-01——
Head Performance AnalystAdam Walton2022-07-09——
Head Performance AnalystCharlie Green2024-02-10——
Head of Youth DevelopmentCiaran Donnelly2020-08-10——
OwnerSimon Sadler2019-06-13——
Head of Player DevelopmentNeal James Eardley2024-06-30——
Head of Player DevelopmentNeal James Eardley2024-06-30——

Playing spells belong to a career and are shown on the person's own page. A further 6 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
2024–25Sky Bet League One92446171613726067
2023–24Sky Bet League One82446211015654873
2022–23Sky Bet Championship232446111124487244
2021–22Sky Bet Championship162446161218545860
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
2010–11Premier League19203810919557839
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

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 End————90

No partnerships recorded

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

Kits

Season and slots
  • Kit 0, style 10
  • Kit 0, style 0
  • Kit 0, style 0
  • Kit 0, style 1
  • Kit 0, style 0
  • Kit 0, style 2
  • Kit 0, style 2
  • Kit 0, style 1

Showing up to 8 of 28 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.