Still have bad memories about Blackpool beating Cardiff in the Play Off finals a few years ago (at least I didn’t feed sugar to the Police horses) the train back to Wales was packed and totally silent 🙁
11 January 2014
BrumBiscuit
On a football/Blackpool-related theme; my only face-to-face confrontation with football violence was an evening in Old Lil’s Saloon Bar in the Pleasure Beach complex. ManUre had been playing somewhere on 27/10/79 – a Saturday. They must have won, as a big group of fans were celebrating in the pub. They were raucous, but hardly a threat. Then they started bopping a balloon around the room. Not exactly threatening.
One of the bouncers must have been on the ‘roids, as he decided this was out of order and tried to confiscate the balloon. It ended up with him bursting it with his fag. That also instantly deflated the goodwill somewhat. Glasses flew, tables were overturned and even a slot machine went flying, literally.
The Law arrived in the nick of time: i.e. when everyone involved was long gone. We emerged from under our table and were nearly arrested for our troubles. Obviously, they had to collar someone, but we managed to talk our way out of it somehow. What little faith I had in bouncers and The Law was diluted significantly that day.
11 January 2014
Wing Commander Winthrop
Ghastly place, caught chickenpox last time I was there, as a world weary 8 year old……………Bastards !!
11 January 2014
EXXO
Mrs. Exford reckons they should just about stay up thanks to the underserved points they fluked in the first ten weeks of the season. But really, 1 point out of the last 18, 5 out of the last 30 is relegation form and they are still worth a small punt to go down.
As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, she owes her existence, and therefore I owe my own underserved points that I have somehow fluked in this game of life, to Blackpool FC and messrs Matthews and Mortensen.
11 January 2014
warden hodges
My baptism to the (Gwladys) Street End, the opponents were Blackpool , League Cup 1980, Alan Ball played.
11 January 2014
Vendor of quack nostrums
Harold Larwood, probably England’s greatest ever fast bowler, had a sweet shop there.
11 January 2014
spindrifter
Incidentally George Farm was a goalkeeper. A very good one considering he was Scottish. He later became a lighthouse keeper. I think all Scottish people do that once they reach their 50s.
12 January 2014
spindrifter
Incidentally I live in Southport. and I can see Blackpool from my house, across the “sea”, but because no-one has had the ingenuity or expertise to build a bridge it takes over an hour to get there. Not that I can think of any reason to go there. They did nearly introduce a hovercraft service but, inexplicably, because it was going to kill some rare birds they decided not to do it.
12 January 2014
EXXO
I think the keeper in the photo is Joe Robinson & the 1948 team. Let’s have a pic of George & the 1953 team with the cup eh Chris?
12 January 2014
bobby svarc
Always had a night at the dogs followed by a few sherbert’s at the Gas Club, I remember one year we were really skint and went to the dogs and my then missus won two forecasts, one paid 23 pound and the fat cow wouldn’t even by us 20 fags
The 1948 one you’ve got there with Joe Robinson as keeper is wrongly attributed as “c.1953” on that very same website, and others, but Robinson left after being replaced by Farm in the 1948-49 season. Note far fewer wrinkles on the faces of the manager Joe Smith & Stan Matthews
12 January 2014
Dr Desperate
We’ve been making an annual pilgrimage (together with other right-thinking people) for the past few years to Blackpool’s Carleton Cemetery to pour a bottle of Mackeson over the grave of the low comedian Frank Randle (‘King Fun of Blackpool’), followed by a celebration in the bar at the end of the North Pier where there’s a blue plaque in his honour.
12 January 2014
Bobby SVARC
Wade Dooley gave me producer for parking on the pavement down Trafalgar Road while I dropped off our cases at the Newholme Guest House, I had a broken rear light but I think I was more to do with the Tigers sticker in the back window.
12 January 2014
Peter Gandy
I knew him (Wade Dooley) from primary school. Not sure whether he had a very powerful magnet as he was three years above me.
13 January 2014
Peter Gandy
Turns out I didn’t according to Wikipedia as he’s six years older than me. Definitely used to ‘play out’ with his brother, and his dad, also a copper, took my name in his book after catching a few of us riding in coal wagons.
13 January 2014
Bobby SVARC
Hold Me by the Dooley’s!
13 January 2014
CHARLES EXFORD
They’re going down you know. Was about 10/1 when I wrote that above, 7/4 best odds now.
8 March 2014
Bobby SVARC
15th of March, City of Leicester v Blackpool,……..Prepare to meet thy doom!
8 March 2014
EXXO
Topped up on relegation at a generous 3/1 the other day. It’ll be odds-on at 5pm today, as Millwall finally overtake the ‘Pool & put them where they’ve belonged all season, even when somehow they were top of the league in September.
Love football, hate twats like Oyston.
19 April 2014
Ultra quack
The kind of place where has been ‘comedians’ end up running pubs or guest houses. (ok Syd Little’s pub is up the road at Fleetwood but it’s close enough).
If you have any interest in the governance of football, please read about Blackpool Supporters’ Trust’s petition for better safeguards for good corporate governance in football, and please consider signing if you’d like to see better measures to ensure that fit and proper persons, not criminals who are part of an old boys’ network, run football clubs. Please pass it on on supporters’ websites, etc. http://www.blackpoolsupporterstrust.com/Site/LatestNews.aspx?NewId=117 They’ve already got enough signatures to pressure the EFL into meeting them, but 100,000 should be possible to trigger parliamentary debate.
9 March 2018
BOBBYSVARC
@Exxo: Done. Soft spot for Blackpool, many holidays spent there and I have family live at Squires Gate. Remember his hoss, O I Oyston?
9 March 2018
CHARLES EXFORD
Thanks for signing Mick. So sad that Oyston Junior was just allowed to pocket much of the parachute money, and nothing to stop others doing the same. Oyston Senior’s horse was it? No, that wasn’t a period when I was much into the horses … but if you google it. It comes up as a “42-y-o” on the racingpost site 😀
9 March 2018
Hendrix-tattoo
@Exxo, Iv’e signed the petition and shared it on Twatter….
9 March 2018
CHARLES EXFORD
Nice one Tony, hope all’s good with you. Hope you enjoy the match tomor… Errm, what am I talking about, no I don’t, but try to have a good weekend anyway!
9 March 2018
BOBBYSVARC
Exxo: Sounds about right, a proper knave. Saw the twat at Warwick races one Saturday in the early eighties, I think he was involved with Jack Berry (trainer) back then, dressed like Gaylord out of Dick Emery apart from the cricket stump sized cigar in his gob, utter vermin.
9 March 2018
EXXO
Party time in the ‘pool – OYSTON IS OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Many tears here and dancing in the streets for Mrs Exford’s friends and family back home. 12 point deduction but that’s well worth it. Come on !!!!!!!!!!!! Down with all tyrants!!!!
13 February 2019
BOBBY SVARC
Yesterday I read that a stalwart of Marine F.C. had died at a terribly young age. Today I read this wonderful news. I feel a little better.
Suffered one of the most catatrophic losses of form in FL history in 77/78. In January they were on the fringe of the promotion race from Div 2 (as was), but picked up hardly any points in their last 12 games and were relegated on the last day of the season. Took them over 25 years to get back up to that level again.
19 October 2020
ferencváros fan
I remember that season well. It was a crazy relegation, which blindsided just about everyone. My other team, Preston North End, had won promotion to the old division 2. At the ensuing civic reception, one of our players brought the place down by shouting words to the effect ‘bring on Blackpool next season.’
Those were the days when a team with a fixture backlog could finish its season a week or two late. Blackpool were one of the few teams to finish on time, with 37 points from 42 games. Whilst clearly not mathematically safe, with 10 sides below them it required an extraordinary set of results to bring about their relegation. In the event 6 or 7 sides finished up on 38 points and the second bottom side were 6 points below them. They also boasted the top scorer in the division in Bob Hatton. In the days of snail mail, I do not believe that the tales that some of their players learnt of their fate slow time whilst on holiday were apocryphal.
19 October 2020
BOBBY SVARC
I remember that we were relegated in the October of the 1977/78 season and spent the rest of the season planning a jolly-up to Blackpool the following season with Kim Thompson and then had to watch in horror as Blackpool went down and with it so did our plans. Things did pick up dramatically though. Unbeliveably Jock Wallace left Glasgow Rangers to come to Leicester.
19 October 2020
EXXO
Undefeated in 12 games and the donkey-botherers slip sunder the radar into the play-off slots with games in hand. Jezza Yates one of the MVP’s of the season.
2 April 2021
dr desperate
I really don’t know where to put this, but I believe Blackpool was Jo Bradley’s favourite place. Her brother John posted this on Facebook yesterday: “I am devastated to have to announce that my beautiful, wonderful sister Jo died over the weekend. Our hearts are broken. A brilliant light has gone out. Rest in peace Joanne.” Deepest condolences to her family and friends, both those in the Biscuit community and otherwise.
Very sad. Just knew her face from the gigs and those moments where you just spontaneously talk to strangers at gigs. A loyal and devoted fan. Respect and sympathy.
23 March 2023
IRISH NIALL
Just read about this very sad news on FB. I hadn’t encountered Jo at all but she was evidently a huge fan and quite a character. Strength and condolences to all who knew her.
John the shorts
Still have bad memories about Blackpool beating Cardiff in the Play Off finals a few years ago (at least I didn’t feed sugar to the Police horses) the train back to Wales was packed and totally silent 🙁
11 January 2014
BrumBiscuit
On a football/Blackpool-related theme; my only face-to-face confrontation with football violence was an evening in Old Lil’s Saloon Bar in the Pleasure Beach complex. ManUre had been playing somewhere on 27/10/79 – a Saturday. They must have won, as a big group of fans were celebrating in the pub. They were raucous, but hardly a threat. Then they started bopping a balloon around the room. Not exactly threatening.
One of the bouncers must have been on the ‘roids, as he decided this was out of order and tried to confiscate the balloon. It ended up with him bursting it with his fag. That also instantly deflated the goodwill somewhat. Glasses flew, tables were overturned and even a slot machine went flying, literally.
The Law arrived in the nick of time: i.e. when everyone involved was long gone. We emerged from under our table and were nearly arrested for our troubles. Obviously, they had to collar someone, but we managed to talk our way out of it somehow. What little faith I had in bouncers and The Law was diluted significantly that day.
11 January 2014
Wing Commander Winthrop
Ghastly place, caught chickenpox last time I was there, as a world weary 8 year old……………Bastards !!
11 January 2014
EXXO
Mrs. Exford reckons they should just about stay up thanks to the underserved points they fluked in the first ten weeks of the season. But really, 1 point out of the last 18, 5 out of the last 30 is relegation form and they are still worth a small punt to go down.
As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, she owes her existence, and therefore I owe my own underserved points that I have somehow fluked in this game of life, to Blackpool FC and messrs Matthews and Mortensen.
11 January 2014
warden hodges
My baptism to the (Gwladys) Street End, the opponents were Blackpool , League Cup 1980, Alan Ball played.
11 January 2014
Vendor of quack nostrums
Harold Larwood, probably England’s greatest ever fast bowler, had a sweet shop there.
11 January 2014
spindrifter
Incidentally George Farm was a goalkeeper. A very good one considering he was Scottish. He later became a lighthouse keeper. I think all Scottish people do that once they reach their 50s.
12 January 2014
spindrifter
Incidentally I live in Southport. and I can see Blackpool from my house, across the “sea”, but because no-one has had the ingenuity or expertise to build a bridge it takes over an hour to get there. Not that I can think of any reason to go there. They did nearly introduce a hovercraft service but, inexplicably, because it was going to kill some rare birds they decided not to do it.
12 January 2014
EXXO
I think the keeper in the photo is Joe Robinson & the 1948 team. Let’s have a pic of George & the 1953 team with the cup eh Chris?
12 January 2014
bobby svarc
Always had a night at the dogs followed by a few sherbert’s at the Gas Club, I remember one year we were really skint and went to the dogs and my then missus won two forecasts, one paid 23 pound and the fat cow wouldn’t even by us 20 fags
12 January 2014
EXXO
Here’s George with the 1953 team.
http://www.allposters.co.uk/-sp/Blackpool-AFC-August-1953-Posters_i4168735_.htm
The 1948 one you’ve got there with Joe Robinson as keeper is wrongly attributed as “c.1953” on that very same website, and others, but Robinson left after being replaced by Farm in the 1948-49 season. Note far fewer wrinkles on the faces of the manager Joe Smith & Stan Matthews
12 January 2014
Dr Desperate
We’ve been making an annual pilgrimage (together with other right-thinking people) for the past few years to Blackpool’s Carleton Cemetery to pour a bottle of Mackeson over the grave of the low comedian Frank Randle (‘King Fun of Blackpool’), followed by a celebration in the bar at the end of the North Pier where there’s a blue plaque in his honour.
12 January 2014
Bobby SVARC
Wade Dooley gave me producer for parking on the pavement down Trafalgar Road while I dropped off our cases at the Newholme Guest House, I had a broken rear light but I think I was more to do with the Tigers sticker in the back window.
12 January 2014
Peter Gandy
I knew him (Wade Dooley) from primary school. Not sure whether he had a very powerful magnet as he was three years above me.
13 January 2014
Peter Gandy
Turns out I didn’t according to Wikipedia as he’s six years older than me. Definitely used to ‘play out’ with his brother, and his dad, also a copper, took my name in his book after catching a few of us riding in coal wagons.
13 January 2014
Bobby SVARC
Hold Me by the Dooley’s!
13 January 2014
CHARLES EXFORD
They’re going down you know. Was about 10/1 when I wrote that above, 7/4 best odds now.
8 March 2014
Bobby SVARC
15th of March, City of Leicester v Blackpool,……..Prepare to meet thy doom!
8 March 2014
EXXO
Topped up on relegation at a generous 3/1 the other day. It’ll be odds-on at 5pm today, as Millwall finally overtake the ‘Pool & put them where they’ve belonged all season, even when somehow they were top of the league in September.
Love football, hate twats like Oyston.
19 April 2014
Ultra quack
The kind of place where has been ‘comedians’ end up running pubs or guest houses. (ok Syd Little’s pub is up the road at Fleetwood but it’s close enough).
29 April 2014
CHARLES EXFORD
Took a while for them to realise they need to involve supporters beyond the Fylde Peninsula but this is excellent. http://www.fsf.org.uk/assets/Downloads/News/2017/BST-Away-Supporters-Leaflet-2017.pdf
30 January 2017
CHARLES EXFORD
If you have any interest in the governance of football, please read about Blackpool Supporters’ Trust’s petition for better safeguards for good corporate governance in football, and please consider signing if you’d like to see better measures to ensure that fit and proper persons, not criminals who are part of an old boys’ network, run football clubs.
Please pass it on on supporters’ websites, etc.
http://www.blackpoolsupporterstrust.com/Site/LatestNews.aspx?NewId=117
They’ve already got enough signatures to pressure the EFL into meeting them, but 100,000 should be possible to trigger parliamentary debate.
9 March 2018
BOBBYSVARC
@Exxo: Done. Soft spot for Blackpool, many holidays spent there and I have family live at Squires Gate. Remember his hoss, O I Oyston?
9 March 2018
CHARLES EXFORD
Thanks for signing Mick. So sad that Oyston Junior was just allowed to pocket much of the parachute money, and nothing to stop others doing the same. Oyston Senior’s horse was it? No, that wasn’t a period when I was much into the horses … but if you google it. It comes up as a “42-y-o” on the racingpost site 😀
9 March 2018
Hendrix-tattoo
@Exxo, Iv’e signed the petition and shared it on Twatter….
9 March 2018
CHARLES EXFORD
Nice one Tony, hope all’s good with you. Hope you enjoy the match tomor… Errm, what am I talking about, no I don’t, but try to have a good weekend anyway!
9 March 2018
BOBBYSVARC
Exxo: Sounds about right, a proper knave. Saw the twat at Warwick races one Saturday in the early eighties, I think he was involved with Jack Berry (trainer) back then, dressed like Gaylord out of Dick Emery apart from the cricket stump sized cigar in his gob, utter vermin.
9 March 2018
EXXO
Party time in the ‘pool – OYSTON IS OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Many tears here and dancing in the streets for Mrs Exford’s friends and family back home. 12 point deduction but that’s well worth it. Come on !!!!!!!!!!!! Down with all tyrants!!!!
13 February 2019
BOBBY SVARC
Yesterday I read that a stalwart of Marine F.C. had died at a terribly young age. Today I read this wonderful news. I feel a little better.
14 February 2019
Warden Hodges
Nice one Svarc.
14 February 2019
BOBBY SVARC
Unlimited Edition
https://ibb.co/qsB89WJ
21 July 2020
Pirx the purist
Suffered one of the most catatrophic losses of form in FL history in 77/78. In January they were on the fringe of the promotion race from Div 2 (as was), but picked up hardly any points in their last 12 games and were relegated on the last day of the season. Took them over 25 years to get back up to that level again.
19 October 2020
ferencváros fan
I remember that season well. It was a crazy relegation, which blindsided just about everyone. My other team, Preston North End, had won promotion to the old division 2. At the ensuing civic reception, one of our players brought the place down by shouting words to the effect ‘bring on Blackpool next season.’
Those were the days when a team with a fixture backlog could finish its season a week or two late. Blackpool were one of the few teams to finish on time, with 37 points from 42 games. Whilst clearly not mathematically safe, with 10 sides below them it required an extraordinary set of results to bring about their relegation. In the event 6 or 7 sides finished up on 38 points and the second bottom side were 6 points below them. They also boasted the top scorer in the division in Bob Hatton. In the days of snail mail, I do not believe that the tales that some of their players learnt of their fate slow time whilst on holiday were apocryphal.
19 October 2020
BOBBY SVARC
I remember that we were relegated in the October of the 1977/78 season and spent the rest of the season planning a jolly-up to Blackpool the following season with Kim Thompson and then had to watch in horror as Blackpool went down and with it so did our plans. Things did pick up dramatically though. Unbeliveably Jock Wallace left Glasgow Rangers to come to Leicester.
19 October 2020
EXXO
Undefeated in 12 games and the donkey-botherers slip sunder the radar into the play-off slots with games in hand. Jezza Yates one of the MVP’s of the season.
2 April 2021
dr desperate
I really don’t know where to put this, but I believe Blackpool was Jo Bradley’s favourite place. Her brother John posted this on Facebook yesterday:
“I am devastated to have to announce that my beautiful, wonderful sister Jo died over the weekend. Our hearts are broken. A brilliant light has gone out.
Rest in peace Joanne.”
Deepest condolences to her family and friends, both those in the Biscuit community and otherwise.
22 March 2023
Chris The Siteowner
Heartbreaking news. Here’s the Facebook post. And here’s Jo in the happiest of times.
22 March 2023
EXXO
Very sad. Just knew her face from the gigs and those moments where you just spontaneously talk to strangers at gigs. A loyal and devoted fan. Respect and sympathy.
23 March 2023
IRISH NIALL
Just read about this very sad news on FB. I hadn’t encountered Jo at all but she was evidently a huge fan and quite a character. Strength and condolences to all who knew her.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a h-anam.
23 March 2023