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ArseWeb presents: Arsenal vs Blackpool
Total record
Up to & including 1999-2000 season
League P W D L F A
Home 36 26 8 2 85 34
Away 36 12 13 11 57 50
FA Cup P W D L F A
Home 3 1 1 1 5 4
Away 1 0 0 1 2 3
League Cup P W D L F A
Home 3 2 1 0 7 1
Away 1 0 1 0 1 1
Charity Shield P W D L F A
Neutral 1 1 0 0 3 1
Total P W D L F A
81 42 24 15 160 94
Record win: 7-1, home, league, 27/12/1930
6-0, home, league, 18/03/1899
Record defeat: 1-4, home, league, 29/11/1958
Arsenal and Blackpool first played in 1896, but it wasn't until our
25th meeting, in 1937, that the Seasiders managed to beat the Gunners.
Recent record
Arsenal last played Blackpool in 1976
13/12/99 H 3 - 1 W (FA Cup 3rd round)
Arsenal once played Blackpool in Black and White stripes!
Syd writes...
"Seeing the announcement that Blackpool will be playing us at
Highbury [FA Cup 3rd
round 1999-2000]
reminded me of the game I witnessed in 1953 in which Blackpool beat us
2-1.
It was the F.A.Cup quarter final and because of the color clash, Arsenal
wore black and white striped shirts with white shorts. The game was was
a thriller with Stanley Mathews playing. The attendance was 60,000 plus
as we were all standing at that time in the terraces. The game was a
thriller, Blackpool scored the first goal but Arsenal equalised through
a rare Jimmy Logie goal. But before our cheers had died Blackpool scored
again through a heroic effort by Alan Brown, who had his leg broken in
the process when he collided with Arsenal goalie Jack Kelsey."
See AFCi database's
match details- Blackpool claim that Arsenal stole a trophy of theirs.
To be specific, the War Cup (wartime League Cup) of 1943 was won by
Blackpool, beating Arsenal 4-2 at Stamford Bridge. Pool claim the
cup itself went back to North London with the Gunners after the
Seasiders had to rush off because of an air raid. Blackpool fans have
written to the Arsenal (having organised themselves into the
ROCC: Return Our Cup Campaign) demanding the Cup back. Apparently
people remember there being a trophy, but Arsenal claim there wasn't one,
and maybe the memories are of the League Cup South which Arsenal had
won to get to the final against Blackpool, and which the Arsenal players
were photographed with before the game. See Seasiders.net's
preview of the 1999 FA Cup tie for more.
See also
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