Mighty Blackpool F.C.
Squad
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Career & Clubs
Although Mighty Blackpool have won the league title fifteen times, the last time they were league champions was in the 2001 season after a dramatic finish to the season saw them finish one point ahead of Old Edwardians. In 1989, Mighty Blackpool reached the quarter-final stages of the African Cup of Champions Clubs; the first time a club from Sierra Leone had reached that stage. In the first round, they beat reigning champions ES Sétif from Algeria and on the second round beat Djoliba Athletic Club from Mali, before losing to Tonnerre Yaounde from Cameroon in the quarter finals. In the 2007 league campaign, a 2–0 win over Golf Leopards on 15 July meant that Blackpool were on 24 points from 12 games. Mighty Blackpool's record in the African Cup of Champions Clubs has mostly seen them eliminated in the early rounds. In 1968, they were due to play Congolese club, Étoile du Congo in the preliminary round but withdrew from the competition before the matches were played handing Étoile du Congo a walkover, and in 1975, they lost 3–0 on aggregate to Djoliba Athletic Club of Mali in the first round. In 1979, they again lost in the first round, drawing 4–4 with Accra Hearts of Oak SC of Ghana on aggregate but losing out on penalties 4–2. And in 1980 they lost to ASF Police of Senegal 4–1 on aggregate in the first round. In 1989, they reached the Quarterfinal stage of the African Cup of Champions Clubs. In the preliminary round, they had a walkover, when Benfica withdrew from the…
- League
- Sierra Leone National Premier League
Legacy
League
Sierra Leone National Premier League champions: 6 1968 (not official championship), 1988, 1991, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001
Cups
Sierra Leonean FA Cup winners: 4 1983, 1988, 1994, 2000
Archive
Passport
Identifiers & aliases
Mighty Blackpool is a Sierra Leonean football club based in the capital Freetown. They play in the Sierra Leone National Premier League, the top football league in the country. Blackpool represents the West End of Freetown and their home games are played at the National Stadium in Freetown.
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