"Halliday, Faris Haroun, Andy Keogh, David Goodwillie, Stephen Dobbie and Robert Earnshaw. 2013–14 Blackpool F.C. season The 2013–14 season was Blackpool F.C.s third-consecutive season in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English professional football, and their 105th overall season in the Football League. They finished in 20th position. They also competed in the League Cup, going out in the first round, and the FA Cup, exiting in the third round (their first fixture in the competition). The season was to be Paul Ince's first full season as manager, but on 21 January 2014 he was sacked from the"
"wins. This was countered by a run of nine defeats in ten games, which resulted in Ince being sacked on 21 January 2014, eleven months into his tenure. Barry Ferguson was named caretaker manager upon Ince's dismissal. Of Ferguson's twenty league games in charge, Blackpool won just three and finished the 2013–14 season in 20th place. On 11 June 2014, almost five months after Paul Ince's dismissal, the club appointed Belgian José Riga as manager. He was Blackpool's first overseas manager. Prior to the start of the 2014–15 season Blackpool suffered a major crisis with some 27 players leaving the"
"Stuart Parker (footballer) Stuart Parker (born 16 February 1954 in Preston) is an English former professional footballer and a current English non-league football manager. He is currently chairman of A.F.C. Blackpool. Parker began his career with Blackpool in 1972, making his debut under Bob Stokoe as a substitute in a 1–1 draw with Orient at Bloomfield Road on 16 September. He made two more appearances, both starts, during the remainder of the 1972–73 season. He sat out the entirety of the domestic season of 1973–74, but appeared for the club in the ""Caligaris"" International (under-21) Tournament in northern Italy during"
"Belgian José Riga became Blackpool's first overseas manager. He had previously been in charge at Charlton Athletic. With the club having been bottom of the table since the opening weeks of the campaign, Riga was relieved of his duties four-and-a-half months later, with former Huddersfield Town and Birmingham City manager Lee Clark replacing him. He was Blackpool's eighth manager under Karl Oyston, and the fourth full-time appointment in two years. Clark resigned shortly after the conclusion of the 2014–15 season after Blackpool were relegated to the third tier for the first time in eight years. Neil McDonald was installed as"
"Steve Thompson again stepped in to take on a caretaker-manager role — a stint that lasted just over a month. Former Manchester United and England captain Paul Ince was named as Blackpool's third manager of the season on 18 February 2013. His son, Tom, was a member of the playing squad. It was under Ince that Blackpool made their best-ever start to a League season. Their victory at Bournemouth on 14 September 2013 gave them sixteen points out of a possible eighteen. The sequence of results was two wins, a draw, and three wins. This was countered by a run"
"beat Exeter City 2-1 in the League Two play-off final. He resigned as Blackpool manager on 6 August 2018. Gary Bowyer Gary Bowyer (born 26 June 1971) is an English football coach and former professional player. His most recent role was as manager of Blackpool between 2016 and 2018. Gary Bowyer was born on 26 June 1971 in Manchester. His father Ian Bowyer was also a professional footballer; the two played together at Hereford United. After playing non-League football for Westfields, Bowyer, a full back, signed for Football League team Hereford United on non-contract terms, making 14 appearances in the"
"2013–14 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season The 2013–14 season was Blackburn Rovers' 126th season as a professional football club and its second playing in the Football League Championship since the club's relegation during the 2011–12 Barclays Premier League season. Caretaker manager for the final few games of the previous season, Gary Bowyer, was given the job permanently. Grzegorz Sandomierski, Cameron Stewart, David Bentley, David Jones, Todd Kane and Colin Kazim-Richards, all of which were on loan at Rovers during the 12-13 season did not secure permanent contracts, though Todd Kane returned to Rovers for a third loan spell. Mauro Formica and"
"Gary Bowyer Gary Bowyer (born 26 June 1971) is an English football coach and former professional player. His most recent role was as manager of Blackpool between 2016 and 2018. Gary Bowyer was born on 26 June 1971 in Manchester. His father Ian Bowyer was also a professional footballer; the two played together at Hereford United. After playing non-League football for Westfields, Bowyer, a full back, signed for Football League team Hereford United on non-contract terms, making 14 appearances in the 1989–90 season. After the season ended, Bowyer moved to Nottingham Forest, but he never made a senior Football League"
"youngest manager in the Football League and former England coach John Gorman was named his number two. He was also the youngest person to ever acquire a UEFA Pro Licence at the age of 29. At the end of the 2011–12 season Gorman retired and was replaced by former Luton player/manager Mick Harford. At the same time, ex-Arsenal and former England international Ian Wright was also enlisted in a part-time role to provide assistance with coaching duties. In January 2013, Robinson turned down an offer to manage Blackpool FC, a well established Championship and former Premier League team, in favour"
"position as assistant manager to Terry McPhillips at EFL League One side Blackpool. Source: Gary Brabin Gary Brabin (born 9 December 1970) is an English former professional footballer and manager who is now assistant manager at Blackpool. A midfielder with a 12-year career in the English Football League, he represented Stockport County, Doncaster Rovers, Bury, Blackpool, Lincoln City, Hull City and Torquay United. He also played non-league football for Gateshead, Runcorn, Boston United, Chester City, Halifax Town, Southport and Burscough, and also played in the Welsh Premier League for Total Network Solutions / The New Saints. He was named as"
"the Blackburn Rovers Youth team that reached the 2012 FA Youths Cup Final, but were defeated by Chelsea. In January 2012, he was appointed caretaker assistant manager to Gary Bowyer after Henning Berg was sacked as manager. He was re-appointed assistant manager from June 2013 to 2015. In 2016, he followed Gary Bowyer to Blackpool F.C. as a chief scout and assistant manager. He was appointed caretaker manager of Blackpool F.C. on 6 August 2018, after Gary Bowyer left the club. On 10 September 2018 he was made permanent manager of Blackpool. Terry McPhillips Terence McPhillips (born 1 October 1968)"
"captain's armband, in the absence of Alex Baptiste, for the home victory over Derby County on 26 April. On 21 January 2014, Ferguson was installed as Blackpool's caretaker manager in the wake of Ince's sacking. He initially stated that he would not be playing while in the managerial role, but on 12 April, at Leeds, he named himself in the starting line-up in an attempt to stave off the threat of relegation. Although Blackpool won only three of their twenty games with Ferguson in charge, they avoided relegation by two points. Ferguson left Blackpool at the end of the 2013–14"
"capped at that level. Malcolm was appointed to a coaching position at Blackpool in January 2014, working for his former Rangers teammate Barry Ferguson. In a match against Burnley in April 2014, Malcolm was filmed pushing Blackpool player Stephen Dobbie in the face. Ferguson subsequently admitted that tensions were a ""bit high"". Blackpool avoided relegation from the Football League Championship, but Ferguson and Malcolm left the club at the end of the 2013–14 season. Ferguson was appointed manager of Scottish League Two club Clyde and in June 2014 recruited Malcolm to be a coach. Malcolm was promoted to the position"
"as Kevin Blackwell's assistant manager at League Two side Bury in June 2013. Blackwell was sacked on 14 October, and Jepson was appointed as caretaker-manager. It was later confirmed that he would remain as manager until at least January. However the club announced David Flitcroft as their new manager on 9 December 2013, and Jepson was released from his contract. He returned to the game in October 2016, when newly appointed Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock named Jepson as his first team coach. Source: Ronnie Jepson Ronald Francis Jepson (born 12 May 1963) is an English former footballer and manager,"
"with only twelve players available. Bury were officially relegated from league one on Saturday 13 April 2013 after losing at home 1–0 to Oldham Athletic following a late Matt Smith header. http://www.leaguemanagers.com/news/news-7033.html Kevin Blackwell Kevin Patrick Blackwell (born 21 December 1958) is an English former professional football goalkeeper who since retiring as a player has worked as a coach and a manager, and is currently assistant manager at Cardiff City. Blackwell was born in Luton and began his football career as an apprentice at Cambridge United, with Ron Atkinson as his manager. After failing to make the grade at the"
"the 2013–14 season; the main task was to secure Championship football for Charlton. This was achieved on 29 April 2014 following a 3-1 home win against Watford. On 3 June 2014 it was reported that Riga had agreed to a deal to become manager of Blackpool, and was set to start the following week. The following day, Blackpool chairman Karl Oyston confirmed that there was a verbal agreement in place. On 11 June Riga was confirmed as Blackpool's new manager. Three weeks later, newspaper reports claimed that Riga was unsettled and ready to quit Blackpool. Whilst the club and Riga"
"2012–13 Blackpool F.C. season The 2012–13 season was Blackpool F.C.s second-consecutive season in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English professional football, and their 104th overall season in the Football League. They finished in 15th position. Tom Ince was the club's top scorer, with eighteen goals in all competitions. Ian Holloway, in his fourth season, was manager until 3 November. He left to join Crystal Palace, at which point his assistant, Steve Thompson, took over in a caretaker capacity. On 7 November, after a second game in charge for Thompson, Blackpool appointed Michael Appleton in the role in"
"released early to mark the special 125th anniversary of the Football League. Gary Bowyer's first game as manager would ironically be against a club he coached at previously before joining Rovers in 2005. BBC Football Rovers started their League Cup campaign earlier than usual against League One outfit Carlisle United, it was the first time Rovers appeared in the first round since 2000. 2013–14 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season The 2013–14 season was Blackburn Rovers' 126th season as a professional football club and its second playing in the Football League Championship since the club's relegation during the 2011–12 Barclays Premier League"
"just under every three years. In 2014, Jose Riga became the club's first foreign manager. Blackpool have played 111 seasons in English league football. 29 of these have been spent in the first tier (1) (most recently in 2010–11), 50 in the second (2) (most recently in 2014–15), 24 in the third (3) (most recently in 2015–16) and eight in the fourth (4) (most recently in 2016–17). <nowiki>*</nowiki> denotes most recent honour<br> <nowiki>†</nowiki> Blackpool are the first team to be promoted through all divisions of the Football League via the play-off system and have the most play-off trophies Blackpool first"
"Simon Grayson Simon Nicholas Grayson (born 16 December 1969) is an English football manager and former player. As a player, he was a right back, but he was also utilised in midfield in a career that lasted from 1988 until 2006. Having started his career with Leeds United he played in the Premier League for Leicester City, Aston Villa and Blackburn Rovers, before moving into the Football League with Sheffield Wednesday, Stockport County, Notts County, Bradford City and Blackpool. He was appointed as player/manager of Blackpool in 2005, and a year later retired from playing to concentrate on the managerial"
"and Fleetwood Town goalkeeper Danny Hurst. Wright was inducted into the Hall of Fame at Bloomfield Road, when it was officially opened by former Blackpool player Jimmy Armfield in April 2006. Organised by the Blackpool Supporters' Association, Blackpool fans around the world voted on their all-time heroes. Five players from each decade are inducted; Wright is in the 1980s. Blackpool Aston Villa Alan Wright Alan Geoffrey Wright (born 28 September 1971) is an English former professional footballer and more recently manager of Southport after spells coaching at Blackpool and Northwich Victoria. He has played over 750 league and cup games"
"club. On 7 June 2013 ""Operations Director"" Paul Agnew was fired by the club owners ""Venkys"". On 10 June 2013, Blackburn Rovers installed Terry McPhillips as assistant manager and Tony Grant as first-team coach, while Carlisle United youth team coach Eric Kinder re-joins Rovers as head of the youth team. On 21 June 2013, Blackburn Rovers welcome back former player Craig Short who joins Gary Bowyer's backroom staff as first team coach. On 3 July, Blackburn Rovers announced their new shirt sponsor as RFS (Regulatory Finance Solutions Ltd), a management consultancy business. Blackburn's game against Derby County was a fixture"
"Terry McPhillips Terence McPhillips (born 1 October 1968) is an English former professional footballer who played over 100 games in the lower division of the Football League, scoring 30 goals. He is currently the manager of Blackpool. McPhillips attended Maricourt High School. McPhillips was a forward and he began his career in the youth team at Liverpool F.C. He did not make a first team appearance at Anfield and left Liverpool for Halifax Town in 1987. He soon made his mark by scoring a hat-trick in a 3-3 draw against Carlisle United in the 1988–89 season. He went on to"
"to Blackpool on a deal until the end of the 2013–14 season after leaving Crystal Palace by mutual consent at the end of January. Following his return, Grandin says moving back to Blackpool feels like home and also says that interim-manager Barry Ferguson played a role of giving him a chance. Grandin re-debuted for the club, where he came on for Ángel Martínez, in the 67th minutes, as Blackpool and Nottingham Forest drew 1–1 on 8 February 2014. Grandin then scored his first goal for the club, as Blackpool would lose 2–1 to Yeovil Town on 5 April 2014. At"
"signed for Drogheda United in January 1984 and on his debut won the only trophy in his career. Parker became manager of Blackpool Mechanics in 2000. In 2005 he was appointed manager of Squires Gate, leaving the following year. He returned to Blackpool Mechanics as manager in 2007, with the club being renamed AFC Blackpool the following year. He remained manager until the end of the 2016–17, when he became club chairman. Stuart Parker (footballer) Stuart Parker (born 16 February 1954 in Preston) is an English former professional footballer and a current English non-league football manager. He is currently chairman"
"Kevin Blackwell Kevin Patrick Blackwell (born 21 December 1958) is an English former professional football goalkeeper who since retiring as a player has worked as a coach and a manager, and is currently assistant manager at Cardiff City. Blackwell was born in Luton and began his football career as an apprentice at Cambridge United, with Ron Atkinson as his manager. After failing to make the grade at the Abbey Stadium, he moved into Non-League football, playing for Bedford Town while working as a bricklayer. He later played in the 1978 FA Vase final for Barton Rovers and for Middlesex Wanderers"
"2014–15 Blackpool F.C. season The 2014–15 season was Blackpool F.C.s fourth-consecutive season in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English professional football, and their 106th overall season in the Football League. They exited the League Cup at the first-round stage on 12 August and the FA Cup, also at the first hurdle, on 4 January. They were relegated to League One with six League fixtures remaining. José Riga, in his first season as manager, was in charge for fourteen League games, before being sacked on 27 October with the club five points adrift at the foot of the"
"in that match by another former professional player and ""Soccer Saturday"" regular, Paul Merson, who also signed up to Welshpool. Merson scored in the match, but Welshpool still lost 4–1. Manager David Jones was relieved of his duties as manager on 3 June 2013 and during the summer, Welshpool Town decided to bring back ex Manager Russell Cadwallader, who had a successful period as manager during the late 1990s and early 2000s. David Jones was offered the role of Assistant Manager, but choose to move to local rivals Berriew as manager. In 2014–15 Welshpool finish 10th in the Mid Wales"
"Neil McDonald (footballer) Neil Raymond McDonald (born 2 November 1965 in Wallsend, North Tyneside) is a football manager, coach and former player, in the right back and midfield positions. He is the current assistant manager at club Swindon Town. During his career he played for the England under 21 team. As a manager, he has been in charge at Carlisle United and Östersunds FK. On 18 December 2008 he was appointed Assistant Manager of Blackburn Rovers, and was sacked on 13 December 2010 along with manager Sam Allardyce. On 1 June 2011, Allardyce announced McDonald as his assistant manager at"
"admiration for the former Blackpool and England player Sir Stanley Matthews. Mighty Blackpool have an intense rivalry with city rivals East End Lions. 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"
"game following Sven-Göran Eriksson's sacking as manager, before adding his fourth of the season at home to Blackpool a month later. However, the latter part of his season was disrupted due to injury. King finished the season scoring 4 times in 32 games across all competitions, King's lowest goal and appearance tally since becoming a first team regular in the 2008–09 season. King regained his form at the beginning of the following season though, scoring a goal in both the opening 2012–13 Championship fixtures against Peterborough United and Charlton Athletic respectively. King's central midfield partner often changed between Matty James"
"charge of the England under-19 team in 2009, leading the side to the semi-finals of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship in both 2010 and 2012 before leaving the Football Association in June 2014. On 1 July it was reported that Blake was about to become first-team coach at Blackpool. On 27 October Blake was put in temporary charge following the departure of Jose Riga. He left Blackpool in December 2014. Blake suffered a stroke in August 2015. Noel Blake Noel Lloyd George Blake (born 12 January 1962) is a retired footballer and current coach. He was formerly the head coach"
"Craig Harrison (footballer) Craig Harrison (born 10 November 1977) is an English professional football club manager and former player. He is currently coach of Welsh Premier League side Connah's Quay Nomads. In his seven-year playing career, in which he played in defence, he played for Middlesbrough, Preston North End and Crystal Palace. From 2008, until his departure in 2011, he was the manager of Airbus UK Broughton. He then joined The New Saints as their new manager that same year. In June 2017, Harrison was appointed as the manager of Hartlepool United. Harrison was born in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear."