1965–66 Blackpool F.C. season explained

Club:Blackpool F.C.
Season:1965–66
League:Division One
Manager:Ron Suart
League Result:13th
League Topscorer:Alan Ball &
Ray Charnley (16)
Season Topscorer:Ray Charnley (19)
Cup1:FA Cup
Cup1 Result:Third round[1]
Cup2:League Cup
Cup2 Result:Third round[2]
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Prevseason:1964–65

The 1965–66 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 58th season (55th consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division One, then the top tier of English football, finishing thirteenth.

Ray Charnley was the club's top overall scorer for the eighth consecutive season, with 19 goals. Alan Ball (sixteen goals) shared the accolade with him in the league.

Christmas during the Middle Ages was a public festival with annual indulgences included the sporting.[3] When Puritans outlawed Christmas in England in December 1647 the crowd brought out footballs as a symbol of festive misrule.[4] The Orkney Christmas Day Ba' tradition continues.[5] In the former top tear of English football, home and away Christmas Day and Boxing Day double headers were often played guaranteeing football clubs large crowds by allowing many working people their only chance to watch a game.[6] Champions Preston North End faced Aston Villa on Christmas Day 1889[7] and the last Christmas Day fixture was in 1965 in England, Blackpool beating Blackburn Rovers 4-2.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Entered competition in third round
  2. Entered competition in second round
  3. Forbes, Bruce David, Christmas: a candid history, University of California Press, 2007,, pp. 68–79.
  4. Historian Reveals that Cromwellian Christmas Football Rebels Ran Riot. August 25, 2023 . December 17, 2003 . University of Warwick. September 28, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200928090437/https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/ne1000000086166/ . live.
  5. Web site: Christmas Day Ba' 2023 .
  6. Web site: Why football at Christmas is a very British tradition .
  7. Web site: The Last Time Football Was Played on Christmas Day in England . 25 December 2020 .