Mighty Blackpool F.C.
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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.
Full name | Mighty Blackpool | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Tis-Tas Boys | ||
Founded | 1923; 101 years ago (1923) | ||
Ground | National Stadium Freetown, Sierra Leone | ||
Capacity | 45,000 | ||
Chairman | Mohamed Bah | ||
Manager | Alusine ‘Bala’ Kargbo | ||
League | Sierra Leone National Premier League | ||
2022–2023 | 2nd | ||
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The club was founded in 1923 under the name Socro United and they are the oldest and most successful football club in Sierra Leone, having won the Premier League fifteen times and the FA Cup four times. They changed their name to Mighty Blackpool in 1954 to show their admiration for the former Blackpool and England player Sir Stanley Matthews.[1]
Mighty Blackpool have an intense rivalry with city rivals East End Lions.