NICKNAME: Seasiders

FOUNDED: 1887

MANAGER: Simon Grayson

GROUND: Bloomfield Road

LAST SEASON:

League 19th FA Cup Third Round Carling Cup Fourth Round

HONOURS:

Division Two Champions (1) 1929-30

FA Cup Winners (1) 1953

RECORD VICTORY: League 7-0 v Reading, Division Two, 10-11-1928, 7-0 v Preston, Division One, 01-05-1948 and 7-0 v Sunderland, Division One, 05-10-1957Cup 7-1 v Charlton, League Cup First Round, 25-09-1963

RECORD DEFEAT: 1-10 v Small Heath, Division Two, 13-12-1930

RECORD ATTENDANCE: 38,098 v Wolverhampton, Division One, 17-09-1955

RECORD TRANSFER PAID: £300,000, Stephen McPhee to Hull, July 2008

RECORD TRANSFER RECEIVED: £1.75m, Brett Ormerod from Southampton, December 2001

TOP LEAGUE GOALSCORER: Season Jimmy Hampson, 45, 1929-30 All-time Jimmy Hampson, 246, 1927-38

MOST LEAGUE APPEARANCES: Jimmy Armfield, 568, 1952-71