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Bloomfield Road Stadium

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What is recorded here

Bloomfield Road Stadium is recorded as a named stadium in Blackpool. The point is the centre supplied by the public map.

Bloomfield Road has been Blackpool Football Club's home since 1901. Its packed mid-century terraces watched players such as Stanley Matthews and Stan Mortensen, while later rebuilding named stands for them and Jimmy Armfield, making the ground a public record of the seaside club's strongest years.

What this place is

Bloomfield Road is a football stadium close to central Blackpool, with a pitch surrounded by three permanent modern stands and a temporary stand along the east side.

People and events

Blackpool players and supporters filled the ground during its great post-war years; a record crowd watched Wolves in 1955, and women's international tournament matches came in 2005.

How it was used

The ground has mainly served league and cup football, but has also held rugby league finals and other public events needing a central enclosed field.

What survives

The 1901 site and pitch remain, but rebuilding since the early 2000s replaced old stands; the new sides carry the names of Mortensen, Matthews and Armfield.

Why it mattered

Bloomfield Road mattered because it is where a resort-town club reached national fame and where later rebuilding deliberately kept the memory of its greatest local football figures.

Sources for this account

Sources checked 16 August 2026.

From OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) w124427534

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  • Steve Daniels, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • Computer-made picture. It does not show this monument.
  • Colin Eastwood, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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