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2 unusual facts about Bloomfield Road


Kevin Cullis

In the second match, which took place at Bloomfield Road on 13 February 1996, Cullis' planned half-time team talk was ignored as the players took control.

Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway

The grounds of the Angle Ring factory in Bloomfield Road, Tipton, were the first to swallow up part of the trackbed during the 1980s.


1993–94 Blackpool F.C. season

They competed in the 24-team Division Two, then the third tier of English league football, finishing twentieth, avoiding relegation by one point after a final-day 4–1 victory over Leyton Orient at Bloomfield Road.

Terry Alcock

Alcock played in the 1972 Anglo-Italian Cup, scoring in Blackpool's 10–0 victory over Lanerossi Vicenza on 10 June 1971 at Bloomfield Road, en route to Blackpool's appearance in the final.


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