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Blackpool is a seaside resort and unitary authority area in Lancashire , England , on England ' s northwest coast . The town is on the Irish Sea , between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries , northwest of Preston , north of Liverpool , northwest of Bolton and northwest of Manchester . It had an estimated population of 142 , 065 at the 2011 Census . England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom . It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west . The Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest . England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five - eighths of the island of Great Britain ( which lies in the North Atlantic ) in its ___MASK82___ and south ; and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly , and the Isle of Wight . The River Thames is a river that flows through southern England . At , it is the longest river entirely in England and the second longest in the United Kingdom , after the River Severn . It also flows through Oxford ( where it is called Isis ), Reading , Henley - on - Thames and Windsor . The lower reaches of the river are called the Tideway , derived from its long tidal reach up to Teddington ___MASK73___ . It rises at Thames Head in Gloucestershire , and flows into the North Sea via the Thames Estuary . The Thames drains the whole of Greater London . The 1948 FA Cup Final was contested by Manchester United and Blackpool at Wembley Stadium on 24 April 1948 . United , who had not appeared in an FA Cup Final for 39 years , won 4  2 , with two goals from Jack Rowley and one apiece from Stan Pearson and John Anderson . Eddie Shimwell and Stan Mortensen scored Blackpool ' s goals . With his goal , Shimwell became the first full - back to score in a Wembley cup final . Blackpool manager Joe Smith decided not to select Jimmy McIntosh for the final despite McIntosh having scored five goals in the five ties leading up to the final . The two sides met in a rearranged league fixture the Monday after the Wembley final . McIntosh was selected to play for Blackpool , who won 1  0 with McIntosh scoring the winner . James McLaughlin " Jimmy " McIntosh ( 5 April 1918  2000 ) was a Scottish professional footballer and manager . As a player McIntosh was a fast , strong , stocky , ___MASK62___ . Lancashire (; archaically the County Palatine of Lancaster ; abbreviated Lancs .) is a non - metropolitan ceremonial county in north west England . The county town is Lancaster although the county ' s administrative ___MASK82___ is Preston . The county has a population of 1 , 449 , 300 and an area of . People from Lancashire are known as Lancastrians . The FA Cup , known officially as The Football Association Challenge Cup , is an annual knockout association football competition in men ' s domestic English football . First played during the 1871  72 season , it is the oldest association football competition in the world . It is organised by and named after The Football Association ( The FA ). For sponsorship reasons , from 2015 through to 2018 it is also known as The Emirates FA Cup . A concurrent women ' s tournament is also held , the FA Women ' s Cup . George White Dick ( 1921 -- 1960 ) was a Scottish Guardsman , B . A . O . R . cruiserweight boxing champion , and professional football player and manager . After leaving the army , while making up his mind whether to take a letter of recommendation to a London club , Dick worked as a waiter in Blackpool . He asked Joe Smith , Blackpool F . C . manager , for a trial in August 1946 , and within ten minutes was signed on . He played in the 1948 FA Cup Final for Blackpool against Manchester United . He also wrote training manuals and was one of the first qualified FA coaches . He managed Galatasaray in Turkey on two occasions . His life was cut short when he was killed in a road accident in 1960 . Bloomfield Road is a 17 , 338 - capacity all - seater football stadium in the English town of Blackpool , Lancashire , in an area known as South Shore . It has been the permanent home of Blackpool F . C . since 1901 , and was the 68th ground to host a Football League game . The stadium is named after the road on which the main entrance used to stand . The stadium has been in a process of redevelopment since 2000 . June of that year saw the demolition of the Spion Kop at the north ___MASK67___ of the ground ; an all - seated stand has now replaced it . The rebuilding of the West Stand was completed in August 2002 . In March 2010 , the South Stand , whose original structure was pulled down in 2003 , was opened by Jimmy Armfield , the former Blackpool player for whom the stand is named . A temporary East Stand opened on 28 August 2010 with a capacity of 5 , 120 seats , initially increasing capacity to 16 , 220 with further hospitality seating in the South Stand to be installed later in the year . Bloomfield Road is ranked 52 in the list of English football stadiums by capacity . Blackpool Football Club is a professional association football club based in the seaside town of Blackpool , Lancashire , England . For the 2016  17 season , they are competing in League Two , the fourth tier of English football . Founded in 1887 , Blackpool ' s home ground has been Bloomfield Road since 1901 . Their main nickname is " the Seasiders ", but they are also called " the ' Pool " and " the Tangerines ", the latter in reference to the colour of their home kit , which is often referred to as orange . John Frederick " Jack " Rowley ( 7 October 1920  28 June 1998 ) was an English footballer who played as a ___MASK62___ from the 1930s to the 1950s , mainly remembered for a 17 - year spell with Manchester United . He was nicknamed " The Gunner " because of his prolific goalscoring and explosive shooting , scoring 211 goals in 424 appearances for United . His younger brother , Arthur , still holds the record for the highest number of career goals scored in the Football League with 434 . Bolton ( or locally ) is a town in Greater Manchester in North West England . A former mill town , Bolton has been a production ___MASK82___ for textiles since Flemish weavers settled in the area in the 14th century , introducing a wool and cotton - weaving tradition . The urbanisation and development of the town largely coincided with the introduction of textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution . Bolton was a 19th - century boomtown , and at its zenith in 1929 its 216 cotton mills and 26 bleaching and dyeing works made it one of the largest and most productive centres of cotton spinning in the world . The British cotton industry declined sharply after the First World War , and by the 1980s cotton manufacture had virtually ceased in Bolton . Iran (, also , ; ' ), also known as Persia , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (' ), is a sovereign state in Western Asia . It is bordered to the northwest by Armenia , the " de facto " Nagorno - Karabakh Republic , and Azerbaijan ; to the north by the Caspian Sea ; to the northeast by Turkmenistan ; to the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan ; to the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman ; and to the west by Turkey and Iraq . Comprising a land area of , it is the second - largest country in the Middle East and the 18th - largest in the world . With 82 . 8 million inhabitants , Iran is the world ' s 17th - most - populous country . It is the only country with both a Caspian Sea and an Indian Ocean coastline . The country ' s central location in Eurasia and Western Asia , and its proximity to the Strait of Hormuz , make it of great geostrategic importance . Tehran is the country ' s capital and largest city , as well as its leading economic ___MASK96___ . Association football , more commonly known as football or soccer , is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball . It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies , making it the world ' s most popular sport . The game is played on a rectangular field with a goal at each ___MASK67___ . The object of the game is to score by getting the ball into the opposing goal . London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom , as well as the most populous city proper in the European Union . Standing on the River Thames in the south east of the island of Great Britain , London has been a major settlement for two millennia . It was founded by the Romans , who named it " Londinium ". London ' s ancient core , the City of London , largely retains its medieval boundaries . Since at least the 19th century , " London " has also referred to the metropolis around this core , historically split between Middlesex , Essex , Surrey , Kent , and Hertfordshire , which today largely makes up Greater London , governed by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly . Turkey , officially the Republic of Turkey ( Turkish : ), is a transcontinental country in Eurasia , mainly in Anatolia in Western Asia , with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe . Turkey is a democratic , secular , unitary , parliamentary republic with a diverse cultural heritage . Turkey is bordered by eight countries : Greece to the west ; Bulgaria to the northwest ; Georgia to the northeast ; Armenia , the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan and Iran to the east ; and Iraq and Syria to the south . The Aegean Sea is to the west , the Black Sea to the north , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . The Bosphorus , the Sea of Marmara , and the Dardanelles , which together form the Turkish Straits , divide Thrace and Anatolia ; they also separate Europe and Asia . Turkey ' s location has given it geopolitical and strategic importance throughout history . Londinium was a settlement established on the current site of the City of London around 43 . Its bridge over the River Thames turned the city into a road nexus and major port , serving as a major commercial ___MASK82___ in Roman Britain until its abandonment during the 5th century .