Bispham Seasider
21 Jul 2008, 02:49 PM
Current known Blackpool FC Supporters Clubs
Blackpool Supporters Association (BSA)
The official Supporters Club, not independent. They were originally set up as teh Blackpool Independent Supporters Assocaition but dropped the Independent when the club recognised them as the official supportters group. They run coach travel to away games and fund raise for the club. They also hold "BSA Meets" prior to home games at the Number 1 club (situated on Bloomfield Road by the stadium) where former 'Pool players give stories about their times at the club.
Annual membership is £5.
Official website - http://www.bsaweb.info/Default.aspx
BASIL (Blackpool Association of Supporters in London)
One of the oldest Supporters Groups (along with Leyland & Chorley Seasiders). Members from London and the South of England. They also own a small amount of shares in Blackpool Football Club
They used to have a website but at present do not seem to have one.
They are though members of APFSCIL - The Association of Provincial Football Supporters' Clubs in London.
APFSCIL website - http://www.apfscil.org.uk/
Leyland & Chorley Seasiders
Deep in "enemy territrory", Leyland & Chorley Seasiders are along with BASIL one of the oldest BFC Supporters Groups. Originally set up in 1970, in the days before the M55 linked Blackpool to the motorway network to help Blackpool fans living in the Chorley area travel to home games. Not long after they were set up they had 50 members.
LCS organise travel to away games.
Leyland and Chorley are two small towns to the south of Preston.
They have a new official website which is of July 2008 was still under construction but does have some content.
Official website - http://www.leylandandchorleyseasiders.co.uk/index.html
Yorkshire Seasiders
A group for all Yorkshire based Seasiders, they run travel to home and away games, hold regular meetings (in pubs of course) throughout Yorkshire.
Official website - http://www.yorkshireseasiders.co.uk/
Midlands Seasiders
Set up in 2007 for all Midlands based Seasiders.
No details of a website at present.
FY8 Seasiders
Also known as SAS - St Annes Seasiders. FY8 is the post code that covers the area of the Fylde Coast to the south of Blackpool and includes St Annes, Lytham, Ansdell.
They organise travel to away games. No website.
Tango Junior Seasiders
The official junior supporters club. They organise regular events for children and organise at least one coach trip to an away game each season.
No website details.
Fylde Coast Seasiders
Set up in 2007 as an independent supporters group. They have a meet up before home games. In 2007-08 at the Bloomfield Club. For 2008-09 they are apparently looking for a new venue to meet. Also organise travel to away games.
Membership is £4.
Although they do not currently have a website, they do have their own sub-forum on the Blackpool Vital website - http://wwwblackpool.vitalfootball.co.uk/ (http://wwwblackpool.vitalfootball.co.uk/)forum/forums/forum-view.asp?fid=7
They also have an MSN group located here - http://groups.msn.com/FyldeCoastSeasiders (http://groups.msn.com/FyldeCoastSeasiders)
North Lancashire Seasiders
Also known as LA1 Seasiders. Not really sure if they are still active or not. They cover North Lancashire including Lancaster and Morecambe. Used to have a website but it no longer exists.
Others
There are numerous flags that appear at games with towns and areas such as Cheshire Seasiders, Windermere Tangerines, Cornish Seasiders, Fleetwood Tangerines, Poulton-le-Fylde Seasiders, and PE13 - the Peterbourough branch of Yorkshire Seasiders! (Even though Peterborough isn't in Yorkshire... :D). Also Wigan Seasiders and maybe one day a Bispham Seasiders branch will be set up! Some Seasiders in Manchester have discussed setting up a Supporters group there but nothing seems to have come of it as yet.
Blackpool Supporters Association (BSA)
The official Supporters Club, not independent. They were originally set up as teh Blackpool Independent Supporters Assocaition but dropped the Independent when the club recognised them as the official supportters group. They run coach travel to away games and fund raise for the club. They also hold "BSA Meets" prior to home games at the Number 1 club (situated on Bloomfield Road by the stadium) where former 'Pool players give stories about their times at the club.
Annual membership is £5.
Official website - http://www.bsaweb.info/Default.aspx
BASIL (Blackpool Association of Supporters in London)
One of the oldest Supporters Groups (along with Leyland & Chorley Seasiders). Members from London and the South of England. They also own a small amount of shares in Blackpool Football Club
They used to have a website but at present do not seem to have one.
They are though members of APFSCIL - The Association of Provincial Football Supporters' Clubs in London.
APFSCIL website - http://www.apfscil.org.uk/
Leyland & Chorley Seasiders
Deep in "enemy territrory", Leyland & Chorley Seasiders are along with BASIL one of the oldest BFC Supporters Groups. Originally set up in 1970, in the days before the M55 linked Blackpool to the motorway network to help Blackpool fans living in the Chorley area travel to home games. Not long after they were set up they had 50 members.
LCS organise travel to away games.
Leyland and Chorley are two small towns to the south of Preston.
They have a new official website which is of July 2008 was still under construction but does have some content.
Official website - http://www.leylandandchorleyseasiders.co.uk/index.html
Yorkshire Seasiders
A group for all Yorkshire based Seasiders, they run travel to home and away games, hold regular meetings (in pubs of course) throughout Yorkshire.
Official website - http://www.yorkshireseasiders.co.uk/
Midlands Seasiders
Set up in 2007 for all Midlands based Seasiders.
No details of a website at present.
FY8 Seasiders
Also known as SAS - St Annes Seasiders. FY8 is the post code that covers the area of the Fylde Coast to the south of Blackpool and includes St Annes, Lytham, Ansdell.
They organise travel to away games. No website.
Tango Junior Seasiders
The official junior supporters club. They organise regular events for children and organise at least one coach trip to an away game each season.
No website details.
Fylde Coast Seasiders
Set up in 2007 as an independent supporters group. They have a meet up before home games. In 2007-08 at the Bloomfield Club. For 2008-09 they are apparently looking for a new venue to meet. Also organise travel to away games.
Membership is £4.
Although they do not currently have a website, they do have their own sub-forum on the Blackpool Vital website - http://wwwblackpool.vitalfootball.co.uk/ (http://wwwblackpool.vitalfootball.co.uk/)forum/forums/forum-view.asp?fid=7
They also have an MSN group located here - http://groups.msn.com/FyldeCoastSeasiders (http://groups.msn.com/FyldeCoastSeasiders)
North Lancashire Seasiders
Also known as LA1 Seasiders. Not really sure if they are still active or not. They cover North Lancashire including Lancaster and Morecambe. Used to have a website but it no longer exists.
Others
There are numerous flags that appear at games with towns and areas such as Cheshire Seasiders, Windermere Tangerines, Cornish Seasiders, Fleetwood Tangerines, Poulton-le-Fylde Seasiders, and PE13 - the Peterbourough branch of Yorkshire Seasiders! (Even though Peterborough isn't in Yorkshire... :D). Also Wigan Seasiders and maybe one day a Bispham Seasiders branch will be set up! Some Seasiders in Manchester have discussed setting up a Supporters group there but nothing seems to have come of it as yet.