Mighty Blackpool F.C.

Mighty Blackpool
Full nameMighty Blackpool
Nickname(s)The Tis-Tas Boys
Founded1923; 101 years ago (1923)
GroundNational Stadium
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Capacity45,000
ChairmanSierra Leone Mohamed Bah
ManagerSierra Leone Alusine ‘Bala’ Kargbo
LeagueSierra Leone National Premier League
2022–20232nd

Mighty Blackpool is a Sierra Leonean football club based in the capital Freetown. They play in the Sierra Leone National Premier League, the top football league in the country. Blackpool represents the West End of Freetown and their home games are played at the National Stadium in Freetown.

The club was founded in 1923 under the name Socro United and they are the oldest and most successful football club in Sierra Leone, having won the Premier League fifteen times and the FA Cup four times. They changed their name to Mighty Blackpool in 1954 to show their admiration for the former Blackpool and England player Sir Stanley Matthews.[1]

Mighty Blackpool have an intense rivalry with city rivals East End Lions.