This page shows the ELO score history of the selected club - mapping their best and worst sides of all time, and their most unlikely victories and defeats based on their ELO score.

Inspired by ClubELO.com, the ELO rating system is a method of calculating and comparing the relative strengths of teams in competition. For every match played, the ELO scores of the two teams are considered, and adjusted for other factors (such as home advantage), to calculate the likelihood of the match result. When the actual result of the game is known, the ELO score is adjusted accordingly, comparing the expected outcome of the game with the actual outcome - so a victory over Manchester United will be worth more points than one over Supermarine. The resulting ELO score can be used to compare the strengths of teams over time, and to project future results based on the current form of all teams.

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Blackpool

ELO Score History

A historical overview of Blackpool's ELO scores.

Best Teams in History

A list of the top 15 Blackpool sides in history, based on their ELO score.

Year	Date Recorded	ELO Score
1951	Wednesday April 4th, 1951	4,135.67
1957	Wednesday April 3rd, 1957	4,117.03
1952	Saturday September 27th, 1952	4,102.30
1959	Saturday February 14th, 1959	4,085.67
1956	Saturday November 3rd, 1956	4,078.09
1950	Saturday March 18th, 1950	4,073.53
1954	Saturday August 21st, 1954	4,071.87
1958	Friday December 26th, 1958	4,071.28
1953	Saturday March 7th, 1953	4,068.98
1949	Tuesday December 27th, 1949	4,060.04
1948	Saturday March 27th, 1948	4,053.34
1955	Saturday September 17th, 1955	4,052.93
1946	Saturday November 2nd, 1946	4,041.43
1960	Saturday April 2nd, 1960	4,036.36
1947	Saturday September 13th, 1947	4,029.94

Worst Teams in History

A list of the worst 15 Blackpool sides in history, based on their ELO score.

Year	Date Recorded	ELO Score
1983	Friday February 18th, 1983	3,400.60
1982	Saturday April 24th, 1982	3,455.75
1984	Monday January 2nd, 1984	3,486.93
1981	Friday April 17th, 1981	3,492.99
1990	Saturday November 3rd, 1990	3,499.90
2000	Sunday December 10th, 2000	3,507.60
1992	Saturday December 12th, 1992	3,517.24
2001	Saturday April 21st, 2001	3,519.80
1993	Saturday January 9th, 1993	3,521.54
1991	Saturday January 12th, 1991	3,534.85
2016	Saturday October 15th, 2016	3,542.41
1994	Tuesday August 16th, 1994	3,544.65

Significant Victories

A list of the twenty most significant victories in Blackpool history, based on the ELO points difference between the two teams.

Match	Win %	Score	ELO +/-
Blackpool (3,173) vs. Burton Swifts (3,676) Saturday February 1st, 1896	10.66%	4-1	+31.3
Blackpool (3,602) vs. Birmingham City (4,009) Tuesday September 23rd, 2003	11.94%	1-0	+8.8
Blackpool (3,487) vs. Manchester City (3,891) Saturday January 7th, 1984	14.27%	2-1	+17.1
Sheffield United (4,009) vs. Blackpool (3,634) Saturday February 3rd, 1906	5.20%	1-2	+19.0
Blackpool (3,613) vs. Sheffield United (3,959) Tuesday September 21st, 1993	17.13%	3-0	+14.5
Blackpool (3,638) vs. Sheffield Wednesday (3,981) Tuesday September 27th, 1988	18.13%	2-0	+24.6
Blackpool (3,594) vs. Newcastle United (3,921) Wednesday September 23rd, 1987	20.27%	1-0	+15.9
Barnsley (3,839) vs. Blackpool (3,514) Tuesday January 5th, 1982	8.04%	0-2	+27.6
Blackpool (3,623) vs. West Bromwich Albion (3,922) Saturday November 10th, 1906	26.94%	2-1	+14.6
Chelsea (4,001) vs. Blackpool (3,704) Wednesday September 25th, 1996	11.03%	1-3	+13.3
Liverpool (4,100) vs. Blackpool (3,820) Saturday May 13th, 1967	9.92%	1-3	+27.0
Manchester City (3,941) vs. Blackpool (3,665) Thursday September 2nd, 1909	9.07%	1-2	+18.2
Blackpool (3,653) vs. Derby County (3,927) Saturday March 28th, 1908	29.94%	1-0	+14.0
Burnley (4,148) vs. Blackpool (3,875) Saturday October 29th, 1960	10.23%	1-2	+18.0
Blackpool (3,874) vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers (4,143) Saturday March 4th, 1961	27.88%	5-2	+25.2
Wigan Athletic (3,963) vs. Blackpool (3,697) Saturday April 26th, 2014	14.61%	0-2	+25.6
Blackpool (3,415) vs. Walsall (3,679) Tuesday August 30th, 1983	27.09%	2-1	+14.6
Wigan Athletic (3,844) vs. Blackpool (3,589) Tuesday February 13th, 2018	15.60%	0-2	+25.3
Barnsley (3,820) vs. Blackpool (3,574) Tuesday January 17th, 2017	16.44%	1-2	+8.4
Blackpool (3,496) vs. Barnsley (3,742) Saturday April 25th, 1981	30.09%	1-0	+14.0

Significant Defeats

A list of the twenty most significant defeats in Blackpool history, based on the ELO points difference between the two teams.

Match	Win %	Score	ELO +/-
Blackpool (3,932) vs. Morecambe (3,475) Sunday August 12th, 2012	94.68%	1-2	-9.5
Blackpool (3,913) vs. Darlington (3,497) Wednesday October 13th, 1965	95.23%	1-2	-19.0
Bradford City (3,493) vs. Blackpool (3,895) Saturday January 13th, 1973	84.91%	2-1	-17.0
Blackpool (3,978) vs. York City (3,606) Saturday January 8th, 1955	94.01%	0-2	-28.2
Blackpool (3,834) vs. South Shields AFC (3,463) Saturday February 21st, 1920	94.39%	0-3	-33.0
Macclesfield Town (3,433) vs. Blackpool (3,768) Tuesday August 12th, 2008	83.98%	2-0	-12.6
Chester (3,534) vs. Blackpool (3,860) Wednesday September 11th, 1974	78.51%	3-1	-23.6
Hartlepool United (3,468) vs. Blackpool (3,787) Saturday January 8th, 2022	83.45%	2-1	-8.3
Torquay United (3,451) vs. Blackpool (3,765) Saturday January 3rd, 2009	82.26%	1-0	-8.2
South Shields AFC (3,496) vs. Blackpool (3,801) Saturday February 28th, 1920	74.42%	6-0	-31.6
Milton Keynes Dons (3,623) vs. Blackpool (3,918) Tuesday August 24th, 2010	80.80%	4-3	-8.1
Boreham Wood (3,363) vs. Blackpool (3,636) Saturday November 4th, 2017	79.40%	2-1	-7.9
West Ham United (3,767) vs. Blackpool (4,035) Saturday January 12th, 1952	72.93%	2-1	-14.6
Port Vale (3,750) vs. Blackpool (4,000) Saturday February 20th, 1954	69.58%	2-0	-20.9
Sheffield Wednesday (3,747) vs. Blackpool (3,995) Saturday January 11th, 1947	66.97%	4-1	-23.4
Sheffield Wednesday (3,892) vs. Blackpool (4,128) Saturday April 21st, 1951	69.30%	3-1	-20.8
Barnsley (3,711) vs. Blackpool (3,945) Saturday February 6th, 1937	64.28%	2-1	-12.9
York City (3,419) vs. Blackpool (3,654) Tuesday September 3rd, 1991	71.42%	1-0	-14.3
Blackpool (3,934) vs. Hull City (3,701) Saturday November 23rd, 1929	88.98%	1-2	-17.8
Blackpool (3,677) vs. Altrincham (3,450) Saturday December 7th, 1985	86.11%	1-2	-17.2

Opponents

A complete listing of Blackpool's fortunes against all opponents that they have played ten or more matches against - ranked from most to least successful, based on the average ELO points gained or lost in each match.

#	Opponent	P	W	D	L	Avg ELO +/-
1	Hereford Hereford	14	9	3	2	+4.65
2	Fleetwood Town Fleetwood Town	14	8	5	1	+4.16
3	Lincoln City Lincoln City	61	36	12	13	+3.85
4	Wrexham Wrexham	34	19	9	6	+3.18
5	Swindon Town Swindon	38	14	17	7	+2.99
6	Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United	40	21	9	10	+2.61
7	Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers	55	28	13	14	+2.45
8	Burton United Burton United	12	4	7	1	+2.36
9	Cardiff City Cardiff City	77	35	23	19	+2.11
10	Glossop North End Glossop North End	32	13	10	9	+1.99
11	Torquay United Torquay United	18	10	3	5	+1.93
12	Oxford United Oxford United	39	17	11	11	+1.77
13	Hartlepool United Hartlepool United	27	13	6	8	+1.75
14	Yeovil Town Yeovil Town	10	4	3	3	+1.75
15	Birmingham City Birmingham	104	42	25	37	+1.68
16	Newcastle United Newcastle United	61	26	9	26	+1.68
17	Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic	70	32	19	19	+1.66
18	Coventry City Coventry City	36	18	6	12	+1.65
19	Northampton Town Northampton Town	43	23	8	12	+1.53
20	Carlisle United Carlisle United	45	24	10	11	+1.43
21	Exeter City Exeter City	25	13	6	6	+1.30
22	Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Town	11	7	2	2	+1.28
23	Portsmouth Portsmouth	76	30	24	22	+1.27
24	Darlington Darlington	25	11	9	5	+1.21
25	Gillingham Gillingham	44	17	14	13	+1.16
26	Bradford City Bradford	61	28	5	28	+1.14
27	Leicester City Leicester City	99	38	22	39	+1.11
28	Leyton Orient Leyton Orient	78	34	20	24	+1.10
29	Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton	31	10	10	11	+1.01
30	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	61	23	17	21	+0.99
31	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town	93	36	26	31	+0.95
32	AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth	43	17	11	15	+0.95
33	Liverpool Liverpool	43	15	9	19	+0.95
34	Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic	51	18	12	21	+0.85
35	Notts County Notts County	58	23	15	20	+0.66
36	Reading Reading	51	18	12	21	+0.61
37	Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers	44	19	9	16	+0.49
38	Crystal Palace Crystal Palace	36	14	11	11	+0.48
39	Chester Chester	34	17	7	10	+0.45
40	Grimsby Town Grimsby Town	64	22	17	25	+0.44
41	Fulham Fulham	111	41	33	37	+0.37
42	West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion	93	31	17	45	+0.31
43	Cambridge United Cambridge	14	5	5	4	+0.30
44	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	107	37	21	49	+0.28
45	Burton Albion Burton Albion	14	6	3	5	+0.24
46	Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers	29	7	15	7	+0.21
47	Southend United Southend United	27	13	4	10	+0.16
48	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle	56	21	16	19	+0.10
49	Bristol City Bristol City	99	33	29	37	+0.05
50	Chelsea Chelsea	83	30	15	38	+0.01
51	Stockport County Stockport County	74	30	18	26	-0.09
52	Colchester United Colchester United	36	11	14	11	-0.09
53	Gateshead AFC Gateshead	18	9	3	6	-0.12
54	Aldershot Town Aldershot	15	8	1	6	-0.15
55	Sheffield United Sheffield United	75	24	18	33	-0.17
56	Bolton Wanderers Bolton	108	35	32	41	-0.19
57	Sunderland Sunderland	66	19	20	27	-0.24
58	Swansea City Swansea City	47	15	17	15	-0.29
59	Stoke City Stoke City	73	23	21	29	-0.42
60	Derby County Derby County	77	23	19	35	-0.45
61	Millwall Millwall	52	17	17	18	-0.54
62	Manchester City Man City	78	19	24	35	-0.56
63	Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic	59	22	12	25	-0.63
64	Hull City Hull City	107	34	32	41	-0.66
65	Mansfield Town Mansfield Town	41	16	15	10	-0.73
66	Leeds City Leeds City	22	8	3	11	-0.81
67	Everton Everton	51	15	13	23	-0.85
68	Southampton Southampton	50	19	9	22	-0.88
69	Middlesbrough Middlesbrough	71	22	17	32	-0.94
70	Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra	33	13	8	12	-0.95
71	Barnsley Barnsley	111	37	27	47	-0.97
72	Leeds United Leeds United	47	15	14	18	-0.97
73	Watford Watford	27	8	9	10	-0.99
74	Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest	89	28	28	33	-1.04
75	Preston North End Preston North End	98	32	19	47	-1.05
76	West Ham United West Ham United	54	17	13	24	-1.06
77	Walsall Walsall	46	16	11	19	-1.07
78	Gainsborough Trinity Gainsborough	31	10	9	12	-1.10
79	Milton Keynes Dons MK Dons	11	6	1	4	-1.12
80	FC Halifax Town FC Halifax Town	14	7	3	4	-1.13
81	Burnley Burnley	123	36	32	55	-1.16
82	Rotherham United Rotherham United	44	15	9	20	-1.17
83	Chesterfield Chesterfield	71	20	26	25	-1.32
84	Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham	59	14	15	30	-1.34
85	AFC Wimbledon Wimbledon	14	5	4	5	-1.36
86	Manchester United Man Utd	86	21	17	48	-1.36
87	Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town	26	8	7	11	-1.38
88	Bradford (Park Avenue) Bradford (PA)	28	10	7	11	-1.39
89	Peterborough United Peterborough United	53	19	12	22	-1.41
90	Aston Villa Aston Villa	67	21	17	29	-1.42
91	Port Vale Port Vale	80	33	11	36	-1.44
92	Newport County Newport County	12	5	5	2	-1.48
93	Arsenal Arsenal	84	15	24	45	-1.51
94	Bury Bury	62	19	16	27	-1.51
95	Barnet Barnet	11	5	2	4	-1.54
96	Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.	32	6	11	15	-1.64
97	Luton Town Luton Town	61	17	17	27	-1.91
98	Ipswich Town Ipswich Town	31	6	10	15	-2.12
99	York City York City	35	14	7	14	-2.17
100	Norwich City Norwich City	33	12	6	15	-2.32
101	Brentford Brentford	53	15	11	27	-2.42
102	Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday	84	25	16	43	-2.82
103	Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers	33	8	7	18	-3.58
104	Rochdale Rochdale	28	8	9	11	-3.65

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