Stan Mortensen

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Blackpool's ex-England representatives ahead of Three Lions opener

(L-R) Stanley Matthews and Stan Mortensen, Blackpool (Photo by Barratts/PA Images via Getty Images)placeholder image

Rewind to Blackpool’s finest day

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'We know what it means:' Critchley wants his side to write their own cup history

Stan Mortensen scores back in 1953 and inset, İlkay Gündoğan celebrates at Wembley on Saturdayplaceholder image

Blackpool great keeps FA Cup final record after Man City triumph - but only just

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'Out of this world': 91 year old Blackpool fan reminisces about 1953 FA Cup win

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'Meant everything': Stanley Matthews' daughter relives Blackpool's FA Cup win

Harry Johnston and Stanley Matthews are carried shoulder high with the FA Cupplaceholder image

Blackpool's greatest triumph - FA Cup final win in 1953 - remembered 70 years on

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Memory Match: Stan Mortensen comes to the rescue in snowy draw against Arsenal

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Bumper turnout to celebrate Seasiders legend Tony Green's 75th birthday

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Tribute dinner to mark Blackpool FC legend Tony Green's 75th birthday

Chris Hull presents the Morty celebration artwork to Prime Minister Boris Johnson outside No 10 Downing Street.placeholder image

Art celebration of Blackpool FC great Morty presented to Boris Johnson

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Tribute paid to Blackpool FC legend Morty on centenary of his birth

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100 years today, Blackpool's FA Cup legend Morty was born

Chris Hull, who co-ordinated the Stan Mortensen statue at Bloomfield Road, is planning a celebration of his centenary todayplaceholder image

Blackpool historian hits target to complete Stan Mortensen celebration book in t...

Stan Mortensen is still the only player to have scored a hat-trick in an FA Cup final at Wembleyplaceholder image

Tower tribute to Blackpool FC legend Morty on centenary of his birth

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Last survivor of famous 1953 FA Cup final between Blackpool and Bolton Wanderers...

Doug Holden, the last surviving player to feature in the famous 1953 FA Cup final between Blackpool and Bolton Wanderers, has sadly passed away.

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Matt Scrafton column: Blackpool's transformation continues under Simon Sadler

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FA Cup history is key for Blackpool boss Neil Critchley ahead of Eastbourne Boro...

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Blackpool Hall of Famer Tony Green recalls how his big move to Bloomfield Road a...

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Blackpool's oldest surviving player Cyril Lawrence passes away just two months s...

Raheem Sterling is a Treble winner but missed on a hat-trick which would have placed him alongside Stan Mortensen in FA Cup historyplaceholder image

Blackpool's Stan Mortensen keeps Wembley record as Raheem Sterling is denied FA ...

Fred Pickering pictured in Blackpool colours at Bloomfield Road in 1969placeholder image

Former Blackpool star Fred Pickering - the forward who bagged a hat-trick to rel...

Stanley Matthews and Arthur Kaye training at Blackpool Football Club ground, Bloomfield Road, 1959placeholder image

In pictures: Blackpool FC's glorious past

Blackpool fans are not happy with progress on repairing flagstones near hero Jimmy Armfield's statueplaceholder image

Anger over 'botched' statue repairs at Blackpool football stadium

The Jimmy Armfield statue at Bloomfield Road has fallen into disrepair, some fans have claimedplaceholder image

Fans enraged by 'disgraceful' neglect of statues of Blackpool FC heroes

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Morty's 1953 FA Cup final hat-trick ball makes five grand at auction

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Blackpool legend Morty's hat-trick FA Cup ball goes under the hammer

The only football ever used to score a hat-trick in an FA Cup final at the original Wembley Stadium has been unearthed.

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When Matthews' six pence expenses claim caused an FA probe

Mowbray - scored in famous FA Cup winplaceholder image

Hail Henry the first - Blackpool's one-hit wonder

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Morty's cap sells for £1,500 at auction

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Morty's cap and medals go under the hammer

Gerry Ingram with some of his colleagues from the 1971 Third Division Championship team. From left, Gerry Ingram, Frank Clark, George Lyall, Bobby Hamplaceholder image

Pool striker Gerry's a real Humber-dinger

Blackpool V Bolton 1953 FA Cup final at Wembley. The second goal - Stan Mortensenplaceholder image

Blackpool cup final memories under the hammer

Blackpool FCs former stadium announcer Chris Hull has died aged 64placeholder image

Tributes paid to former Blackpool FC announcer

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Sir Stanley’s medal for all to see

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Sir Stan’s cup medal goes under hammer

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