Yorkshire Seasiders is an independent Supporters Group, founded in August 2003, who follow English

England

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 is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 Premier League team Blackpool FC, specifically for any fan of the club who lives in Yorkshire

Yorkshire

Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...

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Background

Their first meeting was at the Pennine Manor Hotel, Huddersfield

Huddersfield

Huddersfield is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated halfway between Leeds and Manchester. It lies north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city....

 in August 2003 with current membership, as at July 2007, of 40. They hold regular meetings, usually held in pubs in towns throughout Yorkshire.

The basic aim of the group is to bring together exiled fans of Blackpool FC in Yorkshire for social gatherings; to arrange travel to home and away games to get together; to sponsor one Blackpool player each season and to award their own Player of the season at the clubs annual Presentation Night.

The Group regularly organise travel to both Blackpool Home games and Away games. Yorkshire Seasiders took 75 fans to Wembley Stadium

Wembley Stadium

The original Wembley Stadium, officially known as the Empire Stadium, was a football stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the new Wembley Stadium that opened in 2007...

 For the League One Play-Off final in June 2007 against Yeovil Town

Yeovil Town F.C.

Yeovil Town F.C. are an English association football team based in Yeovil, Somerset. The club play in League One after having won the League Two championship in 2004–05...

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They also organise a Yorkshire Seasiders Player of the Year Award, voted for by Group members from the Blackpool FC squad. For the 2005-06 season, the clubs goalkeeper, Lee Jones

Lee Jones (goalkeeper)

Lee Jones is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Morecambe.Jones was signed in 2003 from Stockport County, and also played for Bristol Rovers and Swansea City....

 (now playing for Darlington F.C.

Darlington F.C.

Darlington Football Club is a professional association football club based in Darlington, County Durham, currently playing in the Conference National. The club was founded in 1883, and originally played its games at Feethams, before moving to the Darlington Arena in 2003...

) won the Award, which was presented at Blackpool FC's Annual Seasonal Awards Evening held at the clubs stadium, Bloomfield Road

Bloomfield Road

Bloomfield Road is an all-seater football stadium in the English town of Blackpool, Lancashire. It has been the permanent home of Blackpool F.C. since 1901 and is named after the road on which the stadium's main entrance used to stand. The stadium has been in a process of redevelopment since 2000...

. For the 2006-07 season the winner was striker

Striker

Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...

, Andy Morrell

Andy Morrell

Andrew Jonathan "Andy" Morrell is an English footballer who is currently player-manager of Wrexham. Initially handed the role on an interim basis after Dean Saunders left to manage Doncaster Rovers, Morrell was given the job until the end of the season after a run of seven wins in nine...

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