Title: A.F.C. Blackpool
Content:   A.F.C. Blackpool is a football club based in Blackpool, Lancashire, England. The club currently play in the. Based at Jepson Way, they are nicknamed The Mechanics or The Mechs, and are full members of the Lancashire County Football Association.
Title: List of Blackpool F.C. managers
Content:  There have been 36 full-time managers of Blackpool F.C. (including repeat appointments). The longest-serving manager was Joe Smith, who occupied the role for 23 years; Michael Appleton, meanwhile, lasted 65 days in the role. The club has, on average, appointed a new manager just under every three years. As of March 2020, the club has had ten full-time managers in eight years. There have been three repeat appointments: Bob Stokoe, Allan Brown and Simon Grayson. In 2014, Jose Riga became the club's first foreign manager. In 2020, Neil Critchley became the first appointment to be known as a head coach.
Title: History of Blackpool F.C. (1962–present)
Content:  On 13 June 2019, 49-year-old local businessman Simon Sadler was announced as the club's new owner, ending the Oystons' 32-year tenure. On 5 July 2019, Terry McPhillips resigned as Blackpool's manager. He was succeeded by Simon Grayson, who returned to the role eleven years after leaving for Leeds United. He was sacked in February, six months into the season, and replaced by Neil Critchley, who became the club's 38th full-time manager in its 132-year history. At the end of the following campaign, Critchley's first full season in charge, Blackpool were promoted back to the second tier of English football, after a six-year absence, after winning the 2021 EFL League One play-off Final. It was Blackpool's sixth victory in a play-off final in eight such appearances.
Title: Blackpool F.C.
Content:  On 13 June 2019, Simon Sadler was announced as the new owner of the club, officially ending the Oystons' 32-year tenure, purchasing a 96.2% stake. Sadler was born and raised in Blackpool and has worked in asset management in Hong Kong since 2007. He is the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Segantii Capital Management. Terry McPhillips resigned as Blackpool manager on 5 July 2019, having informed the club's board that he had no long-term desire to be a manager. He was replaced by Simon Grayson, who returned for a second spell in charge; however, after a long run of defeats, he was sacked on 12 February 2020. Grayson's last 
Title: 1997–98 Blackpool F.C. season
Content:  The 1997–98 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 90th season (87th consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Two, then the third tier of English league football, finishing twelfth. Gary Megson left the club during the close season, in favour of managing Stockport County. His replacement was Nigel Worthington, who began in a player-manager capacity in his first managerial role. Phil Clarkson was the club's top scorer, with sixteen goals (thirteen in the league, two in the FA Cup and one in the League Trophy).
Title: 2008–09 Blackpool F.C. season
Content:  The 2008–09 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 101st season (98th consecutive) in the Football League. It was also their second consecutive season in the Championship, the second tier of English football. They finished sixteenth. D. J. Campbell, on loan from Leicester City, was the club's top scorer, with nine goals overall. Simon Grayson resigned as manager on 23 December, to become the new manager of Leeds United. His assistant, Tony Parkes, took over as caretaker manager (his seventh such appointment), until the end of the season.
Title: 2007–08 Blackpool F.C. season
Content:  The 2007–08 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 100th season (97th consecutive) in the Football League. It was their first season back in the second tier of English football in 29 years. They finished nineteenth, the club's highest-place finish in the Football League in 37 years. Ben Burgess was the club's top scorer, with ten goals overall. Blackpool set a new club record of twelve consecutive victories, carrying over from the end of the previous season, with 0–1 and 1–0 results over Leicester City and Huddersfield Town, respectively. At the end of the season, manager Simon Grayson released eleven players, most of whom had not featured in the first team this season, and on 30 May he confirmed that he wanted to sign at least six new players. He went on to sign twelve (including three on loan) before the start of the 2008–09 season.
Title: Blackpool F.C. (South Africa)
Content:  Blackpool F.C. are a South African football franchise based in Gauteng. The club is owned by businessman Takalani Rabali, who previously worked for Limpopo United F.C.. Rabali purchased a franchise licence for the Gauteng stream of the Vodacom League and the club was created in 2010. Rabali felt it would be easier to promoted from the Gauteng stream of the Vodacom League than the stronger Limpopo stream. The club's owner has promised to relocate the team to Nzhelele, Limpopo should they win promotion to the National First Division. They finished second in the Gauteng division of the 2010–11 season, finishing six points behind Highlands Park F.C..
Title: 2014–15 Blackpool F.C. season
Content:  Barry Ferguson, Blackpool's caretaker player-manager for the final twenty league games of the previous campaign, was not given the role full-time and left the club. Including Ferguson, Blackpool released 17 players, while five loan players returned to their parent clubs. On 11 June Belgian José Riga was appointed as Blackpool's new manager. He was their first from overseas and their third full-time manager in two years. Blackpool had stated they would discuss contract terms with nine out of contract professionals, but of those only Tony McMahon signed a new deal to return to the club. Among the departees were Matt Gilks, the club's only remaining goalkeeper and player 
Title: Blackpool F.C.
Content:  2–0 again in Cardiff. In the summer following the Trophy win, McMahon resigned, believing he could not take the club any further with the budget he was being offered. Colin Hendry became the new manager, but was replaced by Simon Grayson in November 2005 after an unsuccessful stint which left Blackpool languishing just above the relegation zone of League One (third tier). In the 2006–07 FA Cup Blackpool reached the fourth round for the first time in 17 years, after beating Aldershot Town 4–2 at Bloomfield Road, but were knocked out by Norwich City, 3–2 after a replay at Carrow Road. They 

Question: Verify the following claims with "True" or "False": The manager of A.F.C. Blackpool is a soccer player from Memphis Sounds.
Answer: False