by the Blackpool Supporters Association, Blackpool fans around the world voted on their all-time heroes. Five players from each decade are inducted; Armfield is in the 1960s. The South Stand at Bloomfield Road, which was opened on 20 March 2010, is named the "Jimmy Armfield South Stand" with ARMFIELD spelled out in white seats amongst the tangerine majority. A statue of Armfield was commissioned by the Blackpool Supporters' Association in 2009. The nine foot high statue, costing £100,000, is located outside the main entrance, behind the West Stand facing Seasiders Way, and was unveiled by Sir Trevor Brooking on 1 May 2011. On 2 September 2019, The FA unveiled the Jimmy Armfield Lecture Theatre at St. George's Park in his honour. Career statistics Club Managerial Honours Player England FIFA World Cup: 1966 Manager Bolton Wanderers Football League Third Division champion: 1972–73 Leeds United European Cup runners-up: 1974–75 See also List of one-club men References Bibliography Further reading External links Jimmy Armfield Bob's 70–71 footballers Jimmy Armfield Full Managerial Stats for Leeds United from WAFLL Jimmy Armfield Statue Fund website Armfield in the Blackpool Supporters Association Hall of Fame Jimmy Armfield on englandstats.com 1935 births 2018 deaths English footballers English association football commentators English football managers English Football Hall of Fame inductees Blackpool F.C. players People educated at Arnold School Bolton Wanderers F.C. managers Leeds United F.C. managers England international footballers England under-23 international footballers 1962 FIFA World Cup players 1966 FIFA World Cup players FIFA World Cup-winning players People from Denton, Greater Manchester Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Association football fullbacks English Football League players Deputy Lieutenants of Lancashire High Sheriffs of Lancashire English Football League representative players English Football League managers Deaths from cancer in England Deaths from non-Hodgkin lymphoma