Although Mighty Blackpool have won the league title fifteen times, the last time they were league champions was in the 2001 season after a dramatic finish to the season saw them finish one point ahead of
Old Edwardians. In 1989, Mighty Blackpool reached the quarter-final stages of the
African Cup of Champions Clubs; the first time a club from Sierra Leone had reached that stage. In the first round, they beat reigning champions
ES Sétif from
Algeria and on the second round beat
Djoliba Athletic Club from
Mali, before losing to
Tonnerre Yaounde from
Cameroon in the quarter finals. Mighty Blackpool's record in the
African Cup of Champions Clubs has mostly seen them eliminated in the early rounds. In
1968, they were due to play
Congolese club,
Étoile du Congo in the preliminary round but withdrew from the competition before the matches were played handing Étoile du Congo a walkover, and in
1975, they lost 3–0 on aggregate to
Djoliba Athletic Club of
Mali in the first round. In
1979, they again lost in the first round, drawing 4–4 with
Accra Hearts of Oak SC of
Ghana on aggregate but losing out on penalties 4–2. And in
1980 they lost to
ASF Police of
Senegal 4–1 on aggregate in the first round. In
1989, they reached the Quarterfinal stage of the African Cup of Champions Clubs. In the preliminary round, they had a walkover, when Benfica withdrew from the competition. In the first round, they beat
Algerian club
ES Sétif 5–3 on penalties after the two matches ended all square at 1–1. In the second round, they met Djoliba Athletic Club again, this time winning 2–1 on aggregate. They went out of the competition in the Quarter Final stage losing 4–1 to
Cameroon club,
Tonnerre Yaoundé. In
1992, they were again eliminated in the first round, this time by
Canon Yaoundé of Cameroon after beating
LPRC Oilers of
Liberia in the preliminary round. In
2006, they played in the
CAF Confederation Cup, losing to
CSS Richard-Toll of Senegal in the preliminary round. == Honours ==