1988: Owen Oyston buys Blackpool, then in the third tier, for £1 to save it from going bankrupt.
1990: Oyston promises to build a £60million ‘soccer city’ to replace Blackpool’ s dilapidated stadium at Bloomfield Road.
1996: Oyston is found guilty of rape and jailed for six years. His wife, Vicki, starts running the club.
1999: Karl Oyston, Vicki and Owen’s son, takes charge of the club amid fan protests over Vicki’s chairmanship.
2000: Grants from the Football League kick-start work on Bloomfield Road at last.
2006: Valeri Belokon buys a 20 per cent stake in Blackpool, investing in the team and Bloomfield Road’s continuing redevelopment.
2010: Blackpool are promoted to the Premier League for the first time.
2011: Blackpool are relegated. Owen Oyston pays himself an £11m salary and millions more of the club’s cash is loaned to other Oyston businesses.
2014: Owen and Karl begin suing fans who criticise their ownership on internet forums. Five managers come and go in the space of two years and 27 players leave before the start of the 2014-15 season.
2015: Karl is charged by the FA after calling a fan ‘a massive retard’ in a text-message row as the Oystons step up their libel cases against fans. On-pitch problems intensify: more managers are sacked and the club are relegated to League One.
2016: Blackpool drop into League Two, suffering a second successive relegation. Fans increase protests, with thousands boycotting Bloomfield Road.
2017: Manager Gary Bowyer leads the club into League One via the play-offs. The Oystons are ordered to pay £31m to Belokon after a court ruled they had failed to pass on profits to the Latvian.