Blackpool 0 Birmingham City 0 - a result that technically stopped the rot but did nothing to suggest Blackpool will get out of relegation trouble, nor that Michael Appleton is the right man for the job. It is only eight months since a then Neil Critchley's Blackpool put six past Birmingham - two results and…
Relegation or Championship survival, a significant churn of players awaits at Blackpool FC
The four-week enforced cessation of Premier League and Championship fixtures has allowed Blackpool to step back from an appalling run of defeats, several of which were fully merited. It is indeed without doubt that the World Cup came at the right time, with on and off the field issues at Bloomfield Road in need of…
What Blackpool F.C. must do to retain their Championship status
A topsy turvy first three months to Blackpool's season in the second tier of English football has failed to give any definitive indicators as to whether the club will survive in the Championship. A more volatile set of results in the club's recent history, or even in my 39 years of watching the club, does…
Should they stay, or should they go? Several big questions to be answered this summer at Blackpool FC
It should not be forgotten that Blackpool's meteoric rise since being brought back from the brink by owner/custodian Simon Sadler has been achieved using a considerable number of players whose respective journeys through the divisions have been equally expeditious, if perhaps more hasty than originally planned. After the dust has settled on what was a…
Colin Calderwood: Assistant to the Head Coach, or the next one in waiting?
The arrival of Colin Calderwood at Bloomfield Road as Assistant Head Coach - or should that be assistant to the head coach - will presumably be an appointment thrust upon incumbent head coach Neil Critchley and not one of his choosing, or something he has requested of Blackpool's owner Simon Sadler. In keeping with the…
Blackpool Football Club put faith and serious money into an ‘up and (hopefully) coming’ transfer strategy
Stealing a march on their divisional rivals is not something that Blackpool Football Club are historically known for, especially during the Oyston era when often during pre-season an insufficiently staffed squad would be hurriedly padded out before the August kick off. It is though despite Covid-19 ravaging lower league finances and depleting squads to the…
Blackpool FC: Will Armand Gnanduillet prove to others what he believes himself?
The outpouring of grief from many fans of Blackpool Football Club on hearing that 2019/2020 season top scorer Armand Gnanduillet would be leaving the seaside is in many ways a symptom of an age increasingly obsessed with the here and now, with little interest beyond the superficial and in what lies beneath. Statistics can fail…
Blackpool Football Club: An unprecedented transfer window creates more questions than answers for underfire manager Grayson
The prophecy from Blackpool Football Club manager Simon Grayson that he expected the Bloomfield Road outfit to be the busiest club in England during the thankfully now closed January transfer window appears to have been fulfilled. With 24 players either departing or arriving the 50-year old Yorkshireman has been true to his word. On the…
Blackpool Football Club experience a transfer window like no other
The bold claim from Blackpool F.C. manager Simon Grayson that his club could be the busiest in England during the current transfer window raised eyebrows, not in the least with supporters brought up on the slim mid-season pickings under the now deposed Oyston family, but also elicited no little scepticism as to whether the 50-year…
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