Poll results - Gorkss and Wes to Go?

Posted on August 28, 2008
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Well better late than never the results of a poll that ran over the summer asking if Wes Hoolahan and Kaspars Gorkss would be leaving Blackpool FC. Well they did and you predicted it with 77% of votes saying the pair would leave. An optimistic 12% thought the pair would stay at the club, I’m guessing those voters didn’t know about the release clauses in the players contracts.

Our new poll asks for the pick of the new lads, 12 to choose from.

Marlon Broomes
Adam Hammill
David Vaughan
Alex Baptiste
Jermaine Wright
Steve Kabba
Mo Camara
Matthew Gilks
Zesh Rehman
Daniel Nardiello
Rob Edwards
Sone Aluko

Just vote for your pick! on the left under the recent news stories.

Iain Williamson rears his ugly head

Posted on August 27, 2008
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Over the past week I noticed a rise in the traffic to the site and its down to our old friend the referee Iain Williamson.

The traffic shot through the roof and it was all to the page about Iain Williamson. So why and where did it come from, well it was the Crystal Palace V Burnley match which Williamson officiated, he managed to sent off two Palace players and booked seven players in total.

A few Palace fans were not happy about the performance of the ref click here.

The fact that the ref was escorted from the ground by stewards and guards suggests it wasn’t his best game ever.Some of his decisions were past ridiculous and I had never heard before that you can get booked for tackling someone cleanly.

My word: Disgraceful

It seems the Palace fans really hate him including a hate club.

Vote for Stephen Crainey in the Northwest Football Awards 2008

Posted on August 22, 2008
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Stephen Crainey is up for the Championship Northwest Football Awards 2008. He’s up against Shaun St Ledger of PNE and Wade Eilliot of Burnley. So get over to http://northwestfootballawards.co.uk/index.php/your-vote/ and start voting.

Unfortunately when you vote it doesn’t give you a running total so vote as much as you can for Stephen.

Zesh Rehman Blog

Posted on August 19, 2008
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Following on from the Ben Burgess Blog it seems that Zesh Rehman also has a blog.  Rehman who played on Saturday against Norwich has his own blog at zeshrehman.blogspot.com and his own dedicated website. He’s updated it once saying that he’ll be playing for Pool till January.

From the cameo appearance against Macclefield Town in the cup Zesh looked rather good, and that was playing upfront!

Norwich 1-1 Blackpool

Posted on August 18, 2008
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So we’re off the mark win a point against Norwich. I didn’t go to the match but reading reports and catching 10 mins of commentary it sounds like we were lucky to take home a point.

Wes didn’t score but he did provide the corner for the equalizer. Adam Hammill continues to impress and won the penaltly which Big Ben Burgess converted.

So after a dissapointing two games it looks good, still waiting for that new number 9 to arrive!

Macclesfield 2 - 0 Blackpool FT

Posted on August 13, 2008
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Not a good night at all, in the second half we had less chances and Keith Southern picked up a straight red for violent conduct. Southern appeared to headbutt Terry Dunfield who must of headbutted him back and he was sent off too. So it’s a three match ban for him, from the free kick the second goal came from Gritton.

Maccesfield 1 - 0 Blackpool HT

Posted on August 12, 2008
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Half time at the Moss Rose and it’s one nil to Macc. Pool have controlled the play and have plenty of chances to score. Ben Burgess had the ball in the back of the net turning in a Hammill freekick but the linesman had his flag up for offside.

Macc took the lead halfway throught the half a shot squirmed through Gilks into the goal. With a pretty strong team out if the score stays the same it will be a shock to go out!

Full Time report. To come in 45.

Opening day defeat but we’ve got Sone Aluko

Posted on August 11, 2008
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We’ll the start of the season didn’t go to plan, to start I wasn’t at the match then Steve Brooker proved to be the party pooper smashing in a volley in the 89th min. Highlight Here. From that match reports it does seem that the team gelled well and we were unfortunate not to take at least a point from the match.

One good point is that we’ve brought in another player, Sone Aluko from Birmingham on loan. Aluko was part of the Aberdeen team that drew with Bayern Munich last season. He’s his goal from that game and another goal against Dundee in the SPL.

Roll on tomorrow night for the First Round of the League Cup against Macclesfield Town!

Rob Edwards, David Vaughan and Mo Camara

Posted on August 7, 2008
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Three signing in quick succession Rob Edwards, David Vaughan and Mo Camara. Big Mo has signed on loan till the end of the month while Vaughan and Edwards sign two year contracts. I have to say I’m impressed. A friend of my who’s a Crewe fan commented that David Vaughan will be a fitting replacement for Wes Hoolahan and Rob Edwards has played 15 times for Wales, sounds good!

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So it’s looking good for the new season which starts on Saturday. Yes we’ve lost Wes and Kaspars. Had a shit pre-season but it all seems to be coming into place for Saturday………….unfortunately I’m not going to be there……organsing a wedding on the first day of the season……..tut tut tut.

Blackpool FC Squad numbers 2008/09

Posted on August 1, 2008
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The squad numbers have been announced for the coming season. 13 players have kept the same number, number 9 and 11 are free for ………

1 Paul Rachubka
2 Danny Coid
3 Stephen Crainey
4 Keith Southern
5 Marlon Broomes
6 Ian Evatt
7 Adam Hammill
8 Stephen McPhee
10 Stuart Green
12 Gary Taylor-Fletcher
14 David Fox
15 Alex John Baptiste
16 Claus Jorgensen
17 Jermaine Wright
18 Joe Martin
19 Steven Kabba
21 Matthew Gilks
25 Shaun Barker
27 Ben Burgess
28 Michael D’Agostino
29 Mathew Kay
30 Ashton Bayliss
31 Danny Mitchley
32 Ross Lloyd
33 Dominic Merella