The sight of Ian Evatt lumbering into an advanced position in Saturday’s Football League Show coverage of Blackpool’s win over Nottingham Forest gave me a nosebleed watching from my sofa, let alone the colossal centre half. That one of the most ungainly players I can remember could stand on the verge of the land of milk and honey is startling. What next? Adebayo Akinfenwa swimming with the big fish? Jon Parkin rising like a sockeye to bring the World Cup home from South Africa?Still, the brobdingnagian Matt Elliott and Peter Crouch have carved out top flight careers, albeit with slightly…
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The Thursday Preview: Blackpool Vs Nottingham Forest
Speaking as a fan of a club that’s just been relegated, I am more than relieved to see the back of this season. It’s been an utterly forgettable campaign; one so full of misery that I’m physically struggling to muster the enthusiasm to log on to the messageboards and the like these days. What little interest I had left for 2009/2010 was effectively killed off by David Conn.But it’s not over yet. Though most fans’ thoughts are now occupied by the retained and released, there’s still five games left to run in the Championship. The first of those is Blackpool’s…
Blackpool or Swansea?
In the second of her spoken word meditations in as many weeks, Blackpool season-ticket holder Liz gives us an insight into her state of mind as her team approach their dramatic End Game.Next Saturday I am supposed to be sat in an office. Working. Now, I am faced with a situation that seemed improbable - even laughable to many of my colleagues - when the rotas came out some three months ago.That’s because my team may be involved in a first-leg play-off game in a week’s time, which could take them to the brink of the Premier League.I’m not going…
The Thursday Preview: Newcastle Vs Blackpool
Lanterne Rouge and myself have, at times, pondered the morality of holding court on teams or players that we’ve seen play once or twice (if we’re lucky). A case in point for me would be Saturday’s relishable match between Newcastle and Blackpool, two teams that I’ve failed to see in the flesh this season, at St James’ Park. So, this week I’ve asked Liz, a Seasiders diehard and friend, to give us the lowdown on all things Tangerine ahead of their trip Eastwards, which most fans would have probably anticipated as nothing more than a good day out sightseeing until…
Frank Heaven: I had no idea Telford was so big. As you say, it is close to the West ...
Lanterne Rouge: I didn't know these nuggets - cheers for enlightening us Alexandriang...
alexandriang: Another factor is probably that both the TItans and Panthers played th...
P Squires: Interesting read, but '...which by train is comfortably further from L...
Lloyd: An enjoyable, snappy piece of writing Will.
Going through Worcester...
