The Swamp

4-0 to the bad guys..ouch

3 points for the pool in a 1-0 win over Scunthorpe.

How bad must Scunthorpe suck?

There is the old joke. Three FA teams with cuss words in their name.

Arsenal
Scunthorpe
Fucking Manchester United

The Pool covered by SB Nation
http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2015/9/4 ... s-fighting" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Know your enemy --Gillingham F. C.
The only Kent-based club in the Football League
Founded in 1893 as New Brompton F.C. but voted out after 37/38 for Ipswitch Twon
Promoted in 2012-2013
Home stadium, Priestfield Stadium,holds 11,582 (only home the club has had)



The fanzine for the club was named "Brian Moore's Head Looks Uncannily Like London Planetarium"

Valeri Belokon has filed a lawsuit against Karl and Owen Oyston and Segesta Limited (the Oyston's holding company) for "unfair prejudice" in relation to the Oyston's transfer of money from Blackpool FC to other Oyston-owned businesses.

BTW, Blackpool beat Chesterfield today 2-0. It's their first win by a two-goal margin in 521 days. It's also their first home win since January 31.

Oh, and let's just say a ton of invisible people were at Bloomfield Road to watch the game.

Maybe they are spending some money
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wlu_lax6 wrote:Maybe they are spending some money
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Fleetwood Town FC, which is based about 10 miles north of Blackpool and has advanced from the Conference to League One in the last couple of years, also is building a new training center. It's reportedly two to three times larger than the one Blackpool is building. And Fleetwood Town managed to do this without the EPL parachute payments.

2 zippy win over crewe today and a few non losses. Wonder if the pool is finding form.

Sabo wrote:

wlu_lax6 wrote:Maybe they are spending some money
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Fleetwood Town FC, which is based about 10 miles north of Blackpool and has advanced from the Conference to League One in the last couple of years, also is building a new training center. It's reportedly two to three times larger than the one Blackpool is building. And Fleetwood Town managed to do this without the EPL parachute payments.

They must just have bigger Dreams.

Our new director is British and when my manager introduced us, he mentioned I was a Blackpool supporter. She just laughed and said "they have supporters?!" I quickly distanced myself.

Giff wrote:Our new director is British and when my manager introduced us, he mentioned I was a Blackpool supporter. She just laughed and said "they have supporters?!" I quickly distanced myself.

You should've said they had supporters until the Oyston family screwed the club over.

Blackpool are unbeaten over their last six matches and were favored in their match against Crewe this past weekend. It's the first time Blackpool was the favorite in a match in more than a year.

EDITED for factual clarity.

Sabo wrote:Blackpool are unbeaten over their last six matches and are favored in their match against Crewe this weekend. It's the first time Blackpool has been the favorite in a match in more than a year.

Crew? I think they have Bury at home?

bury website wrote:Small side note- The Bury Football Club hosted the World Lacrosse Championship in 1994. Bury are known as the Shakers
It was the 1892 Lancashire Cup Final on 23 April that the clubs nickname of 'The Shakers' first came into being. Mr. J T Ingham was Chairman cum team manager at the time and it is this gentleman who is alleged to have been questioned about his team's ability to beat the supposedly stronger opponents that day. It has been recorded down the years since that Mr. Ingham retorted as follows:-

'We shall shake 'em, in fact, we are the Shakers'

wlu_lax6 wrote:

Sabo wrote:Blackpool are unbeaten over their last six matches and are favored in their match against Crewe this weekend. It's the first time Blackpool has been the favorite in a match in more than a year.

Crew? I think they have Bury at home?

Whoops, you're right. Actually, I misread the entire thing, as Blackpool were favored in their game against Crewe last weekend. They play at Bury this weekend.

wonder if nonlinear is the emergency backup like he was for the local sports radio guys co-ed team.
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The Pool have taken 9 points in the last 3 games and are now 4 points above the drop zone. They play Oldham on Boxing day who sits below them in the table.

5-0 whooping today on Scunthorpe. Back out of the relegation zone.

0-0 draw against Sheffield United (in 7th). Pool in 18th, 2 points above relegation

Keep it classy Pool..
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The saga continues...

The BST has been sending those letters to the away fans for most of the year. IIRC, the last game at Bloomfield Road vs. Bradford City had more away fans than home fans.

Also, the Football League and Football Association have agreed to participate in talks between the Oystons and Blackpool fan groups to try to mediate the chasm between the two. From what I've read, there's little chance to be hopeful because the fan groups won't relent until the Oystons no longer own the team.

Big 3 points today against slgihtly worse Doncaster. Pool sit 19th with 42 points. However everyone behind them has at least 1 game in hand (2 have 2 games in hand). Pool are 1 point above 20th and 1 point above Oldham 21st (1st relegation spot). Oldham and Pool have same goal differential right now. Feels like we are heading toward the same kind of relegation drama as the year they fell out of the Premiership on the last day to Man U.

Mid table Southend next and then Relegation battle with Colchester. But they have some top table teams still to face.

0 points over the weekend put the Pool back in relegation.
1 point back of Fleetwood, 1 point back of Shrewsbury...but Fleetwood has a game in hand and Shrewsbury as 2 in hand.

Pool has Rochadle (8th in the table), Fleetwood, Wigan (top of the table), and Petersborough (14th).


Well League 2 will be interesting...

http://www.blackpoolfc.co.uk/news/artic ... 04782.aspx

Well, at least their collapse has been impressive.

Steve of phpBB wrote:Well, at least their collapse has been impressive.

Similar to their rise

The level of anger toward the Oystons is pretty impressive, too. I'm almost surprised they've made it this far without suffering grave bodily harm.

This is the type of thing you have to do when you can't stand watching the pool
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36196948

Head coach Neil McDonald parts ways with the Pool and the starting keeper is for sale for a single pound (clause in his contract)

Fuck the Oystons. Worst sports team owners in the whole world.

That's coming from a Bengals fan, everyone!

rass wrote:That's coming from a Bengals fan, everyone!

Former.

And I'll clearly state Jimmy Haslam and Randy Lerner aren't paragons of sports franchise ownership, either.

If Blackpool actually has an almost full roster by the beginning of the season that will be an improvement over this year.

brian wrote:If Blackpool actually has an almost full roster by the beginning of the season that will be an improvement over this year.

I did read they've retained 16 players from this last squad so far, which is miles better than the six they retained after they were demoted from the Championship.

Envy of the Football League!