The Swamp

Looks like Blackpool are having some problems selling season tickets this year. I don't know, maybe suing your fans and signing crap players and managers isn't a good long-term business strategy:

So, the fun keeps on coming from Bloomfield Road.

Blackpool FC owner Owen Oyston attends Blackpool Supporters Trust meeting, and it does not go well.

And Blackpool sell Colin Doyle, their captain, starting goalkeeper and best player from last season, to Bradford City for £1.

Envy of the Football League.

Oysten just looks like a comic book villain. The sunglasses, hat,long hair, and bright jacket are something straight from a Warren Ellis.

At least they made some money
http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/ ... -1-8027336

2-0 to Pool over Exter City to kick off the League 2 action. Up the Pool

Pool paying staff below minimum wage
http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/ ... -1-8063642

Morecambe FC (The Shrimps) this weekend

Not that there's anything wrong with it

Don't look now but the pool is one point out of promotion playoff and +8 on GD

7th in the table 13 goals up via the differential on 8th place. Mansfield on Tuesday (sits in 11th 2 points and 11GD behind pool)

Looks like this is a bigger story than pool
http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/ ... -1-8261256

wlu_lax6 wrote:Looks like this is a bigger story than pool
http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/ ... -1-8261256

Jeebus, that is horrific. And, the first comment following the story defends sexual relationships with children!

sancarlos wrote:

wlu_lax6 wrote:Looks like this is a bigger story than pool
http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/ ... -1-8261256

Jeebus, that is horrific. And, the first comment following the story defends sexual relationships with children!

Oh God. He even put the word pedophilia in quotation marks.

Today's a big day for Blackpool in the courtroom.

First off, a libel lawsuit filed by the Oystons against Back Henry Street, a Blackpool FC fan forum, was thrown out of court today. The Oystons were ordered to pay all court costs.

And more importantly, the courts today are hearing a lawsuit from Valeri Belokon, a minority owner who's been fighting with the Oystons pretty much ever since he bought a chunk of the club. Belokon's cash infusion allowed the team to sign Charlie Adam and build the south stand, but he claims he never got his share of the EPL parachute payments.

Scoring in 120 + 1 Pool win 2-1 away in the 3rd round of the FA Cupity Cup over Championship side Barnsley

Pool advance to play Blackburn Rovers in the round of 16

The win earns Pool £67,500. £90,000 to the winners of the next round

Fuck the Shrimps!

1 point out of the promotion playoffs, 2 points out of 5th place, and GD of 20 is better than 3 of 4 playoff teams...tied with the other).

and with 8 to play only 2 are in the top 1/2 (Doncaster and Luton Town) of the table. Two are in the middle (13th and 16th) and the Last 4 are in the way bottom

Back outside of the playoffs by a point. This is a tight part of the table.

I also like how the Brits talk about the finances. "Made a loss of 1.8M pounds".

1-0 win today puts the pool in 7th...that is the last promotion playoff spot. 8th is tied on points but has 18 GD to make up. Pool 4 points back of 4th (Lutton), and 2 points back of 5th, 1 point back of 6th. Only Lutton Town have a better GD. OF course 14 points back of 3rd and the automatic promotion slot.

3 to play
Cheltenham (21st place)--47 points
Notts County (15th place) -- 53 points
Orient (24th place..dead last)--36 points

Don't know what to make of this...

So Pool take a 1-0 defeat making the last game an important one. But that is okay they get Orient. Orient played the last 5+3 of the game in an empty stadium this week. 750 fans invaded the pitch. The announcer said the game was abandoned, everyone left..then they finished the game.

Pool going to let Orient fans lead the protest this week.

http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sport ... -1-8519730

Luton v. Pool in the promotion semis. Pool is Ofer against the Hatters

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/video ... hing-video

Nice video from the Guardian re: the Blackpool situation.

Pool lose their youth boss to Fleetwood. The Blackpool youth are pretty good and have picked up a trophy and a league title this year.
http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sport ... -1-8534636

Went up 1-0, then down 2-1, now up 3-2 in the 70th minute. Pool is the home team for leg 1, so the 1 goal lead does not feel great with 2 away goals against.

they don't use away goals in the English playoffs.

degenerasian wrote:they don't use away goals in the English playoffs.

oh well then may they park the bus in leg 2

Ollie Watkins puts Exeter up 1-0 over Carlisle (first leg was 3-3).

Pool and Luton still knotted at 0 10 minutes in.

Sounds like Blackpool are hacking the snot out of the Haters.

Pool went up 1-0 in the 21st minute

BBC wrote:Perfect counter-attacking goal. And what a critical goal this could be.

The ball is played up to Mark Cullen, who runs in the right-hand channel to the edge of the area and manages to pick out Nathan Delfouneso in the middle, free as a bird to calmly slot home.

Luton had been so dominant but could not find a way through and don't they wish they had found the net now?

Blackpool have one foot on Wembley Way.

But in the 36 Luton got 1 back.

BBC wrote:Luton are back into the match and it's not a good few minutes if you're Kelvin Mellor.

From the free-kick that he gave away, the ball breaks to Alan Sheehan, who fires left-footed at goal from near the penalty spot and it is diverted into the goal by the Blackpool defender.

Sheehan's striker looked to be going wide of the mark, so it looks like it'll go down as Mellor's own goal.

We have a one-goal match again.

Oh and Luton tie up the overall score just before halftime

BBC wrote:You can't say it's not been coming, and it's Scott Cuthbert who just missed that big chance moments ago making amends.

Alan Sheehan whips in the free-kick to the back post and Cuthbert is totally unmarked to head home to send Kenilworth Road mad.

Eight goals in this tie so far. I love the play-offs.

Jack Payne (Giggle) on for Ian Black (not Michael Ian Black)

oh oh

degenerasian wrote:oh oh

Apparently it was a dive worthy of a ban next year. But PK given and scored

Not a defensive duel....Pool's Armand Gnanduillet puts the ball in the old onion bag.

Channel?

And then Osayi-Samuel goes all Wondo

BBC wrote: The ball breaks to the young Blackpool winger on the edge of the six-yard box but he fires over the bar.

He looks disgusted with himself but what a game we have on our hands.

HaulCitgo wrote:Channel?

Not on TV in the US...I am using the BBC website

Exeter up 2-1 as they enter injury time.

wlu_lax6 wrote:Exeter up 2-1 as they enter injury time.

but that game just got tied up. Exeter giving up a 2 goal lead in the last 10+ minutes.