The Blackpool Sentinel
Squad3 Aug 2026
Bailey Peacock-Farrell signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Bailey Peacock-Farrell commits to Blackpool for another 4 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Michael Obafemi in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Blackpool this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market3 Aug 2026
Blackpool and Bailey Peacock-Farrell are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Squad3 Aug 2026
7 new faces, and Blackpool are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
A loan move for Lewie Coyle is in the works
Blackpool have made the call to Hull City. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
A loan move for Tiago Gabriel is in the works
Blackpool have made the call to Lecce. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Blackpool try to borrow Sam Chambers
Leeds United have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Leighton Clarkson asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market3 Aug 2026
Nobody at Blackpool has picked up the phone to Josh Bowler
49 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
In brief
- Squad Leighton Clarkson has seen what the next man earns
- Market Johnson Opawole leaves for nothing