The Blackpool Sentinel
The dugout29 Mar 2027
George Honeyman: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Blackpool have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
Bailey Peacock-Farrell gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Bailey Peacock-Farrell is on it.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
No hiding place for Michael Ihiekwe
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Michael Ihiekwe, and the manager let it.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
The manager has not finished forgetting CJ Hamilton's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
Looking ahead29 Mar 2027
CJ Hamilton faces his old club
Mansfield Town next, and one man in the Blackpool dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.
Market29 Mar 2027
The Leighton Clarkson question follows Blackpool around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Leighton Clarkson’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Jay Robinson finally belongs at Blackpool
The language has come, the shrug has gone, and he argues in training like a man who expects to be here next year. None of it shows up on a fee and all of it shows up on the pitch.
Looking ahead29 Mar 2027
Blackpool travel to Mansfield Town
Next up on the road: Mansfield Town, position 10. The supporters who go will talk about it all week and the ones who do not will check their phones at ten to five.
Match29 Mar 2027
Mid-table, and Blackpool know it
Position 13 on 51 points, with the season drifting toward the summer. It is the safest place in football and the hardest one to sell a season ticket from.
In brief
- Squad Karoy Anderson is the talk of the training ground
- Squad Harry Quinn is fit again