The Blackpool Sentinel
The dugout17 May 2027
Dan Sassi keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Blackpool may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
The dugout17 May 2027
Estivel Moreira is still paying for one afternoon at Blackpool
Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.
The dugout17 May 2027
When it matters, Noah Markmann plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout17 May 2027
Leighton Clarkson knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Blackpool, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market17 May 2027
The Bailey Peacock-Farrell talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Blackpool know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad17 May 2027
Dante Cassanova has settled at Blackpool
The shrug has gone, the language is coming, and he now argues in training like somebody who expects to be here next year. Half a signing's value is this and none of it appears on a fee.
In brief
- Squad Bailey Peacock-Farrell is training like a man with a point to make
- Squad Daniel Young is fit again