The Blackpool Sentinel
Market20 Aug 2029
Eric Ofori-Antwi agrees terms with Tranmere Rovers
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Blackpool people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Transfer targets20 Aug 2029
Michael Reindorf is a medical away from Blackpool
The deal with Cardiff City is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad20 Aug 2029
Words exchanged at Blackpool
Luke O'Nien and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom20 Aug 2029
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Blackpool
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Transfer targets20 Aug 2029
Luton Town tell Blackpool: Matías Gómez is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market20 Aug 2029
One of our own: Jacob Hill joins the Blackpool first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jacob Hill is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market20 Aug 2029
One of our own: Timothy Moore joins the Blackpool first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Timothy Moore is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market20 Aug 2029
Paul Thompson steps up from the Blackpool academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Paul Thompson has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Squad20 Aug 2029
Words at Blackpool training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Hjalmar Ekdal is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
In brief
- Squad Abdul Aziz Batibie signs a new deal
- Player ratings Josh Bowler runs at them all day
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Conor Thomas