The Blackpool Sentinel
Market10 Aug 2026
Blackpool turn down Swindon Town for Kylian Kouassi
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Leighton Clarkson signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Leighton Clarkson commits to Blackpool for another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Leighton Clarkson 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Sami Bouhoudane
Blackpool asked and PSV said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
Jason Cunningham steps up from the Blackpool academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jason Cunningham 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Thomas Palmer joins the Blackpool first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Thomas Palmer is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Paul Young steps up from the Blackpool academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Paul Young 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Blackpool training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jonathan Hogg 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Blackpool ask about Laurenz Orgler
A loan enquiry to Rapid Wien: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
In brief
- Transfer targets Blackpool try to borrow Quentin Ndjantou
- The dugout Leighton Clarkson asks for a word with the manager
- The dugout No hiding place for Dale Taylor