The Blackpool Sentinel
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Josh Bowler beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 28. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Kai Andrews arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Kai Andrews has, at Blackpool, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Blackpool go back to the board over Jack Rudoni
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $12.0M — a club that wants Jack Rudoni enough to be asked twice.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
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 targets17 Aug 2026
Door shut on Tomás Galván
Blackpool asked and River Plate said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Blackpool
Kai Andrews was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Nathan Edwards joins the Blackpool first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nathan Edwards is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
George Harvey steps up from the Blackpool academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. George Harvey 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Blackpool promote David Matthews from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. David Matthews has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Timothy Wood joins the Blackpool first team
- Squad No place for Lucas Braga in the new shape
- Transfer targets Blackpool ask about João Carvalho