The Blackpool Sentinel
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Papa Amadou Diallo due for a Blackpool medical
Everything agreed with Norwich City, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
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
Southampton tell Blackpool: Charlie Taylor 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.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Theo Archibald runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Bailey Peacock-Farrell
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market17 Aug 2026
Blackpool promote Adam Pearson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Adam Pearson 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: George Jones joins the Blackpool first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. George Jones 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
One of our own: Liam Bailey joins the Blackpool first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Liam Bailey 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
One of our own: Edward Wilson joins the Blackpool first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Edward Wilson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Match Blackpool come up short against Burton Albion
- The dugout Simon Hall faces the questions
- Boardroom Blackpool turn down the training-ground plan