The Blackpool Sentinel
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Coventry City tell Blackpool: Jack Rudoni 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
Up for the corner, and Kieran Green delivers — 7.57
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Kieran Green scored, was marked 7.57, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
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.
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
One of our own: Peter Henderson joins the Blackpool first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Peter Henderson 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: Benjamin Taylor joins the Blackpool first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Benjamin Taylor 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: Michael Mitchell joins the Blackpool first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Michael Mitchell 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: Nathan Roberts joins the Blackpool first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nathan Roberts is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad17 Aug 2026
No place for Kieran Green in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Blackpool are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
In brief
- Transfer targets Blackpool try to borrow Alex Murphy
- Match Kieran Green rescues a point for Blackpool
- The dugout Mark Jones on the point