Andy Lyons

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16 Edition

The Blackpool Sentinel

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad16 Nov 2026

Words exchanged at Blackpool

Michael Obafemi 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.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

No hiding place for Michael Obafemi

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Michael Obafemi, and the manager let it.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

Silko Thomas knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Blackpool, and both men came out saying it was fine.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

Michael Obafemi gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Michael Obafemi is on it.

Looking ahead16 Nov 2026

Jerry Yates faces his old club

Rotherham United next, and one man in the Blackpool dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

Grant Smith has been promised minutes

A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Grant Smith has written the date down.

Market16 Nov 2026

The Henry Cartwright story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Henry Cartwright signs something — a contract at Blackpool or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Ruairi McConville has settled at Blackpool

The shrug has gone, the language is coming, and he now argues in training like somebody who expects to be here next year. Half a signing's value is this and none of it appears on a fee.

Looking ahead16 Nov 2026

Blackpool travel to Rotherham United

Next up on the road: Rotherham United, position 17. The supporters who go will talk about it all week and the ones who do not will check their phones at ten to five.

In brief

Back issues
14 Edition

The Blackpool Sentinel

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match31 Oct 2026

No end in sight to Blackpool's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Blackpool has to find a result from somewhere.

Match27 Oct 2026

A bad afternoon for Blackpool against AFC Wimbledon

1‑2 to AFC Wimbledon, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The terraces2 Nov 2026

The crowd has taken to Karoy Anderson

At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Kylian Kouassi out for 25 days

The medical room confirms 25 days on the sidelines for Kylian Kouassi, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Market2 Nov 2026

Blackpool and Cameron McGeehan are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

Karoy Anderson was the difference for Blackpool

Marked 7.83. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Words exchanged at Blackpool

Dan Sassi 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.

The dugout2 Nov 2026

Somebody else is better right now than Grant Smith

The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Ruairi McConville named in the team of the month

A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Ruairi McConville is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

In brief

4 Edition

The Blackpool Sentinel

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Door shut on Nestory Irankunda

Blackpool asked and Watford said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Market24 Aug 2026

Andy Lyons puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Blackpool, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Lamare Bogarde turns down Blackpool

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Aston Villa keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Market24 Aug 2026

Blackpool get their man

The chase for Baily Cargill ended with $150.0K changing hands and Mansfield Town out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

An offer of $130.0K for Nathan Opoku

Blackpool have gone to Leicester City with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.

Match18 Aug 2026

A bad afternoon for Blackpool against Wigan Athletic

0‑2 to Wigan Athletic, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Josh Bowler

Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

The dugout24 Aug 2026

Blackpool pick somebody else ahead of Grant Smith

There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.

The dugout24 Aug 2026

Finley Munroe gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief