2014–15 Blackpool F.C. season

Blackpool F.C.

2014–15 season
Owner	Owen Oyston
Chairman	Karl Oyston
Manager	José Riga (until 27 October) Lee Clark (from 29 October)
Stadium	Bloomfield Road Blackpool, England (Capacity: 17,338)
FA Cup	Third Round[1]
League Cup	First Round
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2014–15 season was Blackpool F.C.'s fourth-consecutive season in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English professional football, and their 106th overall season in the Football League. They exited the League Cup at the first-round stage on 12 August and the FA Cup, also at the first hurdle, on 4 January. They were relegated to League One with six League fixtures remaining.^[2]

José Riga, in his first season as manager, was in charge for fourteen League games, before being sacked on 27 October with the club five points adrift at the foot of the table. Lee Clark succeeded him three days later. Clark, too, departed shortly after the season's conclusion.

Season summary

Pre-season

Barry Ferguson, Blackpool's caretaker player-manager for the final twenty league games of the previous campaign, was not given the role full-time and left the club. Including Ferguson, Blackpool released 17 players, while five loan players returned to their parent clubs.^[3]

On 11 June Belgian José Riga was appointed as Blackpool's new manager. He was their first from overseas and their third full-time manager in two years. Blackpool had stated they would discuss contract terms with nine out of contract professionals, but of those only Tony McMahon signed a new deal to return to the club.^[3][4] Among the departees were Matt Gilks, the club's only remaining goalkeeper and player from their 2010–11 Premier League campaign, and Tom Ince, whose father, Paul, had been sacked as manager during the previous season. July. The Ince fee was decided by a tribunal, because Ince was under the age of 23, with the same rules applying in the case of Harrison McGahey, a scholar who made his professional debut the previous season, who also left the club, joining Sheffield United.^[5][6]

By 1 July, the day after pre-season training was due to begin, the club had just seven registered players. The decision was made to delay training until 3 July. The same day, Estonian striker Sergei Zenjov became the club's first signing of the close season.^[7] On 19 July Blackpool played their opening friendly at Penrith, winning 4–0 with a team of professionals, youth players and trialists. Their pre-season trip to Spain was cancelled on 15 July.^[8]

Eight days before their second and final friendly, at home to Premier League newcomers Burnley, the club still only had eight registered professionals. José Riga and chairman Karl Oyston were reported to be locked in a standoff over transfers. Riga also implemented a media blackout for himself and his staff, and had not spoken to the press since his appointment 44 days earlier.^[9][10]

On 24 July, in an open letter to club owner Owen Oyston and his son, club president Valeri Belokon demanded funds be put aside for player acquisitions.^[11] Three players were signed on 28 July, with a further three joining by 1 August. In their home friendly against Burnley on 2 August, Blackpool again fielded a host of trialists both in their starting line-up and on the bench, as the visitors won 1–0.^[12]

Between 3–8 August Blackpool added six further players to their squad, including goalkeepers Joe Lewis and Ell Parish. When midfielder Andrea Orlandi became Blackpool's 20th squad member on 8 August, the day before the start of the season, he was also their twelfth in as many days.

Regular season

On 9 August Blackpool lost their opening match of the season to Nottingham Forest.^[13] Blackpool had squad problems prior to the match; they had only nine players who "qualified" earlier in the day.^[14] They ultimately fielded 15 in their matchday squad, including two 17-year–old scholars from the youth academy.^[15][14] One of them, Dom Telford, was offered professional terms after his debut. A week later, in the first home league game of the new season, new signing Tomasz Cywka scored the club's first goal of the campaign in a 2–1 defeat to Blackburn. The club has continued to make acquisitions and by 16 August the signing of Edu Oriol saw the first-team squad reach 26 players. On 30 August, defeat to Millwall, managed by former Blackpool boss Ian Holloway, saw the club go without a point in five games in August.

On 13 September, Blackpool gained their first point in their sixth league game of the season, a goalless draw with Wolves at Bloomfield Road. They would have to wait until 3 October for their first win, a 1–0 defeat of Cardiff in their 11th league game. However, this was followed by three consecutive losses, after which Riga was sacked on 27 October and replaced two days later by Lee Clark. The former Birmingham manager lost his first game, 2–0 at home to Ipswich on 1 December, but secured his first point with a 2–2 draw at Fulham four days later. However, on 1 December Blackpool lost 3–1 at Leeds, meaning they had lost 12, drawn four and won only one of their first 17 league fixtures.

Successive draws with Bolton and Rotherham followed the defeat to Leeds, before Clark sealed his first win in his sixth game in charge, a 1–0 home defeat of his former club Birmingham City on 6 December. Blackpool extended their undefeated run with a 2–2 draw at Charlton a week later. However, the following game they lost 6–1 at home to Bournemouth.

Having secured a point from two games over the Christmas period, on 10 January 2015, their first league game of the year, Blackpool sealed their third win of the season, defeating Holloway's Millwall at home. Away defeats followed, 2–0 at Wolves and 7–2 at Watford, having been 2–0 up, before they secured what proved to be their fourth and last win of the campaign against Brighton on 31 January. 17-year-old Henry Cameron made his professional debut in the 1–0 win, becoming the 44th player used by the club that season.

Consecutive defeats to Norwich and Middlesbrough followed, before a 4–4 draw with Nottingham Forest on Valentine's Day, their first such result in 2,252 home league games.^[16] A 1–1 draw at local rivals Blackburn came a week later before Blackpool embarked on a six-match losing run (scoring one goal in the process) by which point they had lost the equivalent of one full league season (46 games) out of the last two played, with eight games remaining of 2014–15.

On 21 March, Blackpool ended their run with a 1–1 home draw with Leeds, the first of three consecutive draws. On 6 April, the day before the third of these, they were officially relegated.^[2] Another run of four defeats followed, ending with their last away game of the season, the 3–2 defeat to Cardiff confirming they would not win away from Bloomfield Road all season, thus equalling a record from their 1908–09 campaign.^[17]

On 2 May 2015, the final day of the Championship season, Blackpool's home game against Huddersfield Town was abandoned after 48 minutes following a pitch invasion by Blackpool fans in protest at chairman Karl Oyston. The score was 0–0 at the time,^[18] and that's how the Football League declared it to subsequently stand.^[19] It was Blackpool's 18th-consecutive game without a victory and their points tally of 26 was the lowest in the English second tier since Stockport County picked up the same number of points when they finished bottom in the 2001-02 season.

Over the last two full league seasons played, Blackpool had claimed 11 wins from 92 games.

League Cup

Blackpool exited the League at the first-round stage after a single-goal defeat at Shrewsbury Town, managed by former Seasiders captain Micky Mellon, on 12 August. Two players, Jeffrey Rentmeister and Joël Dielna, played having signed earlier in the day.

FA Cup

On 4 January, Blackpool lost their FA Cup third round tie against Premier League club Aston Villa 1–0, with Christian Benteke scoring two minutes before the end of normal time. It was Blackpool's seventh exit at their first FA Cup hurdle in eight seasons.

Players

First-team squad

No. = Squad number Pos = Playing position P = Number of games played G = Number of goals scored

GK = Goalkeeper DF = Defender MF = Midfielder FW = Forward

Left club during 2014–15 † Loan player YTH = Youth team players named in first-team squad[a] L = Ended the season out on loan

2014–15 Blackpool player details^[b]

No.	Pos	Nat	Name	P	G	P	G	P	G	P	G	Notes
				Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
17	DF		Miles Addison	6 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	6 (0)	0	†
2	DF		Tom Aldred	6 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	6 (0)	0
27	FW		Tom Barkhuizen	4 (3)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	4 (4)	0
39	DF		Andre Blackman	2 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	2 (1)	0
42	GK		Myles Boney	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	YTH
40	MF		Henry Cameron	10 (1)	1	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	10 (1)	1
6	DF		Peter Clarke	37 (2)	2	1 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	39 (2)	2
22	MF		José Miguel Cubero	10 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	10 (2)	0
7	MF		Tomasz Cywka	5 (1)	1	0 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	6 (1)	1
2	DF		Donervon Daniels	19 (0)	1	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	19 (0)	1	†
9	FW		Steve Davies	11 (6)	5	1 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	12 (6)	5	L
14	FW		Nathan Delfouneso	21 (17)	3	1 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	23 (17)	3
16	DF		Joël Dielna	1 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (1)	0	1 (2)	0
18	DF		Charles Dunne	21 (1)	0	1 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	22 (1)	0
12	MF		Chris Eagles	7 (0)	1	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	7 (0)	1
25	DF		David Ferguson	6 (4)	1	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	6 (4)	1
41	FW		Islam Feruz	0 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (2)	0	†
26	DF		Kevin Foley	4 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	4 (0)	0	†
10	FW		Bobby Grant	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	L
32	DF		Grant Hall	11 (1)	1	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	11 (1)	1	†
38	MF		Alex Henshall	0 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (2)	0	†
41	DF		Luke Higham	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	YTH
12	MF		Michael Jacobs	5 (0)	1	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	5 (0)	1	†
35	DF		Tom Kennedy	5 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	5 (0)	0	†
36	MF		Jonathan Legear	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0
32	DF		Brian Lenihan	2 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	†
1	GK		Joe Lewis	34 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	36 (0)	0	†
24	MF		John Lundstram	16 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	17 (1)	0	†
5	DF		Gary MacKenzie	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	L
24	FW		Gary Madine	14 (1)	3	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	14 (1)	3	†
3	DF		Niall Maher	6 (4)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	6 (4)	0	†
29	DF		Tony McMahon	28 (4)	1	1 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	29 (4)	1	L
8	MF		Jacob Mellis	4 (9)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	5 (9)	0	L
15	MF		Formose Mendy	1 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (2)	0
17	FW		Ishmael Miller	16 (6)	2	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	16 (8)	2
36	GK		Daniel Milton	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	YTH
25	MF		Jacob Murphy	8 (1)	2	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	8 (1)	2	†
37	DF		Nyron Nosworthy	5 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	5 (0)	0	L
48	DF		Darren O'Dea	16 (3)	0	1 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	17 (3)	0
31	MF		Jamie O'Hara	26 (1)	2	1 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	27 (1)	2
38	MF		Stuart O'Keefe	3 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	3 (1)	0	†
20	MF		Connor Oliver	4 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	4 (2)	0
23	MF		Edu Oriol	8 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	8 (2)	0
3	DF		Joan Oriol	11 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	12 (0)	0
11	MF		Andrea Orlandi	23 (5)	4	1 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	25 (5)	4
43	MF		Bright Osayi-Samuel	1 (5)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (5)	0	YTH
21	GK		Elliot Parish	12 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	12 (1)	0
4	MF		David Perkins	45 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	47 (0)	0
19	FW		Nile Ranger	5 (9)	2	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	5 (9)	2
28	DF		Jeffrey Rentmeister	7 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	8 (1)	0
12	MF		Joe Rothwell	1 (2)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (2)	0	†
30	FW		Saër Sène	0 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (1)	0
34	FW		Dom Telford	9 (5)	1	0 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	9 (6)	1	YTH
33	MF		Mark Waddington	1 (2)	0	1 (0)	0	0 (1)	0	2 (3)	0	YTH
20	FW		Sergei Zenjov	2 (6)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	3 (6)	0
13	FW		Francois Zoko	7 (7)	1	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	7 (7)	1	L

1. A dagger or YTH symbol is only displayed if the player was exclusively a loan player or academy scholar during the 2014-15 season. If they signed a professional contract over the course of the season then it is not displayed.
2. All players who have been signed to the club since the opening day of the 2014–15 season are listed

• Players used: 56
• Goals scored: 36 (all in the league)

Results

Pre-season and friendlies

Penrith v Blackpool

19 July 2014 1	Penrith	0–4	Blackpool	Penrith
15:00 BST			Delfouneso (2) Grant Zenjov	Stadium: Frenchfield Park

Blackpool v Burnley

2 August 2014 2	Blackpool	0–1	Burnley	Blackpool
15:00 BST				Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 2,389

The Championship

Main article: 2014–15 Football League Championship

Nottingham Forest v Blackpool

9 August 2014 1	Nottingham Forest	2–0	Blackpool	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Antonio 25' Burke 30'	Report		Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 20,028 Referee: Tony Harrington

Blackpool v Blackburn Rovers

16 August 2014 2	Blackpool	1–2	Blackburn Rovers	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Cywka 53'	Report	Gestede 26', 47'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 12,130 Referee: James Adcock

Blackpool v Brentford

19 August 2014 3	Blackpool	1–2	Brentford	Blackpool
19:45	Delfouneso 17'	Report	Pritchard 37' Dallas 52'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 9,939 Referee: Mark Haywood

Wigan Athletic v Blackpool

23 August 2014 4	Wigan Athletic	1–0	Blackpool	Wigan
15:00	Riera 37'	Report		Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 12,113 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Millwall v Blackpool

30 August 2014 5	Millwall	2–1	Blackpool	London
15:00	McDonald 33' Malone 51'	Report	Ranger 71'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 9,877 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Blackpool v Wolverhampton Wanderers

13 September 2014 6	Blackpool	0–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Blackpool
15:00		Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 12,233 Referee: Mick Russell

Blackpool v Watford

16 September 2014 7	Blackpool	0–1	Watford	Blackpool
19:45		Report	Vydra 68' (pen.)	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 9,695 Referee: Scott Duncan

Brighton v Blackpool

20 September 2014 8	Brighton	0–0	Blackpool	Falmer
15:00		Report		Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 24,569 Referee: Keith Stroud

Blackpool v Norwich City

27 September 2014 9	Blackpool	1–3	Norwich City	Blackpool
15:00	Delfouneso 46'	Report	Daniels 54' (o.g.) Grabban 80' Murphy 81'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 11,232 Referee: Andre Marriner

Middlesbrough v Blackpool

30 September 2014 10	Middlesbrough	1–1	Blackpool	Middlesbrough
19:45	Ayala 19'	Report	Miller 25'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 15,213 Referee: Paul Tierney

Blackpool v Cardiff City

3 October 2014 11	Blackpool	1–0	Cardiff City	Blackpool
19:45	Zoko 64'	Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 10,502 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Huddersfield Town v Blackpool

18 October 2014 12	Huddersfield Town	4–2	Blackpool	Huddersfield
15:00	Holt 4' Bunn 11', 16' Butterfield 61'	Report	McMahon 45' Daniels 45+2'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 14,238 Referee: Darren Bond

Blackpool v Derby County

21 October 2014 13	Blackpool	0–1	Derby County	Blackpool
19:45		Report	Martin 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 11,036 Referee: Kevin Wright

Reading v Blackpool

25 October 2014 14	Reading	3–0	Blackpool	Reading
15:00	Murray 23' Clarke 69' (o.g.) Blackman 90+4' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 15,625 Referee: Gavin Ward

Blackpool v Ipswich Town

1 November 2014 15	Blackpool	0–2	Ipswich Town	Blackpool
15:00		Report	McGoldrick 26' Murphy 61'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 10,918 Referee: Andy Haines

Fulham v Blackpool

5 November 2014 16	Fulham	2–2	Blackpool	London
20:00 GMT	Parker 45+1' Ruiz 73'	Report	Miller 2' Murphy 26'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 14,325 Referee: Robert Madley

Leeds United v Blackpool

8 November 2014 17	Leeds United	3–1	Blackpool	Leeds
15:00 GMT	Cooper 9' Doukara 31' Antenucci 42'	Report	Ranger 75'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 18,698 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Blackpool v Bolton Wanderers

22 November 2014 18	Blackpool	1–1	Bolton Wanderers	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Murphy 75'	Report	C.Y. Lee 82'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 12,181 Referee: Nigel Miller

Rotherham United v Blackpool

29 November 2014 19	Rotherham United	1–1	Blackpool	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Bowery 78'	Report	Davies 85'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 9,381 Referee: Tony Harrington

Blackpool v Birmingham City

6 December 2014 20	Blackpool	1–0	Birmingham City	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Davies 56'	Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 11,672 Referee: David Coote

Charlton Athletic v Blackpool

13 December 2014 21	Charlton Athletic	2–2	Blackpool	London
15:00 GMT	Buyens 38' (pen.) Cousins 55'	Report	Eagles 25' Davies 89'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 15,411 Referee: Andy Davies

Blackpool v Bournemouth

20 December 2014 22	Blackpool	1–6	Bournemouth	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Delfouneso 65'	Report	Ritchie 18', 59' Wilson 42' Pitman 67' (pen.) Pugh 73' Arter 76'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 10,014 Referee: Andy Madley

Sheffield Wednesday v Blackpool

26 December 2014 23	Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	Blackpool	Sheffield
15:00 GMT	Maguire 39' (pen.)	Report	Miller  59'  90+5'	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 26,609 Referee: James Adcock

Blackpool v Rotherham United

28 December 2014 24	Blackpool	1–1	Rotherham United	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Telford 84'	Report	Ledesma 57'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 11,623 Referee: Scott Duncan

Blackpool v Millwall

10 January 2015 25	Blackpool	1–0	Millwall	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Clarke 33'	Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 9,994 Referee: Steve Martin

Wolves v Blackpool

17 January 2015 26	Wolves	2–0	Blackpool	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	D. Edwards 86' Afobe 90'	Report		Attendance: 28,132 Referee: Kevin Johnson

Watford v Blackpool

24 January 2015 27	Watford	7–2	Blackpool	Watford
15:00 GMT	Ighalo 47', 54', 73', 81' Deeney 53' Vydra 59' Angella 66'	Report	Orlandi 8' S. Davies 42'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 17,015 Referee: Fred Graham

Blackpool v Brighton

31 January 2015 28	Blackpool	1–0	Brighton	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	O'Hara 75'	Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 10,575 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Norwich City v Blackpool

7 February 2015 29	Norwich City	4–0	Blackpool	Norwich
15:00 GMT	Hooper 12', 24', 56' (pen.) Redmond 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,017 Referee: Simon Hooper

Blackpool v Middlesbrough

10 February 2015 30	Blackpool	1–2	Middlesbrough	Blackpool
19:45 GMT	Gibson 85' (o.g.)	Report	Woodgate 81' Kike 88'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 10,806 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Blackpool v Nottingham Forest

14 February 2015 31	Blackpool	4–4	Nottingham Forest	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Aldred  40'  76' Madine 45+1' Orlandi 66' S. Davies 73' Ferguson 90+7'	Report	Blackstock 68' Gardner 70' Lansbury 77' (pen.) Burke 90+5'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 11,712 Referee: Lee Probert

Blackburn Rovers v Blackpool

21 February 2015 (2015-02-21) 32	Blackburn Rovers	1–1	Blackpool	Blackburn
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 14,906 Referee: Mick Russell

Brentford v Blackpool

24 February 2015 (2015-02-24) 33	Brentford	4–0	Blackpool	Brentford
19:45 GMT	Toral 16', 18', 89' Gray 52'	Report	Dunne  44'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 8,765 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Blackpool v Wigan Athletic

28 February 2015 (2015-02-28) 34	Blackpool	1–3	Wigan Athletic	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	O'Hara  27' McMahon  51' Madine 85' Davies  90'	Report	Kim Bo-kyung 45' Maguire 67' Perch  75' McClean 79' Clarke  90'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 11,679 Referee: Keith Stroud

Birmingham City v Blackpool

4 March 2015 (2015-03-04) 35	Birmingham City	1–0	Blackpool	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Shinnie 36' Davis  65'	Report	Maher  47'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 15,111 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Blackpool v Sheffield Wednesday

7 March 2015 (2015-03-07) 36	Blackpool	0–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Barkhuizen  53' Telford  70' Clarke  77'	Report	Lees  15' McGugan 54' Dielna  70' Hélan  80'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 11,887 Referee: Graham Scott

Bournemouth v Blackpool

14 March 2015 (2015-03-14) 37	Bournemouth	4–0	Blackpool	Bournemouth
15:00 GMT	Pitman 10', 36', 39' Wilson 49' (pen.) Elphick  54' Ritchie  77'	Report	Barkhuizen  58' McMahon  90'	Stadium: Goldsands Stadium Attendance: 10,013 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Blackpool v Charlton Athletic

17 March 2015 (2015-03-17) 38	Blackpool	0–3	Charlton Athletic	Blackpool
19:45 GMT	Barkhuizen  87'	Report	Eagles 31' Diarra  37' Church 61'  86' Guðmundsson 88'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 9,168 Referee: David Webb

Blackpool v Leeds United

21 March 2015 (2015-03-21) 39	Blackpool	1–1	Leeds United	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Madine 44' Cubero  61' Andrea Orlandi  90+2'	Report	Antenucci 62' Byram  66' Bellusci  90+6'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 11,688 Referee: Scott Duncan

Bolton Wanderers v Blackpool

4 April 2015 40	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	Blackpool	Bolton
15:00 BST	Feeney  15' Vela  77' Guðjohnsen 90+4'	Report	Jacobs 9' Clarke  65' Madine  89' Lewis  90+5'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 17,076 Referee: David Coote

Blackpool v Reading

7 April 2015 41	Blackpool	1–1	Reading	Blackpool
19:45 BST	O'Hara 6' (pen.)  90+4'	Report	McCleary  39' Hall 46' (o.g.) Gunter  57'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 9,614 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Ipswich Town v Blackpool

11 April 2015 42	Ipswich Town	3–2	Blackpool	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Sears 24' 28' Berra 83'	Report	Andrea Orlandi 4' Cameron 63'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 19,290 Referee: James Linington

Derby County v Blackpool

14 April 2015 43	Derby County	4–0	Blackpool	Derby
19:45 BST	Bryson 3' Ince 28' Bent 29' 65' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: ipro Stadium Attendance: 27,227 Referee: Oliver Langford

Blackpool v Fulham

18 April 2015 44	Blackpool	0–1	Fulham	Blackpool
15:00 BST		Report	Smith 8'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 10,122 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

Cardiff City v Blackpool

25 April 2015 45	Cardiff City	3–2	Blackpool	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Mason 19' Doyle 31' (pen.) 76' (pen.)	Report	Orlandi 48' Clarke 90'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 26,357 Referee: Steve Martin

Blackpool v Huddersfield Town

2 May 2015 46	Blackpool	0–0	Huddersfield Town	Blackpool
12:15 BST		Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Road Referee: Mick Russell
Note: Match abandoned after 48 minutes, with the score 0–0, with the result later declared as such[19]

League Cup

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Shrewsbury Town v Blackpool

12 August 2014 1	Shrewsbury Town	1–0	Blackpool	Shrewsbury
19:45 BST	Vernon 34'	Report		Stadium: Greenhous Meadow Attendance: 4,524 Referee: Mark Heywood

FA Cup

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Aston Villa v Blackpool

4 January 2015 3	Aston Villa	1–0	Blackpool	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Benteke 88'	Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 21,837 Referee: Chris Foy

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
20	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	10	17	19	44	54	−10	47
21	Rotherham United	46	11	16	19	46	67	−21	46[a]
22	Millwall (R)	46	9	14	23	42	76	−34	41	Relegation to Football League One
23	Wigan Athletic (R)	46	9	12	25	39	64	−25	39
24	Blackpool (R)	46	4	14	28	36	91	−55	26

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. Source: Sky Sports
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Rotherham United were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.^[20]

Transfers

Blackpool released 17 players at the start of the season, while eight more rejected the offers of new contracts. Their contracted players at the start of pre-season were Tom Barkhuizen, Steven Davies, Charles Dunne, Bobby Grant, Gary MacKenzie, Tony McMahon and David Perkins. Blackpool signed 42 players over the course of the season, 26 as contracted players and 16 on loan. Of those signed to contracts, seven would depart permanently before the end of the season.

In

Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date	Ref
FW	Sergei Zenjov	Karpaty Lviv	Free	3 July 2014	[7]
MF	Jacob Mellis	Unattached	Free	28 July 2014	[21]
MF	Tomasz Cywka	Unattached	Free	28 July 2014	[22]
DF	Peter Clarke	Unattached	Free	28 July 2014	[23]
FW	Nathan Delfouneso	Unattached	Free	29 July 2014	[24]
MF	José Miguel Cubero	Herediano	Undisclosed	31 July 2014	[25]
DF	Donervon Daniels	West Bromwich Albion	Loan	1 August 2014	[26]
DF	Joan Oriol	Osasuna	Undisclosed	3 August 2014	[27]
GK	Joe Lewis	Cardiff City	Loan	5 August 2014	[28]
MF	John Lundstram	Everton	Loan	6 August 2014	[29]
FW	Ishmael Miller	Unattached	Free	6 August 2014	[30]
GK	Ell Parish	Bristol City	Free	7 August 2014	[31]
MF	Andrea Orlandi	Unattached	Free	8 August 2014	[32]
DF	Jeffrey Rentmeister	Westerlo	Undisclosed	12 August 2014	[33]
MF	Joël Dielna	Unattached	Free	12 August 2014	[33]
MF	François Zoko	Unattached	Free	15 August 2014	[34]
MF	Nile Ranger	Unattached	Free	16 August 2014	[35]
MF	Edu Oriol	Unattached	Free	16 August 2014
DF	Andre Blackman	Unattached	Free	29 September 2014	[36]
MF	Formose Mendy	Unattached	Free	29 September 2014	[36]
MF	Jacob Murphy	Norwich City	Loan	3 November 2014	[37]
MF	Jonathan Legear	Unattached	Undisclosed	4 November 2014	[38]
MF	Jamie O'Hara	Unattached	Short-term deal until January, later extended until end of season	5 November 2014	[39]
DF	Brian Lenihan	Hull City	Loan	7 November 2014
MF	Chris Eagles	Unattached	Free	18 November 2014	[40]
DF	Nyron Nosworthy	Unattached	Free	21 November 2014	[41]
DF	Tom Kennedy	Rochdale	Loan	22 November 2014
DF	Kevin Foley	Wolves	Loan	27 November 2014	[42]
MF	Stuart O'Keefe	Crystal Palace	Loan	27 November 2014	[43]
DF	Darren O'Dea	Unattached	Short-term deal until January, later extended until end of season	4 December 2014	[44]
DF	Grant Hall	Tottenham Hotspur	Loan	8 January 2015
FW	Saër Sène	Unattached	Short-term deal until end of season	9 January 2015	[45]
DF	David Ferguson	Sunderland	18-month contract	9 January 2015	[45]
MF	Connor Oliver	Sunderland	18-month contract	9 January 2015	[45]
MF	Alex Henshall	Ipswich Town	One-month loan	9 January 2015	[45]
FW	Islam Feruz	Chelsea	Loan	16 January 2015	[46]
DF	Niall Maher	Bolton Wanderers	One-month loan	22 January 2015	[47]
MF	Joe Rothwell	Manchester United	Loan	27 January 2015	[48]
DF	Tom Aldred	Accrington Stanley	Undisclosed (initially joined on 3 day loan from 31 January)	2 February 2015
FW	Gary Madine	Sheffield Wednesday	Loan	10 February 2015
DF	Miles Addison	Bournemouth	Loan	3 March 2015
MF	Michael Jacobs	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Loan	12 March 2015

Out

Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date	Ref
DF	Louis Almond		Released	16 May 2014	[3]
FW	Anderson Banvo		Released	16 May 2014	[3]
DF	Kirk Broadfoot		Released	16 May 2014	[3]
DF	Jake Caprice		Released	16 May 2014	[3]
MF	James Caton		Released	16 May 2014	[3]
FW	Michael Chopra		Released	16 May 2014	[3]
MF	Adam Dodd		Released	16 May 2014	[3]
FW	Robert Earnshaw		Released	16 May 2014	[3]
FW	Nathan Eccleston		Released	16 May 2014	[3]
MF	Barry Ferguson		Released	16 May 2014	[3]
MF	Elliot Grandin		Released	16 May 2014	[3]
GK	Mark Halstead		Released	16 May 2014	[3]
MF	Faris Haroun		Released	16 May 2014	[3]
GK	Chris Kettings		Released	16 May 2014	[3]
MF	Liam Tomsett		Released	16 May 2014	[3]
FW	Nathan Tyson		Released	16 May 2014	[3]
GK	Tony Warner		Released	16 May 2014	[3]
DF	Chris Basham	Sheffield United	Free	5 June 2014	[49]
MF	Neal Bishop	Scunthorpe United	Free	19 June 2014	[50]
DF	Craig Cathcart	Watford	Free	24 June 2014	[51]
MF	Ángel Martínez		Unattached	30 June 2014
DF	Isaiah Osbourne		Unattached	30 June 2014
GK	Matt Gilks	Burnley	Free	2 July 2014	[52]
FW	Tom Ince	Hull City	Tribunal-set fee	7 July 2014	[5]
FW	Ricardo Fuller	Millwall	Free	16 July 2014	[9]
DF	Harrison McGahey	Sheffield United	Tribunal-set fee	18 July 2014	[6]
FW	Bobby Grant	Shrewsbury Town	Loan	9 October 2014	[53]
FW	Tom Barkhuizen	Morecambe	Loan	17 October 2014	[54]
FW	François Zoko	Bradford City	Loan until 17 January 2015	22 November 2014	[55]
MF	Tomasz Cywka	Rochdale	Loan until 6 January 2015	26 November 2014	[56]
FW	Sergei Zenjov	Unattached	Mutual consent	2 December 2014	[57]
DF	Joan Oriol	Unattached	Mutual consent	12 January 2015	[57]
MF	Edu Oriol	Unattached	Mutual consent	12 January 2015	[57]
MF	Chris Eagles	Unattached	End of contract	19 January 2015	[58]
MF	Jacob Mellis	Oldham Athletic	Loan	22 January 2015	[59]
MF	Jonathan Legear	Unattached	Mutual consent	28 January 2015
FW	Ishmael Miller	Huddersfield Town	Undisclosed	2 February 2015	[60]
DF	Gary MacKenzie	Bradford City	Loan	2 February 2015
FW	Steven Davies	Sheffield United	Loan	6 March 2015
DF	Nyron Nosworthy	Portsmouth	Loan	19 March 2015	[61]
DF	Tony McMahon	Bradford City	Loan	27 March 2015
MF	Formose Mendy	HJK Helsinki	Free	23 April 2015

Academy

Blackpool gave debuts to academy scholars Henry Cameron, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Dom Telford and Mark Waddington over the course of the season, with Cameron signing a professional deal in January.^[62] Fellow youth-team players Miles Boney, Luke Higham and Daniel Milton were unused substitutes for the first-team.

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