2010–11 Blackpool F.C. season
Season 2010-11 | |
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League | Premier League |
Manager | Ian Holloway |
League position | TBD |
Top goalscorer | League: TBD Combined: TBD |
Highest attendance | TBD |
Lowest attendance | TBD |
FA Cup | TBD |
League Cup | TBD |
Previous season | ← 2009-10 |
Next season | 2011-12 → |
The 2010-11 season is Blackpool F.C.'s debut season in the Premier League, after winning the 2009-10 Championship play-off Final. It is also their first season in the top tier of English football since 1971. It is Ian Holloway's second season as manager.
The talk during the build-up to the new season was mainly centred around the club's lack of activity in the transfer market. Indeed, 81 days past between the play-off Final and the first arrivals at Bloomfield Road for the forthcoming season. After the release of five players, plus the sale of Ben Burgess to Notts County and the forced retirement of Stephen McPhee, coupled with the departure of the five loan players who finished the 2009-10 campaign at the club, Ian Holloway had just fifteen senior players at his disposal.[1] On 11 August, however, the club replaced those five players with a quintet of new faces.[2] A sixth, Chris Basham from Bolton Wanderers, followed two days later.[3] On 13 August, the eve of the new term, Blackpool had a first-team squad of 26; however, the advent of a new Premier League rule means that, on 1 September, the maximum squad size for each club will be 25.[4]
Several players, including Gary Taylor-Fletcher, Jason Euell and Charlie Adam, kept the squad number assigned to them for the 2009-10 season despite their number not falling inside the traditional 1 to 11. Paul Rachubka retained the number 1 shirt despite being second choice to Matthew Gilks the previous campaign.
Blackpool's squad for their opening Premier League fixture, at Wigan Athletic, was:
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Premier League results
14 August 2009 | Wigan | 0 – 4 | Blackpool | DW Stadium, Wigan |
15:00 | (Report) | Taylor-Fletcher 16' Harewood 38', 43' Baptiste 75' |
Attendance: 16,152 Referee: Mark Halsey |
Transfers
In
Date | Player | From | Fee | Source |
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11 August 2010 | Craig Cathcart | Manchester United | Undisclosed | [5] |
11 August 2010 | Ludovic Sylvestre | Mladá Boleslav | Undisclosed | [5] |
11 August 2010 | Elliot Grandin | CSKA Sofia | Undisclosed | [5] |
11 August 2010 | Malaury Martin | AS Monaco | Free | [5] |
11 August 2010 | Marlon Harewood | Unattached | Free | [6] |
15 August 2010 | Sam Mantom | West Bromwich Albion | loan |
Out
Date | Player | To | Fee | Source |
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26 May 2010 | Stephen McPhee | Retirement | [7] | |
30 June 2010 | Al Bangura | Released | [8] | |
30 June 2010 | Hameur Bouazza | Released | [8] | |
30 June 2010 | Joe Martin | Released | [8] | |
30 June 2010 | Danny Mitchley | Released | [8] | |
30 June 2010 | Daniel Nardiello | Released | [8] | |
2 July 2010 | Ben Burgess | Notts County | Free | [9] |
Loans in
Loan out
References
- ^ "Barclays Premier League kicks off on 14 August" - BBC Sport
- ^ "Blackpool sign quintent ahead of Premier League debut" - BBC Sport
- ^ "Blackpool sign Chris Basham from Bolton Wanderers" - BBC Sport
- ^ "Premier League stars in cold: New 25-man squad rule has megabucks players sitting it out" - MailOnline
- ^ a b c d http://www.blackpoolfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10432~2118202,00.html
- ^ "BREAKING NEWS". Blackpool Football Club Website. 11 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
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(help) - ^ "Blackpool's Stephen McPhee ends career on high note". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Coparation. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-26.
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(help) - ^ a b c d e "Ollie Announces Retained List". Blackpool F.C. Blackpool F.C. official website. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-26.
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(help) - ^ "Notts County sign Ben Burgess and John Spicer". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
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