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Lovers of fine football will already be aware that the mighty Blackpool, having been the bookies' favourites for relegation, have qualified for the play-offs to the Premiership.

I have it on very good authority (bloke down the pub, closing time, Saturday night) that should Holloway's Heroes make it to the Premiership, Tevez and Bellamy, Rooney and Vidic have already signed up to play at the Theatre of Dreams (Bloomfield Road average attendance this season less than 10,000 but room for improvement!)

Apparently the reasons given for them joining (same source) are: the healthy sea air; the ale's cheaper and unlike United and City, Blackpool are nailed on certainties for Champion's League football, season after next. Their intelligent thinking on this is that by then, the Glazers will have trousered all the United assets and City's owners will have got bored and gone back to supporting camel racing.

I am sure that all lovers of fine football and football fairness (note the Cleggie touch?) will be supporting Blackpool in their pilgrimage to the Promised Land.

Amen
David

"Although a shite hole of a town i have always had a soft spot for Blackpool"

You mustn't have seen the new improved Blackpool, the Sorrento of the North West.

Good luck to the mighty Leyton Orient.

Well we differ on this. Having been unfortunate enough to spend 6 months working in Slough and Stevenage, I know where I would prefer to spend some time and it ain't those two places.

Anyway this is a digression from the magnificent achievement of little Blackpool in getting to the playoffs to the Premier League.

Given they have already done the double over Nottingham Forest in the league, as long as they don't bottle it, they should get to Wembley and then anything can happen!

'In a Stevenage overspill you'd love to live around SW6 with people like you ... maladjusted .. ' Morrissey

"Take me out tonight because I want to see people and I want to see life"

But not in Slough or Stevenage.

David,
Don't forget Forest play your boys in the semi final next Saturday and the following Tuesday
Unfortunately there they are not going to be enough tickets available for all the Forest fans who want to come up for the weekend.

I am surprised that "w8derby" has not posted in reply to your post as yet.

Hi Nikonman,

No, I haven't forgotten. As I said elsewhere it's a fantastic achievement for little Blackpool to get this far. And when you consider the size of the other clubs in the play-offs, Nottingham Forest, Leicester, Cardiff, it is going to be tough.

However given the Pool did the double over Forest already this season, as long as they can play their best and not be overawed by the whole thing, I think they have a good chance.

Cheers
D

fuck off we have got enough northern cunts in the premiership.why do we want another 2 bob outfit up there who will go straight back down in the first season?my money is on Forest !thumbsup!