The 2009-10 season is Blackpool F.C.'s 103rd season (100th consecutive) in the Football League. It is also their third consecutive season in The Championship, the second tier of English football. It is Ian Holloway's first season as manager.

[edit] Season synopsis

Blackpool's away shirt for the 2009–10 campaign.

Ian Holloway returned to his former club QPR for the opening game of the League season. Ben Burgess put the Tangerines ahead late into the first half, and that's how the score remained until Peter Ramage's 87th-minute leveller.^[1]

Three days later, Blackpool began their League Cup campaign at Crewe Alexandra. Adam Nowland, who had returned to the club on a non-contract basis the previous day, broke the deadlock on 52 minutes. Calvin Zola equalised for the Railwaymen in the 74th minute, before Daniel Nardiello, eleven minutes from time, scored what proved to be the winner.^[2]

On 15 August, Blackpool hosted Cardiff City at Bloomfield Road. Michael Chopra opened the scoring for the visitors, but Seasiders captain Ian Evatt equalised in first-half injury time. The match finished 1-1.^[3]

Derby County visited the seaside three days later, and they returned to the East Midlands with a point after a goalless draw.^[4]

On 22 August, Blackpool visited the capital for a meeting with Watford. They came from behind twice to record their fourth-successive draw, Alex Baptiste and Gary Taylor-Fletcher the scorers.^[5]

In the second round of the League Cup, on 26 August, Blackpool hosted Premier League outfit Wigan Athletic. Ishmel Demontagnac scored his first goal for the club, followed by strikes by Ben Burgess (19 minutes), Charlie Adam (netting his first goal as a permanent Blackpool player), and Gary Taylor-Fletcher. The Latics pulled one back in injury time to make the final score 4-1.^[6]

Blackpool's first League victory occurred three days later when Coventry City visited Bloomfield Road. The hosts won 3-0, extending their unbeaten start to the season to seven games.^[7]

The Tangerines suffered their first defeat of the campaign two weeks later, after an international break, at Leicester City. Matty Fryatt's double — one either side of Charlie Adam's strike just after the half-hour mark — gave the Foxes all three points.^[8]

[edit] Results

[edit] Championship

8 August 2009	QPR	1 - 1	Blackpool	Loftus Road, London
15:00	Ramage  86'	(Report)	Burgess  37'	Attendance: 14,013 Referee: Andy D'Urso

15 August 2009	Blackpool	1 - 1	Cardiff City	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
15:00	Evatt  45+1'	(Report)	Chopra  12'	Attendance: 7,698 Referee: G Hegley

22 August 2009	Watford	2 - 2	Blackpool	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Smith  24' Cleverley  63'	(Report)	Baptiste  56' Taylor-Fletcher  72'	Attendance: 12,745 Referee: Darren Deadman

29 August 2009	Blackpool	3 - 0	Coventry	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
15:00	Adam  13' (pen.) Burgess  59' Taylor-Fletcher  71'	(Report)		Attendance: 8,239 Referee: Nigel Miller

12 September 2009	Leicester City	2 - 1	Blackpool	Walkers Stadium, Leicester
15:00 BST	Fryatt  26' Fryatt  58'	(Report)	Adam  31'	Attendance: 22,827 Referee: J Singh

17 September 2009	Blackpool	2 - 1	Newcastle United	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
19:45 BST	Ormerod  45+2' Euell  65'	(Report)	Carroll  40'	Attendance: 9,647 Referee: Jonathan Moss

19 September 2009	Nottingham Forest	0 - 1	Blackpool	City Ground, Nottingham
15:00 BST		(Report)	Adam  19'	Attendance: 23,487 Referee: Penn

26 September 2009	Blackpool	2 - 0	Peterborough United	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
15:00 BST	Euell  3' Bouazza  11'	(Report)		Attendance: 7,728 Referee: Bates

29 September 2009	Bristol City	2 - 0	Blackpool	Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
19:30 BST	Maynard  28' Haynes  57'	(Report)		Attendance: 13,673 Referee: East

3 October 2009	Crystal Palace	4 - 1	Blackpool	Selhurst Park, London
15:00 BST	Lee  4' Danns  32' Ambrose  62' N'Diaye  89'	(Report)	Baptiste  53'	Attendance: 15,749 Referee: Taylor

[edit] League Cup

First Round 11 August 2009	Crewe Alexandra	1 - 2	Blackpool	Alexandra Stadium, Crewe
15:00	Zola  73'	(Report)	Nowland  52' Nardiello  79'	Attendance: 2,991 Referee: Phil Gibbs

Second Round 26 August 2009	Blackpool	4 - 1	Wigan Athletic	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
19:45	Demontagnac  3' Burgess  19' Adam  33' Taylor-Fletcher  67'	(Report)	Amaya  90+4'	Attendance: 8,089 Referee: Michael Oliver

Third Round 22 September 2009	Stoke City	4 - 3	Blackpool	Britannia Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent
19:30	Higginbotham  75' Etherington  78' Fuller  80' Griffin  90'	(Report)	Vaughan  40' Clarke  47' Burgess  81'	Attendance: 13,957 Referee: Probert

[edit] References

General

• Blackpool's results at BBC Sport

Specific

[edit] External links

• Blackpool F.C. season 2009–10 on BBC Sport: Club News – Recent results – Upcoming fixtures – Club stats