Blackpool boss Ian Holloway believes West Ham counterpart Sam Allardyce deserves more respect for his scientific approach to the game.

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• Date: Thu 17 May 15:55

Neil Warnock believes West Ham will be the team to beat in Saturday's mouth-watering Championship play-off final against Blackpool.

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• Date: Thu 17 May 14:41

Sky Sports understands Blackpool have exercised their contract option on young defender Ashley Eastham to fend off interest from other clubs.

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• Date: Thu 17 May 09:51

Blackpool defender Ian Evatt is hoping that West Ham's air of overconfidence comes back to haunt them on Saturday.

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• Date: Wed 16 May 11:27

Blackpool forward Daniel Bogdanovic is ready to snub interest from abroad to stay in England.

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• Date: Fri 11 May 16:39

Blackpool's Tom Ince is bracing himself for a torrent of abuse from the West Ham fans in the Championship play-off final.

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• Date: Fri 11 May 09:40

Ian Holloway struggled to contain his emotions after seeing Blackpool book their place in the Championship play-off final.

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• Date: Wed 09 May 22:24

Blackpool sealed a showdown with West Ham in the Championship play-off final after drawing 2-2 at Birmingham to win 3-2 on aggregate.

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• Date: Wed 09 May 21:57

Follow all of the action from Birmingham's play-off semi-final second leg with Blackpool via our minute-by-minute commentary.

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• Date: Wed 09 May 19:08

Marlon King has warned Blackpool that Birmingham are 'raring to go' ahead of the second leg of the Championship play-off semi-final.

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• Date: Wed 09 May 08:41

Ian Holloway says Blackpool have 'unfinished business' in the Premier League and hopes his team will be better equipped if the club go up.

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• Date: Wed 09 May 08:33

Ian Holloway believes Blackpool will have to give 'every ounce of everything we've got' in order to book their place in the Championship play-off fina...

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• Date: Tue 08 May 23:07

Chris Hughton is a manager that likes to work one game at a time, and he admits Birmingham's play-off date with Blackpool is bigger than most.

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• Date: Tue 08 May 18:03

Team news for Wednesday night's Championship play-off semi-final second leg clash between Birmingham and Blackpool at St Andrew's.

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• Date: Tue 08 May 09:57

Chris Hughton is targeting improvement in the second leg after Birmingham lost 1-0 to Blackpool at Bloomfield Road.

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• Date: Fri 04 May 22:47

Tom Ince was pleased to play a leading role in Blackpool's 1-0 play-off victory over Birmingham, but feels the scoreline should have been more convinc...

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• Date: Fri 04 May 22:29

Ian Holloway took the win after seeing his Blackpool side dominate but only score once against Birmingham at Bloomfield Road.

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• Date: Fri 04 May 22:27

Follow all the action from Bloomfield Road via skysports.com's live minute-by-minute commentary.

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• Date: Fri 04 May 19:14

A Curtis Davies own goal handed Blackpool a narrow advantage in their Championship play-off semi-final with Birmingham.

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• Date: Fri 04 May 19:14

Graeme Bailey catches up with Blackpool star Tom Ince ahead of their play-off campaign.

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• Date: Thu 03 May 22:48

Ian Holloway believes the signings of Kevin Phillips and Barry Ferguson were the catalyst for Blackpool reaching the play-offs again.

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• Date: Thu 03 May 21:21

Sky Sports understands Blackpool and Peterborough are both tracking Welling striking sensation Loick Pires.

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• Date: Thu 03 May 15:48

Team news for Friday night's Championship play-off semi-final first leg between Blackpool and Birmingham at Bloomfield Road.

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• Date: Thu 03 May 12:12

Blackpool defender Craig Cathcart has been diagnosed with an enlarged heart after experiencing palpitations.

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• Date: Thu 03 May 09:34

Ian Holloway is relishing the drama of the play-offs after Blackpool rounded off their regular season with a 2-2 draw at Millwall.

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• Date: Sat 28 Apr 17:25

Harry Kane's late equaliser preserved Millwall's unbeaten end to the season to salvage a well-earned 2-2 draw with Blackpool on Saturday.

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• Date: Sat 28 Apr 15:04

Team news ahead of Saturday's final Championship clash of the season between Millwall and Blackpool at The Den (kick-off 12.30pm).

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• Date: Fri 27 Apr 10:56

Ian Holloway has set his sights on an instant return to the Premier League, while Eddie Howe urged his Burnley team to come back stronger.

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• Date: Sat 21 Apr 19:13

Blackpool produced a clinical display to secure their place in the Championship play-offs with a 4-0 win over Burnley at Bloomfield Road.

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• Date: Sat 21 Apr 17:30

Blackpool boss Ian Holloway was a happy man after Angel Martinez's late winner against Leeds, while Neil Warnock felt his side were denied a penalty.

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• Date: Tue 17 Apr 23:18

Angel Martinez's first goal for Blackpool secured a 1-0 win over Leeds to boost their hopes of booking a place in the Championship play-offs.

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• Date: Tue 17 Apr 22:34

Ian Holloway has described as 'nonsense' reports that Blackpool would be prepared to sell Matt Phillips to Reading for £1million.

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• Date: Tue 17 Apr 12:22

Team news ahead of Tuesday night's Championship clash between Blackpool and Leeds United at Bloomfield Road (kick-off: 8pm).

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• Date: Mon 16 Apr 14:32

Ian Evatt admits Blackpool have been offered added motivation in their promotion push by the promise of a £5million windfall.

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• Date: Mon 16 Apr 10:20

Steve Cotterill refused to accept Forest are safe after a 0-0 draw at home to Blackpool, with Ian Holloway quick to praise goalkeeper Matt Gilks.

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• Date: Sat 14 Apr 18:29

Nottingham Forest and Blackpool contested a 0-0 draw in the Championship at the City Ground on Saturday afternoon.

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• Date: Sat 14 Apr 17:10

Nottingham Forest loan star Adlene Guedioura is determined to secure Championship survival with victory over Blackpool.

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• Date: Sat 14 Apr 12:34

Team news ahead of Saturday's Championship clash between Nottingham Forest and Blackpool at the City Ground.

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• Date: Fri 13 Apr 09:01

Ian Holloway was 'absolutely devastated' after Keith Southern was sent off in the draw with Barnsley, as Keith Hill targets survival.

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• Date: Mon 09 Apr 19:17

Matt Phillips denied Barnsley a first away win since January as 10-man hosts Blackpool kept their play-off hopes alive with a 1-1 draw.

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• Date: Mon 09 Apr 17:25

Team news ahead of Easter Monday's Championship clash between Blackpool and Barnsley at Bloomfield Road.

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• Date: Sun 08 Apr 10:00

Ian Holloway was 'totally delighted' with his Blackpool side after watching them see off in-form Watford to tighten their grip on a play-off spot.

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• Date: Fri 06 Apr 18:56

Stephen Dobbie's double cemented Blackpool's place in the Championship play-off spots as they won 2-0 at Watford on Good Friday.

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• Date: Fri 06 Apr 17:24

Ian Holloway has confirmed that four unnamed players will miss Blackpool's trip to Watford on Friday after breaking a club curfew.

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• Date: Thu 05 Apr 14:18

Team news for Good Friday's Championship clash between Watford and Blackpool at Vicarage Road.

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• Date: Thu 05 Apr 14:14