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Just when you thought we'd turned some sort of corner, Blackpool go and 'tango' us. Well
admittedly, I had to rely on the eyes of the commentating duo of Mick Lowes and John Anderson but
the performance sounded as bleak as the conditions and there was nothing pleasurable about the trip
to this beach.
Six decades ago, this would have been one of the matches of the season. The Blackpool side of
Matthews, Mortenson and Perry against the Newcastle United of Jackie Milburn was two clubs in their
pomp. Two clubs which, to paraphrase one Harold MacMillan, would never have it so good again. Skip
forward six decades, and they find themselves in the same division for the first time since
1970/71, but with broadly different expectations for the new season.
If it was one thing you could rely on last season with Newcastle, it was that they could lose a
game, and seemingly not even care. Chris Hughton - on the training field And that's what we saw
last night, mainly in the first half at Bloomfield Road, and it brings back bad memories of the
squad [...]
When somewhat forgotten Ian Holloway took Blackpool over this summer, few
people believed that this charismatic motivator will do anything more than traditional and boring
survival fight. The team from English popular summer resort on Lancashire coast have been in
financial problems for a long time now and in the last few seasons they struggled to make the team
for the Championship.
Some people just would not listen, but I always told you Andy Keogh was a good player.
So how poetic it was that the win which will define Wolves' season had the young Irish striker as
its focal point.
Over 99 league appearances, no other Wolves player has so polarised opinion in the Mick McCarthy
era.
With just over a month of the season played and the seventh round of matches due to take place
across the next two nights, the league is starting to take shape. Newcastle have surprised us all
with their assertive start, but an evening trip to Bloomfield Road will pose a different sort of
challenge to their first three away games.
