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Ian Holloway

Unrecognisable Pool were ‘hideous‘

CRESTFALLEN Ian Holloway pulled no punches after the Seasiders’ biggest home defeat in more than seven years.

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Ian Evatt and Nicky Maynard contest a high ball.

Sam’s shock tactics catch Ollie cold

IAN Holloway admitted Sam Allardyce caught him off-guard with an unexpected team selection last night.

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The challenge on Roman Bednar which saw Rob Green sent off and left West Ham without a recognised goalkeeper at Bloomfield Road last night.

Holloway surveys Roman ruins

ROMAN Bednar has joined Gary Taylor-Fletcher on the casualty list as Pool’s injury problems continue to mount.

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Ian Holloway

Blackpool hammered at home

Emergency goalkeeper Henri Lansbury kept out Blackpool as 10-man West Ham returned to the top of the Championship.

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Barry Ferguson

Blackpool 1 West Ham 4 - minute-by-minute

GOALS from James Tomkins, Nicky Maynard, Gary O’Neil and Ricardo Vaz te handed West Ham the win on an eventful night at Bloomfield Road.

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Matt Phillips

Holloway blasts FA over Phillips

IAN Holloway has blasted the FA for failing to make Matt Phillips an England player.

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Gary Taylor-Fletcher was injured in this collision with Everton keeper Tim Howard.

Fans’ Panel: Donny dazzlers’ cup blow

OUR fans’ panellists hardly had time to live the FA Cup dream before their hopes were dashed at Goodison Park on Saturday, but they agree that the past week’s other Seasiders result carries far greater significance.

West Ham United Manager Sam Allardyce

Blackpool v West Ham - match preview

WEST Ham United have a dilemma – go for victory, or make sure they don’t lose.

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Alex Baptiste heads under pressure from Magaye Gueye

Tangerine Talk 20-02-12 video

OUR sports reporters look back at Saturday’s defeat to Everton and ahead to Tuesday’s game against West Ham United.

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Blackpool's Matt Phillips

Phillips earns Scotland call-up

BLACKPOOL’S Matt Phillips has been called up for the first time by Craig Levein for Scotland’s friendly international in Slovenia next week.

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Tom Ince clashes with Marouane Fellaini

VIDEO: Holloway and Moyes match reaction video

IAN Holloway and David Moyes talk following Saturday’s FA Cup clash at Goodison Park.

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Gary Taylor-Fletcher is stretchered off after a clash with keeper Tim Howard

GTF injury blow to force Pool into loan market

POOL will dip into the loan market for a striker if Gary Taylor-Fletcher’s knee injury proves serious.

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Everton's Royston Drenthe and Blackpool's Bob Harris

Early goals put Pool out of FA Cup

Two goals in the opening six minutes proved enough for Everton to get past Blackpool at Goodison Park and book their place in the FA Cup quarter-finals.

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Blackpool's Gary Taylor-Fletcher (right) clashes with Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard

Everton 2 Blackpool 0 - minute-by-minute

TWO goals in the opening six minutes ended Blackpool’s FA Cup run at Everton.

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Gary Taylor-Fletcher

Liverpool fan desperate for goal against rivals

GARY Taylor-Fletcher is gunning for a goal today – though he will upset his grandad if he succeeds.

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Kevin Phillips celebrates his goal

Kevin is hailed as a ‘model pro’

KEVIN Phillips has been hailed as “the model pro” and the perfect example to aspiring youngsters.

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Matt Phillips

Holloway’s up for making cup history

IAN Holloway is aiming to lead Blackpool to the FA Cup quarter finals for the first time 53 years – and make up for last season in the process.

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Everton's Leighton Baines

Everton can’t afford to lose Blackpool clash

TOMORROW’S FA Cup scrap at Goodison Park is much more important to Everton than Blackpool.

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Barry Ferguson

Ferguson aiming for FA Cup hat-trick

POOL skipper Barry Ferguson is aiming for a third successive FA Cup quarter-final.

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Everton manager David Moyes

Everton v Blackpool: Match preview

IT is little wonder Ian Holloway smiles wryly and shakes his head in disbelief every time he’s asked if Blackpool fancy their chances of beating Everton.

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Nouah Dicko

Weight finally off Dicko’s shoulders

NOUHA Dicko’s first goal in English football will help him get over a miss which has bugged him for the last fortnight.

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Kevin Phillips celebrates his goal with Roman Bednar.

Bagging Bednar proves progress

IAN Holloway says getting Roman Bednar to Blackpool shows far the cub has come.

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Novan Dicko celebrates his goal against Doncaster.

Ollie’s warning to soaring Seasiders

IAN Holloway has told anyone dreaming of promotion to calm down and get a grip.

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Gary Taylor-Fletcher celebrates his first goal against Doncaster.

Two-goal GTF helped team by going solo

NOTHING to do with romance, but Gary Taylor-Fletcher revealed his Valentine’s Day brace was down to a spot of TLC.

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Doncaster Rovers manager Dean Saunders

Saunders looks up to Pool

THE defeat by Blackpool left Doncaster rock-bottom and manager Dean Saunders said: “We missed chance after chance and the only consolation is that Blackpool score goals against everybody.

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Doncaster Rovers' El Hadji Diouf under pressure from Ludovic Sylvestre last night.

Diouf spit storm

EL Hadji Diouf is at the centre of more controversy after Pool accused him of spitting and being a dab hand at winning free kicks.

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Gary Taylor-Fletcher celebrates

Taylor-Fletcher leads Blackpool to victory

Gary Taylor-Fletcher scored twice as in-form Blackpool outlined their promotion credentials with a comfortable victory at struggling Doncaster.

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Doncaster Rovers' El Hadji Diouf and Ludo Sylvestre

Doncaster 1 Blackpool 3 - minute-by-minute

TWO from Gary Taylor-Fletcher and one from Nouah Dicko handed Blackpool another victory in Yorkshire.

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Roman Bednar in action against Portsmouth.

Roman marching back to top form

ROMAN Bednar can expect to be back on the bench tonight, but it doesn’t mean he’s done anything wrong.

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Blackpool captain Barry Ferguson ran the show against Pompey.

Fans’ Panel: Pool’s natural born leader

Not sure many of us have seen a Lord Mayor’s Show, but the Portsmouth game still felt like the sort of event you get after one.

Ian Holloway

Holloway rules out Wolves job

IAN Holloway says his time at Blackpool “isn’t finished” as he brushed off speculation linking him with the Wolves job.

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Brett Ormerod and Keith Southern with the magazine

Magazine sales go to stricken coach

A TRUST fund for stricken Blackpool youth coach Gary Parkinson is set to be given a financial boost.

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Matt Phillips will miss out tonight, while Ludo Sylvestre looks set to start

Holloway hints at big changes

ONLY a brave man would try to guess Blackpool’s starting line-up at Doncaster tonight.

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Matt Phillips

Phillips to miss Doncaster clash

MATT Phillips is out of the Seasiders clash at Doncaster tomorrow.

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Tangerine Talk 13/02/12 video

THE Gazette’s sports reporters give their views on all things Blackpool FC.

Bobby Madley

Angry Ollie points finger at referee

IAN Holloway blamed the referee for the Seasiders failure to see off Portsmouth.

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Personal best for crack-shot Crainey

STEPHEN Crainey has achieved something he’s never done before – scored twice in the same season.

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Stephen Crainey scored Blackpool's goal

Crainey free-kick earns Blackpool a point

Blackpool’s remarkable run of late comeback wins came to an end as Portsmouth hung on for a share of the spoils at Bloomfield Road.

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Lomana 'Mc'LuaLua

Scots win training session

A LACK of central heating ensured Scotland won their first tournament in years...even if they did get some help from a Congolese bloke.

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Roman Bednar

No worries for the Seasiders

IAN Holloway has paid tribute to Karl Oyston for ensuring the Seasiders will never have the cash problems others have.

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Ian Holloway

Ollie: Let’s avoid the late shift

IAN Holloway has demanded his players do the hard work now, rather than leave it until the end of the season.

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Lomana LuaLua

LuaLua loved Pompey, but his heart is with Pool

EXPECT Lomana LuaLua to get a good reception from the visiting fans tomorrow – he’s something of a Pompey legend.

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Alex Baptiste celebrates scoring last time Blackpool visited Goodison Park

Pool miss-out on Everton cash windfall

BLACKPOOL’S FA Cup fifth-round clash at Everton a week tomorrow is one of the three not being screened live on TV, which means the club misses out on a £212,000 cash windfall.

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Tom Ince, Angel Martinez and Lomana Tresor LuaLua

Blackpool’s big secret is out

POOL are no longer operating under the radar, no longer considered underdogs.

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South Stand at Blackpool Football Club

South Stand dumped in a field

SEASIDERS chairman Karl Oyston illegally dumped waste from the building of Pool’s Jimmy Armfield Stand on Marton farmland.

Blackpool's  Matt Phillips

Winger described as the ‘new Thierry Henry’

MATT Phillips has been described as Blackpool’s Thierry Henry.

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Mark Howard

Howard on trial with Sheffield United

MARK Howard watched the Seasiders’ win against Sheffield Wednesday with the visiting fans on Tuesday.

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Ludo ready for Everton test

BRING on Everton! That’s the confident rallying cry from Ludovic Sylvestre, who reckons the Seasiders can reach the FA Cup quarter-finals for the first time since the 1950s.

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Matt Phillips scores Blackpool's first goal and (below) Tom Ince celebrates with Lomana LuaLua after he scored a wonder goal to make it 2-0.

Perfect Pool reach fifth round

IAN Holloway hailed his Blackpool team for producing “the complete performance” to power into the FA Cup fifth round for the first time since 1990.

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Angel Martinez hopes to keep his place for the Everton tie.

Ollie is wary of feeling the Blues

IAN Holloway says he has plenty to fear about going to Goodison Park.

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