Brand new Blackpool FC documentary charting Oyston’s reign releasing next week
The Battle for Blackpool is a new Sky Original documentary.
Sky will launch its new original documentary charting Blackpool FC’s fairy-tale rise to the Premier League and subsequent horrors with controversial owner Owen Oyston next week
The Battle for Blackpool is a new Sky Original documentary and can be watched on Sky and Now TV from November 21. It will explore Blackpool’s incredible promotion to England’s top flight and the mammoth battle that followed between the Oystons and fans.
The one-off documentary has been created by South Shore Productions, the company behind Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams, and follows the people at the heart of Blackpool FC’s tumultuous recent history. It will feature in-depth interviews with Owen and Karl Oyston, alongside former manager Ian Holloway, as well as accounts from players, staff and supporters involved in the ‘Oyston Out’ campaign.
Hayley Reynolds, Head of Documentary Commissioning at Sky, said: “We’re thrilled to be working with director James Newton and the team at South Shore to bring this brilliantly British story to Sky.
“It’s one that goes far beyond football, bringing together family drama, community spirit and a very public battle over club ownership that feels as relevant today as ever. With candid testimony from people on all sides of the dispute, the film allows those at the heart of it to tell their side of an extraordinary chapter in Blackpool’s history.”
Sky have promised that viewers will experience the raw ‘passion, sacrifice, humour and sheer determination’ of BFC fans as they ousted the Oystons from Bloomfield Road, reliving the boycotts, protests and arguments that were at the heart of Oyston’s reign.
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The documentary is being released at a topical time, as earlier this week, The Gazette revealed Owen Oyston’s controversial plans to buy Blackpool FC back from current owner Simon Sadler. He plans to ‘gift’ the club to supporters, adopting a ‘Bundesliga’ ownership model, and has once again declared his deep ‘love’ for BFC..
Oyston’s plans have been widely rejected by fans, with one season ticket holder dismissing the idea as a ‘pipe dream’ and another describing the 92-year-old as ‘delusional’.
Fans can learn more about Oyston’s tumultuous demise when The Battle for Blackpool airs on Sky Documentaries and streaming service NOW on 21 November.