Blackpool’s youngsters progressed to the next stage of the FA Youth Cup on Thursday.

Matthew Blinkhorn was pleased for his players after watching Blackpool book their place in round three of the FA Youth Cup.

The young Seasiders were 3-1 winners against Burton Albion at Bloomfield Road on Thursday.

Josiah Bertie’s early goal for Blackpool was cancelled out by Kairo Piper, but Shay Mannix and Connor Marsh were on target in the second half to secure victory.

Speaking afterwards, Blinkhorn said: “I thought it was a really good performance throughout and we deserved to go through to the next round.

“We always knew Burton were going to be a threat, they’re a really good team, but I thought we ended up being pretty comfortable and deserved to win the game.

“It could have been a few more. In the first half, we had a few half-chances and limited them to not much.

“Going in at one-all was a bit of a sucker punch really, it was a bit of a mistake from the backline, but we overcame that pretty quickly in the second half.

“We got our press a little bit better so we had a few more turnovers higher up the pitch.”

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Thursday’s win was the second at Bloomfield Road following on from victory against Accrington Stanley earlier this month.

“It’s nice to be at home, on a carpet of a pitch, in front of a bit of a crowd,” Blinkhorn added.

“They’re moments that the lads will remember throughout their careers - if they go on to have careers - so to do that twice is brilliant.

“We want to test ourselves against the best academies in the country so hopefully if we can get one of the big boys at home, that would also be nice.”