Blackpool v Birmingham City: Live updates from Bloomfield Road
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Blackpool v Birmingham City - live updates
Key Events
- FT: Blackpool 6-1 Birmingham City
- Seasiders looking for first win in SIX
- Jordan Gabriel likely to miss out with another hamstring injury
75 - Attendance
Today marks Blackpool’s highest home game of the season - 13,993. That’s even more than the Forest game.
69 - Change made
A change is made, but it's actually Jerry Yates for Shayne Lavery. Hubby looks set to continue.
Great chance for the striker to get a long-awaited goal.
68 - Another injury?
James Husband looks like he will be forced off with a knock. Reece James has been sent to warm up.
63 - GOAL BIRMINGHAM (4-1)
A goal back for the visitors as Ivan Sunjic slots home into an empty net after Onel Hernandez had been set free.
61 - Temporary stoppage
Play now halted as stewards deal with a blue smoke bomb thrown onto the pitch from the away end.
Troy Deeney lobs another one off.
56 - GOAL BLACKPOOL!!! (4-0)
Birmingham completely fail to clear their lines from a corner and Beesley is there to turn home after Callum Connolly was denied.
Anger now starting to boil over in the away end.
50 - Shambles
The Birmingham keeper makes a complete hash of a fairly simple bit of goalkeeping as Shayne Lavery nips the ball away from him.
Blackpool end up winning a corner.
48 - Treatment
Jake Beesley goes down after taking a bang to his head.
He looks okay, probably just needs it strapping up. Gary Madine is warming up just in case.