Blackpool’s ambition attracted Leicester City loanee Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall

The midfielder came off the bench to score his first goal in tangerine in the game against Wycombe Wanderers at Adams Park.

But the 86th-minute strike proved to be nothing more than a consolation, the Seasiders slumping to a 2-1 defeat.

The Leicester City loanee was naturally delighted to find the back of the net but was disappointed his goal didn’t help in contributing to a positive result.

“It was a good start, I was happy with the debut,” he said.

“Obviously the result wasn’t what we wanted but it was a good response from us in the second half and I think we can take that into the game against Oxford on Saturday.

“Getting the debut goal was good, even if the goalkeeping was a little questionable – but I’ll let him off because the ball swerved a lot.

“It was more about my technique and getting a bit of knuckle on the ball.”

The 21-year-old became Blackpool’s ninth signing of the January transfer window when he made the move on Monday.

That came just 48 hours after the highly-rated midfielder had made his Leicester debut in their FA Cup win at Brentford on Saturday.

“The first I heard about the move was on Friday night when I was at the hotel in Brentford before the FA Cup game with Leicester,” Dewsbury-Hall added.

“I was told Blackpool were really interested and then, as soon as the Sunday morning, I got pulled in and taken up to the ground to get it all sorted.

“The interest from Blackpool was totally out of the blue but I knew I had a lot of other clubs that were interested in me.

“But as soon as I heard about Blackpool I was excited because I knew how ambitious they were with their new owners.

“I felt ready for a move like this so I couldn’t wait to get up here and get it done as soon as possible.

“I knew about their ambition and I knew they had made a lot of signings in January to try and give it a good push for the second half of the season.

“They’ve got great history and it was a club that I knew were really interested in me as well, so it’s more of an incentive when you feel really wanted.

“I know a couple of the lads as I’ve played against them but I’ve never met most of them, so it was only the other day that I first met them.

“I think I’ve settled in well though, so I’m happy.”