Albie Morgan marked his return to the Valley with a goal in Blackpool’s 2-1 victory over Charlton Athletic.

The midfielder, who joined the Seasiders from the Addicks last summer, claimed the second goal of the afternoon for Steve Bruce’s side, after Gassan Ahadme had found the back of his own net.

On what would’ve been Jimmy Armfield’s 89th birthday, Blackpool were successfully able to collect three points on the road, despite a late consolation from Luke Berry putting them under some late pressure in 12 minutes of stoppage time.

An early opening presented itself to Rob Apter, with the right midfielder curling a shot from the edge of the box just past the post.

Charlton’s Will Mannion was called into action to make the first saves of the game just before the 15-minute mark.

After initially stopping a Lee Evans free kick from going in off one of his teammates, the Addicks keeper was also able to deny Olly Casey - who should’ve done better from close-range on the rebound.

The deadlock was broken soon after. A speculative ball into the box by Apter was met by Kyle Joseph, who flicked a header towards goal, with the ball coming off Ahadme before crossing the line via the post.

Blackpool quickly added another to strengthen their lead. A CJ Hamilton ball into the box was blocked straight into the path of Morgan.

The Charlton youth product was more than happy to make the most of the shooting opportunity, finding the bottom corner, before celebrating against his former club.

On their visit to the Valley last season, the Seasiders squandered a two-goal lead, with a number of saves required from Harry Tyrer to stop the same from happening again.

At the start of the second half, the Everton loanee pushed wide a free-kick from Conor Coventry, before making another save from close-range a couple of minutes after.

The latter also required an important block from Jordan Gabriel on the rebound, with the action injuring the right back and ending his afternoon.

As well as defending their own goal, Blackpool also had chances to extend their lead. One of those opportunities fell the way of Hamilton, who hit the post.

Charlton substitute Chuks Aneke had a good chance to pull one back, but couldn’t keep his header down after beating Tyrer to the ball.

The Addicks eventually found the back of the net in the fifth minute of stoppage after a mistake from the keeper, who was unable to keep hold of the ball, as Berry made the most of the opportunity to tap in from close-range.

Despite having further pressure thrown their way in the closing stages, Blackpool were able to successfully hold on to the win, with Tyrer stopping a late free kick.

Blackpool FC: Harry Tyrer, Jordan Gabriel (54’), Odel Offiah, Olly Casey, James Husband, Rob Apter (84’), Lee Evans, Albie Morgan (84’), CJ Hamilton, Kyle Joseph (75’), Dom Ballard (75’).

Substitutes: Richard O’Donnell, Matthew Pennington (54’), Sonny Carey (84’), Elliot Embleton, Hayden Coulson (84’), Jordan Rhodes (75’), Jake Beesley (75’).