Manager: Simon Grayson
Founded: 1887 Ground: Bloomfield Road Address: Seasiders Way, Blackpool, FY1 6JJ
Capacity: 11295 Highest Gate: 38,098 v Wolves, Division 1, September 17, 1955
Squad:
Goalkeepers: 1 Paul Rachubka 36 Paul Gerrard, Pavels Steinbors (on loan Latvian side FK Jurmala)
Defenders: 15 John Hills, 17 Kaspars Gorkss, 2 Danny Coid, 25 Shaun Barker, 3 Stephen Crainey, 5 Michael Jackson, 6 Ian Evatt, 19 Phil Doughty (on loan to Macclesfield), 30 Matt Lawlor
Midfielders: 10 Scott Vernon, 11 Wesley Hoolahan, 14 David Fox, 22 Marcus Bean, 16 Claus Bech Jorgensen, 20 Andrew Welsh, 28 Michael Flynn, 32 Matthew Kay, 4 Keith Southern, 18 Paul Tierney (on loan to Stockport), 26 Simon Wiles (on loan to Macclesfield), 34 Bartosz Slusarski (on loan from WBA), Michael D Agostino (on loan to Cheltenham), Stuart Green (deadline day signing from Crystal Palace)
Strikers: 12 Gary Taylor-Fletcher, 27 Ben Burgess, 7 Keigan Parker, 8 Stephen McPhee, 9 Andrew Morrell, Paul Dickov (on loan from Man City)
Previous Match Against Leicester City:11 August 2007 Leicester City 0 Blackpool 1 (0-0 Half Time)Attendance: 26,650 (2,216 away fans) Referee: A D’Urso
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