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2014–15 Blackpool F.C. season

Blackpool F.C.
2014–15 season
OwnerOwen Oyston
ChairmanKarl Oyston
ManagerJosé Riga
(until 27 October)
Lee Clark
(from 29 October)
StadiumBloomfield Road
Blackpool, England
(Capacity: 17,338)
FA CupThird Round[1]
League CupFirst Round

The 2014–15 season was Blackpool F.C.'s fourth-consecutive season in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English professional football, and their 106th overall season in the Football League. They exited the League Cup at the first-round stage on 12 August and the FA Cup, also at the first hurdle, on 4 January. They were relegated to League One with six League fixtures remaining.[2]

José Riga, in his first season as manager, was in charge for fourteen League games, before being sacked on 27 October with the club five points adrift at the foot of the table. Lee Clark succeeded him three days later. Clark, too, departed shortly after the season's conclusion.

Season summary

Pre-season

Barry Ferguson, Blackpool's caretaker player-manager for the final twenty league games of the previous campaign, was not given the role full-time and left the club. Including Ferguson, Blackpool released 17 players, while five loan players returned to their parent clubs.[3]

On 11 June Belgian José Riga was appointed as Blackpool's new manager. He was their first from overseas and their third full-time manager in two years. Blackpool had stated they would discuss contract terms with nine out of contract professionals, but of those only Tony McMahon signed a new deal to return to the club.[3][4] Among the departees were Matt Gilks, the club's only remaining goalkeeper and player from their 2010–11 Premier League campaign, and Tom Ince, whose father, Paul, had been sacked as manager during the previous season. July. The Ince fee was decided by a tribunal, because Ince was under the age of 23, with the same rules applying in the case of Harrison McGahey, a scholar who made his professional debut the previous season, who also left the club, joining Sheffield United.[5][6]

By 1 July, the day after pre-season training was due to begin, the club had just seven registered players. The decision was made to delay training until 3 July. The same day, Estonian striker Sergei Zenjov became the club's first signing of the close season.[7] On 19 July Blackpool played their opening friendly at Penrith, winning 4–0 with a team of professionals, youth players and trialists. Their pre-season trip to Spain was cancelled on 15 July.[8]

Eight days before their second and final friendly, at home to Premier League newcomers Burnley, the club still only had eight registered professionals. José Riga and chairman Karl Oyston were reported to be locked in a standoff over transfers. Riga also implemented a media blackout for himself and his staff, and had not spoken to the press since his appointment 44 days earlier.[9][10]

On 24 July, in an open letter to club owner Owen Oyston and his son, club president Valeri Belokon demanded funds be put aside for player acquisitions.[11] Three players were signed on 28 July, with a further three joining by 1 August. In their home friendly against Burnley on 2 August, Blackpool again fielded a host of trialists both in their starting line-up and on the bench, as the visitors won 1–0.[12]

Between 3–8 August Blackpool added six further players to their squad, including goalkeepers Joe Lewis and Ell Parish. When midfielder Andrea Orlandi became Blackpool's 20th squad member on 8 August, the day before the start of the season, he was also their twelfth in as many days.

Regular season

On 9 August Blackpool lost their opening match of the season to Nottingham Forest.[13] Blackpool had squad problems prior to the match; they had only nine players who "qualified" earlier in the day.[14] They ultimately fielded 15 in their matchday squad, including two 17-year–old scholars from the youth academy.[15][14] One of them, Dom Telford, was offered professional terms after his debut. A week later, in the first home league game of the new season, new signing Tomasz Cywka scored the club's first goal of the campaign in a 2–1 defeat to Blackburn. The club has continued to make acquisitions and by 16 August the signing of Edu Oriol saw the first-team squad reach 26 players. On 30 August, defeat to Millwall, managed by former Blackpool boss Ian Holloway, saw the club go without a point in five games in August.

On 13 September, Blackpool gained their first point in their sixth league game of the season, a goalless draw with Wolves at Bloomfield Road. They would have to wait until 3 October for their first win, a 1–0 defeat of Cardiff in their 11th league game. However, this was followed by three consecutive losses, after which Riga was sacked on 27 October and replaced two days later by Lee Clark. The former Birmingham manager lost his first game, 2–0 at home to Ipswich on 1 December, but secured his first point with a 2–2 draw at Fulham four days later. However, on 1 December Blackpool lost 3–1 at Leeds, meaning they had lost 12, drawn four and won only one of their first 17 league fixtures.

Successive draws with Bolton and Rotherham followed the defeat to Leeds, before Clark sealed his first win in his sixth game in charge, a 1–0 home defeat of his former club Birmingham City on 6 December. Blackpool extended their undefeated run with a 2–2 draw at Charlton a week later. However, the following game they lost 6–1 at home to Bournemouth.

Having secured a point from two games over the Christmas period, on 10 January 2015, their first league game of the year, Blackpool sealed their third win of the season, defeating Holloway's Millwall at home. Away defeats followed, 2–0 at Wolves and 7–2 at Watford, having been 2–0 up, before they secured what proved to be their fourth and last win of the campaign against Brighton on 31 January. 17-year-old Henry Cameron made his professional debut in the 1–0 win, becoming the 44th player used by the club that season.

Consecutive defeats to Norwich and Middlesbrough followed, before a 4–4 draw with Nottingham Forest on Valentine's Day, their first such result in 2,252 home league games.[16] A 1–1 draw at local rivals Blackburn came a week later before Blackpool embarked on a six-match losing run (scoring one goal in the process) by which point they had lost the equivalent of one full league season (46 games) out of the last two played, with eight games remaining of 2014–15.

On 21 March, Blackpool ended their run with a 1–1 home draw with Leeds, the first of three consecutive draws. On 6 April, the day before the third of these, they were officially relegated.[2] Another run of four defeats followed, ending with their last away game of the season, the 3–2 defeat to Cardiff confirming they would not win away from Bloomfield Road all season, thus equalling a record from their 1908–09 campaign.[17]

On 2 May 2015, the final day of the Championship season, Blackpool's home game against Huddersfield Town was abandoned after 48 minutes following a pitch invasion by Blackpool fans in protest at chairman Karl Oyston. The score was 0–0 at the time,[18] and that's how the Football League declared it to subsequently stand.[19] It was Blackpool's 18th-consecutive game without a victory and their points tally of 26 was the lowest in the English second tier since Stockport County picked up the same number of points when they finished bottom in the 2001-02 season.

Over the last two full league seasons played, Blackpool had claimed 11 wins from 92 games.

League Cup

Blackpool exited the League at the first-round stage after a single-goal defeat at Shrewsbury Town, managed by former Seasiders captain Micky Mellon, on 12 August. Two players, Jeffrey Rentmeister and Joël Dielna, played having signed earlier in the day.

FA Cup

On 4 January, Blackpool lost their FA Cup third round tie against Premier League club Aston Villa 1–0, with Christian Benteke scoring two minutes before the end of normal time. It was Blackpool's seventh exit at their first FA Cup hurdle in eight seasons.

Players

First-team squad

2014–15 Blackpool player details[b]
No. Pos Nat Name P G P G P G P G Notes
Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
17 DF England Miles Addison 6 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 †
2 DF Scotland Tom Aldred 6 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 6 (0) 0
27 FW England Tom Barkhuizen 4 (3) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 4 (4) 0
39 DF England Andre Blackman 2 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (1) 0
42 GK England Myles Boney 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 YTH
40 MF England Henry Cameron 10 (1) 1 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 10 (1) 1
6 DF England Peter Clarke 37 (2) 2 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 39 (2) 2
22 MF Costa Rica José Miguel Cubero 10 (2) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 10 (2) 0
7 MF Poland Tomasz Cywka 5 (1) 1 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 6 (1) 1
2 DF Montserrat Donervon Daniels 19 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 19 (0) 1 †
9 FW England Steve Davies 11 (6) 5 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 12 (6) 5 L
14 FW England Nathan Delfouneso 21 (17) 3 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 23 (17) 3
16 DF France Joël Dielna 1 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (1) 0 1 (2) 0
18 DF Republic of Ireland Charles Dunne 21 (1) 0 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 22 (1) 0
12 MF England Chris Eagles 7 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 7 (0) 1
25 DF England David Ferguson 6 (4) 1 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 6 (4) 1
41 FW Scotland Islam Feruz 0 (2) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (2) 0 †
26 DF Republic of Ireland Kevin Foley 4 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 †
10 FW England Bobby Grant 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 L
32 DF England Grant Hall 11 (1) 1 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 11 (1) 1 †
38 MF England Alex Henshall 0 (2) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (2) 0 †
41 DF England Luke Higham 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 YTH
12 MF England Michael Jacobs 5 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 5 (0) 1 †
35 DF England Tom Kennedy 5 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 †
36 MF Belgium Jonathan Legear 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0
32 DF Republic of Ireland Brian Lenihan 2 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 †
1 GK England Joe Lewis 34 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 36 (0) 0 †
24 MF England John Lundstram 16 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 17 (1) 0 †
5 DF Scotland Gary MacKenzie 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 L
24 FW England Gary Madine 14 (1) 3 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 14 (1) 3 †
3 DF England Niall Maher 6 (4) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 6 (4) 0 †
29 DF England Tony McMahon 28 (4) 1 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 29 (4) 1 L
8 MF England Jacob Mellis 4 (9) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 5 (9) 0 L
15 MF Guinea-Bissau Formose Mendy 1 (2) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (2) 0
17 FW England Ishmael Miller 16 (6) 2 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 16 (8) 2
36 GK Canada Daniel Milton 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 YTH
25 MF England Jacob Murphy 8 (1) 2 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 8 (1) 2 †
37 DF Jamaica Nyron Nosworthy 5 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 L
48 DF Republic of Ireland Darren O'Dea 16 (3) 0 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 17 (3) 0
31 MF England Jamie O'Hara 26 (1) 2 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 27 (1) 2
38 MF England Stuart O'Keefe 3 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 3 (1) 0 †
20 MF England Connor Oliver 4 (2) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 4 (2) 0
23 MF Spain Edu Oriol 8 (2) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 8 (2) 0
3 DF Spain Joan Oriol 11 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 12 (0) 0
11 MF Spain Andrea Orlandi 23 (5) 4 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 25 (5) 4
43 MF England Bright Osayi-Samuel 1 (5) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (5) 0 YTH
21 GK England Elliot Parish 12 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 12 (1) 0
4 MF England David Perkins 45 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 47 (0) 0
19 FW England Nile Ranger 5 (9) 2 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 5 (9) 2
28 DF Belgium Jeffrey Rentmeister 7 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 8 (1) 0
12 MF England Joe Rothwell 1 (2) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (2) 0 †
30 FW France Saër Sène 0 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (1) 0
34 FW England Dom Telford 9 (5) 1 0 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 9 (6) 1 YTH
33 MF England Mark Waddington 1 (2) 0 1 (0) 0 0 (1) 0 2 (3) 0 YTH
20 FW Estonia Sergei Zenjov 2 (6) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 3 (6) 0
13 FW Ivory Coast Francois Zoko 7 (7) 1 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 7 (7) 1 L
  1. ^ A dagger or YTH symbol is only displayed if the player was exclusively a loan player or academy scholar during the 2014-15 season. If they signed a professional contract over the course of the season then it is not displayed.
  2. ^ All players who have been signed to the club since the opening day of the 2014–15 season are listed
  • Players used: 56
  • Goals scored: 36 (all in the league)

Results

Pre-season and friendlies

19 July 2014 1 Penrith 0–4 Blackpool Penrith
15:00 BST Delfouneso (2)
Grant
Zenjov		 Stadium: Frenchfield Park
2 August 2014 2 Blackpool 0–1 Burnley Blackpool
15:00 BST Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 2,389

The Championship

Main article: 2014–15 Football League Championship
9 August 2014 1 Nottingham Forest 2–0 Blackpool Nottingham
15:00 BST Antonio 25'
Burke 30'		 Report Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 20,028
Referee: Tony Harrington
16 August 2014 2 Blackpool 1–2 Blackburn Rovers Blackpool
15:00 BST Cywka 53' Report Gestede 26', 47' Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 12,130
Referee: James Adcock
19 August 2014 3 Blackpool 1–2 Brentford Blackpool
19:45 Delfouneso 17' Report Pritchard 37'
Dallas 52'		 Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 9,939
Referee: Mark Haywood
23 August 2014 4 Wigan Athletic 1–0 Blackpool Wigan
15:00 Riera 37' Report Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 12,113
Referee: Carl Boyeson
30 August 2014 5 Millwall 2–1 Blackpool London
15:00 McDonald 33'
Malone 51'		 Report Ranger 71' Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 9,877
Referee: Andy Woolmer
13 September 2014 6 Blackpool 0–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Blackpool
15:00 Report Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 12,233
Referee: Mick Russell
16 September 2014 7 Blackpool 0–1 Watford Blackpool
19:45 Report Vydra 68' (pen.) Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 9,695
Referee: Scott Duncan
20 September 2014 8 Brighton 0–0 Blackpool Falmer
15:00 Report Stadium: Falmer Stadium
Attendance: 24,569
Referee: Keith Stroud
27 September 2014 9 Blackpool 1–3 Norwich City Blackpool
15:00 Delfouneso 46' Report Daniels 54' (o.g.)
Grabban 80'
Murphy 81'		 Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 11,232
Referee: Andre Marriner
30 September 2014 10 Middlesbrough 1–1 Blackpool Middlesbrough
19:45 Ayala 19' Report Miller 25' Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 15,213
Referee: Paul Tierney
3 October 2014 11 Blackpool 1–0 Cardiff City Blackpool
19:45 Zoko 64' Report Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 10,502
Referee: Dean Whitestone
18 October 2014 12 Huddersfield Town 4–2 Blackpool Huddersfield
15:00 Holt 4'
Bunn 11', 16'
Butterfield 61'		 Report McMahon 45'
Daniels 45+2'		 Stadium: John Smith's Stadium
Attendance: 14,238
Referee: Darren Bond
21 October 2014 13 Blackpool 0–1 Derby County Blackpool
19:45 Report Martin 81' (pen.) Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 11,036
Referee: Kevin Wright
25 October 2014 14 Reading 3–0 Blackpool Reading
15:00 Murray 23'
Clarke 69' (o.g.)
Blackman 90+4' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 15,625
Referee: Gavin Ward
1 November 2014 15 Blackpool 0–2 Ipswich Town Blackpool
15:00 Report McGoldrick 26'
Murphy 61'		 Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 10,918
Referee: Andy Haines
5 November 2014 16 Fulham 2–2 Blackpool London
20:00 GMT Parker 45+1'
Ruiz 73'		 Report Miller 2'
Murphy 26'		 Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 14,325
Referee: Robert Madley
8 November 2014 17 Leeds United 3–1 Blackpool Leeds
15:00 GMT Cooper 9'
Doukara 31'
Antenucci 42'		 Report Ranger 75' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 18,698
Referee: Stuart Attwell
22 November 2014 18 Blackpool 1–1 Bolton Wanderers Blackpool
15:00 GMT Murphy 75' Report C.Y. Lee 82' Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 12,181
Referee: Nigel Miller
29 November 2014 19 Rotherham United 1–1 Blackpool Rotherham
15:00 GMT Bowery 78' Report Davies 85' Stadium: New York Stadium
Attendance: 9,381
Referee: Tony Harrington
6 December 2014 20 Blackpool 1–0 Birmingham City Blackpool
15:00 GMT Davies 56' Report Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 11,672
Referee: David Coote
13 December 2014 21 Charlton Athletic 2–2 Blackpool London
15:00 GMT Buyens 38' (pen.)
Cousins 55'		 Report Eagles 25'
Davies 89'		 Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 15,411
Referee: Andy Davies
20 December 2014 22 Blackpool 1–6 Bournemouth Blackpool
15:00 GMT Delfouneso 65' Report Ritchie 18', 59'
Wilson 42'
Pitman 67' (pen.)
Pugh 73'
Arter 76'		 Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 10,014
Referee: Andy Madley
26 December 2014 23 Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 Blackpool Sheffield
15:00 GMT Maguire 39' (pen.) Report Miller Yellow card 59' Yellow-red card 90+5' Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 26,609
Referee: James Adcock
28 December 2014 24 Blackpool 1–1 Rotherham United Blackpool
15:00 GMT Telford 84' Report Ledesma 57' Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 11,623
Referee: Scott Duncan
10 January 2015 25 Blackpool 1–0 Millwall Blackpool
15:00 GMT Clarke 33' Report Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 9,994
Referee: Steve Martin
17 January 2015 26 Wolves 2–0 Blackpool Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT D. Edwards 86'
Afobe 90'		 Report Attendance: 28,132
Referee: Kevin Johnson
24 January 2015 27 Watford 7–2 Blackpool Watford
15:00 GMT Ighalo 47', 54', 73', 81'
Deeney 53'
Vydra 59'
Angella 66'		 Report Orlandi 8'
S. Davies 42'		 Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 17,015
Referee: Fred Graham
31 January 2015 28 Blackpool 1–0 Brighton Blackpool
15:00 GMT O'Hara 75' Report Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 10,575
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
7 February 2015 29 Norwich City 4–0 Blackpool Norwich
15:00 GMT Hooper 12', 24', 56' (pen.)
Redmond 90+4'		 Report Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 26,017
Referee: Simon Hooper
10 February 2015 30 Blackpool 1–2 Middlesbrough Blackpool
19:45 GMT Gibson 85' (o.g.) Report Woodgate 81'
Kike 88'		 Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 10,806
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
14 February 2015 31 Blackpool 4–4 Nottingham Forest Blackpool
15:00 GMT Aldred Yellow card 40' Yellow-red card 76'
Madine 45+1'
Orlandi 66'
S. Davies 73'
Ferguson 90+7'		 Report Blackstock 68'
Gardner 70'
Lansbury 77' (pen.)
Burke 90+5'		 Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 11,712
Referee: Lee Probert
21 February 2015 (2015-02-21) 32 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Blackpool Blackburn
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 14,906
Referee: Mick Russell
24 February 2015 (2015-02-24) 33 Brentford 4–0 Blackpool Brentford
19:45 GMT Toral 16', 18', 89'
Gray 52'		 Report Dunne Red card 44' Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 8,765
Referee: Andy D'Urso
28 February 2015 (2015-02-28) 34 Blackpool 1–3 Wigan Athletic Blackpool
15:00 GMT O'Hara Yellow card 27'
McMahon Yellow card 51'
Madine 85'
Davies Yellow card 90'		 Report Kim Bo-kyung 45'
Maguire 67'
Perch Yellow card 75'
McClean 79'
Clarke Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 11,679
Referee: Keith Stroud
4 March 2015 (2015-03-04) 35 Birmingham City 1–0 Blackpool Birmingham
19:45 GMT Shinnie 36'
Davis Yellow card 65'		 Report Maher Yellow card 47' Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 15,111
Referee: Stuart Attwell
7 March 2015 (2015-03-07) 36 Blackpool 0–1 Sheffield Wednesday Blackpool
15:00 GMT Barkhuizen Yellow card 53'
Telford Yellow card 70'
Clarke Yellow card 77'		 Report Lees Yellow card 15'
McGugan 54'
Dielna Yellow card 70'
Hélan Yellow card 80'		 Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 11,887
Referee: Graham Scott
14 March 2015 (2015-03-14) 37 Bournemouth 4–0 Blackpool Bournemouth
15:00 GMT Pitman 10', 36', 39'
Wilson 49' (pen.)
Elphick Yellow card 54'
Ritchie Yellow card 77'		 Report Barkhuizen Yellow card 58'
McMahon Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Goldsands Stadium
Attendance: 10,013
Referee: Chris Sarginson
17 March 2015 (2015-03-17) 38 Blackpool 0–3 Charlton Athletic Blackpool
19:45 GMT Barkhuizen Yellow card 87' Report Eagles 31'
Diarra Yellow card 37'
Church 61' Yellow card 86'
Guðmundsson 88'		 Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 9,168
Referee: David Webb
21 March 2015 (2015-03-21) 39 Blackpool 1–1 Leeds United Blackpool
15:00 GMT Madine 44'
Cubero Yellow card 61'
Andrea Orlandi Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Antenucci 62'
Byram Yellow card 66'
Bellusci Yellow card 90+6'		 Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 11,688
Referee: Scott Duncan
4 April 2015 40 Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Blackpool Bolton
15:00 BST Feeney Yellow card 15'
Vela Yellow card 77'
Guðjohnsen 90+4'		 Report Jacobs 9'
Clarke Yellow card 65'
Madine Yellow card 89'
Lewis Yellow card 90+5'		 Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 17,076
Referee: David Coote
7 April 2015 41 Blackpool 1–1 Reading Blackpool
19:45 BST O'Hara 6' (pen.) Yellow card 90+4' Report McCleary Yellow card 39'
Hall 46' (o.g.)
Gunter Yellow card 57'		 Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 9,614
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
11 April 2015 42 Ipswich Town 3–2 Blackpool Ipswich
15:00 BST Sears 24' 28'
Berra 83'		 Report Andrea Orlandi 4'
Cameron 63'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 19,290
Referee: James Linington
14 April 2015 43 Derby County 4–0 Blackpool Derby
19:45 BST Bryson 3'
Ince 28'
Bent 29' 65' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: ipro Stadium
Attendance: 27,227
Referee: Oliver Langford
18 April 2015 44 Blackpool 0–1 Fulham Blackpool
15:00 BST Report Smith 8' Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 10,122
Referee: Eddie Ilderton
25 April 2015 45 Cardiff City 3–2 Blackpool Cardiff
15:00 BST Mason 19'
Doyle 31' (pen.) 76' (pen.)		 Report Orlandi 48'
Clarke 90'		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 26,357
Referee: Steve Martin
2 May 2015 46 Blackpool 0–0 Huddersfield Town Blackpool
12:15 BST Report Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Referee: Mick Russell
Note: Match abandoned after 48 minutes, with the score 0–0, with the result later declared as such[19]

League Cup

Main article: 2014–15 Football League Cup
12 August 2014 1 Shrewsbury Town 1–0 Blackpool Shrewsbury
19:45 BST Vernon 34' Report Stadium: Greenhous Meadow
Attendance: 4,524
Referee: Mark Heywood

FA Cup

Main article: 2014–15 FA Cup
4 January 2015 3 Aston Villa 1–0 Blackpool Birmingham
15:00 BST Benteke 88' Report Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 21,837
Referee: Chris Foy

Table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
20 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 10 17 19 44 54 −10 47
21 Rotherham United 46 11 16 19 46 67 −21 46[a]
22 Millwall (R) 46 9 14 23 42 76 −34 41 Relegation to Football League One
23 Wigan Athletic (R) 46 9 12 25 39 64 −25 39
24 Blackpool (R) 46 4 14 28 36 91 −55 26
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. Source: Sky Sports
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Rotherham United were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.[20]

Transfers

Blackpool released 17 players at the start of the season, while eight more rejected the offers of new contracts. Their contracted players at the start of pre-season were Tom Barkhuizen, Steven Davies, Charles Dunne, Bobby Grant, Gary MacKenzie, Tony McMahon and David Perkins. Blackpool signed 42 players over the course of the season, 26 as contracted players and 16 on loan. Of those signed to contracts, seven would depart permanently before the end of the season.

In

Pos Player From Fee Date Ref
FW Estonia Sergei Zenjov Karpaty Lviv Free 3 July 2014 [7]
MF England Jacob Mellis Unattached Free 28 July 2014 [21]
MF Poland Tomasz Cywka Unattached Free 28 July 2014 [22]
DF England Peter Clarke Unattached Free 28 July 2014 [23]
FW England Nathan Delfouneso Unattached Free 29 July 2014 [24]
MF Costa Rica José Miguel Cubero Herediano Undisclosed 31 July 2014 [25]
DF Montserrat Donervon Daniels West Bromwich Albion Loan 1 August 2014 [26]
DF Spain Joan Oriol Osasuna Undisclosed 3 August 2014 [27]
GK England Joe Lewis Cardiff City Loan 5 August 2014 [28]
MF England John Lundstram Everton Loan 6 August 2014 [29]
FW England Ishmael Miller Unattached Free 6 August 2014 [30]
GK England Ell Parish Bristol City Free 7 August 2014 [31]
MF Spain Andrea Orlandi Unattached Free 8 August 2014 [32]
DF Belgium Jeffrey Rentmeister Westerlo Undisclosed 12 August 2014 [33]
MF France Joël Dielna Unattached Free 12 August 2014 [33]
MF Ivory Coast François Zoko Unattached Free 15 August 2014 [34]
MF England Nile Ranger Unattached Free 16 August 2014 [35]
MF Spain Edu Oriol Unattached Free 16 August 2014
DF England Andre Blackman Unattached Free 29 September 2014 [36]
MF Guinea-Bissau Formose Mendy Unattached Free 29 September 2014 [36]
MF England Jacob Murphy Norwich City Loan 3 November 2014 [37]
MF Belgium Jonathan Legear Unattached Undisclosed 4 November 2014 [38]
MF England Jamie O'Hara Unattached Short-term deal until January, later extended until end of season 5 November 2014 [39]
DF Republic of Ireland Brian Lenihan Hull City Loan 7 November 2014
MF England Chris Eagles Unattached Free 18 November 2014 [40]
DF Jamaica Nyron Nosworthy Unattached Free 21 November 2014 [41]
DF England Tom Kennedy Rochdale Loan 22 November 2014
DF Republic of Ireland Kevin Foley Wolves Loan 27 November 2014 [42]
MF England Stuart O'Keefe Crystal Palace Loan 27 November 2014 [43]
DF Republic of Ireland Darren O'Dea Unattached Short-term deal until January, later extended until end of season 4 December 2014 [44]
DF England Grant Hall Tottenham Hotspur Loan 8 January 2015
FW France Saër Sène Unattached Short-term deal until end of season 9 January 2015 [45]
DF England David Ferguson Sunderland 18-month contract 9 January 2015 [45]
MF England Connor Oliver Sunderland 18-month contract 9 January 2015 [45]
MF England Alex Henshall Ipswich Town One-month loan 9 January 2015 [45]
FW Scotland Islam Feruz Chelsea Loan 16 January 2015 [46]
DF England Niall Maher Bolton Wanderers One-month loan 22 January 2015 [47]
MF England Joe Rothwell Manchester United Loan 27 January 2015 [48]
DF Scotland Tom Aldred Accrington Stanley Undisclosed (initially joined on 3 day loan from 31 January) 2 February 2015
FW England Gary Madine Sheffield Wednesday Loan 10 February 2015
DF England Miles Addison Bournemouth Loan 3 March 2015
MF England Michael Jacobs Wolverhampton Wanderers Loan 12 March 2015

Out

Pos Player To Fee Date Ref
DF England Louis Almond Released 16 May 2014 [3]
FW Ivory Coast Anderson Banvo Released 16 May 2014 [3]
DF Scotland Kirk Broadfoot Released 16 May 2014 [3]
DF England Jake Caprice Released 16 May 2014 [3]
MF England James Caton Released 16 May 2014 [3]
FW England Michael Chopra Released 16 May 2014 [3]
MF England Adam Dodd Released 16 May 2014 [3]
FW Wales Robert Earnshaw Released 16 May 2014 [3]
FW England Nathan Eccleston Released 16 May 2014 [3]
MF Scotland Barry Ferguson Released 16 May 2014 [3]
MF France Elliot Grandin Released 16 May 2014 [3]
GK England Mark Halstead Released 16 May 2014 [3]
MF Belgium Faris Haroun Released 16 May 2014 [3]
GK Scotland Chris Kettings Released 16 May 2014 [3]
MF England Liam Tomsett Released 16 May 2014 [3]
FW England Nathan Tyson Released 16 May 2014 [3]
GK Trinidad and Tobago Tony Warner Released 16 May 2014 [3]
DF England Chris Basham Sheffield United Free 5 June 2014 [49]
MF England Neal Bishop Scunthorpe United Free 19 June 2014 [50]
DF Northern Ireland Craig Cathcart Watford Free 24 June 2014 [51]
MF Spain Ángel Martínez Unattached 30 June 2014
DF England Isaiah Osbourne Unattached 30 June 2014
GK Scotland Matt Gilks Burnley Free 2 July 2014 [52]
FW England Tom Ince Hull City Tribunal-set fee 7 July 2014 [5]
FW Jamaica Ricardo Fuller Millwall Free 16 July 2014 [9]
DF England Harrison McGahey Sheffield United Tribunal-set fee 18 July 2014 [6]
FW England Bobby Grant Shrewsbury Town Loan 9 October 2014 [53]
FW England Tom Barkhuizen Morecambe Loan 17 October 2014 [54]
FW Ivory Coast François Zoko Bradford City Loan until 17 January 2015 22 November 2014 [55]
MF Poland Tomasz Cywka Rochdale Loan until 6 January 2015 26 November 2014 [56]
FW Estonia Sergei Zenjov Unattached Mutual consent 2 December 2014 [57]
DF Spain Joan Oriol Unattached Mutual consent 12 January 2015 [57]
MF Spain Edu Oriol Unattached Mutual consent 12 January 2015 [57]
MF England Chris Eagles Unattached End of contract 19 January 2015 [58]
MF England Jacob Mellis Oldham Athletic Loan 22 January 2015 [59]
MF Belgium Jonathan Legear Unattached Mutual consent 28 January 2015
FW England Ishmael Miller Huddersfield Town Undisclosed 2 February 2015 [60]
DF Scotland Gary MacKenzie Bradford City Loan 2 February 2015
FW England Steven Davies Sheffield United Loan 6 March 2015
DF Jamaica Nyron Nosworthy Portsmouth Loan 19 March 2015 [61]
DF England Tony McMahon Bradford City Loan 27 March 2015
MF Guinea-Bissau Formose Mendy HJK Helsinki Free 23 April 2015


Academy

Blackpool gave debuts to academy scholars Henry Cameron, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Dom Telford and Mark Waddington over the course of the season, with Cameron signing a professional deal in January.[62] Fellow youth-team players Miles Boney, Luke Higham and Daniel Milton were unused substitutes for the first-team.

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