We've faced Blackpool 15 times in all competitions winning 6, drawing 6 and losing 3. Our biggest win over them was a 5-1 victory in our first home league game of the 78/79 season which would see us promoted from the old Division 3. Our biggest loss was a 5-0 away thrashing on New Year's Day 1972. What a great start to the year that must have been.
At the Vic we've met 7 times, winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 2. One of those two losses was, of course, last season when they came back from 1-0 and 3-1 down to inflict the final fatal 4-3 loss on Aidy's Watford career.
Blackpool have drawn their three games in the Championship so far at home to Derby and Cardiff and at QPR. Their only win was 2-1 away in the Carling Cup to Crewe.
To make tomorrow more interesting the Seasiders recently signed Al Bangura on a non-contract basis. He was an unused sub in Tuesday night's 0-0 draw with Derby. Like us they have just signed an 18 year old Arsenal midfielder on loan, theirs being Jay Emmanuel-Thomas who has also played with Henri Lansbury in the England Under 19 squad. Danny Graham is the one other player with a link between the sides having been loaned out to Blackpool in 2006 when he was at Middlesbrough appearing 4 times and scoring one goal.
