Friday, January 22, 2010

Blackpool v Watford- Previously...

We've been up to Bloomfield Road only 8 times previously. The first was back in 1922 when as a Division 3 (South) club we won an FA Cup 1st round tie 2-1 against Second Division opponents. In total our record up there is won 3, drawn 4 and lost once (although was a 5-0 thrashing in 1972), scoring 11 goals and conceding 10.

On our last trip we won 2-0 back in Feb'09 with Mike Williamson and Priskin getting our goals. At the Vic in August we drew 2-2 courtesy of Toms Smith and Cleverley.

Blackpool are currently 9th and have 36 points, 4 more than us. They lost 2-1 at home to Sheffield Wednesday on Tuesday and haven't actually won at home since 7 November when they beat Scunthorpe 4-1.

Hameur Bouazza won't be lining up for the Seasiders tomorrow as he'll be preparing for Algeria's quarter final clash with Ivory Coast in the African Cup of Nations. Al Bangura has played 8 times for Blackpool since joining them in the summer, the last of which was their 3-1 defeat at Ipswich on 12 December.