Blackpool

Make The Case

Adopting Blackpool means England EFL Trophy results start mattering to you, a club going since 1887. Not a novelty, a habit.

• The calendar you inherit

  England EFL Trophy is cold-weather football: mud in February, breath visible under the lights, and a fixture list that rewards anyone who sticks it out. England does not do easy neutrals.

• Deep roots

  Founded in 1887, Blackpool were playing organised football before floodlights, substitutes or televised highlights existed. You are adopting 139 years of accumulated grudges.

• Nothing won, everything to play for

  Trophyless, so far. That is the pitch: be there before the story turns.

• Close to the pitch

  Bloomfield Road holds about 16,500. You can hear the defenders shouting at each other, which is the single best argument for lower-capacity football.