Category Archives: Blackpool FC

We’ve moved to a new site for the new season!

Posted on August 2, 2011 by tangerinedreaming

Thanks for visiting Tangerine Dreaming since we started last season. We’ve moved to a new site for the new season, so come on over to Tangerine Dreaming and take a look around. Expect more of the same this season from … Continue reading →

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Spurs 1 – 1 Blackpool – White van man

Posted on May 9, 2011 by tangerinedreaming

Neither side came in to this game in good form, but both sides put together a lively encounter which either team could have won. The game dynamic changed three times due to the deployment of Rafael van der Vaart with a … Continue reading →

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‘Statting’ the narrative

Posted on April 15, 2011 by tangerinedreaming

The tactical elements of this game were covered very succinctly over on Zonal Marking, so this post is a brief look at the passing stats of the game and using them to back up the narrative set down by Zonal Marking. The … Continue reading →

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Intercepting a chalkboard

Posted on April 9, 2011 by tangerinedreaming

There are many aspects of football that fascinate, from wonder goals to the angled pass that opens up a seemingly impenetrable defence, however, very few people would say that the interception is something that stands out in 90 minutes of … Continue reading →

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Statuesque – Fulham 3 – 0 Blackpool

Posted on April 4, 2011 by tangerinedreaming

Bobby Zamora showed Blackpool’s forwards how to be incisive and decisive as Fulham controlled the key areas of the pitch and the game to record a deserved victory. For all the possession that Blackpool had, their forwards were too static, … Continue reading →

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Blackburn 2 – 2 Blackpool

Posted on March 20, 2011 by tangerinedreaming

As a coach Steve Kean may well have had aspirations to manage at the highest level, perhaps he had ideas of his own that one day he’d weave in to his own team unit, or as has happened, he’d be … Continue reading →

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Three’s a crowd!

Posted on March 12, 2011 by tangerinedreaming

Blackpool have attacked this season and it’s easy to look at the drive and incisive passing of Charlie Adam or the goals of DJ Campbell as explanations behind that. However, Blackpool’s attacking is more sophisticated than to rely on two … Continue reading →

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Blackpool v Chelsea – Deep & Counter

Posted on March 8, 2011 by tangerinedreaming

“We are going to try to keep our defence a little deeper, bring the midfield a little deeper, and then hopefully counter-attack them”. Ian Holloway. Ian Holloway had made no secret of his plan prior to the game and for the … Continue reading →

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The Improbable Dream? Part Two

Posted on March 4, 2011 by tangerinedreaming

Part one of this two-part post touched on the good things that Blackpool have sustained over their twenty-eight games this season and those are things that will help to ensure that Blackpool give as good as they get through to … Continue reading →

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The Improbable Dream? Part One.

Posted on March 3, 2011 by tangerinedreaming

Back in December this blog put together ten ways for Blackpool to stay in the Barclays Premier League. With ten games of the season remaining it is time to look back at those ten ways to see how Blackpool measure up against them and … Continue reading →

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