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Match Preview: Will rocky Blackpool tower over the Os?
16.10.26, 11:34 Updated 16.10.26, 15:00 4 Minute Read
Blackpool – the club
Although the dark days of the Owen Oyston regime at Blackpool ended seven years ago, the club perhaps unsurprisingly still exhibits signs of residual PTSD as a result of those truly dreadful days. Blackpool supporters made the ultimate sacrifice of boycotting matches for a prolonged period of time in order to get rid of Oyston for good. They yearn for success probably more than any other set of supporters in League One.
My next-door-but-one neighbour is a Blackpool fan and I find his desperation for them to fulfil their potential rather poignant, because it's not coming from a place of entitlement but from sheer love for his team.
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