I was there. It was the first game of the season, it absolutely pissed it down and Bloomfield Road stand we were in had no roof. We all had to go and buy some embarrassing orange ponchos from the Blackpool FC shop to prevent us getting soaked!
One end of their stadium wasn't build and there were a couple of ball-boys on duty to get the ball if it went out.
Blackpool absolutely battered us but couldn't score. I can't remember who our keeper was but he should have been sent off for making a 'save' outside his box but the ref only gave him a yellow. Then Brooker came on and scored right at the end of the game.
It was daylight robbery - there's no way we deserved a point, let alone 3!!!!
Basso was in goal on the day of your visit apparently. The team was Basso, Carey, McAllister, McCombe, Orr, LJ, Mcindoe, Skuse, Williams, Adebole, and Maynard.
On our trip in 2002 when we lost 5-1, their stadium was also being refurbished, and we were stood along one side of the ground with a semi circular corrugated roof which was full of holes above us. Some of the City fans that used to sit close to us in the Dolman Stand were throwing their City shirts on the pitch at half time, that's how bad we were, yet oddly we could have been 2-0 up by the time they got their first, then the flood gates opened. We were chasing the playoffs at the time and were well placed.
The team that day was Stowell, Carey, Coles, Burnell, Bell, Brown, Doherty, Murray, Robinson, Peacock, Roberts. Tony Thorpe came off the bench to score our goal in the 81st minute.
After the match we went to a local chip shop for something to eat before heading home and the owner took great delight in telling us how grateful Blackpool were for the 3 points and how we'd needed them for our playoff push !
Thanks then !
