Perfect timing as new Clock End basks in mauling

THE Blackpool fans weren’t going to let the trifling matter of annihilation spoil their big day out.

Bless them, the visitors spent much of the afternoon regaling us with a song about this being “the best trip we’ve ever been on”. But if a 6-0 drubbing is the most they can hope for on the road, it’s going to be one hell of a long season.

Considering the media’s massive David and Goliath build-up to Saturday’s first home encounter, it seemed downright ridiculous that a rules for rules sake red card, threatened to ruin the spectacle after only half an hour.