On Friday, we received the devastating news that our Academy Manager, Warren Green, had passed away.
Warren cared so much for Blackpool Football Club, and we will always remember him.
🕊🧡 Rest easy, Warren.
We are deeply saddened to learn about the passing of Academy Manager, Warren Green.
Our condolences go out to his family at this incredibly difficult time.
🧡 You will be sorely missed by all at the club. Rest in peace, Warren.
CHAMPIONS 🏆
With results elsewhere today, Blackpool are crowned EFL Youth Alliance North West champions with one game left to play.
Congratulations to Neal Eardley and the squad!
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FULL-TIME: Preston North End 2-3 Blackpool.
A fantastic second half sees Blackpool take the win with two second half goals from Luke Byron & Taylor Bowen.
In the winners circle then 🤩
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💪 From the Under-8's the whole way up to the first-team.
👏 Congratulations to our very own Will Squires who made his debut for the first-team this evening.
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✍️ Blackpool Football Club is delighted to announce the signing of Josh Miles from
@southport_fc
for an undisclosed fee.
The youngster will link up with the Development Squad this season.
✍️ NEW SIGNING | We are delighted to announce the signing of defender, Cameron Hill.
Cameron has joined us from Salford City on a professional deal.
👋 Welcome, Cameron!
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👏 Congratulations to our very own Rob Apter and Alex Lankshear on their Championship debuts this afternoon against Norwich City.
Well done lads!
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FULL-TIME: Blackpool 3-1 Preston North End.
The brilliant and composed first half performance was enough to see the young Seasiders come away with a Derby win.
Well in, lads 💪🏼
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| 3-1
Nine footballs in memory of nine-year-old Jordan Banks.
The thoughts of everyone at Blackpool FC Academy are with Jordan's family and friends.
#RIPLittleMan
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👏🏼 A special mention to Tyler Hill who started the last two FA Youth Cup games as an under 16, and only joined up with the squad late this week as he’s in the middle of his mock GCSE exams.
Fantastic, Tyler 🙌🏼
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✍️ SCHOLARSHIP | We are delighted to announce that Arnold Matshazi has signed a two-year scholarship with the club.
Arnold is a wide midfielder and arrives from MK Dons.
👋 Welcome, Arnold!
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Today we say goodbye to Alec McLachlan who leaves to start a scholarship in the USA at St Francis Brooklyn.
We would like to thank Alec for all his efforts over the last two years at the club.
Go well,
@MclachlanAlec
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Our U17’s faced Manchester United in a friendly tonight...
🤩 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭: 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝟎-𝟓 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐥
⚽️ Goalscorers: Luke Mariette, Trialist (x2), Jack Moore & Arnold Matshazi.
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💪 Wednesday night cannot come quick enough...
𝐀𝐭 𝟕𝐩𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲, Blackpool will be hosting Newcastle United in the FA Youth Cup fifth-round.
The game will be played at Bloomfield Road and is free entry!
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🔝 As it stands, we currently sit top of the North West Youth Alliance.
💪 After winning 8️⃣ consecutive league games, we have climbed our way to the top of the table.
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✍️ We are delighted to announce that Jake Daniels has signed a scholarship with the Club.
Jake steps up from the under-16’s after progressing through the Academy setup.
Congratulations, Jake!
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✍️ We are delighted to announce that Kobe Sinclair has signed a scholarship with the Club.
Kobe signs after progressing through the Academy and featuring in several U17s fixtures throughout last season.
Congratulations, Kobe!
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⌚️FULL-TIME - The young Seasiders are THROUGH to the round of 16 as they defeat Cheltenham Town 1-3 at the Jonny-Rocks Stadium.
Goals from Daniels, Francis and Squires see the lads through!
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🏆 Not much to see here other than 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑 Academy graduates with the Play-Off trophy!
Brad Holmes, Nathan Shaw, Cam Antwi and Ewan Bange were joined by Academy staff that have been a part of their Blackpool FC journey.
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✍️ SCHOLARSHIP | Striker, James Harrison, has signed a two-year scholarship with the club.
James becomes our eleventh signing as our squad takes shape ahead of the new season.
👋 Welcome, James!
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👏 A proud day for some of our new under-9’s yesterday, as they signed their contracts at Bloomfield Road.
Congratulations to Riley, Georgie, Alfie, Harrison, Joseph & Maxwell!
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✍️ SCHOLARSHIP | Striker, Brad Holmes, signs a deal with the club ahead of the new season.
Brad is a second-year and commits his immediate future to Danny Ventre’s side.
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FT: Rotherham 1 Blackpool 4
The Seasiders are through to the EFL Youth Alliance Cup quarter finals. A brace from Jake Daniels and goals Luke Mariette and Joe Strawn secured an impressive win. Get in! 💪
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FT:
@squiresgatefc
0 Blackpool 7
A flurry of second-half goals and a fantastic performance rounds off a successful evening for the young Seasiders.
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👏 Congratulations to
@luke_mariette
, who has signed his first professional contract.
A proud moment for Luke, his family and everyone at Blackpool FC Academy!
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FULL-TIME here at Myerscough.
That’s a 9-0 win for Blackpool but another superb performance to add to the collection lately.
Brilliant effort from the lads this morning, despite a valiant effort from the visitors Tranmere Rovers.
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| 9-0 vs Tranmere.
✍️ NEW SIGNING | Midfielder, Nathan Tshola, signs a one-year professional deal.
Nathan joins Danny Ventre’s side ahead of the 2020/21 season.
👋 Welcome, Nathan!
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FT: Blackpool 6-1 Rochdale.
Superb performance all round from Blackpool as they cruise through to the semi-final of the EFL Youth Alliance cup!
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👉 This time tomorrow the lads will be taking to the field at Stamford Bridge.
How many good luck messages can we get in the comments for the team?
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✍️ SCHOLARSHIP | Joseph Strawn signs a two-year scholarship ahead of the 2020/21 season.
Joe is an exciting attacking midfielder who graduates from the U16’s.
Congratulations, Joe!
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✍️ SCHOLARSHIP | We are pleased to announce the signing of Tayt Trusty on a two-year scholarship.
Tayt is an attacking midfielder and becomes our tenth signing this summer.
👋 Welcome, Tayt!
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👏 Congratulations to Josh Miles, Tayt Trusty, Jaden Jones and Donovan Lescott on making their first-team debuts last night.
🧡 Brilliant achievement lads!
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As mentioned before, Tyler Hill played in the FA Youth Cup during his mock GCSE exams.
📸 Here are two pictures of Tyler, when he was 9 and now at 16.
🙌🏼 It really just proves what academy football can do, showing the progress of a player moving up the ranks!
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FT: Blackpool 7-3 Accrington Stanley.
Fantastic goals in a game where we fought back well from a half-time deficit.
Good performance against a strong outfit. 7-3 looks good 😎
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The lads watching on at the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium, as the first team played QPR tonight.
The under 19’s getting set for their big night tomorrow 👊🏼
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✍️ SCHOLARSHIP | We are delighted to announce the signing of Sebastian Wyllie on two-year scholarship.
Seb is a left-sided defender and becomes our second signing of the day.
👋 Welcome, Seb!
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😍🔝 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴?
👌 Saturday’s victory means we stay top of the North West Youth Alliance!
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#MondayMotivaton
𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝙛𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨?
📽️ Check out the best of the action as the u19s progressed through to the quarter-finals of the FA Youth Cup last night...
Way to go lads 👊
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📝 Fresh from scoring at Stamford Bridge last night, the Club is pleased to announce that Jake Daniels has signed a professional contract at Bloomfield Road.