| 'Meet Blackpool' - a Millwall Preview 17:41 - May 27 with 2228 views | OllieHollow |
Clearly there are a lot of bored website editors who have nothing to do over summer and so Millwall have started a 'Meet the Opposition' feature on their website. Not that the guy had much to go on but if Andrea Orlandi is our 'one to watch' next season, the trousers and boxers will be lowered in a certain men's outfitters shop window!
Meet Millwall's League One opponents
BLACKPOOL
Founded: 1887
Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Nicknames: Seasiders, Tangerines
Position last year: 24th in the Championship
Manager: Position currently vacant
Key player: Blackpool currently have just nine senior players on their books as the club prepare for life in League One following relegation at the end of a turbulent 2014/15 campaign.
Midfielder Andrea Orlandi, who finished top scorer with four goals last season, is one of those nine players announced on the club's retained list.
Orlandi moved to the Seasiders 10 months ago, having enjoyed spells at Swansea City and then Brighton & HA.
He initially penned a one-year deal and having been one of the few shining lights in a miserable campaign, scoring four goals in 30 starts, Blackpool activated their one-year option on his contract.
Top scorer: Andrea Orlandi (4 goals)
Head-to-head: The Tangerines and Lions have met on 46 previous occasions and Blackpool just edge the stats with 16 wins to Millwall's 14 in all competitions. The remaining 16 matches have finished all square.
Blackpool have enjoyed great home comfort over Millwall in recent years, winning the previous four meetings at Bloomfield Road.
However, their fortunes have not been so great on the road when heading to south east London, winning just once in their previous 16 visits to The Den, both old and new.
Last time we met: Peter Clarke's first goal since October 2011 gave bottom-of-the-table Blackpool a 1-0 victory over fellow strugglers Millwall on Saturday 10th January 2015.
The defender headed Jamie O'Hara's free-kick into the net from eight-yards in the first-half.
Substitute Stefan Maierhofer had Millwall's best chance after pouncing on an error from Clarke, but shot high and wide with the goal the gaping.
Blackpool: Lewis, Clarke, Dunne, McMahon, O'Dea (Hall, 21mins), Perkins, Orlandi, Oliver (Henshall, 61mins), O'Hara, Davies (Sene, 67mins), Delfouneso. Subs not used: Parish, Ferguson, Nosworthy, Mellis.
Scorer: Clarke (33mins)
Millwall: Forde, Dunne, Harding (Gregory, 61mins), Wilkinson, Nelson, Martin, Woolford, Abdou, Chaplow, Fuller (Maierhofer, 59mins), McDonald (Gueye, 74mins). Subs not used: Bywater, Shittu, Briggs, Upson.
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Seems to be a running theme .. here's Fleetwood's preview of us!!
Name: Blackpool Football Club
Founded: 1887
Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Capacity: 17,338
Manager: Vacant
Last season: 24th in the Championship
A Fylde Coast derby awaits Fleetwood Town when they meet local rivals Blackpool in what will be the first ever league meeting between the two sides.
The Tangerines will play their football in the third tier next season following relegation from the Championship in May.
Currently without a manager after the resignation of Lee Clark at the end of the season, Pool will be hoping to bounce back after finishing bottom of the second tier.
Despite the troubles of their Championship campaign, the Bloomfield Road faithful will hope that Spanish midfielder Andrea Orlandi will inspire them next term.
Barcelona born Orlandi began his playing career at Basque side Deportivo Alaves, where he made two senior appearances before sealing a move to Barcelona in 2005.
His time with his hometown club would see him become a regular in the reserve side at the Catalan giants, and he did manage to make one senior appearance at the Nou Camp.
Andrea’s next move would see him arrive on British shores to link up with Swansea City in 2007, who were then managed by compatriot Roberto Martinez.
A further five years would be spent in South Wales, as Orlandi helped the Swans to promotion to the Premier League in 2011.
He later moved to Brighton and Hove Albion in 2012, and netted six times in 49 appearances for the Seagulls, before Blackpool was his next destination in the summer of 2014.
Having finished the season with four goals, the 30-year-old is currently one of just nine senior contracted players at the club.
The two sides have met each other once before, in an FA Cup third round tie at Highbury in January 2012.
A hat-trick from Matt Phillips, alongside strikes from Lomana LuaLua and Tom Ince, were added to by a consolation goal from Jamie Vardy as Pool ran out 5-1 winners against the then conference Cod Army. | |
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