Blackpool

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BLACKPOOL






Nickname: The Seasiders
Ground: Bloomfield Road
Capacity: 8,000
Last season: Third in League One (play-off champions)
Manager: Simon Grayson (November 2005)

In: Paul Rachubka (Huddersfield), Michael Flynn (Gillingham), John Hills (Sheffield Wednesday), Stephen Crainey (Leeds), Gary Taylor-Fletcher (Huddersfield).

Out: Marc Joseph (Rotherham), Matt Blinkhorn (Morecambe), Paul Tierney (Stockport, loan), Simon Wiles (Macclesfield, loan), Ciaran Donnelly, Sean Paterson, Jamie Burns, Kyle Clancy, Gareth Farrelly.

BBC Sport verdict: Back in the second tier of English football for the first time since 1978, a good start might give them early confidence but their stay is likely to last as long as a sandcastle on the beach with the tide coming in.

Key man: Keigan Parker.