Wigan 0-4 Blackpool: Cinderella Brought Her Combat Boots

By: Ian Rose | August 14th, 2010

Get used to that smile. The incredible ride continues for Ian Holloway’s Blackpool. When they won the promotion playoff last season, they got a lot of sympathy from neutrals. “How nice for them”, many of us thought. Then we started thinking about what would happen when Holloway’s attacking style met the counter-attacking speed of Premier League opposition. We saw 4-0 scorelines dancing in our heads for their league opener, but shame on us, we saw them going the other way. Granted, this Wigan side is not Champions League material, and I’m not claiming that the Pool won’t get a thumping or four this season. But when the final toot-toot was heard on this match, and the fulltime scoreline came up – Wigan nil, Blackpool four – it was something very special, and a warning that this Cinderella team isn’t happy just to be nominated. They are here to play.

In other news, at the time of writing, Marlon Harewood is the leading scorer in the Premiership. And Blackpool are top of the league. Chew on that for a minute.

Full highlights below as they become available.

The first three goals (in Spanish):

As promised, Holloway’s interview (tame by his standards, but realistic as always):

And some more:

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brenton

Forget highlights, I want to see the post-game interview with Holloway.
Ian

Me too. We'll have it here once we find a link. Promise.
brenton

And thank you.
Rob

I love Ian Holloway and hope this is the start of something amazing - but Wigan are notoriously erratic. But a wonderful, wonderful day for them anyway.
Ian

No doubt, Wigan is erratic. But they were actually a very good home side last season - couldn't do a thing on the road, but at home, they were formidable, if not entirely consistent.