2017–18 Blackpool F.C. season

Blackpool
2017–18 season
Owner	Owen Oyston
Chairman	Karl Oyston ; (until 8 February)
Manager	Gary Bowyer
Stadium	Bloomfield Road
League One	12th
FA Cup	First round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Kyle Vassell (11 goals); All: ; Kyle Vassell (11 goals)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 109th season in the Football League, and their first season back in League One following promotion from the 2016–17 Football League Two Play-Offs, against Exeter. Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

First-team squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Place of Birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Ends
Goalkeepers
1	Ben Williams	GK	Manchester	35	6	0	Bury	3 July 2017	Free	2018
25	Myles Boney	GK		20	4	0	Academy	1 July 2015	Trainee	Undisclosed
28	Joe Lumley	GK	Harlow	23	18	0	Queens Park Rangers	8 January 2018	Loan	2018
37	Christoffer Mafoumbi	GK	Roubaix	24	6	0	Free State Stars	20 July 2017	Free	2019
Defenders
2	Kelvin Mellor	RB	Crewe	27	89	14	Plymouth Argyle	4 July 2016	Free	2018
3	Andy Taylor	LB	Blackburn	32	61	2	Walsall	1 July 2016	Free	2018
5	Clark Robertson	CB/LB	Aberdeen	24	137	5	Aberdeen	1 July 2015	Free	2018
6	Will Aimson	CB/DM	Christchurch	24	69	0	Hull City	14 January 2016	Undisclosed	2018
12	Nick Anderton	LB	Preston	22	11	0	Barrow	1 July 2017	£75,000	2019
16	Curtis Tilt	CB	Walsall	26	45	1	Wrexham	1 July 2017	Undisclosed	2019
20	Ollie Turton	RB	Manchester	25	43	1	Crewe Alexandra	1 July 2017	Free	2019
Midfielders
4	Jim McAlister	CM	Rothesay	32	80	1	Dundee	29 July 2015	Free	2018
8	Sessi D'Almeida	DM	Bordeaux	22	27	1	Barnsley	19 August 2017	Undisclosed	2018
14	Jimmy Ryan	CM	Liverpool	29	38	3	Fleetwood Town	6 July 2017	Free	2019
15	Sean Longstaff	CM	North Shields	20	45	9	Newcastle United	21 July 2017	Loan	2018
17	Viv Solomon-Otabor	LW	London	22	46	5	Birmingham City	26 July 2017	Loan	2018
23	Colin Daniel	LM	Eastwood	30	85	8	Port Vale	1 July 2016	Free	2019
24	Callum Cooke	AM	Peterlee	21	33	2	Middlesbrough	18 July 2017	Loan	2018
44	Jay Spearing	DM	Wallasey	29	34	0	Bolton Wanderers	4 October 2017	Free	2018
Forwards
7	Kyle Vassell	CF	Milton Keynes	26	71	24	Peterborough United	1 July 2016	Free	2018
9	Mark Cullen	CF	Ashington	26	92	22	Luton Town	30 June 2015	£180,000	2018
10	Max Clayton	SS	Crewe	23	7	1	Bolton Wanderers	1 July 2017	Free	2019
11	Armand Gnanduillet	CF	Angers	25	57	10	Leyton Orient	19 August 2016	Free	2018
18	Danny Philliskirk	CF	Oldham	27	72	11	Oldham Athletic	7 January 2016	Undisclosed	2018
19	Jamille Matt	CF		28	39	3	Fleetwood Town	1 July 2016	Free	2018
21	Dolly Menga	CF	Verviers	25	8	0	Free agent	10 November 2017	Free	2018
22	Dan Agyei	CF	Kingston upon Thames	21	9	0	Burnley	18 January 2018	Loan	2018
27	Scott Quigley	CF	Shrewsbury	25	8	0	The New Saints	16 August 2017	£35,000	2019
30	Nathan Delfouneso	CF	Birmingham	27	120	22	Swindon Town	21 January 2017	Free	2018
32	Rowan Roache	CF		18	5	0	Academy	5 December 2016	Trainee	2019
36	Raúl Correia	CF		25	1	0	Radcliffe Borough	31 January 2017	Undisclosed	2018

Statistics

As of 6 May 2018^[1]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Ben Williams	6	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
2	DF	ENG	Kelvin Mellor	34	6	26+3	5	1	0	0	0	4	1
3	DF	ENG	Andy Taylor	13	0	4+3	0	1	0	1	0	3+1	0
4	MF	SCO	Jim McAlister	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
5	DF	SCO	Clark Robertson	40	3	39	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF	ENG	Will Aimson	22	0	13+4	0	1	0	1	0	2+1	0
7	FW	ENG	Kyle Vassell	29	11	29	11	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	BEN	Sessi D'Almeida	27	1	12+11	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
9	FW	ENG	Mark Cullen	9	0	3+6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	ENG	Max Clayton	7	1	0+2	0	0	0	1	0	4	1
11	FW	CIV	Armand Gnanduillet	31	5	9+17	4	0+1	0	1	1	1+2	0
12	DF	ENG	Nick Anderton	11	0	3+1	0	1	0	1	0	5	0
14	MF	IRL	Jimmy Ryan	38	3	36	3	1	0	0	0	1	0
15	MF	ENG	Sean Longstaff	45	9	37+5	8	0+1	0	1	0	1	1
16	DF	ENG	Curtis Tilt	45	1	42	1	0	0	0	0	3	0
17	MF	NGA	Viv Solomon-Otabor	46	5	35+9	5	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
18	FW	ENG	Danny Philliskirk	26	6	7+12	2	1	1	0+1	0	5	3
20	DF	ENG	Ollie Turton	43	1	41	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
21	FW	ANG	Dolly Menga	8	0	0+8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW	ENG	Dan Agyei	9	0	1+8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	ENG	Colin Daniel	45	4	43+1	4	0	0	1	0	0	0
24	MF	ENG	Callum Cooke	33	2	18+11	2	1	0	0	0	3	0
28	GK	ENG	Joe Lumley	18	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
29	DF	ENG	Peter Hartley	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
30	FW	ENG	Nathan Delfouneso	46	9	29+11	9	1	0	1	0	2+2	0
32	FW	IRL	Rowan Roache	4	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+3	0
35	FW	ENG	Finlay Sinclair-Smith	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	1
37	GK	CGO	Christoffer Mafoumbi	6	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
43	DF	ENG	Caleb Richards	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
44	MF	ENG	Jay Spearing	34	0	30+3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Player(s) out on loan:
19	FW	JAM	Jamille Matt	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
27	FW	ENG	Scott Quigley	14	0	0+9	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
36	FW	ANG	Raúl Correia	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Player(s) who left the club:
21	MF	NGA	Bright Osayi-Samuel	4	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	GK	ENG	Ryan Allsop	23	0	22	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	USA	Sebastien Des Pres	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Goals record

As of 6 May 2018

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	League Trophy	Total
1	7	CF	Kyle Vassell	11	0	0	0	11
2	15	CM	Sean Longstaff	8	0	0	1	9
2	30	CF	Nathan Delfouneso	9	0	0	0	9
4	2	RB	Kelvin Mellor	6	0	0	1	7
5	18	CF	Danny Philliskirk	2	1	0	3	6
6	11	CF	Armand Gnanduillet	4	0	1	0	5
6	17	LW	Viv Solomon-Otabor	5	0	0	0	5
8	23	LM	Colin Daniel	4	0	0	0	4
9	5	CB	Clark Robertson	3	0	0	0	3
9	14	CM	Jimmy Ryan	3	0	0	0	3
11	24	AM	Callum Cooke	2	0	0	0	2
12	8	DM	Sessi D'Almeida	0	0	0	1	1
	10	SS	Max Clayton	0	0	0	1	1
	16	CB	Curtis Tilt	1	0	0	0	1
	20	RB	Ollie Turton	1	0	0	0	1
	35	CF	Finlay Sinclair-Smith	0	0	0	1	1
Own Goals				1	0	0	0	1
Total				60	1	1	8	70

Disciplinary record

As of 6 May 2018

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	League One			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			Total
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name
1	16		CB	Curtis Tilt	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0
2	14		CM	Jimmy Ryan	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0
3	23		LM	Colin Daniel	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
4	30		CF	Nathan Delfouneso	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
5	2		RB	Kelvin Mellor	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
5	20		RB	Ollie Turton	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
7	7		CF	Kyle Vassell	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	8		DM	Sessi D'Almeida	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
	44		DM	Jay Spearing	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
10	11		CF	Armand Gnanduillet	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	17		LW	Viv Solomon-Otabor	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	28		GK	Joe Lumley	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
13	5		CB	Clark Robertson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	15		CM	Sean Longstaff	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	18		CF	Danny Philliskirk	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	21		CF	Dolly Menga	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	24		AM	Callum Cooke	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	37		GK	Christoffer Mafoumbi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	43		RB	Caleb Richards	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	—		GK	Ryan Allsop	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					55	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	61	0	0

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	LB	Nick Anderton	Barrow	£75,000	^[2]
1 July 2017	SS	Max Clayton	Bolton Wanderers	Free	^[3]
1 July 2017	CB	Peter Hartley	Bristol Rovers	Undisclosed	^[4]
1 July 2017	CB	Curtis Tilt	Wrexham	Free	^[5]
1 July 2017	RB	Ollie Turton	Crewe Alexandra	Free	^[6]
3 July 2017	GK	Ben Williams	Bury	Free	^[7]
6 July 2017	CM	Jimmy Ryan	Fleetwood Town	Free	^[8]
20 July 2017	GK	Christoffer Mafoumbi	Free State Stars	Free	^[9]
16 August 2017	FW	Scott Quigley	The New Saints	£35,000	^[10]
18 August 2017	DM	Sessi D'Almeida	Barnsley	Undisclosed	^[11]
4 October 2017	DM	Jay Spearing	Bolton Wanderers	Free	^[12]
10 November 2017	CF	Dolly Menga	Braga	Free	^[13]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	DM	Ian Black	Skelmersdale United	Released	^[14]^[a]
1 July 2017	CM	Henry Cameron	Limerick	Released	^[14]^[b]
1 July 2017	LB	Luke Higham	Fleetwood Town	Released	^[14]^[c]
1 July 2017	CM	John Herron	Raith Rovers	Released	^[14]^[d]
1 July 2017	GK	Dean Lyness	Nuneaton Town	Released	^[14]
1 July 2017	CB	Eddie Nolan	Crewe Alexandra	Released	^[14]^[e]
1 July 2017	CM	Jack Payne	Ebbsfleet United	Released	^[14]^[f]
1 July 2017	CF	Jack Redshaw	Salford City	Released	^[14]^[g]
1 July 2017	GK	Sam Slocombe	Bristol Rovers	Released	^[14]^[h]
1 July 2017	RB	Macauley Wilson	Bamber Bridge	Released	^[14]^[i]
5 July 2017	DF	Christian N'Guessan	Burnley	Free	^[24]
6 July 2017	CB	Tom Aldred	Bury	Free	^[25]
3 August 2017	CM	Brad Potts	Barnsley	Undisclosed	^[26]
1 September 2017	RM	Bright Osayi-Samuel	Queens Park Rangers	Undisclosed	^[27]
19 September 2017	CM	Sebastien Des Pres	Fleetwood Town	Free	^[28]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Name	From	End date	Ref.
18 July 2017	GK	Ryan Allsop	AFC Bournemouth	30 June 2018	^[29]
18 July 2017	AM	Callum Cooke	Middlesbrough	30 June 2018	^[30]
21 July 2017	CM	Sean Longstaff	Newcastle United	6 January 2018	^[31]
26 July 2017	LW	Viv Solomon-Otabor	Birmingham City	6 January 2018	^[32]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Name	To	End date	Ref.
15 July 2017	DF	Denzel Williams	Bamber Bridge	TBA	^[33]
21 July 2017	GK	Jack Sims	Skelmersdale United	TBA	^[34]
25 July 2017	CF	Raúl Correia	Guiseley	2 January 2018	^[35]
2 August 2017	AM	Rowan Roache	Southport	TBA	^[36]
29 August 2017	CF	Jamille Matt	Grimsby Town	30 June 2018	^[37]
31 August 2017	CB	Peter Hartley	Motherwell	30 June 2018	^[38]
13 September 2017	DF	Caleb Richards	Warrington Town	8 October 2017	^[39]
2 December 2017	LB	Caleb Richards	Southport	2 January 2018	^[40]

Competitions

Friendlies

As of 1 June 2017, Blackpool have announced five pre-season friendlies against Southport, Macclesfield Town,^[41] Salford City, Radcliffe Borough and Chorley.^[42]

7 July 2017	Dundee United	1–0	Blackpool	St Andrews, Scotland
14:00 BST	Fraser	Report		Attendance: 0

15 July 2017	Southport	1–3	Blackpool	Blowick
15:00 BST	Anderson	Report	Vassell Gnanduillet Osayi-Samuel pen.'	Stadium: Haig Avenue

22 July 2017	Salford City	3–4	Blackpool	Salford
15:00 BST	Redshaw ?', ?' Nottingham ?'	Report	Vassell ?' Potts ?' Osayi-Samuel ?' Clayton ?'	Stadium: Moor Lane

22 July 2017	Radcliffe Borough	0–7	Blackpool	Radcliffe
15:00 BST		Report	Delfouneso 21', 30', 54' Matt 24' Cullen 78', 81' Philliskirk 86'	Stadium: NeuVen Stadium

25 July 2017	Chorley	0–3	Blackpool	Chorley
19:45 BST		Report	Philliskirk 34' Cullen 47', 66'	Stadium: Victory Park

29 July 2017	Macclesfield Town	0–2	Blackpool	Macclesfield
15:00 BST		Report	Cullen 58', 68'	Stadium: Moss Rose

League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Southend United	46	17	12	17	58	62	−4	63
11	Bradford City	46	18	9	19	57	67	−10	63
12	Blackpool	46	15	15	16	60	55	+5	60
13	Bristol Rovers	46	16	11	19	60	66	−6	59
14	Fleetwood Town	46	16	9	21	59	68	−9	57

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
28	8	9	11	34	38	−4	33	5	4	5	20	21	−1	3	5	6	14	17	−3

Last updated: 13 January 2018.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	D	L	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	L
Position	16	10	11	8	7	7	5	4	6	6	9	11	7	9	12	13	12	10	10	11	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	19	19	17	17	16	17	14	14	14	16	16	15	12	10	10	12	12

Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2020. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.^[43]^[44]

5 August 2017 1	Bradford City	2–1	Blackpool	Bradford
15:00 BST	Knight-Percival 34' 41' Patrick 59'	Report	Daniel 40' 43' Tilt 82'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 20,804 Referee: Roger East

12 August 2017 (2017-08-12) 2	Blackpool	1–0	Milton Keynes Dons	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Longstaff 6'	Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 3,412 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

19 August 2017 3	Doncaster Rovers	3–3	Blackpool	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Allsop 37' (o.g.) Marquis 45+1' May 75' Whiteman 85'	Report	Longstaff 38' Turton 65' Cooke 76' Daniel 86'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 7,558 Referee: Robert Jones

26 August 2017 4	Blackpool	2–1	Oldham Athletic	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Longstaff 6' Vassell 15' Daniel 90+1'	Report	Banks 25' Amadi-Holloway 70'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 4,642 Referee: Peter Bankes

2 September 2017 5	Blackpool	1–0	AFC Wimbledon	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Longstaff 52' Tilt 69'	Report	Francomb 41' Abdou 53' Trotter 67' Robinson 90+3'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 3,457 Referee: Carl Boyeson

9 September 2017 6	Scunthorpe United	0–0	Blackpool	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	Wallace 57'	Report	Ryan 38' Vassell 66'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,290 Referee: Andy Haines

12 September 2017 7	Plymouth Argyle	1–3	Blackpool	Plymouth
19:45 BST	Bradley 23' 49' Edwards 45+3' 65' Miller 60'	Report	Daniel 2' Ryan 70' Delfouneso 86' Allsop 89'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 7,411 Referee: Kevin Johnson

16 September 2017 8	Blackpool	3–1	Oxford United	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Vassell 6', 90+4' Cooke 15' Ryan 78'	Report	Ricardinho 31' Ledson 57' Henry 90' Rothwell 90+6'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 5,274 Referee: Darren Handley

23 September 2017 9	Bristol Rovers	3–1	Blackpool	Bristol
15:00 BST	Bodin 40' Moore 45+1' Broadbent 50' Telford 75' Lines 79' Sweeney 84' Harrison 90+3'	Report	Vassell 12'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,431 Referee: Gavin Ward

26 September 2017 10	Blackpool	0–0	Rochdale	Blackpool
19:45 BST	Ryan 72'	Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 3,399 Referee: David Webb

30 September 2017 11	Southend United	2–1	Blackpool	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST	Wordsworth 5' Leonard 31' Cox 46' Timlin 71'	Report	Vassell 56'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,688 Referee: John Brooks

7 October 2017 P	Blackpool	v	Blackburn Rovers	Blackpool
15:00 BST				Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Note: On 25 September, it was announced the scheduled home fixture against Blackburn Rovers was postponed due to international call-ups.^[45]

14 October 2017 12	Walsall	1–1	Blackpool	Walsall
15:00 BST	Oztumer 18'	Report	Longstaff 25' Solomon-Otabor 65' Daniel 82'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,503 Referee: Tom Neild

17 October 2017 13	Blackpool	2–1	Bury	Blackpool
19:45 BST	Mellor 38' Delfouneso 65' Tilt 73' 87'	Report	Aldred 13' Beckford 58'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 3,437 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

21 October 2017 14	Blackpool	1–3	Wigan Athletic	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Vassell 8' D'Almeida 40'	Report	Toney 40' Dunkley 45+1', 54' Powell 69' Byrne 70' Perkins 82' Hunt 90+5'	Stadium: Bloomdfield Road Attendance: 5,817 Referee: Andy Haines

28 October 2017 15	Northampton Town	1–0	Blackpool	Northampton
14:00 BST	Hoskins 21' Grimes 66' Poole 80'	Report	Cooke 59' Tilt 90+2'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,213 Referee: John Busby

11 November 2017 16	Blackpool	2–3	Portsmouth	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Solomon-Otabor 74' Hawkins 83' (o.g.)	Report	Pitman 52', 86' Close 80' Clarke 82'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 5,032 Referee: Jonathan Moss

18 November 2017 17	Peterborough United	0–1	Blackpool	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Tafazolli 38'	Report	Vassell 21' Turton 72' Solomon-Otabor 82'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 5,254 Referee: Trevor Kettle

21 November 2017 18	Blackpool	1–1	Gillingham	Blackpool
19:45 GMT	Vassell 41'	Report	Hessenthaler 70' Eaves 90'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 2,650 Referee: Darren Drysdale

25 November 2017 19	Fleetwood Town	0–0	Blackpool	Fleetwood
15:00 GMT	Bolger 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 5,035 Referee: Oliver Langford

28 November 2017 20	Blackpool	2–4	Blackburn Rovers	Blackpool
19:45 GMT	Mellor 29' Ryan 42' Philliskirk 75'	Report	Antonsson 25' Smallwood 42' Dack 45' Mulgrew 63' Downing 67' Williams 78'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 5,302 Referee: Andrew Madley

9 December 2017 21	Blackpool	1–2	Rotherham United	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Mellor 21' Daniel 63'	Report	Wood 28' Ihiekwe 36' Ball 76', 87' Vaulks 82'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 3,654 Referee: Peter Bankes

16 December 2017 22	Shrewsbury Town	1–0	Blackpool	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Nolan 54' Morris 81'	Report	Tilt 45' Spearing 82'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 5,620 Referee: Andy Woolmer

23 December 2017 23	Charlton Athletic	1–1	Blackpool	London
15:00 GMT	Aribo 15' Sarr 43' Magennis 86'	Report	Gnanduillet 90+1'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 10,172 Referee: John Busby

26 December 2017 24	Blackpool	2–3	Scunthorpe United	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Ryan 22' Philliskirk 25' D'Almeida 26' Tilt 79' Longstaff 88' Robertson 90+4'	Report	Hopper 2' Holmes 8' 74' Adelakun 46'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 3,446 Referee: Ross Joyce

30 December 2017 25	Blackpool	2–2	Plymouth Argyle	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Tilt 48' Daniel 55' Solomon-Otabor 90+4'	Report	Rúben Lameiras 39' Carey 45'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 3,417 Referee: John Brooks (referee)

1 January 2018 26	Rochdale	1–2	Blackpool	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Kitching 90+3'	Report	Ryan 4' Delfouneso 54' Mellor 67' Mafoumbi 60'	Stadium: Crown Oil Arena Attendance: 3,165 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

6 January 2018 27	Oxford United	1–0	Blackpool	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Tiendalli 40' Obika 80'	Report	Mellor 79' Tilt 90+5'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,775 Referee: Kevin Johnson

13 January 2018 28	Blackpool	0–0	Bristol Rovers	Blackpool
15:00 GMT		Report	Clarke 40'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 4,001 Referee: Martin Coy

20 January 2018 29	AFC Wimbledon	2–0	Blackpool	Kingsmeadow
15:00 GMT	Trotter 49' Pigott 77' Soares 88'	Report	Delfouneso 79'	Attendance: 4,286 Referee: Darren Drysdale

3 February 2018 30	Bury	1–1	Blackpool	Bury
	Danns 53' Cameron 57' Miller 83' Clarke 88'	Report	Longstaff 53' Vassell 61'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 4,089 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

10 February 2018 31	Blackpool	2–2	Walsall	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Delfouneso 37' Gnanduillet 88'	Report	Edwards 28' Guthrie 76'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 3,404 Referee: Scott Duncan

13 February 2018 32	Wigan Athletic	0–2	Blackpool	Wigan
19:45 GMT	James 40' Burn 56' Grigg 89'	Report	Gnanduillet 3' Mellor 37' Mellor 58' Daniel 49' Lumley 85'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 8,302 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

18 February 2018 33	Blackpool	1–1	Peterborough United	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Delfouneso 45+3' Mellor 57'	Report	Marriott 21', 62'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 3,286 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

24 February 2018 34	Portsmouth	0–2	Blackpool	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT	Lowe 17'	Report	Vassell 41' Ryan 56' Robertson 63'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 17,895 Referee: Gavin Ward

10 March 2018 35	Blackburn Rovers	3–0	Blackpool	Blackburn
15:00 GMT	Dack 45' Evans 48' Armstrong 69', 90' Mulgrew 85'	Report	Vassell 51' Delfouneso 59'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 13,230 Referee: Lee Probert

13 March 2018 (2018-03-13) 36	Blackpool	1–0	Charlton Athletic	Blackpool
19:45 GMT	Ryan 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 3,216 Referee: Trevor Kettle

17 March 2018 37	Blackpool	1–1	Southend United	Blackpool
	Robertson 45+2' Philliskirk 69'	Report	Fortuné 11' Cox 15' Turner 45+1' Timlin 65' Coker 84'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 3,213 Referee: Andy Haines

24 March 2018 38	Milton Keynes Dons	0–0	Blackpool	Milton Keynes
15:00 GMT	Pawlett 60' Aneke 82'	Report	Tilt 84' Ryan 90+1'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 8,094 (490 Blackpool fans) Referee: Graham Horwood

30 March 2018 39	Blackpool	1–2	Doncaster Rovers	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Turton 36' Daniel 56' Tilt 69' Spearing 77' Ryan 78'	Report	Rowe 43' 70' Marquis 88'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 4,533 Referee: Ollie Yates

2 April 2018 40	Oldham Athletic	2–1	Blackpool	Oldham
15:00 BST	Byrne 60', 90' McEleney 54' Gardner 71' Edmundson 78' Doyle 85'	Report	Vassell 37' Spearing 81' Solomon-Otabor 90'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 4,309 Referee: Darren Drysdale

7 April 2018 41	Blackpool	5–0	Bradford City	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Delfouneso 16', 29', 70' Solomon-Otabor 22' Longstaff 80'	Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 5,337 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

10 April 2018 42	Blackpool	3–0	Northampton Town	Blackpool
19:45 BST	Gnanduillet 42' Longstaff 62' Ryan 74'	Report	Barnett 63' Buchanan 73'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 2,964 Referee: Chris Sarginson

14 April 2018 43	Blackpool	2–1	Fleetwood Town	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Solomon-Otabor 88' Gnanduillet 90+4'	Report	Jones 35' Coyle 59' Eastham 68' Burns 75'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 7,371 Referee: Andy Woolmer

21 April 2018 44	Gillingham	0–3	Blackpool	Gillingham, Kent
15:00 BST		Report	Vassell 28' Delfouneso 33' 67' Spearing 48' Lumley 78' Turton 80' Mellor 83'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,580 Referee: Craig Hicks

28 April 2018 45	Blackpool	1–1	Shrewsbury Town	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Delfouneso 56'	Report	Jones 20'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 5,825 Referee: Martin Coy

5 May 2018 46	Rotherham United	1–0	Blackpool	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Ihiekwe 20' Vaulks 58'	Report		Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 9,512 Referee: Ross Joyce

FA Cup

On 16 October 2017, Blackpool were drawn at away to Boreham Wood for the first round.^[46]

4 November 2017 First round	Boreham Wood	2–1	Blackpool	Borehamwood
15:00 GMT	Turgott 68' Murtagh 74' Smith 80' Holman 88'	Report	Philliskirk 62' Gnanduillet 90'	Stadium: Meadow Park Referee: Chris Sarginson

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Blackpool were drawn away to Wigan Athletic in the first round.^[47]

8 August 2017 First round	Wigan Athletic	2–1	Blackpool	Wigan
19:45 BST	Laurent 17' Flores 45+1'	Report	Gnanduillet 59'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 3,391 Referee: Chris Sarginson

EFL Trophy

On 12 July 2017, the group stage draw was completed with Blackpool facing Wigan Athletic, Accrington Stanley and Middlesbrough U23s in Northern Group B.^[48]^[49] After winning their group, Blackpool were drawn at home to Mansfield Town in the second round.^[50] A third round away trip against Shrewsbury Town was next on the cards for the Seasiders.^[51]

Pos	Lge	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Blackpool (Q)	3	2	0	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Round 2
2	L2	Accrington Stanley (Q)	3	2	0	0	1	8	4	+4	6	Round 2
3	L1	Wigan Athletic (E)	3	1	1	0	1	5	6	−1	5
4	ACA	Middlesbrough U21 (E)	3	0	0	0	3	4	11	−7	0

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2017. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

29 August 2017 Group Game 1	Blackpool	1–1 (4–5 p)	Wigan Athletic	Blackpool
19:00 BST	D'Almeida 4' Sinclair-Smith 87'	Report	Merrie 13' Gilbey 63'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 1,532
	Penalties
	Taylor Clayton Mellor Delfouneso Roache Sinclair-Smith		Power Gilbey Hunt Maffeo Barrigan Laurent

3 October 2017 Group Game 2	Accrington Stanley	1–2	Blackpool	Accrington
19:30 BST	Sousa 38'	Report	Philliskirk 33' Clayton 88'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 975 Referee: Stuart Attwell

1 November 2017 Group Game 3	Blackpool	4–1	Middlesbrough U21s	Blackpool
19:00 GMT	Philliskirk 24', 89' Longstaff 43' D'Almeida 56' Richards 87'	Report	Armstrong 54' Brewitt 85'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 691 Referee: Martin Coy

6 December 2017 Second round	Blackpool	1–1 (5–4 p)	Mansfield Town	Blackpool
19:00 GMT	Mellor 38', 78' Delfouneso 90+1'	Report	Butcher 88'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 587 Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge
	Penalties
	Philliskirk Cooke Taylor Delfouneso Mellor Quigley		Digby Benning Sterling-James Potter Spencer Thomas

10 January 2018 Third round	Shrewsbury Town	0–0 (4–2 p)	Blackpool	Shrewsbury
19:00 GMT	Ogogo 40'	Report	Turton 54'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 1,362 Referee: Carl Sarginson
	Penalties
	Payne Morris Riley John-Lewis		Philliskirk Cooke Roache Delfouneso

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