On This Day – 22nd January

After a 2-1 win at home to Hartlepool United on 4th December 1993, Second Division Blackpool lost seven league games on the trot. To ease the fan’s pain, Blackpool’s board of directors decided to offer free admission for their home game against Swansea City on this day in 1994. 7030 fans clicked through the turnstiles […]

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Iconic Moments in Football No.72

This week’s ‘Iconic Moment’ comes from the League Cup Semi Final Second Leg between Swansea City and Chelsea on 23rd January 2013.The incident involved Chelsea’s Eden Hazard and a 17-year-old ballboy called Charlie Morgan. Swansea had won the first leg 2-0 at Stamford Bridge and Michael Laudrup’s men were 90 minutes away from their first […]

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