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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Bloomfield Road
  • Attendance: 9050
  • Referee: Foster, D

Live Commentary

90 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

87 mins

Blackpool are replacing Gary Taylor-Fletcher with Andy Morrell.

75 mins

The referee has booked Gary Taylor-Fletcher.

73 mins

Stern John is being taken off, David McGoldrick has come on in his place.

72 mins

Marek Saganowski is replaced by Bradley Wright-Phillips.

68 mins

Claus Jorgensen is replaced by Michael Flynn.

68 mins

Paul Dickov is being taken off, Ben Burgess has come on in his place.

63 mins

Goal!! Southampton have scored with Stern John putting it in the back of the net.

59 mins

Andrew Davies is being taken off, Alexander Ostlund has come on in his place.

55 mins

Goal!! Blackpool have scored with Kaspars Gorkss putting it in the back of the net.

49 mins

Goal!! Keith Southern scores for Blackpool.

46 mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 1.

45 mins

Half time whistle is blown by D Foster

31 mins

Gregory Vignal takes a penalty for Southampton and scores!.

0 mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, March 8th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Visitors Southampton held on for a point at Bloomfield Road, a strong defensive display thwarting Blackpool in difficult conditions.

It was a slow start to the game with swirling winds playing a major part in proceedings.

Pool finally shaped-up midway through the first half, midfielder Wes Hoolahan taking control of things before forcing his shot wide of the post.

Ian Evatt popped up from a corner to worry Southampton, his fierce header ricocheting off a Southampton defender, yet it was the visitors who made the breakthrough.

Latvia international Kaspars Gorkss felled Stern John inside the box for a soft penalty, Southampton's third on the bounce away from home and Gregory Vignal kept his cool well to find the bottom corner from 12 yards.

Pool bounced back soon after the break, Keith Southern was this time unmarked from Shaun Barker's long throw, his well-directed header slipping in behind the inexperienced Michael Poke for the equaliser.

Gorkss went on to atone for his error just seven minutes later. Southampton struggled to deal with Stephen Crainey's free-kick and the scrambled clearance fell kindly for the defender, who made no mistake in firing home a volley from the edge of the box.
However, the comeback did not last for Pool and after less than ten minutes it was Saints with all the pressure once again.

Marek Saganowski continued to cause problems for the home defence and as the troubled backline failed to clear the ball, it was John popping up at the back post to sidefoot the easiest of equalisers.

Pool threw everything at the visitors in an attempt to steal all three points, as tricky midfielder Hoolahan continued to find gaps with his footwork.

When he found Gary Taylor-Fletcher in behind the stretched defence it was clear it was not to be Blackpool's day, as his effort whistled agonisingly past an outstretched Stephen McPhee at the back post.

Blackpool Team

Southampton Team

Blackpool

Southampton

Corners

3 5

Fouls

6 13

Goal attempts

14 5

Shots off target

5 2

Offsides

5 4

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