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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Bloomfield Road
  • Attendance: 5056
  • Referee: Pike, M

Live Commentary

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90mins

Gillingham are replacing Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu with Gary Mulligan.

81mins

Alan Pouton is being taken off, Danny Spiller has come on in his place.

73mins

Keigan Parker is booked for dissent.

71mins

Blackpool are replacing Wes Hoolahan with Marc Joseph.

60mins

Michael Jackson is being taken off, Marcus Bean has come on in his place.

60mins

Andy Morrell is replaced by Keigan Parker.

46mins

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

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

35mins

Goal!! Scott Vernon scores for Blackpool.

14mins

The referee has booked Michael Flynn.

3mins

Goal!! Gillingham have scored with Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu putting it in the back of the net.

0mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.

Match Report

New Blackpool owner Valeri Belokon has yet to see his side win a League One match at Bloomfield Road.

And after escaping with a draw against battling Gillingham, manager Simon Grayson pledged to carry on spending in a bid to stop the rot.

He wants to bring in a Championship midfielder and seal a deal for Morecambe striker Danny Carlton shortly and many Blackpool fans expect to see a clearly unsettled Keigan Parker leave the Seasiders, possibly for Crystal Palace.

However, if Palace watched Parker's disappointing display as a second-half substitute against the Gills their interest may swiftly decline.

Blackpool went behind as early as the third minute when basic defending mistakes allowed Danny Jackman two shots on goal. His second rebounded kindly for fellow striker Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu and the DR Congo international was left with a simple tap in.

Blackpool should have been stung into instant action but it took a long time for the Seasiders to assert themselves with a series of high balls forward easily cut out by the tall visiting back four.

Only when Wes Hoolahan started playing the ball on the deck did Blackpool spring into life as they began to look dangerous down the flanks.

In the 35th minute Hoolahan himself whipped in a cross which Scott Vernon met with a diving header as he registered his fourth goal in his last three games.

Blackpool survived a 38th minute scare when Andrew Crofts should have scored from eight yards out.

The Seasiders began the second half in style and it took a series of brilliant stops from 19-year-old shot-stopper Darren Randolph, on loan from Charlton, to keep out goalbound efforts from Vernon, Andy Morrell and a dipping volley by Shaun Barker.

Blackpool seemed to lose their way when Hoolahan went off injured in the 74th minute and Gills boss Ronnie Jepson, who would have been happy with a point, suddenly saw the chance to snatch all three.

In stoppage time Matthew Jarvis found himself clean through on goal but was denied by Rhys Evans' point-blank save.

Blackpool

Gillingham

Corners

23

Fouls

1313

Goal attempts

1513

Shots off target

58

Offsides

21

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