Not a round ball fan at all BUT - You have to say 'well done Blackpool' on promotion to the top flight - lets hope you can stay up there!

Think of it!! Blackpool v Man U , Liverpool v Blackpool, Blackpool v Arsenal etc etc.

great to see a small club like Blackpool making it - average crowds of less than 9,000 this season! Yet they managed to fill half of Wembley today!

How on earth can this happen?

They will get hammered every week and their ground isnt anywhere good enough. I'l hazard a guess their baby changing facilities are poor and they dont have many Blackpool sounding players in their ranks.

They will not be able to pay proper wages and will disgrace the game for a year. United, Chelsea, and Arsenal will put at least 50 on them. Do we want to see this week in week out?

Oh no, this promotion lark is not good. Not good at all.

The RFL are light years ahead of the Premier League

And you can prove this how? They were favourites for relegation at the start. New manager and things can change!

Give them a chance!!!

im not pal but i think one of us is miss reading his post

Faaaaaaax.

Give your head a wobble and then come back.

Well I think it's great and I'm chuffed for them.

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Look at that a sport that gives you the opportunity to realise your dreams no matter what your financial constraints etc.

Are you watching RFL? This is how you maintain interest in the game outside of the top flight.

Read this thread.

It will destoy your soul

Bloody donkey lashers.

Matt, you might not remember our games with the donkey lashers in the 80's and early 90's - we were big rivals and I see a big day out for both sets of fans. Even though Blackpool is a hovel, I'm looking forward to going there more than any other away game next season. Something different, something 'traditional', and something the RFL have taken away from the sport.

Its the equivalent of Swinton getting in SL and I think its great for the game.

One thing is for sure, a franchise application being delivered to Red Hall would never get the same imagination as nigh on 40000 folk from the same town going down to London for a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Right, i dont care about blackpool at all. Why are you talking about it? Its an rl forum and now ill predict the future. They will invest in foreigners, out of contract average players, get battered, get relegated, fire 'olly' (boo hoo), and end up
where they started.

Why is this on rlfans?