Bloomfield Road Saturday, February 12th, 2011   Premier League Attendance: 16,000       Blackpool 1-1 Aston Villa       Grandin (14)   Agbonlahor (10)   Baptiste (30), Evatt (52)   Young (90+2)       Makoun (70)
2010 /11

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Dom decides to drive up in the Focus ST. Seb, JK & Nath decide to hitch a lift. Not expecting much on the journey except for a 2hour headache of Indie music, we (the black folk - including JK) are pleasantly surprised to hear Dom has changed his playlist and we are soon enjoying some of the classical sounds of Dr Dre Chronic 2001!!! Good work Domino! Seb on the journey remembers his match ticket is stuck on his fridge magnet at home, what a nob! A quick call to the ticket office to get a duplicate printed is swiftly arranged. Turn up in Blackpool before 11am thanks to an early departure, soon find the (use the word loosely) hotel. Knocked on door, no answer. Ringing the number, no answer - this doesnt look good. Oh well, f**k it, lets go get smashed. Head off to Yates'' (not Catherine) bar, have breakfast & beer, see two guys having what appears to be a domestic, funny stuff. More drinks, more drinks, more drinks, off to the game - still not knowing where we will be crashing! Quick dooby on the way to the game and for once it actually assists my memory in that i need to go the ticket office to get my match ticket. Quick jog round the ground with a few looks from home fans on the way, pick up match ticket, run back to find still well over half the villa fans are still queing to get in, luckily i see Nath, JK & Dom in the queue so i gladly join them instead of heading towards the back. Chants of i wanna go home, i wanna go home, blackpools a $#!thole, i wanna go home can be heard reverberating around the ground from the away end. We finally get in just short of 10mins after kick off, then up pops JK''s favourite player Gabby Agbonlahor to show his footballing brain by calmly rounding the keeper and slotting into the net, great assist from our new £24m signing Darren Bent. Nath loses his phone in the jubilation, then luckily (suspiciously) the guy next to us found the phone and gave it back to Nath, life saver. Couple guys next to us get into a shouting match about Stewart Downing, that same argument has been heard many times before in the mitre when it would be Seb & Dom (sometimes also DD) vs JK & Nath. Anyway, back to the game - Downing misses a sitter, has another shot clip the edge of the post and thats about it, Blackpool equalise. We have Makoun sent off for a 2 footed tackle. 1-1 f/t. Still worrying about our league position and ensuing relegation battle, we know we need to be picking up wins on the road. None of us would have guessed we would finish 9th at the end of the season. Anyway, JK informs us he had been called by the hotel who had suffered an Escape of water and were struggling to raise the £250 xs, so we had to be placed in an Alternative Accommodation across the road. Long walk back after the game, get changed and freshen up, ready for the night out. Getting ready to head out to Walkabout where Dean is apparantly, running slightly late (due to watching Take Me Out on the hotel tv), we get there - have a good night of alot more drinks, shots and just general observation in the club. JK comes out the closet (not for the 1st time) to reveal Tinie Tempah is one of his favourite artists. After closing time, for some bizare reason we decide to walk back (despite knowing how long & cold it was), we see a classy lady taking a pee down a sidestreet on the way back, unable to get served in Maccys cuz police are on the way, FFS!! Get back to the hotel, Sebs unable to climb onto the top bunk of the bunk bed as it looks like it was built with paper & glue, so uses the little fold out bed - sorted. Except for James loudest snorer in the world Kelly who fell asleep in 0.002 seconds, much to the displeasure of Seb & Nath. Woke up in the morning - check out 10am, we get downstairs obviously just after that... and credit to Dom who cheekily asks if we can still get breakfast, the owner accepts - RESULT!! Bed & breakfast for £15 each, 1-1 draw away, good lads night out in Blackpool. Only downside was being gridlocked in traffic on the M6 on the way back for about 1hour. Overall great away day. UTV!!!