Blackpool FC is back at the top of English Football for the first time in nearly four decades, beating Cardiff 3-2 (bidding again to be the first Welsh club to play in the Premiership) to win promotion to the top. By all accounts, it's been a rocky season for Blackpool- who has the second lowest average attendance in the Championship (Division II soccer) League averaging out at around 8,611.
Blackpool is a smaller club, compared with some of the others, but they're game to give these Premier League thing a try- and hopefully stay up top for longer than fellow Northern Clubbers Burnley- who looked to be headed back down to the Championship League after this season. The size and the money disparity will make it hard for them to compete with the really big boys, but the longer you stay up top, the more cash you can get, so it seems to be just a matter of surviving the first couple of seasons and maintaining yourself before trying to inch up to the very top top. (The relegation-promotion system can be quite punishing: both Newcastle and Middlesborough were in the top flight on a regular basis in my youth, but no longer- and if you fall out of the top tier, it can take you a long time to get back up there.)
But Blackpool is happy and looking to capitalize on the best in English Football coming to town next season! Congrats to Blackpool- welcome back to the top of the heap!
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