All-time results record (League, FA Cup and League Cup)

First league meetings

Albion first played Blackpool on October 26, 1901, in Old Division Two. The game at Bloomfield Road ended in a 2-2 draw with Dan Nurse and Charlie 'Chippy' Simmons scoring for the visitors. When the Seasiders paid a visit to The Hawthorns later that season, on February 22, they were thrashed 7-2. Jackie Kifford and Jim Stevenson bagged a goal apiece, Tommy Worton scored a brace and 'Chippy' Simmons notched a hat-trick. That season Albion regained their Division One status at the first attempt finishing top with 55 points, while Blackpool finished 13th on 29 points. Worton, Stevenson and Nurse were the only members of the 23-man squad to appear in all 34 league games and the one FA Cup match during 1901/02 campaign.

Big wins and defeats

Albion's biggest win over Blackpool was a 7-1 drubbing on April 28, 1962, which came in the final game of the season. Derek Kevan scored four times, with Graham Lovett, the late Sir Bobby Robson and Don Howe (pen) also scoring. Howe was voted Midlands Footballer of the Year. The Baggies have also twice beaten the Seasiders by five goals. The first was the previously mentioned 7-2 win at the first league meeting at The Hawthorns. The second was a 5-0 win on March 10, 1906, in Old Division Two. Both 'Chippy' Simmons and Archie Haywood scored a double and Eli Bradley notched. This was 'Chippy' Simmons' first season back with Albion, re-signing from West Ham within a year of leaving. It was in this season Albion produced their first matchday programme called 'The Albion News', with 5,000 copies being printed for the first league game of the season against Burnley. The Baggies' heaviest defeat by Blackpool came on their travels in Old Division One, on March 3, 1956, when they lost 5-1.

Interesting Fact

Albion's last visit to Bloomfield Road saw them snatch victory from the jaws of defeat in dramatic fashion as a double from substitute Kevin Phillips and an Ishmael Miller strike - all in the last nine minutes - overturned Ben Burgess' 35th-minute opener.

Last time out

Home - Football League Championship (October 23, 2007) Albion 2 (Miller, Morrison) Blackpool 1 (Vernon)

Away - Football League Championship (April 8, 2008) Blackpool 1 (Burgess) Albion 3 (Phillips 2 [1pen], Miller)

Form guide (last six league matches)

Albion: WWLDDW

Blackpool: WDDLWD

Last league match line-ups

Albion (v Sheffield Utd): Carson; Jara (Zuiverloon 70), Tamas, Olsson, Cech; Brunt, Koren (Cox 66), Mulumbu, Dorrans, Thomas (Mattock 88); Bednar. Subs not used: Kiely (gk), Miller, Moore, Meite.

Blackpool (v Coventry): Rachubka, Edwards, Baptiste, Crainey, Evatt, Southern, Adam (Demontagnac 87), Vaughan, Taylor-Fletcher, Ormerod (sent off 53), Bannan (Burgess 81). Subs not used: Gilks (gk), Nardiello, Butler, Euell, Martin. 

Ref watch

Dave Foster will oversee tonight's game in Lancashire. The Newcastle official has never refereed an Albion match. So far this season he has dished out 39 llow cards and two red cards in 15 games.

Betting

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Selected odds:

Albion to win 5/4

Blackpool to win 21/10

Draw 12/5

Roman Bednar to score 2/1

Gary Taylor-Fletcher to score 13/5

Tickets

A limited number of tickets for this game will be on general sale on the turnstiles at Bloomfield Road.

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