Blackpool suffered defeat in their second pre-season encounter, in a behind-closed-doors friendly to Accrington Stanley.
The Seasiders slipped to a 3-1 loss, in a match which contained a mixture of both first-teamers and youth-team prospects.
Chris Maxwell was forced into an impressive early save in the opening ten minutes. Colby Bishop played a clever first-time ball into the path of Dion Charles, who was bearing through on goal, but Blackpool’s number one was there to block it away.
At the other end, Oli Sarkic was thread through on goal after a well cushioned header into his path, but the Blackpool forward couldn’t sort his feet out and the ball was eventually cleared before he could get a shot away.
With a little over ten minutes of the first-half to go in the baking heat, Dion Charles made no mistake when clean through on goal. A misjudgement from the backline allowed Charles to find the space and dispatch to give Stanley the lead.
Just minutes later, it was all-square. Demetri Mitchell, who was causing real problems on the right-hand-side, was brought down by the Accrington keeper. The referee awarded a penalty.
Mitchell stepped up and smashed the ball into the roof of the net, making the scores level at half-time.
Half-time: Accrington Stanley 1 Blackpool 1
The Seasiders found themselves behind ten minutes into the second half. A well-drilled free kick from Harry Pell was smashed into the corner from 25 yards out.
Despite chances at either end throughout the second half, the heat was proving a real test for both sides.
Josh Bowler did well on the right-hand-side to get to the byline and fire in a cross on 70 minuites, but no one in tangerine was there to prod it home.
As the match slowly drew to a close, Accrington grabbed their third of the game through Joel Mumbongo. The forward rounded off a good move and slipped the ball past Charlie Monks to seal the victory for John Coleman’s side.
Full-time: Blackpool 1 Accrington Stanley 3
