Blackpool 2-1 Oldham Athletic: result and report

League One · Saturday 26 August 2017

Result

Blackpool 2-1 Oldham Athletic

League One · Saturday 26 August 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Blackpool 2-1 Oldham Athletic: match report

Blackpool beat Oldham Athletic 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 26 August 2017. The half-time score was 2-0.

Sean Longstaff opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Blackpool's goals came from Sean Longstaff (6') and Kyle Vassell (15'). Oldham Athletic scored through D. Osei (70').

Discipline: Blackpool received 1 yellow card; Oldham Athletic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackpool were 11th on 4 points from 3 and Oldham Athletic 24th on 0 points from 3. Blackpool went on to finish that season 12th with 60 points, and Oldham Athletic 21st with 50.

Blackpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Oldham Athletic in a 5-3-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Blackpool wins, 1 draw and 1 for Oldham Athletic.

Going into the match Blackpool's last five read D-W-L and Oldham Athletic's L-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Sean LongstaffBlackpool · 1-0
  • 15'Goal · Kyle VassellBlackpool · 2-0
  • 25'Yellow card · Ollie BanksOldham Athletic
  • 70'Goal · D. OseiOldham Athletic · 2-1
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Colin DanielBlackpool

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Blackpool 0, draws 1, Oldham Athletic 1.

Team news

Blackpool line-up (4-3-3)

Ryan Allsop, Clark Robertson, Curtis Tilt, Ollie Turton, Colin Daniel, Jimmy Ryan, Sean Longstaff, Viv Solomon-Otabor, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Callum Cooke, K. Vassell

Oldham Athletic line-up (5-3-2)

Ben Wilson, Cameron Dummigan, Brian Wilson, Anthony Gerrard, Rob Hunt, Peter Clarke, Dan Gardner, Ollie Banks, Fane Ousmane, Aaron Amadi-Holloway, Darius Osei