More than 15,000 supporters pack the stands for visit of Southend after a boycott which lasted more than 200 games
Sunday 10 March 2019 10:35, UK
Blackpool fans finally made an emotional return after ending their near four-year boycott of Bloomfield Road.
Supporters filled the previously empty stands for Saturday's League One home game with Southend after former owners the Oyston family were this week forced to relinquish interest in the club.
There were 15,871 fans in the stadium, compared to the 4,000 who turned up to watch the team play Oxford United a fortnight earlier.
Taylor Moore's own goal in added time, made it 2-2, and led to a mini pitch invasion from the delighted supporters in tangerine.
The cause of the boycott dates back to the team's 2010-11 season in the Premier League.
The £90m parachute payments the club received on relegation should have helped strengthen the squad but supporters complained it was never reinvested - and Blackpool suffered three relegations in five seasons.
