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Blackpool vs Watford

• Kick off: 3:00pm Sat 23 Jan 10
• Referee: Carl Boyeson
• Venue: Bloomfield Road

Final score:

Blackpool 3 - 2 Watford

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94:00: Final whistle Watford lose 3-2 at Blackpool

91:00: Goal! Unbelievable. Watford have thrown away the three points. Omerod puts Blackpool 3-2 ahead

89:00: Goal! Watford fail to clear a corner properly and Ishmel Demontagnac's low shot fell to Southern. Loach did well to save his initial shot but was helples sto stop the rebound

85:00: Eustace is dispossessed in his own half and Vaughan put Omerod in but again Loach saved with his feet

80:00: Substitution Graham for Lansbury. The last of Watford's subs have been used

79:00: Goal! Great link up play between Cleverley and Lansbury sees Cleverley score. Cleverley picked the ball up 25 yards out and beat his defender before passing to Lansbury. The Arsenal youngster then slipped the ball between two defenders and into the path of Cleverley who beat Rachubka with a low shot

75:00: Substitution Ishmel Demontagnac and Ben Burgess on for Taylor-Fletcher and Bannan

74:00: Loach makes a super save to deny a powerful 30 yard strike from Adam which was heading for the top corner

72:00: Vaughan is allowed to dribble into the 18 yard box but Loach saves his central shot with his feet

70:00: Substitution Bennett for Hodson

67:00: Watford survive a dangerous Vaughan cross which flashes across the visitors' goalmouth

64:00: Watford have stopped playing their football and then Mariappa brought the ball down straight into the path of Taylor-Fletcher 18 yards out but his effort was dragged wide

58:00: Lansbury finds himself through one on one but he is clipped the recovering defender and is unable to put any power on his poke at goal and the keeper saves once more

55:00: Jenkins dummies a Helguson cross to allow Lansbury to shoot from eight yards out but Rachubka saved well low down

54:00: Pool break quickly for a corner and are three on two. Bannan cross to the unmarked Adam but his touch is poor and the defenders recover to give away a corner. Crainey's cross is just missed by Baptiste and divered goalwards by Doyley but Loach saved

52:00: Substitution Cowie off for Harley

51:00: Helguson has a chance when the ball comes to him 25 yards out but his half volley is weak and the keeper was able to watch it go wide

48:00: Loach will be disappointed he parried a relatively tame Eardley shot back into play but he made up for it with an excellent second stop to deny Omerod from close range. He then gather another long diistance effort but is currently receiving treatment

45:00: Half time it is Blackpool 1 Watford 1. Could argue it is a fair result so far, although Pool have had the better chances

45:00: Watford find themselves deep into Blackpool's half but end up passing the ball backwards and then Eustace gives the ball away

43:00: Yellow card Evatt booked for slightly late challenge on Eustace

42:00: Southern has a shot deflected wide and eventually Watford clear the corner and win a free kick

41:00: Watford create space on the edge of the area and Cleverley turned well but his shot was deflected and then Lansbury gave away a needless free kick

39:00: Eustace give away a free kick 30 yards from Watford's goal but his strike is well over and wide

38:00: Southern has another attempt from distance and this time it goes narrowly wide. Loach looked as though he wouldn't have made it

34:00: Watford win another free kick but after the initial delivery is cleared, they give away a free kick themselves when the cross is sent back in

29:00: Adam tries an acrobatic volley from a corner but it goes comfortably over

27:00: Goal! Watford equalise through Lansbury. Helguson beat his man on the left byline and pulled it back to Lansbury six yards out and he slotted the ball underneath Rachubka

24:00: Good play from Watford earns a corner but Rachubka claims well

23:00: Hodson gives away a free kick on the edge of the area but Eardley's curling effort is over and wide

17:00: Goal! Blackpool open the scoring. Loach saved Southern's long distance effort but could only parry it out. The ball is worked out wide and Loach is unable to gather Eardley's cross under pressure from Adam and the midfielder bundles the ball in from close range

16:00: Southern intercepts a pass in Watford's half and Omerod dribbles the ball to the edge of the area before firing over

14:00: Watford keep the ball well and work their way up the left side of the pitch though Eustace, Doyley and Cowie. Lansbury flicks Cowie's cross into the path of Helguson but his volley is dragged wide

12:00: Adam tries an audacious lob from ten yards inside his own half but it is well wide

10:00: Lansbury is unable to beat Ruchubka to Cleverley's cross

9:00: Loach makes another excellent save from a header, this time from Southern. And then he claims the resulting corner

6:00: Adam, as he has done all season, pulling the strings and he passes out wide to right back Eardley and his cross picks out Adam in the middle and the midfielder's looping header was heading for the top corner but Loach just reaches it with his finger tips. Great save

2:00: Left back Crainey sends in a deep cross but it is slightly too high for Taylor-Fletcher and goes out for a throw in

1:00: Watford create an opening in the opening 30 seconds when Cleverley, who has started alongside Helguson up front, slipped Helguson in but the striker was adjudged to be offside

0:00: Danny Graham has been dropped by Watford for this afternoon's Championship clash with Blackpool and will join new signing Stephen McGinn on the bench. Malky Mackay had kept faith with Graham despite the striker only scoring once in 17 matches but the former Carlisle United man will not start this afternoon. McGinn is also on the bench following his £125,000 move from St Mirren after not being involved in the squad for last week's 2-1 defeat to Doncaster Rovers. Graham's absence will see Ross Jenkins make his first start since October 23 following back surgery, which should result in either Don Cowie or Henri Lansbury playing behind Heidar Helguson up front. This afternoon will see two out of form sides go up against each other - Watford have not won in six and Pool are without a victory in four. Former Hornet Hameur Bouazza is away with Algeria at the African Cup of Nations but ex-Watford midfielder Al Bangura is on the bench. Blackpool: Eardley, Evatt, Baptiste, Crainey; Southern, Adams, Vaughan; Taylor-Fletcher, Omerod, Bannan. Subs: Gilks, Demontagnac, Butler, Edwards, Bangura, Burgess, Nardiello. Watford: Loach; Hodson, Mariappa, DeMerit, Doyley; Jenkins, Lansbury, Eustace, Cleverley; Cowie; Helguson. Subs: Lee, Bennett, Harley, Bryan, McGinn, Hoskins, Graham.