FOOTBALL: Bloomin' hell,what abattle.
BLACKPOOL have a proud Cup-fighting past and current manager Steve McMahon has enjoyed the glory days too.But as McMahon looked around the decrepit Bloomfield Road ground before tomorrow's FA Cup clash with non-Leaguers Yeovil, he stated: "Let's get it right from the start - we are the underdogs.
"Yeovil may be officially ranked as non-League. But they are a totally professional club. They train every day. Their wage bill is higher than ours and their ground is far better than ours.
"To be honest I don't think we could afford to sign one of their players.
"Still, it is going to be one hell of a match."
McMahon this week tried to persuade his club to let him spend some of the pounds 75,000 windfall it will get from Sky for screening the game."
McMahon said: "I doubt very much whether I will get the money. The chairman said 'No' when I asked him, but I'm a firm believer that you can negotiate from there."
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| Title Annotation: | Sport |
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| Publication: | The Mirror (London, England) |
| Date: | Dec 9, 2000 |
| Words: | 166 |
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