A year ago this weekend a rave took place at Bloomfield Road as Blackpool FC fans returned en masse following decades of abuse from the Odious Oystons.
The last minute own-goal equaliser only added to the sense of theatre.
And the spectacle continued when the excellent Muckers Supporters Group cornered Shaun Harvey (then EFL chief executive) to persuade that it would be entirely unfair for the club to receive a 12-point deduction for the crimes of the Oystons and that they truly hoped that Harvey would accommodate this opinion particularly with he and his wife retiring to Lytham St Annes and no doubt wanting a leisurely and peaceful latter life.
If the 12 point deduction had been activated Blackpool would now be in 20th position in League One on the edge of relegation.
You can thank Paul Grimshaw and the Muckers for this reality being avoided.
Unfortunately, the optimism ends right there.
Fans had hoped that the new hierarchy at the club would not only move Blackpool forward to new heights but that they would also achieve this advancement with integrity.
But there has been no advancement and there are pockets where no or limited integrity resides.
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