Match ends, Blackpool 3, Bradford City 2.
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Blackpool scored three times in the final six minutes to come from two goals down and beat Bradford 3-2 in David Hopkin's first game in charge of the visitors.
Eoin Doyle and Jack Payne gave Bradford the lead, but Jay Spearing scored twice and Curtis Tilt pounced on Richard O'Donnell's error to snatch a late winner.
The game burst into life after 59 minutes when Tilt tripped Kelvin Mellor in the area and Doyle coolly sent Mark Howard the wrong way from the spot.
Payne then doubled the lead five minutes later, finishing low into the corner through a defender's legs.
Spearing pulled one back from the spot with six minutes remaining, firing into the bottom corner after O'Donnell fouled Armand Gnanduillet.
Three minutes later, Ryan McGowan tripped Tilt in the area and, though O'Donnell saved Spearing's initial penalty, the Blackpool captain converted the rebound.
And Tilt then won the game in the 90th minute when O'Donnell spilled a routine cross, pouncing on the loose ball and stabbing in.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Line-ups
Blackpool
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Howard
- 20Turton
- 2Daniels
- 16Tilt
- 27Bola
- 8Spearing
- 15Thompson
- 7Delfouneso
- 14PritchardSubstituted forGnanduilletat 63'minutes
- 24FeeneySubstituted forNottinghamat 76'minutes
- 9CullenSubstituted forMcLaughlinat 64'minutes
Substitutes
- 6Heneghan
- 12Nottingham
- 17McLaughlin
- 18O'Sullivan
- 21Gnanduillet
- 29Sinclair-Smith
- 37Mafoumbi
Bradford
Formation 4-4-2
- 1O'DonnellBooked at 83mins
- 15Mellor
- 4McGowan
- 6O'Connor
- 22Knight-Percival
- 36ColvilleSubstituted forGibsonat 74'minutes
- 23WoodBooked at 50mins
- 44WrightSubstituted forO'Brienat 66'minutes
- 10Payne
- 9Doyle
- 12MillerBooked at 49minsSubstituted forBallat 62'minutes
Substitutes
- 17Dandery Seedorf
- 18Brunker
- 25Isherwood
- 27Gibson
- 31Sykes-Kenworthy
- 39O'Brien
- 40Ball
- Referee:
- Simon Hooper
- Attendance:
- 4,393
Match Stats
Home TeamBlackpoolAway TeamBradford
- Possession
- Home56%
- Away44%
- Shots
- Home18
- Away7
- Shots on Target
- Home7
- Away4
- Corners
- Home8
- Away3
- Fouls
- Home12
- Away14
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Blackpool 3, Bradford City 2.
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Foul by Michael Nottingham (Blackpool).
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Connor Wood (Bradford City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Jay Spearing (Blackpool).
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Lewis O'Brien (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Ryan McLaughlin (Blackpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Ryan McGowan (Bradford City).
Goal!
Goal! Blackpool 3, Bradford City 2. Curtis Tilt (Blackpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
Goal!
Goal! Blackpool 2, Bradford City 2. Jay Spearing (Blackpool) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner following a set piece situation.
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Penalty saved! Jay Spearing (Blackpool) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
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Penalty Blackpool. Curtis Tilt draws a foul in the penalty area.
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Penalty conceded by Anthony O'Connor (Bradford City) after a foul in the penalty area.
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Hand ball by Jack Payne (Bradford City).
Goal!
Goal! Blackpool 1, Bradford City 2. Jay Spearing (Blackpool) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Booking
Richard O'Donnell (Bradford City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Penalty Blackpool. Armand Gnanduillet draws a foul in the penalty area.
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Penalty conceded by Richard O'Donnell (Bradford City) after a foul in the penalty area.
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Attempt saved. David Ball (Bradford City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Attempt saved. Donervon Daniels (Blackpool) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
