Summary

  • Blackpool fans stage 53rd-minute protest

  • Zoko drills home left-footed

  • Blackpool win for first time this season

  • Blackpool off the bottom of the table

  1. Postpublished at 20:54 British Summer Time 3 October 2014

    Let's see how this protest pans out then. It's due to begin on 53 minutes gone. How many Blackpool fans are going to leave?

  2. Postpublished at 20:53 British Summer Time 3 October 2014

    Terrible advert for Championship football there. Bruno Ecuele-Manga shanks a simple clearance to David Perkins, who is just three yards away on the edge of the box. But Perkins blazes so, so high and wide.

    Then moments later Donervon Daniels absolutely launches a clearance down the pitch.

    What happened to that silky stuff?

  3. Postpublished at 20:50 British Summer Time 3 October 2014

    Blackpool are back with it soon enough and some lovely link-up play between Ishmael Miller and Edu Oriol almost leads to an opening for Nathan Delfouneso on the edge of the box. He goes down under a 50-50 challenge, possibly looking to make the most of what was a difficult chance.

  4. KICK-OFFpublished at 20:48 British Summer Time 3 October 2014

    Here we go then. Cardiff start with the ball.

  5. Leaving early?published at 20:47 British Summer Time 3 October 2014

    Blackpool

    Fans who do walk out on this one early in the second half will surely not call it a night.

    But in the City that never sleeps, you are never short of entertainment. A few hundred yards away from Bloomfield Road such delights as the Diamonettes Showgirls Show, The Aaron Levi Show, or Michael Jordan's High Jinx Magic & Illusion Show await for the paying punter.

    I know which one I'd choose...

  6. Postpublished at 20:42 British Summer Time 3 October 2014

    Will that first-half performance have any bearing on the plans for a walkout on 53 minutes then?

    Blackpool certainly didn't play like a team that are bottom of the league. There was some lovely one-touch stuff going on. Surely that's reason enough to stay?

    The official attendance hasn't been announced yet, but judging by the number of fans who were holding up the lights on their phones (see 31 mins), the Cardiff fans might have the place to themselves by the end of this. Unless they walk out too...

  7. HALF-TIMEpublished at 20:39 British Summer Time 3 October 2014

    Burton 0-1 Cambridge

    Dagenham 1-0 Exeter

    As it stands then, Burton will remain on top of League Two but could be displaced by Wycombe, Bury or Southend tomorrow afternoon.

  8. Join the debate at #bbcfootballpublished at 20:34 British Summer Time 3 October 2014

    As Blackpool fans prepare to walk out in protest after 53 minutes tonight, we asked is it OK to walk out on your team?

    Mark Branigan:, external In my opinion you should always support your team through the good timed and, particularly, through the bad times

    Owain:, external Yes because it helps convey an important message, and No because a team (especially at home) needs its supporters

  9. North of the borderpublished at 20:34 British Summer Time 3 October 2014

    No goals in the first half but plenty of chances and Kilmarnock will probably feel the better opportunities fell their way.

    Follow the Scottish action here.

  10. HALF-TIMEpublished at 20:33 British Summer Time 3 October 2014

    Are we going to get a goal in this one lads? If it's coming we'll have to wait a little longer in any case. Blackpool have been the better team so far.

  11. INJURY TIMEpublished at 20:31 British Summer Time 3 October 2014

    Two minutes until the whistle.

  12. CLOSE!published at 20:30 British Summer Time 3 October 2014

    It's flagged for offside as Ishmael Miller had strayed way beyond the last man but David Perkins' shot from outside the box is deflected just inches wide of the Cardiff post.

    Miller is then back in the action, powering down the left this time, but as he bears down on goal his composure goes, and he blazes into the stands.

  13. Postpublished at 20:28 British Summer Time 3 October 2014

    Blackpool have had so many chances to score that you feel Cardiff are about to nick one before half-time.

    A free kick for Peter Whittingham seems the perfect opportunity but he fires over, and Ell Parish dashes across his line, hurried but not worried.

  14. CLOSE!published at 20:26 British Summer Time 3 October 2014

    Edu Oriol is among the action here again and it's a lot better than his previous involvement. Ishmael Miller, again rampaging down the Cardiff left, fires in a cross and the Bluebirds almost conspire to lay it on a plate for Oriol to tap in. Bruno Ecuele Manga gets on to it and stabs clear. Good defending in the end.

  15. Postpublished at 20:23 British Summer Time 3 October 2014

    Edu Oriol loses the ball in midfield trying to dribble pas three players. The ball falls to Fabio who breaks down the left, showing blistering pace, but he is crowded out and Blackpool have a goal kick.

    Can they get something from this positive start?

  16. League Two latestpublished at 20:23 British Summer Time 3 October 2014

    The League Two leaders are behind! Cambridge take a 1-0 lead at Burton as Tom Elliott heads home - only the second goal conceded at home this season by Albion.

  17. Postpublished at 20:21 British Summer Time 3 October 2014

    Straight down the other end a Cardiff free-kick almost causes havoc in the Blackpool defence. A mix -up between defender and goalkeeper sees Ell Parish emerge with the ball before anything disastrous can happen.

  18. CLOSE!published at 20:20 British Summer Time 3 October 2014

    Blackpool v CardiffImage source, Empics

    Nathan Delfouneso is clean through but can't get a shot away - he is denied by a last-ditch tackle by Fabio. The follow-up by Ishmael Miller is then blocked, and Blackpool pour forward again but a cross is claimed by David Marshall. Cardiff will look to calm things down after that. Best chance of the night.

  19. Postpublished at 20:17 British Summer Time 3 October 2014

    This is a new one. Blackpool fans are flashing the lights on their mobile phones, seemingly in some kind of planned communal action. All the talk has been of the walkout on 53 minutes, in protest against the club's owners. But we've already seen black balloons and now this too.

  20. Postpublished at 20:15 British Summer Time 3 October 2014

    Blackpool v CardiffImage source, Empics

    Just past the half-way stage and so far Blackpool are just edging it for me. It's an open game, and both sides look like they could score, but Blackpool have created the better openings and are breaking forward with greater purpose.