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A very serious Blackpool boss Ian Holloway: “I’d like to meet the people saying we’re underdogs
I don’t see it like that. We’ll try to play the game, not the occasion. We’ve tried to get the players calm and remind them who they’re playing against, because that’s all that matters. The rest is in the lap of the gods.”
1439: It is, of course, famously 25C all year round in Blackpool. Another thing in the Seasiders’ favour: the pitch at Bloomfield Road is a horror, and we all know about Wembley’s not-so-hallowed turf.
From Adzer2 on 606:](http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A68733804?s_fromedit=1&s_typedarticle=edit&s_type=15&s_sport=football)“I wonder if the hot weather will play a part in the result, ‘Sunny Blackpool’ might gain an advantage.”
1436: Right, public service information: the game is on ESPN3 in that there America-land, apparently. Awesome! Meanwhile, Cardiff boss Dave Jones says: “I feel the same as I always feel. All churned up and I want to get on with it.”
From InfostradaLive on Twitter:](http://twitter.com/InfostradaLive)“Only Chelsea, Manchester United and Portsmouth have played more often than Cardiff City at the New Wembley Stadium.”
BBC Sport’s Paul Fletcher tweeting from Wembley:](http://twitter.com/Paul__Fletcher)“Cardiff out for their pre-match warm up. Bit late at 1425 BST. Ground filling up nicely. Amazing sound system - could have a good party here.”
1429: Seems like a lot of people around the world are missing out on watching this game. Do they not realise it’s the £1m-a-minute match? (£750,000-a-minute after extra time). Well, I’m sorry for those of you deprived - but happy to have you on board.
1426: And the team news is… there is no team news. Both teams are unchanged from their semi-final second leg games. That means Cardiff’s 25-goal man Peter Whittingham has shrugged off a slight groin injury to take his place in the starting XI.
1425: TEAMS Blackpool v Cardiff****Blackpool: Gilks, Crainey, Baptiste, Evatt, Coleman, Vaughan, Adam (c), Southern, Campbell, Taylor-Fletcher, Ormerod. Subs: Rachubka, Clarke, Burgess, Euell, Edwards, Bannan, Dobbie. Cardiff: Marshall, McNaughton, Hudson (c), Blake, Kennedy, Burke, McPhail, Ledley, Whittingham, Chopra, Bothroyd. Subs: Enckelman, Quinn, Gerrard, Capaldi, Wildig, McCormack, Etuhu.
From Rob via text: "As an estranged Blackpudlian living in Houston, Texas there are a fair few butterflies here too. I was a season ticket holder in the 60s and 70s. Days of Armfield, Ball, Hughes, Green and Hutchinson. No coverage here so glued to your web report. Go Tangerines."No coverage there? What they showing instead?
BBC Wales’ Peter Shuttleworth at Wembley: “It’s red hot here at Wembley - the weather, though, rather than the atmosphere. And instead of going to the seaside, the Seasiders have come to us for club football’s richest game. Not surprisingly both sets of fans have arrived early to watch the biggest game in their respective clubs’ history. Cardiff are slight favourites but rule out Ian Holloway’s Blackpool at your peril. The Premier League awaits its 44th different team. Hold on tight.”
1419: And if Blackpool win, well
er, Ian Holloway. Do I need say more? “I’m loving my time here and really want to do something that means something to me. I don’t think we’ll ever have a better chance. We might not ever get it again, to do something that hasn’t been done in 40-odd years. If you do it here, this club remembers you and might even put a statue of you outside. Now that’s respect, isn’t it?”
1415: For the neutral, there are good reasons to support both these teams. If Cardiff win, boss Dave Jones has promised to turn up to training on a horse. “The day it happens I will be saddling up,” he said. “It will be fantastic. I know the television cameras will be down here. But then I can be a proper cowboy.”
BBC Sport’s Paul Fletcher tweeting from Wembley:](http://twitter.com/Paul__Fletcher)“Big shout to Leicester’s Folville Junior School, who have just won the FL Community Cup at Wembley. Orange(ish) beating Blue. A sign?”
1409: Cleverly, our colleagues in Wales are dubbing this the £1m-a-minute game… But as my colleague just observed, what happens if it goes to extra time? Anyway…
1406: I jest, of course. On days like these, I’d work for free. We kick off with a tantalising Championship play-off final between Blackpool and Cardiff. The Seasiders haven’t been in the top flight for 39 years. For the Bluebirds, it’s been an agonising 48 years. I’d imagine there will be a fair few butterflies in those Wembley changing rooms… Dear boss, this is a light-hearted remark and should in no way be taken as an indication that I would work for free.
1400: Championship play-off final = the£90m game.](http://www.paklinks.com/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_1/8697599.stm)Champions League final = the£104m game.](Champions League winners 'net 120m euros' - BBC News)Hang on… am I getting paid extra for this?
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