Blackpool defender Ian Evatt has hit out at the way the club, and manager Ian Holloway, have been portrayed during their stunning charge to the Barclays Premier League. The Seasiders are back with the big boys for the first time since 1971 after beating Cardiff 3-2 in the Championship play-off final at Wembley.
They are already odds on to bounce straight back down this time next year but Evatt is having none of it.
'People have been so disrespectful about us,' said Evatt. 'We were written off. They said, in pre-season, that we were relegation fodder. During the season, they were saying "oh, they won't keep it up".
'A week ago I read an article saying that we wouldn't win a throw-in in the Premier League. How disrespectful is that?
'Everyone is going to think "Blackpool are in the Premier League - how are they there?"
'We know that they are going to look down their noses at us. But it's up to us to prove people wrong again.
'The more people write us off, the more this bunch of players seem to come together and prove people wrong.'
Evatt is one of only two current Blackpool players who have survived from their League One play-off final win over Yeovil three years ago under former manager Simon Grayson.(Daily Mail)
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