If you saw the play off match between Blackpool and Nottingham Forest last night then you were certainly entertained. Blackpool’s 4-3 victory – in which DJ Campbell scored his first professional hat trick – was a thriller and leaves them 90 minutes from the Premiership.

Blackpool: A unique away day

We hope they do it for a whole host of reasons. Firstly, the alternative is either Cardiff or Leicester and with no disrespect to either club the prospect of watching them doesn’t fill us with excitement. Watching Blackpool does. They’re new, they’re fresh, they’re exciting! Sounds like an advert for washing powder, but to be honest, the bright orange shirts of Blackpool running out at Old Trafford or Anfield derives a certain childish glee!

Secondly, away days for the supporters in Blackpool will be a ball. The town has a certain reputation, based on fact, if we’re honest. It’s viewed as a typical English seaside resort; grimy, dirty, paint peeling and littered. All “Kiss Me Quick” hats, donkey rides and crap cabaret on the piers.

It’s part of its charm. So now imagine a couple of thousand supporters from the likes of Chelsea descending on it, downing beers, eating candy floss and popcorn and wondering where the hell they’ve ended up. Brilliant!

After the game you can roll up to the Pleasure Beach, ride the Big One, see the Illuminations in winter, visit the Tower and waste your money trying to win a teddy bear for the impatient wife or girlfriend back home. Yes, an away day at Blackpool will be unique.

Funny as f***

Finally, and far more importantly, if Blackpool make it through the play off final and into the Premier League we’ll have their ever-entertaining manager Ian Holloway finally getting the weekly coverage he deserves. How can you not be entertained by comments such as this:

On Cristiano Ronaldo:

“He’s six foot something, fit as a flea, good looking – he’s got to have something wrong with him. Hopefully he’s hung like a hamster – That would make us all feel better. Having said that, me missus has got a pet hamster at home, and his cock’s massive.“

On Blackpool:

“I love Blackpool. We’re very similar. We both look better in the dark.”

On…burglary?!:

“If you’re a burglar, it’s no good poncing about outside somebody’s house, looking good with your swag bag ready. Just get in there, burgle them and come out. I don’t advocate that obviously, it’s just an analogy.”

On a win against Chesterfield:

“To put it in gentleman’s terms if you’ve been out for a night and you’re looking for a young lady and you pull one, some weeks they’re good looking and some weeks they’re not the best. Our performance today would have been not the best looking bird but at least we got her in the taxi. She wasn’t the best looking lady we ended up taking home but she was very pleasant and very nice, so thanks very much, let’s have a coffee.”

On luck:

“I have such bad luck at the moment that if I fell in a barrel of boobs I’d come out sucking my thumb.”

And somewhat randomly, on the Dukes of Hazard:

“There was a woman in it who was quite well-endowed and two boys who used to get drunk and have a fight – it had everything for me.”

Who asks these questions?! Never mind, the fact of the matter is we’d welcome Blackpool into the Premier League with open arms just for Holloway

What’s your favourite Holloway quote? And would you be as pleased as us to see Blackpool get promoted? Let us know in the comments.