Stephen Crainey | Reliving a Tangerine dream

Sportdec's Football League Show

'Everywhere you went in Blackpool, people were talking about it. Going to the likes of Old Trafford and Stamford Bridge and taking on the best players in the world, you were really pinching yourself. Those three or four years were incredible and something I'll never ever forget.' Blackpool legend Stephen Crainey reflects on a period at Blackpool FC that went down in English football history. It was a time when over 100,000 people lined Blackpool's famous promenade as the Seasiders shook up the game when they wandered into uncharted territory. It was also a special time for their manager Ian Holloway, whose boisterous and addictive personality was set free on the Premier League. 'As a player, you wanted to run through brick walls for him. He was incredible and we knew the press would love him', added Crainey. Six years on and the Tangerine dream is well and truly over with the club currently languishing in England's fourth tier league. The former Scotland international joins Dave O'Grady and Stephen Elliott on Sportdec's Football League Show to tell an amazing story of life along the Fylde during and after Blackpool's football hay day. If you like what you hear on the show, please let us know by tweeting @SportdecApp.