1 BLACKPOOL
2010-11
The Premier League’s greatest single-season cameo started humbly: three days before their opening game, Blackpool had only 15 players. They still hadn’t received promotion bonuses. Stadium delays forced them to play away. Ian Holloway recruited five players in one day and watched newly-acquired Marlon Harewood score twice in a 4-0 win at Wigan.
It was an incredible start to an incredible campaign. Blackpool lost their next match 6-0 but never stopped attacking: driven on by Charlie Adam, DJ Campbell and teenage supersub Matt Phillips, the Tangerines netted 55 goals, beating Liverpool twice.
Their two meetings against Manchester United summarised it best of
