Blackpool 3-0 Southampton: result and report

Championship · Saturday 31 March 2012

Result

Blackpool 3-0 Southampton

Championship · Saturday 31 March 2012, 16:25 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Blackpool 3-0 Southampton: match report

Blackpool defeated Southampton 3-0 in the Championship on Saturday 31 March 2012. The half-time score was 2-0.

Stephen Dobbie opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Blackpool's goals came from Stephen Dobbie (21', penalty), Stephen Dobbie (31') and Ian Evatt (52'). Southampton did not score.

Discipline: Blackpool received 1 yellow card; Southampton received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackpool were 8th on 60 points from 39 and Southampton 1st on 78 points from 39. Blackpool went on to finish that season 4th with 79 points, and Southampton 3rd with 88.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Blackpool win, 3 draws and 1 for Southampton.

Going into the match Blackpool's last five read L-D-W-L-L and Southampton's W-W-W-W-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Missed penalty · Billy SharpSouthampton
  • 21'Penalty goal · Stephen DobbieBlackpool · 1-0
  • 31'Goal · Stephen DobbieBlackpool · 2-0
  • 52'Goal · Ian EvattBlackpool · 3-0
  • 68'Yellow card · Danny FoxSouthampton
  • 73'Yellow card · Ángel MartínezBlackpool

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Blackpool 1, draws 3, Southampton 1.

Team news

Blackpool line-up

Neal Eardley, Alex Baptiste, Bob Harris, Keith Southern, Matt Phillips, Angel Martinez, Stephen Dobbie, Tom Ince, Matthew Gilks, Ian Ross Evatt, Gary Taylor-Fletcher

Southampton line-up

José Fonte, Danny Butterfield, Danny Fox, Jos Hooiveld, Morgan Schneiderlin, Jack Cork, Richard Chaplow, Adam Lallana, Guly, Patrick McCarthy, Kelvin Davis