A £2.5m game at Bloomfield Road
Wednesday, 22nd April 2009
The price of Championship safety is a cool £2.5m for Blackpool and Nottingham Forest who meet this weekend
A new TV deal with Sky Sports and the BBC comes into place next season, providing a boost to the coffers for clubs in the second tier of English football.
Blackpool chairman Karl Oyston told The Gazette: "It is a substantial sum for a club like ours and it is why, this season, probably for the first time since I became chairman, we have really taken a gamble in terms of bringing players in."