Parkes and Thompson set to take temporary charge

The club have just announced that the Seasiders new management team will be in charge of both training on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day as well as Blackpool's forthcoming Boxing Day trip to Sheffield Wednesday.

Whilst there is still no sign of whether Simon Grayson will ask his two right hand men to join him at Leeds Blackpool have given the duo an opportunity of securing the job full-time with this temporary appointment.