Who owns Blackpool FC now?
Anissa Mueller
2025-04-27 11:52:32
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When Simon Sadler bought Blackpool FC in 2019, he was described by The Guardian as a local boy done good. Sadler was by then the doyen of one of Hong Kong’s largest and most successful hedge funds. He bought Blackpool FC for £10m, rescuing the club from the ruinous regime of local tycoon Owen Oyston. A Lancastrian to his core, Sadler, 54, was born in the seaside village of Bispham on the outskirts of Blackpool, and educated at the local Warbreck High School. When he bought Blackpool FC, Sadler ordered dozens of the team’s tangerine-coloured jerseys as gifts for Segantii’s employees. Back in Britain, he could barely contain his joy at taking over the club that had nurtured the legendary Stanley Matthews. All of a sudden, out of nowhere, I’m the owner of a football club, I’m walking the pitch and people are singing my name.
Alanna Lebsack
2025-04-27 11:26:42
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Blackpool owner Simon Sadler has reportedly held preliminary talks over the sale of the club. The boyhood Seasiders fan has owned Blackpool since 2019, and oversaw their promotion to the Championship in 2021. It is claimed Sadler has held preliminary conversations with at least one possible buyer and the EFL, with early-stage discussions taking place with people linked to Singapore-based investor Henry Teh.