Between 10 November and the end of the season, the club went on to record thirteen consecutive League wins at Bloomfield Road.
Three days later, Blackpool won the return leg at Bloomfield Road 2–0, courtesy of a double by David Eyres, and took the tie 3–2 on aggregate.
Blackpool's celebration of reaching Wembley since the famous "Matthews Final" thirty-eight years earlier was overshadowed by the news that their former player and manager Stan Mortensen, who scored a hat-trick in that final, had died earlier in the day, at the age of 69.
Dave Bamber missed the decisive penalty, the second of sudden death, putting it well wide of Gareth Howells' left-hand post.
Holmes 090Evans 100Edwards 110Loram Substitutes: 120Hall 140 Manager: John Impey Players used: 24 Total goals scored: 84 (plus four own-goals)