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LONDON (Reuters) – Blackpool have named Portsmouth manager Michael Appleton as their new boss after Ian Holloway quit to join Crystal Palace, the English second-tier side said in a statement on Wednesday.
The northern club played in the Premier League for one season in 2010/11 and missed out on an immediate return last May when they lost the playoff final to West Ham United.
Appleton, who has signed a one-year rolling contract, was relegated to the third tier with debt-stricken Portsmouth last term but the 36-year-old won plaudits for running the club on a shoestring.
Blackpool lie 12th after 15 games of the 46-match season.
(Editing by Justin Palmer)
