Grayson returns to Blackpool
Simon Grayson is looking to provide some "good days" for League One side Blackpool after returning as first-team manager on a two-year deal.
The 49-year-old enjoyed success in his first managerial role with the Seasiders when he guided them to the second-tier for the first time in 29 years thanks to a League One play-off final win against Yeovil in 2007.
It's now a new era and it's important that we get this football club, with its fantastic history and tradition, back to some good, positive days again.
Simon Grayson
Grayson kept Blackpool in the Championship the next season before he departed to take over the managerial reins at Leeds United in 2008.
He will now return to Bloomfield Road on the back of Terry McPhillips' decision to step down from the position earlier in the week.
Grayson told the club's website: "When Terry made the decision on Tuesday that he wanted to leave, the club contacted me to see whether I would be interested in coming back.
"After speaking to (owner) Simon (Sadler) I thought it was an exciting project to come back to Blackpool and try and take the club forward, especially with the brand new optimism under the new owner.
"It's now a new era and it's important that we get this football club, with its fantastic history and tradition, back to some good, positive days again."
Sadler added: "It was important to act swiftly and appoint a new manager who can hit the ground running. Simon's achievements at this level and above speak for themselves.
"He has a proven track record of getting teams promoted from this division and had great success at this club previously, building a team full of winners and leaders who set the platform for the years that followed.
"As I stated on Monday, the goal is to get this club back in the Championship within the next few years, and Simon is the man to help us achieve that."
Blackpool are 33/1 to win the League One title and are priced at 10/1 to be promoted in 2019-20.
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Simon Grayson is looking to provide some "good days" for League One side Blackpool after returning as first-team manager on a two-year deal.
The 49-year-old enjoyed success in his first managerial role with the Seasiders when he guided them to the second-tier for the first time in 29 years thanks to a League One play-off final win against Yeovil in 2007.
It's now a new era and it's important that we get this football club, with its fantastic history and tradition, back to some good, positive days again.
Simon Grayson
Grayson kept Blackpool in the Championship the next season before he departed to take over the managerial reins at Leeds United in 2008.
He will now return to Bloomfield Road on the back of Terry McPhillips' decision to step down from the position earlier in the week.
Grayson told the club's website: "When Terry made the decision on Tuesday that he wanted to leave, the club contacted me to see whether I would be interested in coming back.
"After speaking to (owner) Simon (Sadler) I thought it was an exciting project to come back to Blackpool and try and take the club forward, especially with the brand new optimism under the new owner.
"It's now a new era and it's important that we get this football club, with its fantastic history and tradition, back to some good, positive days again."
Sadler added: "It was important to act swiftly and appoint a new manager who can hit the ground running. Simon's achievements at this level and above speak for themselves.
"He has a proven track record of getting teams promoted from this division and had great success at this club previously, building a team full of winners and leaders who set the platform for the years that followed.
"As I stated on Monday, the goal is to get this club back in the Championship within the next few years, and Simon is the man to help us achieve that."
Blackpool are 33/1 to win the League One title and are priced at 10/1 to be promoted in 2019-20.
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Source: bet365.com
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