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Blackpool complete their pre-season programme as Port Vale visit Bloomfield Road Blackpool get for their final pre-season match of the summer this afternoon. Blackpool complete their preparations for the 2026/27 campaign this afternoon when they host Port Vale (3pm). It will be the supporters’ first chance to see Ian Evatt’s players in pre-season action at Bloomfield Road, after matches at AFC Fylde, Tranmere Rovers and Barrow AFC - and Wednesday’s behind-closed-doors home draw with Blackburn Rovers. That match featured Olly Casey, who played his first 45 minutes of the summer after returning from injury. He believed Blackburn provided a good test for the Seasiders, who are looking to take their fine form at the end of last season into the new one. “They are a top team,” the defender told the club’s in-house media. “I was one v one at the back a lot of the time, so I got my work in, and it was really good that I was physically tested after my time out. “I felt good and strong when I was running back and covering ground. “They’re all top players at that level. That’s why it’s good to play against them and I really enjoyed the test. “They are at the level we are striving to get to, so it was a really good game for us in preparation for the new season.” Having scored three times in their win at Fylde, the Seasiders then drew blanks at Tranmere and Barrow before Niall Ennis found the net against Blackburn. Subscribe now for HALF PRICE and catch every minute of our Seasiders coverage this season - from pre-season to the final whistle. click here Casey believes that a more clinical approach will present itself once the season starts with the Carabao Cup tie at Grimsby Town next Saturday. “At the minute we are just missing that last pass or shot,” he added. “It was similar to the Barrow match in that we couldn’t quite put our chances away. “We would rather have that now than when the season starts. Come the first game of the season we will put those chances away.”