05/08/2014
Blackpool finally sign
a goalkeeper – Joe
Lewis on loan from
Cardiff
Club have been
without a keeper all
pre-season
Blackpool have first
Championship game on
Saturday
Joe Lewis said: "It’s
great to come to a club
like Blackpool."
Photograph: Martin
Rickett/PA
Press Association
Tuesday 5 August 2014
13.49 EDT
Blackpool have finally
signed a goalkeeper,
four days before they
start the new
Championship campaign,
by bringing in Joe Lewis
from Cardiff on a
season-long loan.
The club have been
without a keeper for
the whole of pre-
season after Matt Gilks
left for Burnley.
Lewis told Blackpool’s
website: “I was sat at
Cardiff for the last two
seasons behind David
Marshall, who has done
outstanding.
“I’ve had to make do
with a couple of cup
games and the odd
league game here and
there, and it was pretty
frustrating really. I
knew that I had to get
out and play some
regular football.
“It’s great to come to a
club like Blackpool and
hopefully make the
number one position my
own.”
The 26-year-old has a
wealth of experience,
with over 200
appearances since
coming through the
academy at Norwich. He
has since played for
Stockport, Morecambe
and Peterborough,
before transferring to
the Bluebirds in 2012 for
£400,000.
Lewis joined on an initial
loan with a view to a
permanent deal. The
terms of the deal this
season mean he cannot
play against his parent
club Cardiff.
Blackpool have made a
flurry of signings in
recent weeks after just
eight professionals
turned up to pre-season
training, with more than
20 players leaving the
club.
José Riga’s men begin
their Championship
campaign at the
weekend against
Nottingham Forest.
