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BLACKPOOL’S pre-season friendly at Lancaster was abandoned on Saturday after a number of fans invaded the pitch.
In scenes reminiscent of Blackpool’s final game of last season, supporters entered the field at Lancaster’s Giant Axe.
Blackpool’s game with Huddersfield on May 2 had to be called off after protests against chairman Karl Oyston spilled over onto the Bloomfield Road pitch.
A tumultuous summer on the back of relegation to League One has done little to quell the anger of Blackpool’s fans and on Saturday they continued their protests.
“The match has been halted as a small group of Blackpool fans have invaded the pitch to protest,” Lancaster City said.
“Our friendly match with Blackpool has been abandoned by the referee following a pitch invasion by a small group of supporters.”
The game, which the visitors were winning 3-1, was abandoned shortly after with 75 minutes having been played.
Fans have protested loudly at the way the club has been run for the last two years and relations between them and both owner Owen Oyston and his son Karl reached rock bottom at the end of last season.
