Blackpool welcome Port Vale in the second round of the FA Cup next month - and the Staffordshire outfit will provide much stiffer opposition than conference outfit Tamworth did on Saturday.

It took just nine minutes for Blackpool to go ahead when Richie Wellens was given an amount of space which he could never dream of receiving against a professional side to slip a shot past Ryan Price in the Tamworth goal.

Price really should have done better with that, but he provided a candidate for the next goalkeeping gaffes video seconds after half time, with a dismal clearance to the feet to Keigan Parker, who side-footed home from the edge of the area.

Parker looked lively throughout and his form provides Hendry with something of a headache ahead of John Murphy's imminent return.

Blackpool could have had a hatful against a Tamworth side who were clearly outclassed in every department.

Simon Grayson had efforts harshly ruled out for offside in either half while Scott Taylor had a penalty well saved by Price.

That was about the only thing Price did right on an afternoon when his performance was described as 'calamitous' by manager, Mark Cooper.

He was also largely responsible for the third goal, a magnificent effort from Wellens.

Another hurried clearance saw the ball fall for the former Manchester United man who, on the turn, spotted the keeper off his line and curled a dipping shot into the back of the net.

TV viewers may not have been fully able to appreciate the technique involved from Wellens, who was on his backside by the time he struck the ball, but from the press box it looked every bit as difficult as his wonder-goal against Port Vale last year.

Wellens could and, possibly, should have made it a hat-trick after jinking through the bamboozled Tamworth defence and shooting against the bar.

Former England youth captain, Jamie Milligan, was back in a Seasiders shirt this week for a reserve game at Carlisle. Milligan has suffered injury problems since his release by Steve McMahon in 2003 and is being given a chance to resurrect the career which saw him play for Everton and the Seasiders.