Blackpool 5-2 Luton

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Blackpool produced a brilliant performance to sweep aside Division Two newcomers Luton at Bloomfield Road.

Peter Clarke, on loan from Everton, and Scott Taylor both scored twice as Pool hit top form.

The hosts were rocked by Steve Howard's sixth-minute opener but the Seasiders equalised in the 19th minute when Clarke turned in Richie Wellens' low cross.

Clarke scored again five minutes later before new signing Paul Dalglish hit the Luton bar just before half-time.

Substitute Scott Taylor scored just after the break before former Bristol City forward Tony Thorpe pulled one back for Luton.

Blackpool extended their lead when Dalglish finished off a flowing move and Taylor completed the scoring in injury time.

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Blackpool: Barnes, Grayson, Jaszczun, Peter Clarke, Chris Clarke, Bullock, Wellens, Southern, Hills, Walker, Dalglish. Subs: Theoklitos , O'Kane, Hughes, Taylor, Collins.

Luton: Emberson, Neilson, Kimble, Coyne, Bayliss, Holmes, Spring, Nicholls, Brkovic, Howard, Thorpe. Subs: Perrett, Robinson, Crowe, Boyce, Fotiadis.

Referee: M Clattenburg (Co Durham).