AFTER the final whistle against Watford on Sunday, many of the supporters who stayed behind to applaud the team would have noticed one of the Watford players hold aloft a Blackpool scarf as he left the field.

The player in question was Danny Shittu, who spent a few months on-loan with the Seasiders in February 2001 - and it's safe to say he still has a soft spot for the club.

Before the game at the weekend, Danny spoke about his time with the club in the Official Matchday Programme. For those who didn't pick up a copy of BFC on Sunday, here is what he had to say about his time with the Seasiders.

"It's definitely a special moment and something that I won't forget for a very, very long time. Me playing and spending those couple of months at Blackpool and achieving promotion with them, it meant a lot," Shittu said.

"The supporters were great, the players were amazing and Steve McMahon gave me a chance to play league football, which I really owe him a lot to, because at that time not a lot of people were taking that chance and Steve McMahon took the chance on me to involve me in a team and to end up getting promotion.

"It was just a very special few months that I spent there. I really connected with the players, I really connected with the fans and, in some ways, I really hold it in my heart, one of the clubs I still hold in my heart in some way that I love going back to and I still hold really highly," he revealed.

"It was my first chance, and people usually judge you on what you do, so I came to Blackpool and, if it had have gone bad, I obviously don't think I would be where I am now. I was just very lucky to be in the right place where the players support you, the manager supports you - and the supporters were great. They helped me achieve my personal aim, which was to prove to (Alan) Curbishley and everybody else that I'm a good defender.

"While I was there I scored goals and I defended really well, so for me to leave Blackpool was sad. I spent a lot of months there and I loved it there. For me to leave when I had to leave was very, very hard to do. It's definitely something that I won't forget and a place that I still hold real highly," he added.