On the 22nd May 2010, the impossible happened for Blackpool fans. After 90 minutes of sweltering heat, the team lifted the Championship play-off final trophy at Wembley to be promoted to the Premier League for the first time in the club's history.

After coming from behind twice, 11 Tangerine players became heroes, but three were lucky enough to score the goals that counted.

At the Official Blackpool Supporters Trust Gala Dinner to commemorate five years since promotion, Charlie Adam, Gary Taylor-Fletcher and Brett Ormerod looked back on their time as Tangerines.

FFC: What was it like at Wembley?

Adam: Wembley is a special stadium and it was a surreal atmosphere and we shouldn't have been anywhere near it but we did because we had a fantastic group of players. It was an incredible achievement and I am just so glad I was a part of it.

Taylor-Fletcher: As soon as we had Cardiff, we knew we were going up. We had a fire in our belly and it just all came together. Everything we had worked so hard for meant we knew that no one and nothing was going to stop us.

Ormerod: I think the whole day was just one of those one-off things that as a player you don't really think about at the time, but just seeing what it meant to the fans is something that will live with me for a very long time.

FFC: What was your favourite goal you scored for Blackpool?

Ormerod: The most important one was obviously Wembley. I was so proud to get the goal that took us into the Premier League. I was pretty pleased with all of them though!

Taylor-Fletcher: Personally family-wise it was scoring at Anfield. It was in front of my little lad and my family. It was just stunning! But then the final was just incredible.

FFC: Who was the most important man at the club while you were there?

Taylor-Fletcher: Thommo was the heart of that club. We could ring him whenever we needed anything. I mean he was the assistant manager, taxi driver, kit man, groundsman- anything else I missed off? He wasn't given the credit he deserved!

FFC: Brett, you played for Blackpool in two occasions- how was it coming back in the second spell?

Ormerod: They’ve both been very special for me. I did have reservations coming back because I didn't want to spoil what I had the first time around but it turned out to be the best decision I made in my career. We had such a fantastic squad, I have never been in an atmosphere like it.

FFC: The Blackpool fans celebrated with a bus parade on the Prom, how was that for the players?

Adam: I didn't know there was that many people that lived in Blackpool. It was an amazing day and just seeing what it meant to the fans was incredible. At the end of the season awards there was actually grown men crying and seeing that really put into perspective just what it meant to everyone involved in the club.

FFC: How do you feel looking back now?

Taylor-Fletcher: We were like a family and we all still are. What we did is now a memory but you can’t take that memory away from the fans or us.

Things may have taken a turn for the worse at the club, but for one night at the BST Gala Dinner everything was forgotten and the good times were remembered.

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