Today Blackpool have been promoted to the Premier League leapfrogging PNE in the Lancashire pecking order. There was a time when it seemed that to go into the Premier League and be thrashed regularly looked a fate worth avoiding but having seen Burnley and Hull do that it now seems well worth the bragging rights.
Not sure if PNE have missed the crest of their wave but Blackpool were forecast to be relegated and only just made the play-offs so you can never say never.