The poll, run by Twitter account Against League Three, saw Blackpool's new owner ranked as the fifth best owner in the country.

It marks quite the transformation for Blackpool fans, who had been accustomed to seeing their previous owner - Owen Oyston - regularly voted the worst owner.

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Against League Three said more than 3,000 fans from 141 different clubs were polled on their clubs’ owners in the third annual survey.

Fans were asked to rate owners out of 10 in six areas: communications, finance, football, stadium, treatment of fans and transparency.

Blackpool were rated highly in all categories, ranking 93.44 out of 100 overall and 7.3 out of 10 for communication, 7.49 out of 10 for finance, 7.34 out of 10 for football operations, 7.21 out of 10 for stadium development/upkeep, 7.49 out of 10 for treatment of fans and 7.33 out of 10 for transparency.

One recipient commented: "After the Oystons, Simon Sadler is a complete breath of fresh air. Huge difference in a very short space of time

Simon Sadler has been voted the fifth best owner in English football according to a recent fans' survey

"Sadler has given us our club back, anything else is a bonus."

Sadler, a Blackpool-born lifelong fan of the club, completed his takeover in June 2019 after the club was placed into receivership.

In total, 104 Blackpool fans took part in the survey.

Chesterfield’s Dave Allen was voted the worst owner, followed by Macclesfield Town’s Amar Alkhadi, Newcastle United’s Mike Ashley, the Glazer family at Manchester United, Oldham’s Abdallah Lemsagam, SISU at Coventry City and Kidderminster Harrier’s former owner Colin Gordon.

Accrington’s Andy Holt was voted the best owner, followed by Leicester’s Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, Paul Ballantyne/Luton 2020 at Luton Town, Carol Shanahan at Port Vale and then Sadler.