Not long ago, a thunderous cloud covered Bloomfield Road, Blackpool tower and the rest of the town. The Oyston family had been the architects of Blackpool's three-decade long demise. The villainous leeches extracting every last atom of Blackpool Football Club's soul.

The authoritarian regime finally ended in a saga worthy of being in a superhero comic-book. The local boy, Simon Sadler,  led the final charge to end the Oyston tyranny and bought the club he supports.

Sadler has a omniscient teaching equal to Uncle Ben's story-book pep-talk to Peter Parker.

"To have the opportunity to be the person that buys the club and rebuilds it - that’s a great opportunity," he told the Guardian. "But it’s also a great responsibility."

As the countdown to the new season enters into single digits, Blackpool's brave new hero has set his sights on a new era. He hopes to re-galvanise the community, and the restore its lost soul.

Sadler said earlier this month: “I wouldn’t say the club is able to fund itself, I would say there is some very significant investment that is needed and I’m prepared for that. You just need to look around the stadium – there’s clearly some TLC needed.

He continued: "The academy needs to be developed and of course the big one is the training ground. Squires Gate, as long a history as it’s got, is not really suitable for a club of Blackpool’s stature. Blackpool should be a solid Championship club and that is the goal."

Sadler looks to invest in the club's facilities, a change of infrastructure looks set to be implemented in the future.

"We’re going to build a modern, progressive football club here," Sadler noted. “I will look to appoint a director of football to drive the philosophy of the club, while also having a large hand in recruitment.”

In addition, Blackpool manager Grayson feels unthreatened by the potential appointment: “If it takes any pressure away from me dealing with agents, I’m more than happy and he’s more than welcome to do that."

A cohesive united future has been a forgotten culture at Bloomfield Road, with a divide opening for how the fans should have supported the club during the latter Oyston years. However, the Pool's have prepared a scheme to bring everyone together for the first game of the season at home to Bristol Rovers.

"To mark the occasion [of the new era], we’re giving season ticket holders the opportunity to purchase a maximum of four discounted match tickets to bring along additional friends and family," the club said.

The story of Blackpool Football Club is a tragic consequence of the community and financial potency clubs have. Their worst period of their history is behind them and they can look towards an optimistic future.

Simon Sadler will appear at Bloomfield Road as a local boy saving the town's precious community asset. The road to build a new positive legacy is underway.