Striker Nardiello had a frustrating start to his time at Victoria Park after he arrived on loan from Blackpool n January 2009. A red card at Huddersfield in his second match earned him a three-game suspension, and injury then kept him out of the reckoning for another month. He finally established himself in the last month of the season and scored three times in the last four games including a crucial winner at Yeovil as Pools stayed up by a single point. Nardiello returned to Blackpool when the season ended.