Blackpool won at the City Ground for the first time in over 45 years after a piece of individual brilliance from Charlie Adam sunk Nottingham Forest 1-0.
The £500,000 signing from Rangers continued to repay his club record transfer fee by scoring for the fourth time in his last five matches.
Forest striker Nathan Tyson, who has pleaded guilty to a Football Association charge of improper conduct following his flag-waving antics against east midlands rivals Derby last month, lost possession on the edge of the centre circle. Adam evaded four challenges before rolling the ball under the advancing goalkeeper after 19 minutes.
Forest responded well to falling behind and laid siege to Blackpool's goal for the remainder of the first half. Tyson and David McGoldrick missed the target with efforts from the edge of the box either side of the half-hour mark before Luke Chambers headed over from Paul McKenna's corner.
Ian Holloway's side held on until the break and would have extended their lead at the start of the second half had Lee Camp not produced a fine save to tip Jason Euell's shot around a post. Hameur Bouazza then flashed a 25-yard shot wide after 55 minutes.
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we r on a roll..when Holloway got the job I said his enthusiasm would be great for pool and yet another great result shows how well he has bought in the transfer market. Top 6 next week!!!
Just got back from the game and I have to say that was rubbish Davies. Why have you bought strikers who can't score any goals? Where was the system we were playing, because I didn't see one? I will be interested to read your excuses over the next couple of days.
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