There is an irony to the fact that Ian Holloway helped keep us up last season with a rare home win for the Seasiders against Millwall (the only one under Barry Ferguson) and wouldn't it be strange if another win against Ollie's side was the catalyst that kept us up this time. The former Blackpool manager just keeps on giving at Bloomfield Road but will probably never want to see the place again.

Peter Clarke's first goal since October 2011 gave bottom-of-the-table Blackpool victory over fellow relegation battlers Millwall at Bloomfield Road. He headed Jamie O'Hara's free-kick into the net from eight-yards in the first half. Substitute Stefan Maierhofer had Millwall's best chance after pouncing on an error from Clarke, but shot high and wide with the goal the gaping.

Much of the early attacking intent came from the away side, but Blackpool had the first clear-cut chance as Andrea Orlandi saw his ferocious left-foot shot pushed away by David Forde. Clarke was called into action as he cleared Martyn Woolford's goalbound header off the line with keeper Joe Lewis beaten in the 23rd minute. But 10 minutes later the defender, who signed from Huddersfield in the summer, opened his account for the Seasiders to give them the lead against the run of play.

After the break, O'Hara came close to doubling the hosts lead as Millwall keeper Lewis cleared straight to the midfielder, and his lob from halfway sailed just beyond the goal. Millwall pushed for an equaliser with Maierhofer, who returned to the club from his native Austria on Friday, missing a number of chances, but it was Blackpool who had the last opening of the match as French debutant Saer Sene broke clean through on goal, only to be denied by a last-ditch tackle from Sid Nelson.

The first win of 2015 out of the way, now what chance of an away win for the first time since Wigan back in April?

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