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Birmingham 1 Blackpool 0
Thursday, 5th Mar 2015 13:54 by Editor

Some say an improved performance, but maybe the real story of this season is Blackpool's inability to get results out of a good display. The Seasiders away performances have yielded little in the way of positives but at least we knew where Birmingham's goal was and only conceded the one goal - these days that's progress.

Lee Clark's return to St Andrew's ended in disappointment as a goal from Andrew Shinnie left his Blackpool side adrift at the foot of the Championship. Clark was back at the Blues for the first time since being sacked in October and desperate for a first away win of the season. But Shinnie's second goal of the season, headed in before the break, was enough to give City back-to-back wins. The result leaves Blackpool 15 points away from a position of safety.

Birmingham gave a debut to on-loan Nottingham Forest midfielder Robert Tesche, 27, and he played a part in the decisive goal. Top scorer Clayton Donaldson had just missed an excellent chance for the home side when Tesche played a long ball forward and Shinnie eluded the Blackpool defence to head over advancing keeper Elliot Parish. Nathan Delfouneso had gone close before the break as Blackpool matched Gary Rowett's side. But they couldn't force the breakthrough and saw their last chance of taking a point disappear when keeper Darren Randolph kept out substitute Tom Barkhuizen's attempted chip with 17 minutes to go.

Not many games coming up where you can see Blackpool winning on the road - maybe not such a bad idea to leave that first win until we're in League One where it will actually count for something.

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