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Blackpool one step closer to Premier League

A second half hat trick from Blackpool striker D J Campbell stunned Nottingham Forest in last night’s second leg Championship play-off at the City Ground.

Twice coming from behind, Blackpool’s counter attacking game proved decisive as Forest’s unbeaten home run of 20 games disappeared along with their chance of a place in the Premier League.

The writing may have been on the wall prior to the game as Blackpool were the last team to win at Forest and have now beaten their rivals in all four of this seasons games.

Nottingham Forest had scored the early goal in what many critics assumed would be a tight low scoring game, and for seventy odd minutes there was little sign of what was about to happen.

Forest appeared to grab a hold of the game on 66 minutes when Earnshaw put them back in the driving seat to make the score 2-1, but within minutes Blackpool had levelled the score 2-2 on the night.

The tie went in Blackpool’s favour with two goals in quick succesion leaving Forest with a mountain to climb and although they did score another to make the final score 4-3, it was little consolation.

Blackpool’s 6-4 aggregate win takes them to Wembley for the play-off final, where they will meet Cardiff or Leicester for the chance to make next seasons Premier League.