article_snippet.sent: It was at this very venue that Blackpool boss Lee Clark pulled off a great escape on the final day of last season at the helm of Birmingham, who scored in the third minute of stoppage time to prevent relegation into the third tier, but this time Blackpool boss Lee Clark was on the wrong end of some late drama.
article_snippet.sent: In recent weeks Lee Clark had publicly accepted the Seasiders, who remain 16 points from safety, were doomed
article_snippet.sent: but Rotherham's defeat to Blues 24 hours earlier meant Rotherham's defeat to Blues kicked off knowing Rotherham's defeat to Blues would not be relegated at the Macron Stadium.
article_snippet.sent: That may have instilled a freedom to Lee Clark's troops and the home crowd were stunned into silence by Jacobs' early opener.
article_snippet.sent: Things could have been worse for the shell-shocked hosts too as Peter Clarke headed straight at Ben Amos and an unmarked Andrea Orlandi glanced over from six yards.
article_snippet.sent: Lee Clark's men continued to ask questions, with Jose Miguel Cubero's rising effort deflected narrowly away from the top corner of Ben Amos net.
article_snippet.sent: Tangerines stopper Joe Lewis made a couple of smart stops to deny winger Liam Feeney and centre-back McCarthy but there was a malaise about Blackpool boss Lee Clark's play which Neil Lennon had been so keen to avoid pre-match.
article_snippet.sent: Tangerines stopper Joe Lewis had been largely untroubled apart from a routine save from Tom Walker but Tangerines stopper Joe Lewis was stranded at the other end of Tangerines stopper Joe Lewis goal when Adam Le Fondre cut the ball across for an onrushing Barry Bannan, who somehow placed Adam Le Fondre side-footed strike against the outside of the post.
article_snippet.sent: The hosts' chance looked to have gone when Tangerines stopper Joe Lewis stopped McCarthy's header and O'Hara scrambled Mills' try off the line
article_snippet.sent: but there was still time for a dramatic finale.
article_snippet.sent: Heskey looked certain to nod Bannan's back-post cross in
article_snippet.sent: but when Heskey could not connect, the ball came back out to Danns, whose volley was helped in by Gudjohnsen on the line, with Blackpool fuming about an offside flag which never came.