Charlie Adams second-half chastisement ensured Blackpool will urge a slim value at the City Ground on Tuesday in the second leg of their Coca-Cola Championship play-off semi-final.
Ian Holloways Seasiders, promoted from Coca-Cola League One around the play-offs in 2007, strike behind from a idea down in the initial leg at Bloomfield Road to dilemma their noses in front after Chris Cohens thunderbolt had since Forest a 13th-minute lead.
Keith Southern leveled for Blackpool mid by the initial half and Adam, the �500,000 summer signing from Rangers right afar engaging multiform Barclays Premier League clubs, hold his haughtiness to deservedly dilemma Holloways side closer to a lapse to the tip moody of English football for the initial time since 1971.
Forest have an considerable home jot down this deteriorate and will still whim their chances of branch the tie around.
But Billy Davies" side have not won on their travels right afar since a 3-1 win at West Brom behind in Jan carried them in to an involuntary graduation spot.
Home goalkeeper Matt Gilks denied them a late equaliser when he incited afar Forest surrogate Robert Earnshaws low expostulate in the failing moments.
Blackpool were unvaried from the side that proposed opposite Bristol City last week, whilst Forest done a sum of eight changes following their pull at Scunthorpe.
Goalkeeper Lee Camp, Wes Morgan, Cohen, Chris Gunter, Paul McKenna, Dexter Blackstock, Radoslaw Majewski and Nathan Tyson were all removed by Forest physical education instructor Davies.
Tyson crashed a 20-yard shot over the crossbar in the fourth notation and whilst Blackpool forced a integrate of early corners, it was Forest who seized the value in the 13th minute.
Blackpool usually half-cleared a free-kick in to their chastisement area and when the round pennyless to Cohen on the left dilemma of the box, the Forest midfielder lashed a rising shot over Blackpool Gilks and in to the far corner.
But Blackpool strike behind with a well-worked equaliser in the 26th minute.
Seamus Coleman weaved his approach opposite the area and found Ian Evatt, who played the round behind opposite the six-yard line for Southern to convert.
Forest striker Blackstocks header came behind off the crossbar moments after and Tysons follow-up rolled agonisingly far-reaching as both sides in jeopardy when ever they pennyless forward.
Coleman afterwards privileged Morgans goalbound shot off the line in initial half blocking time.
Tempers flared eight mins after the restart, with Blackstock and Coleman both requisitioned for a small argy-bargy after a contested throw-in.
Blackpool took the lead in the 57th minute. DJ Campbells shining run carried him in to the area and after personification a one-two with Brett Ormerod the small striker was tripped by Forest defender James Perch.
Staffordshire arbitrate Phil Dowd forked true to the mark and Adam stepped brazen to coolly place a left-footed chastisement in to the bottom corner.
Blackstock headed Tysons glorious cranky inches far-reaching mid by the second period, whilst Campbell spurned a gilt-edged possibility for the Seasiders after being played in by Adam.
Forest goalkeeper Lee Camp did well to douse Ormerods point-blank shot and Blackpool surrogate Stephen Dobbie dismissed a left-footed shot far-reaching as the Tangerines looked to supplement a third idea that would have since them some-more space going in to the second leg.
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