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Blackpool put some much-needed space between them and the Premier League relegation zone with a 3-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur at Bloomfield Road.

Charlie Adam maintained his 100 per cent record from the penalty spot to give Blackpool the lead before top scorer DJ Campbell added another just before half-time.

After Tottenham laid siege to their hosts' goal - they ended up registering 25 shots, 10 of which were on target - Blackpool substitute Brett Ormerod added a third 10 minutes from time to seal the Tangerines' first win over Spurs since 1966.

Roman Pavlyuchenko scored a late consolation for Spurs, but by then most of the travelling fans were already headed back to London. However, the Russian's injury-time strike means that Bloomfield Road has still not seen a clean sheet from any team all season.

The win was only Blackpool's second in their last 10 league games, but it was enough to lift them from 16th to 12th in the table, below Blackburn Rovers on goal difference. Tottenham's first defeat in six league games denied them the chance to go third and they remain in fourth, two points behind Manchester City.

Blackpool manager Ian Holloway was typically bold in his team selection, handing striker Sergei Kornilenko his debut in a three-man attack alongside Campbell and James Beattie, while Spurs boss Harry Redknapp fielded Jermain Defoe and Pavlyuchenko up front.

This rearranged meeting between two of the Premier League's most attacking sides promised plenty of goalmouth action, but the opening stages failed to produce, with Steven Pienaar's sliced shot from range the only effort of note.

That all changed on 18 minutes when Campbell drew a foul from Sebastien Bassong inside the Spurs area, and Blackpool skipper Adam stepped up to convert his fifth spot-kick of the season.

Spurs were sparked into action, with Steven Pienaar having several efforts blocked before Defoe lifted the ball over goalkeeper Richard Kingson only for Craig Cathcart to head the ball off the line.

Defoe, still searching for his first league goal of the season, was again denied at the last when Kingson palmed Aaron Lennon's cross into the path of the England striker, but once more Cathcart was well placed to block the effort.

That denial of an equaliser for Spurs was compounded by a sucker punch as Blackpool doubled their lead on the break. Campbell surged forward through the centre before passing to Kornilenko, who moved the ball out wide to Beattie. The striker, on loan from Rangers, bent in an inviting cross which Campbell headed in at the far post for his ninth league goal of the season.

Tottenham have recouped more points from losing positions this season than any other side, and the manner in which they emerged after break certainly illustrated that.

Right from the restart Neal Eardley made a vital sliding block on Pienaar's effort inside the area, and soon afterwards Pavlyuchenko had a header saved by Kingson and Luka Modric flashed a strike just over the bar.

Adam's surge into the Spurs box and low strike across goal showed Blackpool still carried a real threat, but Spurs continued to hammer their hosts and it only looked a matter of time before they broke through.

Half-time substitute Jermaine Jenas and Pavlyuchenko both narrowly missed low balls across the six-yard box before Kingson blocked another Pavlyuchenko header.

Niko Kranjcar and Peter Crouch were introduced to try and force the issue, but when Modric was denied a penalty by referee Chris Foy after Kingson sent him flying, it looked as though Tottenham's luck had run out.

And so it proved when two Blackpool substitutes combined to put the game beyond the visitors on 80 minutes. Benoit Assou-Ekotto shielded the ball from the persistent Matt Phillips inside the Tottenham box, but in doing so showed it to Ormerod, who tucked a finish underneath Heurelho Gomes for his first Premier League goal in over seven years.

By the time Pavlyuchenko's speculative effort clipped off Cathcart and over Kingson's head in the third minute of injury time, the result was no longer in doubt, and even the late denial of an extra step up the table could not dampen Blackpool's joy at hearing the final whistle.