2 Nov 2010

Blackpool beat West Brom

11:27 am on 2 November 2010

Blackpool have celebrated a first home win in the English football top flight for nearly 40 years when they beat nine-man West Bromwich Albion 2-1 at Bloomfield Road.

West Brom could have moved into fourth place in the Premier League with victory but their hopes fizzled out in the rain as Pablo Ibanez and Gonzalo Jara were sent off before halftime.

Blackpool moved up seven places to ninth and West Brom, like their opponents promoted to the top flight this season, remained sixth after their first defeat since losing to Liverpool in August.