Blackpool came from behind to beat in-form Port Vale in an entertaining, end to end match in front of almost 8,000 fans at Bloomfield Road.
Steve McMahon's Seasiders looked to be in luck after 23 minutes when a well rehearsed free-kick from Vale midfielder Marc Bridge-Wilkinson caught out the offside trap and found the unmarked Sam Collins who had no problem tapping the ball past Phil Barnes.
Vale, hoping to extend a seven-game unbeaten run, remained well on top until a half-time reorganisation gave winger Martin Bullock, a former loan player at Vale Park, a free role On 63 minutes, Paul Dalglish put in a cross which his father would have been proud of and John Murphy headed home at the near post.
Dalglish, who had been the target of Bloomfield Road boo-boys since joining from Wigan in the summer, helped to create a second goal within two minutes with another right-wing cross finding Scott Taylor who shot was parried by Mark Goodlad to the grateful Murphy to score his second.
That lead lasted just a few minutes until a long boot forward by Goodlad found substitute Ian Armstrong who in turn found Neil Brisco and the midfielder fed the unmarked Bridge-Wilkinson on the edge of the six-yard-box and the midfielder scored easily.
Blackpool were back in front ten minutes later when a near-post corner was flicked on for England Under-21 defender Peter Clarke to score the third goal of his loan spell from Everton.
A determined Vale pressed forward and could call themselves unlucky not to have grabbed at least a point with one shot cleared off the line.
Veteran striker Brett Angell, chasing his 200th goal in league football, had the best chances but he was denied twice in the dying seconds by the agility of Barnes.
McMahon said after the game: "That was a great game fort eh fans to watch but it's not good for my heart condition.
"We showed great character in coming back from a goal down as they obviously did their homework and came here with a gameplan."
His opposite number Brian Horton said: "Our plan seemed to be working quite well and we weren't really in any trouble until they equalised.
"We shouldn't be losing to a goal from a set-piece and we should have picked up Dalglish when he switched to the right."