Plymouth's hopes of staying up have suffered a massive blow following a 2-0 home defeat to Blackpool.
Adam and Dobbie net against lowly Pilgrims
Plymouth's hopes of retaining their Championship status have suffered a massive blow following a 2-0 home defeat to Blackpool.
It was keenly-contested clash on the South Coast with late efforts from Charlie Adam and Stephen Dobbie giving the visitors the win.
The Pilgrims remain second from bottom in the table, six points adrift of Watford, who crucially have a game in hand, while Blackpool have closed the gap on sixth-placed Leicester City.
Plymouth had to make one change from midweek with Chris Clark reverting to left-back in place of Chris Barker, who limped off with a hamstring problem during the win over Ipswich.
The hosts were forced to make another change inside the opening 10 minutes when they lost Carl Fletcher following a poor challenge from Keith Southern, who was shown the game's first yellow card.
Blocked
But despite the setback Argyle could have taken the lead on 22 minutes when Blackpool goalkeeper Matthew Gilks had to be alert to Bradley Wright-Phillips' effort after Ian Evatt had blocked the striker's initial attempt on goal.
The visitors responded and Ben Burgess fired wide from Billy Clarke's corner before latter put an effort of his own over the crossbar from a decent position.
In-form Adam then failed to test David Stockdale with some trademark long-range efforts.
At the other end Yannick Bolasie's shot from the edge of the area crept wide and Jamie Mackie should have done better, failing to force a save out of Gilks from deep inside the area as the first half ended goalless.
Blackpool blasted out of the blocks following the interval with both Burgess and Gary Taylor-Fletcher going close before Adam clattered the crossbar from long range.
The Tangerines would not have it all their own way and veteran defender Evatt had to produce another block to deny the lively Mackie, who also made Gilks work with another couple of shots on goal.
However, manager Ian Holloway threw on substitute Dobbie and it would prove to be an inspired change as the Scot created one and scored one.
Dobbie first exchanged passes with Adam to allow the Scotland international to place his 16th goal of the season past Stockdale on 78 minutes, before latching on to Barry Bannan's pass to secure only a second away victory since Boxing Day.
