THE Seasiders always seem to enjoy the trip to Wycombe's Adams Park stadium.

Previous visits have seen superb performances from Pool including an emphatic 4-1 victory last season and a solid 2-0 win in the 1999/00 season.

This season was no different and - with the help of an inspiring Martin Bullock first half performance - the trend was continued with a 2-1 win that catapults Pool into 3rd position in Division Two.

There was to be no hangover from the disappointing defeat at Burnley despite Pool carrying over many of the injuries that had hindered their chances in the Lancashire derby.

Pool were still without the services of defenders Ian Hughes, Brian Reid, Chris Clarke and to add to the crisis Danny Coid also failed a late fitness test to miss the game.

But it wasn't all bad news from the fitness room. John Hills did pass a fitness test and the likes of John Murphy, Peter Clarke and crucially Martin Bullock returned to the starting line-up.

And the first half was all about the returning duo of Bullock and Hills.

Wycombe fullback Chris Vinnicombe was at the wrong place at the wrong time as Pool winger Bullock had arguably his best 45 minutes in a Tangerine shirt.

Bullock started on 7 minutes beating Vinnicombe as well as several other Wycombe players to just shoot wide in what would have been a goal of the season contender.

From then on Bullock seemed unstoppable and every time he got the ball he successfully took on 3 or 4 men before providing the right pass to a teammate who was then given a decent goal scoring opportunity.

In the opening quarter of an hour his teammate was usually Paul Dalglish who was terribly unlucky not the convert the chances he received from Bullock's magic.

But the opening goal for the Tangerines wasn't far away. After another weaving run from Bullock, Mark Rogers was adjudged to have bundled over John Murphy in the box and the referee awarded a penalty to the Seasiders.

John Hills then made it two successful conversions in as many games, blasting past Mart Talia to open the scoring.

Pool could have easily added a second in the 5 minutes after the goal. Again Paul Dalglish was the culprit for wasted opportunities but credit has to go to the Wycombe keeper for some world-class goalkeeping.

Typically Pool were made to pay for the missed chances when the home side levelled the scores on 20 minutes.

Against the run of play, Wycombe striker Sean Devine whipped in an unstoppable cross for teammate Craig Faulconbridge to head home from close range.

Pleasingly from a Blackpool point of view, that didnt seem to hamper Pools ascendancy in the game.

Bullock continued to tease the home defence and eventually the Pool winger created another goal for John Hills.

On the half hour mark Hills slammed home after a run from Bullock to put Pool back in the lead.

Pool still continued to dominate proceedings with Hills and Bullock tormenting the home defence although Wycombe should have equalised when Dannie Buman missed from a close range header.

The Seasiders had further chances to extend their lead through Richie Wellens and Paul Dalglish but both narrowly missed the target.

Not surprisingly Pool seemed happy to sit back on their lead in the second half and let Wycombe try and find a way through.

Phil Barnes was called into action when substitute Richard Harris squandered a decent opportunity to level the scores.

Poor finishing in front of goal from the home side meant that Pool were never really troubled in an uneventful second period.

At other end Pool should have had the chance to put the game beyond doubt when an almost certain penalty was turned down.

A Wycombe defender appeared to save a goal bound effort with his hand but the referee didn't see it and waved play-on.

A 2-1 win away from home with several key players out must be a pleasing sight for Pool boss Steve McMahon.

Confidence is very high at Bloomfield Road, the difficulty now is maintaining the high standards set by Pools start to the season.

Wycombe 1-2 Blackpool

Faulconbridge (20)

Hills (15,28)