The Tangerines threatened again when Daly headed down for Gomis to nick the ball wide.
However, David Robertson's last-minute effort did count to book the Tangerines a place in the last four.
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The Tangerines won 3-2, with all the goals coming during an opening half of unbelievable excitement and occasionally awful defending.
The Tangerines twice came from behind to seal promotion to the Premier League with a thrilling 3-2 win at Wembley.
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The Tangerines gradually took a grip of the game and Swanson had a shot deflected wide from the edge of the box.
Tangelos resulted from a genetic cross between tangerines and grapefruit, for example.
Former Blackpool loanee Carl Dickinson thinks the Tangerines will win on Saturday.
He beat Blackpool manager Ian Holloway, who guided the Tangerines into the Premier League, and England cricket coach Andy Flower to the award.
Steven Naismith volleyed Rangers back in front after the interval and the Tangerines came back again when Johnny Russell nodded powerfully into the net.
And midfielder Barry Ferguson, a summer signing from Birmingham, opened his account for the Tangerines with a fine finish from 12 yards on the hour mark.
Cherries chairman Eddie Mitchell told the Tangerines when rejecting their initial offer that it was "not a million miles away" from what the Dorset club would accept.
If this brought scenes of elation, they were nothing compared to the wall of sound that greeted Varney's goal to put the Tangerines ahead five minutes later.
However, it was the Tangerines who continued to pose the biggest threat with their front four of Thomas Ince, LuaLua and the two Phillips's causing problems every time they broke.
Manager Ian Holloway's newly-promoted Tangerines looked on course for a momentous three points as they came from behind after Bobby Zamora - watched by England coach Fabio Capello - headed Fulham into a first-half lead.
Ledley went close after beating the unsure Gilks to a corner at the near post but his header flew narrowly wide, while Etuhu drew a save from the Tangerines keeper as the Bluebirds mounted a sustained period of pressure.
But the newly promoted Tangerines, who make their Premier League bow at Wigan on Saturday, announced on Wednesday the capture of Manchester United's Craig Cathcart, Elliot Grandin from CSKA Sofia, Monaco's Malaury Martin and and Ludovic Sylvestre from Czech side Mlada Boleslav.
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