Sam Allardyce will be able to relax safe in the knowledge Bolton will be in top flight football for a fourth successive season.

Goals from Ivan Campo and Henrik Pedersen were enough to secure a morale-boosting victory against Tottenham.

While Bolton boss Allardyce is entitled to give himself a pat on the back, these are troubled times at White Hart Lane.

Acting manager David Pleat has seen his team pick up two points from a possible 18 and they are too close to the bottom for comfort.

Allardyce recalled Jay-Jay Okocha and Youri Djorkaeff to the starting line-up at the Reebok Stadium.

The experienced pair had been left on the bench last Monday when a vital victory at Wolves was secured.

Defender Simon Charlton was also recalled at the expense of Anthony Barness.

Pleat was boosted by the return of Ledley King after a hip injury and Stephen Kelly was also drafted in at the back with Stephen Carr sidelined through suspension.

Bolton carved out a good chance in the second minute when Charlton launched the ball forward.

Danish striker Henrik Pedersen got away from his marker only to drag the ball narrowly wide of the far post.

Bolton made the breakthrough after seven minutes thanks to a rare goal from Campo.

The former Real Madrid ace latched on to a pass from Okocha and rattled a 25-yard shot beyond goalkeeper Kasey Keller, who perhaps should have done better.

Bolton kept up the pace and Keller did well to claw away a chip from Kevin Nolan at his near post.

Okocha has yet to score in the top flight this season and saw a goal-bound shot cannon off King to safety in the 17th minute.

A moment of carelessness almost cost Bolton dear in the 20th minute when Emerson Thome lost possession.

Jermain Defoe scampered on to the loose ball but his finish was wasteful.

Bolton were playing some good football and Pedersen picked out Davies. He was marginally off-target as he tried to chip Keller.

Tottenham retaliated and Simon Davies cut inside, only to find the wrong side of the bar.

Nolan should have added a second goal but scuffed a shot into Keller's hands from six yards.

Tottenham were looking ragged and lacking confidence after taking only one point out of 15.

Defoe was suffering from a lack of service and even when he did get clear found himelf shackled by Thome and Bruno N'Gotty.

Davies was working tirelessly up front for the home side and thumped in a shot in the 38th minute that was scrambled away

Pleat made one change at half-time, bringing on Mauricio Taricco for the ineffective Gus Poyet.

Bolton began the second half brightly with Okocha leaving Tarrico trailing in his wake down the left.

The Nigerian playmaker fired in a shot from the edge of the area but it cleared the bar.

Okocha then saw a free-kick come back off Michael Brown and rebound to Campo.

Bouyant after scoring the opener, he tried to place the ball beyond Keller without success.

Okocha again tried his superb free-kick technique in the 53rd minute and saw the goalkeeper tip his effort to safety.

Robbie Keane was drafted in by Tottenham after 60 minutes when he replaced Jamie Redknapp.

Bolton poured forward a minute later and Spurs striker Frederic Kanoute cleared his own bar following a corner from Djorkaeff.

Davies should have extended their lead in the 62nd minute when he dragged a shot across the face of the goal at the back post.

But the Bolton supporters did not have long to wait with Pedersen scoring his third goal in successive games after 64 minutes.

He out-foxed defender Anthony Gardner after being released by Djorkaeff before finding the net from close range.

Campo then tried to release Pedersen in the 80th minute but the pass was over-hit and Keller was able to gather safely.

Tottenham were running out of time but there was little fluency in their play.

Bolton finished comfortable winners to secure their Premiership status with four games to go after equalling last season's tally of 44 points.

Teams

Bolton Jaaskelainen, Hunt (Barness 76), N'Gotty, Thome, Charlton, Campo, Nolan, Djorkaeff (Giannakopoulos 87), Okocha (Frandsen 86), Pedersen, Davies.

Subs Not Used: Poole, Javi Moreno.

Booked: Campo.

Goals: Campo 7, Pedersen 65.

Tottenham Keller, Kelly, Doherty, Gardner, King, Davies (Ricketts 82), Redknapp (Keane 61), Brown, Poyet (Taricco 45), Defoe, Kanoute.

Subs Not Used: Hirschfeld, Bunjevcevic.

Booked: Davies, Taricco.

Att: 26,440

Ref: J Winter (Cleveland).