DAVID Platt delivered one final snub to Wanderers star Kevin Nolan on Friday night but at least the Bolton public didn't turn their backs on the England Under 21 manager and his team.

Platt shocked many at the club when he failed to award Nolan an opportunity to become only the third Bolton player after Peter Reid and Alan Thompson to receive a cap at this level.

It was feared the 20-year-old Liverpudlian's omission might provoke a backlash at the turnstiles from disgruntled Bolton supporters.

In the end 10,511 turned up to see Manchester City's kid dynamite, Shaun Wright-Phillips, earn England a fortuitous draw with his cracking late equaliser.

And a similar sized crowd was on the ground last season for the Under 20's international against Finland when Nolan wore the skipper's armband.

Club captain Mike Whitlow was among the spectators with his flag waving young family.

But there wasn't a great deal for the patriotic Lancastrian crowd to cheer until the arrival of Wright-Phillips.

Only named among the substitutes by Platt, he turned the game England's way after replacing Arsenal's Jermaine Pennant. At least the diminutive substitute got a chance to show the skills that has had Kevin Keegan drooling in the last 12 months.

A 30 minute appearance was half an hour more than Portsmouth's Gary O'Neil managed.

O'Neil was the player selected ahead of Nolan despite his non existent Premiership experience but the Bolton supporters didn't get an opportunity to possibly back Platt's judgement.

"I'm glad we got something out of the game because I think we deserved something," said the Oldham-born, England chief.

"But had it been a qualifying match then we probably would have been disappointed with the result.

"I thought we finished strongly and we wanted the game to carry on because you could see us winning.

"It was a tidy finish by Shaun but I wouldn't want to single out individuals."

It was Wright-Phillips's first Under 21 goal and his later cross almost set-up Newcastle's Shola Ameobi for a winning goal.

"I normally scuff chances like that," he smiled. Asked about the similarity to Nicolas Anelka's strike against Everton last Saturday, Wright-Phillips grinned: "You watch and learn."

His low shot from 18 yards came after a clever pass from Jermaine Jenas though the opposition were two men short at the time because Lovre and Jokic lay injured close to the halfway line and had to be stretchered off.

The Yugoslavs were the far classier team in the opening half and deserved their lead as Danko Lazovic from Partizan Belgrade thumped home a beauty from 25 yards in the 41st minute.

Andrija Delibasic could have finished the game after 59 minutes but shot wildly from close range after a slip by Charlton defender Paul Konchesky.

In the end the visitors decision to make seven second half changes disrupted their rhythm allowing England and Wright-Phillips to finally capitalise.