Bolton 2nd XI 2, Blackpool 2: BOLTON Seconds entertained leaders Blackpool in a contest no team could afford to lose.

A victory for Bolton would have seen them replace Blackpool at the top of the table, but a defeat would see them slip further behind.

Bolton had a great chance to take the lead but Owen Evans missed the opportunity leaving Blackpool to mount a swift counter attack and with the aid of a cruel spin, the ball crept agonisingly over the goal line.

Bolton hit back quickly when a Richard Guest strike was half saved by the Blackpool keeper and Ian Smith was on hand to equaliser.

Blackpool took the lead for a second time due to an extremely well struck finish combined with some woeful Bolton marking but the advantage was again short-lived. The hard work of Owen Evans drew a foul in the Blackpool 'D' and, Evans and Deanset up Guest to thunder home the equaliser. In the final five minutes Blackpool were awarded a penalty stroke was awarded. Keeper Goldsbrough looked confident as ever he does in these situations, doing his usual tribal dance on the goal line to try and out-psych the striker. The flick was an excellent one, placed perfectly in the bottom left hand corner - unfortunately for Blackpool, so were the stick and foot of Goldsbrough to tip the ball round the post magnificently. Seconds hold leaders to draw BOLTON Seconds entertained leaders Blackpool in a contest that ended in a 2-2 draw.

A victory for Bolton would have seen them replace Blackpool at the top of the table but a defeat would see them slip further behind.

Bolton had a great chance to take the lead but Owen Evans missed the opportunity leaving Blackpool to mount a swift counter attack and with the aid of a cruel spin, the ball crept agonisingly over the goal line.

Bolton hit back quickly when a Richard Guest strike was half saved by the Blackpool keeper and Ian Smith was on hand to equaliser.

Blackpool took the lead for a second time due to an extremely well struck finish combined with some woeful Bolton marking but the advantage was again short-lived. The hard work of Owen Evans drew a foul in the Blackpool 'D' and, Evans and Dean set up Guest to thunder home the equaliser. In the final five minutes Blackpool were awarded a penalty but keeper Goldsbrough produced a magnificent save to tip the ball round the post.

The game ended at 2 - 2 and with a point apiece for each team, the top two league positions remained unchanged with Bolton in second.

The top five are all within four points of one another, and with only five games left to play, there can be no respite for Bolton.