Bolton came from two goals down to share the spoils with Blackpool in a thrilling draw at the Reebok. Defender Ian Evatt headed the visitors ahead in the first half from a precise Elliot Grandin corner. Luke Varney headed another Grandin corner into the Bolton net to make it 2-0 just before the hour. But Martin Petrov pulled one back with a delightful volley and Mark Davies rescued the home side with a calm side-foot finish a minute from time. Before the match, Blackpool manager Ian Holloway had spoken of his admiration for Owen Coyle, who has turned Bolton into attack-minded entertainers this season. Indeed, with 26 goals from 14 matches, Wanderers came into the game unbeaten in November and with a goal tally bettered by only four Premier League sides. Yet the home side initially struggled to achieve such penetration against their Lancashire rivals and had it not been for the Seasiders' refusal to sit on a two-goal cushion Holloway could have left the Reebok with the upper hand over his opposite number (BBC Sport)
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Blackpool 2 v 2 Bolton
Bolton came from two goals down to share the spoils with Blackpool in a thrilling draw at the Reebok. Defender Ian Evatt headed the visitors ahead in the first half from a precise Elliot Grandin corner. Luke Varney headed another Grandin corner into the Bolton net to make it 2-0 just before the hour. But Martin Petrov pulled one back with a delightful volley and Mark Davies rescued the home side with a calm side-foot finish a minute from time. Before the match, Blackpool manager Ian Holloway had spoken of his admiration for Owen Coyle, who has turned Bolton into attack-minded entertainers this season. Indeed, with 26 goals from 14 matches, Wanderers came into the game unbeaten in November and with a goal tally bettered by only four Premier League sides. Yet the home side initially struggled to achieve such penetration against their Lancashire rivals and had it not been for the Seasiders' refusal to sit on a two-goal cushion Holloway could have left the Reebok with the upper hand over his opposite number (BBC Sport)
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Ian Evatt rips into 'disrespectful' doubters as Blackpool head for the Premier League
Blackpool defender Ian Evatt has hit out at the way the club, and manager Ian Holloway, have been portrayed during their stunning charge to the Barclays Premier League. The Seasiders are back with the big boys for the first time since 1971 after beating Cardiff 3-2 in the Championship play-off final at Wembley.
They are already odds on to bounce straight back down this time next year but Evatt is having none of it.
'People have been so disrespectful about us,' said Evatt. 'We were written off. They said, in pre-season, that we were relegation fodder. During the season, they were saying "oh, they won't keep it up".
'A week ago I read an article saying that we wouldn't win a throw-in in the Premier League. How disrespectful is that?
'Everyone is going to think "Blackpool are in the Premier League - how are they there?"
'We know that they are going to look down their noses at us. But it's up to us to prove people wrong again.
'The more people write us off, the more this bunch of players seem to come together and prove people wrong.'
Evatt is one of only two current Blackpool players who have survived from their League One play-off final win over Yeovil three years ago under former manager Simon Grayson.(Daily Mail)
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