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Bolton 3 - Eastleigh 2: Pratley spares Wanderers blushes as Leeds await in fourth round

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RELIEVED Bolton had another escape last night – 24 hours after their High Court reprieve.</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Darren Pratley celebrates with Shola Ameobi after making it 3-2 to Bolton against Eastleigh</td></tr>
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Darren Pratley spared their blushes again to earn the crisis-hit Championship club a much-needed FA Cup cash boost.</div>
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Skipper Pratley’s late equaliser had wrecked Eastleigh’s dreams of a giant-killing in the first game 10 days earlier. And last night he struck the winner to finally see off the non-League side and earn debt-ridden Wanderers a fourth round home tie with Leeds.</div>
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Wanderers need every penny they can get after the HMRC – who they owed £2.2 million – issued a winding up order against them.</div>
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The case was adjourned on Monday until February 22 to give Bolton more time to either close a deal with one of four potential buyers or raise sufficient short-term funds from asset sales to pay creditors.</div>
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Neil Lennon’s side made hard work of it against a team 53 places below them in the football pyramid. Eastleigh stunned them again by taking an early lead – as they did in the first game – and then equalised on the stroke of half-time after Bolton had taken a 2-1 lead.</div>
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But Pratley’s goal early in the second half put Bolton in control and was enough to see them through. At least the surface was much better than the first game which was played on a mud-bath in Hampshire 10 days earlier.</div>
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But that did not prevent Bolton from falling behind in the 11th minute – and it was a quality goal too.</div>
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Andy Drury fed overlapping right-back Joe Partington who cut inside the half-hearted challenges of Wellington Silva and Dean Moxey before firing a shot into the far corner past Paul Rachubka.</div>
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The goal gave Eastleigh great confidence and despite some expected pressure Bolton struggled to stamp their higher status on the game by making clear-cut chances.</div>
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It took them half an hour before they worked a clear sight of goal when Silva’s shot was deflected straight at keeper Ross Flitney.</div>
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Eastleigh threatened a second goal when a good move down the right flank ended with Jai Reason’s shot being cleared by Rob Holding.</div>
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But that scare finally forced Bolton to work up a head of steam and they scored twice in the last six minutes of the half.</div>
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Gary Madine served notice of what was to come when he headed wide from Liam Feeney’s cross.</div>
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And Madine equalised in the 39th minute when he chested down Josh Vela’s right-wing cross before firing in a volley on the turn. Silva then saw his free-kick tipped onto the bar by Flitney. But when Eastleigh failed to clear the corner, Moxey fired home from 20 yards.</div>
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Eastleigh stormed back however and drew level when Kaid Mohamed – signed just before the first game – raced onto Reason’s pass to slide home his first goal for the club.</div>
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Bolton came out determined to kill off the National League side. Vela shot into the side netting after a break by Madine before Liam Trotter headed Vela’s cross over.</div>
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Moments later Madine limped off and was replaced by Shola Amoebi, who has just been told his short-term contract will not be extended because of the club’s financial crisis.</div>
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But Ameobi played a key part as Bolton regained the lead. He played the perfect return pass for Pratley who drilled a right foot shot into the bottom corner.</div>
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Eastleigh kept plugging away right to the end and gave Bolton some anxious moments.</div>
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<b>BOLTON (4-2-3-1): </b>Rachubka; Vela, Dervite, Holding, Moxey; Pratley, Trotter; Feeney, Davies, Silva (Woolery 86); Madine (Ameobi 52). <b>Goals: </b>Madine 39, Moxey 43, Pratley 58.</div>
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<b>EASTLEIGH (4-5-1): </b>Flitney; Partington, Reid, Evans, Harding; Mohamed (Lafayette 86), Strevens (Midson 75), Payne, Drury, Reason (Cook 79); Constable. <b>Booked: </b>Strevens. <b>Goals: </b>Partington 11, Mohamed 45.</div>
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<b>Referee: </b>M Clattenburg (Tyneside).</div>
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GARY MADINE lifted the gloom over cash-strapped Bolton with the goal that sealed their first win in 18 games. </div>
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Neil Lennon's side are still bottom of the Championship, but as the manager said: "It's a big three points for us. This win will give the players a huge shot of confidence. It has been a long time coming, but they played really well and deserved it.</div>
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"We have been through hard times, but I thought the response today was fantastic. The players showed a lot of guts and it's a step in the right direction."</div>
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There were signs early in the game that Bolton were in the mood to improve on a miserable show at Rotherham in their last game which they lost 4-0 and Blackburn were fortunate to avoid an early setback as Dean Moxey, a target for Wolves, picked out Zach Clough with a left-wing cross.</div>
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Clough, who is also being watched by several Championship clubs keen to cash in on Bolton's cash crisis, diverted the ball against the post with goalkeeper Jason Steele stranded. Madine failed to hit the target from the rebound.</div>
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It was not until the 78th minute that the winner came but what a crucial strike it was as Madine chested down Moxey's long throw before turning to beat Jason Steele from eight yards.</div>
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Blackburn manager Paul Lambert said: "That's the most disappointing performance since I've been here. It was a game of mistakes and we made too many erro</div>
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Bolton 1 - Brentford 1: Dann's equaliser cancels out Swift's opener as spoils are shared

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BOLTON showed fighting spirit on the pitch despite a growing financial crisis off it as Neil Danns’ equaliser prevented Brentford from giving interim boss Lee Carsley the perfect send-off.</div>
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Midfielder Danns bobbled in an equaliser after an early goal from John Swift, inset, looked set to give the visitors victory on the day they appointed Dean Smith as their new manager.</div>
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It was just the boost that Wanderers, the Championship’s bottom club, needed after revealing that their players have not received their wages for November amid a growing financial crisis.</div>
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Isle of Man-based owner Eddie Davies is looking to sell the club, and while he is prepared to write off the £172.9million in loans he has made to sustain them, he will not put in any more money.</div>
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Neil Lennon’s players put their own financial concerns to one side as they gave a spirited performance against an in-form Brentford.</div>
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Smith, who has left League One promotion hopefuls Walsall to take charge at Griffin Park, will inherit a team pushing for a Championship play-off spot thanks to Carsley’s work over the last two months.</div>
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They got a perfect start, as Chelsea loanee Swift gave them a 10th-minute lead, bending his shot around Ben Amos.</div>
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But the Bolton keeper twice halted Brentford from adding to their lead before half-time, spreading himself well to deny Danish striker Lasse Vibe, and then tipping over a fierce shot from Swift, left unmarked at the far post from an Alan Judge cross.</div>
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Brentford could not convert their chances and Jake Bidwell headed wide after a Ryan Woods cross had found him clear early in the second half. And they paid the price as Danns mis-hit a shot that found a way through a crowd of defenders and went in off the post.</div>
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Bolton, chasing only a second league victory of the season, might even have gone in front after that, but Brentford keeper David Button made an excellent block to deny Shola Ameobi at close range. A brilliant late one-handed Amos save denied Vibe a winner.</div>

Bolton 1 - Brentford 1: Dann's equaliser cancels out Swift's opener as spoils are shared

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