Bolton Wanderers 0 - 0 Chesterfield: Chesterfield keep alive slim survival hopes with fighting draw at Bolton - 7M sport

Bolton Wanderers 0 - 0 Chesterfield: Chesterfield keep alive slim survival hopes with fighting draw at Bolton



Posted Sunday, April 02, 2017 by PA

Chesterfield preserved their slim hopes of survival in Sky Bet League One with a battling goalless draw at automatic promotion hopefuls Bolton.

Gary Caldwell's side were not helped by results elsewhere - they are now 11 points adrift of safety with five games remaining - but showed impressive resolve to hold firm against a late onslaught.

Jon Nolan was sent off for a second bookable offence during stoppage time but despite throwing everything forward, Bolton could not find a winner which would have extended their advantage over third-placed Fleetwood to nine points.

The Trotters seemed to suffer stage fright in the first half, watched by 23,376 fans - their second-largest league gate since dropping out of the Premier League in 2012.

Chesterfield should have taken the lead when Mark Howard spilled Dan Gardner's long-range effort and Kristian Dennis failed to bury the rebound.

Bolton picked up after the break, captain Darren Pratley twice denied the opening goal by some last-ditch defending.

Adam Le Fondre also volleyed just over the bar as the home side went in search of a sixth successive victory.

And after a frantic goalmouth scramble at the end where both Le Fondre and David Wheater had shots blocked, Nolan then left the field early for a foul on Filipe Morais.



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