Blackpool boss emphasises the importance of togetherness following victory over Bolton Wanderers

Jake Beesley claimed a brace for the Seasiders, while Marvin Ekpiteta and Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel were also on the scoresheet, as Neil Critchley’s side made it back-to-back wins in League One.

The visitors played the latter stages of the game with 10-men after Ricardo Santos was sent off in the second half for a challenge on Kyle Joseph which led to a penalty.

"It’s been a really good day for us- to come from behind, like we did last week, shows the character of the group again,” said Critchley, as Blackpool followed up their 2-1 league win against Peterborough United at the Weston Homes Stadium.

"We played with real spirit and got our rewards for commitment and effort. Everyone put in a really good performance. If a result like this can’t give us belief for the rest of the season then nothing will- it shows you what we are capable of. We had a couple of moments before their goal on the breakaway, but then they scored after a little bit of misfortune for us, but our response was really good.

"It was a brilliant goal from Bees (Jake Beesley), he practiced that yesterday, and his finishing in training was like that, so that shows the power of practice. Grimmy (Dan Grimshaw) made a couple of good saves too. In the second half we had a few good chances to go 3-1 up, and then the sending off went in our favour. It’s about time one of those goes in our way.

"It was a great atmosphere today, the North Stand got right behind the team- we need them. We have to be together, and we certainly were today. To beat a team as good as Bolton in that fashion is brilliant, these results are for the supporters.

"Our record against top six teams is really good, and we’ve picked up points against them, but we’ve got to solve our away form quickly. We’ve got to keep our feet on the ground, on Tuesday night against Leyton Orient this will be forgotten about, our focus changes straight away.”