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Doncaster   3 - 3   Blackpool

Doncaster 3-3 Blackpool

Doncaster 3-3 Blackpool

Billy Sharp's last-minute equaliser rescued a point for Doncaster in a six-goal thriller against high-flying Championship rivals Blackpool.

Martin Woods fired an early left-footed opener for Rovers before Brett Ormerod nudged in Ian Evatt's header.

Sharp swept in Gareth Roberts' cross to make it 2-1, but Jay Emmanuel-Thomas equalised from the edge of the box.

Ben Burgess curled a shot into the top corner to put Blackpool ahead but Sharp latched on to James Hayter's pass.


Blackpool manager Ian Holloway:
"Where do you start on a game like that? I would have paid to watch that myself.

"Entertainment is the business and that was just great. If it carries on that way for the rest of my life I will die early - it's not good for my ticker.

"Ups and downs and ins and outs, that game had everything. Brilliant. I cannot complain about the result at all because if we had won it would have been tough on Doncaster. They deserved a point out of that.

Doncaster boss Sean O'Driscoll:

"It was excellent. We are not the biggest side in the world and their physicality caused us problems.

"But we stuck with it, didn't get frustrated and got something. I think we created more chances but we have been saying all week what a good side Blackpool are and they showed that today.

"It was a game to get forward and fight fire with fire."

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Championship table snapshot

As it stood on 31 Oct 2009 23:59 UK

PositionTeamPGDPTS
1West Brom151628
2Newcastle141227
3Leicester15627
4Cardiff141526
5Bristol City15425
6Middlesbrough15624
7Blackpool15624
8Preston15324
9QPR141123
10Nottm Forest14323
11Swansea15122
12Watford15-421
13Crystal Palace14-218
14Sheff Wed15-117
15Sheff Utd14-217
16Coventry15-617
17Barnsley15-817
18Scunthorpe15-917
19Doncaster15-215
20Derby15-914
21Reading15-1013
22Plymouth15-1212
23Peterborough15-711
24Ipswich15-1111