Blackpool 1 Leeds United 1

LEEDS head coach Neil Redfearn was happy with a point after his side had to come from behind against the Championship’s bottom team in difficult conditions at Bloomfield Road.

It was the hosts who struck first in the 44th minute when Gary Madine netted.

Leeds fought back and substitute Mirco Antenucci equalised when he lobbed the ball over Joe Lewis from 12 yards.

Blackpool are now 17 points adrift of safety with just seven games to go and while their manager Lee Clark says his attentions are already on next term, In contrast, Redfearn is looking for his side to extend their five-game unbeaten run.

“It’s a fair result because it’s a difficult surface to play on, it’s about whether you can avoid making many mistakes,” said Redfearn.

“We didn’t start well, we didn’t play the conditions right. I changed it and we looked better. It looked like it was going to be us that were going to nick it because we had that little bit more quality than them.

“I have to say it must be an absolute nightmare for them trying to get results on this. It’s just a quagmire. All it needs is a path through the middle and you’ve got park playing fields.

“You come to Blackpool, bottom of the league and everybody thinks you’re going to beat them six and seven and it doesn’t work like that. If you’re picking up points away from home you’re doing the right things.”

Redfearn revealed he has spoken to England under-21 boss Gareth Southgate after Lewis Cook and Alex Mowatt were called up earlier in the week.

He added: “I’ve had the conversation with Gareth Southgate and he assures me they will look after the boys.”

Before kick-off there were more protests by Blackpool fans against the club’s owners, the Oyston family, before hundreds of supporters boycotted the game to watch AFC Blackpool instead.

Former Huddersfield chief Clark said: “We should have won the game, we deserved too.

“The players deserved three points. There were lots of good individual performances out there.”

He added: “We are in the process of working for next season. We’ve got to make Blackpool an attractive proposition. We need young hungry players.”