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 | | That is a touch negative, perhaps, but there lingered a suspicion that Allardyce's bonhomie might have been slightly manufactured in the wake of a damp-squib draw that saw them deposit Leeds just above the jagged edge in the league table but have the gap between themselves and West Ham whittled down to four points. |
 | | All of which will be an intense disappointment to the hordes of Bolton followers who had made the short journey across Lancashire yesterday knowing that, if results had gone their way, they could have negotiated their final three games of the season in the contented knowledge that they were safe from the guillotine. |
 | | In truth Allardyce's players were slightly fortunate to leave here with anything, having been penned back for long spells of a neighbourly skirmish memorable only for the excellence of Damien Duff and the wayward finishing of Andy Cole. |
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