Why Bolton Wanderers did not want to cancel Morecambe clash stopped after 'unacceptable' behaviour
manchestereveningnews.co.ukIan Evatt insists Bolton Wanderers did not consider cancelling their game against Morecambe and believes his players channelled their emotions in the right way to the clash being temporarily suspended and got a point out of it.
Wanderers drew 1-1 against the Shrimps thanks to Amadou Bakayoko's late equaliser cancelled out Cole Stockton's opener, which came after Ricardo Almeida Santos was shown a red card and James Trafford had saved Stockton's subsequent penalty.
But the game was marred by off the pitch incidents, with allegations of racist abuse and spitting towards the Bolton dugout, Wanderers boss Ian Evatt said after the game. READ MORE: Morecambe 1-1 Bolton Wanderers: highlights and reaction to late draw and alleged racist abuse stopping game The match was suspended for 10 minutes as both sets of players were taken off the Mazuma Stadium pitch following the allegations of racist abuse directed towards the Wanderers dugout.
Evatt believes stopping the game for a time was the correct course of action, but did not entertain the idea of cancelling the fixture.
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