Thomas Ince came off the bench to score twice as Blackpool beat Doncaster Rovers at Bloomfield Road.
Ince, who replaced Brett Ormerod, needed only six minutes to draw his side level, before firing into the top corner from 20 yards in stoppage time to give Ian Holloway's side three points. Rovers, who stay in the bottom three, had gone ahead through Billy Sharp but were made to pay for missed chances as they slipped to a second successive defeat.
Blackpool, boosted by the return of the defender Craig Cathcart, had the first chance of the game, but Gary Taylor-Fletcher failed to keep his effort down. Sharp volleyed Giles Barnes's cross over the top of Matt Gilks's bar as the visitors, who were beaten 3-0 by Leeds in their last match, responded.
Blackpool started to assert themselves but they could not test Neil Sullivan in the Doncaster goal as Cathcart failed to direct Stephen Crainey's cross goalwards and Ormerod fired wide from 20 yards.
It was Rovers who took the lead after 27 minutes, when Sharp converted Barnes's mis-hit shot from close range. They almost doubled their lead three minutes later but Kyle Bennett's shot from distance flew just over the bar.
The Tangerines rarely troubled the Rovers defence, other than when Taylor-Fletcher saw his shot blocked by George Friend, and they were fortunate not to be 2-0 down three minutes after the interval as Pascal Chimbonda's first-time cross just evaded a stretching Sharp.
The on-loan Liverpool midfielder Jonjo Shelvey tried to spark the hosts into action, but his 25-yard strike sailed wide. Doncaster continued to attack and Gilks had to be alert to parry John Oster's strike to safety. Holloway made his trademark trio of substitutions after 57 minutes, bringing Kevin Phillips, Callum McManaman and Ince into play.
The changes worked as Ince drew Blackpool level, curling the ball past Sullivan into the far corner. Rovers almost restored their lead immediately but Gilks pushed Sharp's effort round the post.
Sullivan then denied Phillips twice and McManaman, signed on loan from Wigan this week, also brought a fine save out of Rovers' veteran goalkeeper.
The impressive Ince, however, did beat the former Scotland international in the dying moments to ensure Blackpool returned to winning ways following their 4-0 defeat by West Ham on Saturday.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/oct/18/blackpool-doncaster-rovers-championship
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