Blackpool 1-1 Leeds United

Gary Madine (right) is Blackpool's joint top scorer this season with three

Leeds came back to draw at bottom-of-the-table Blackpool in a game boycotted by hundreds of fans.

Many Blackpool supporters chose to watch non-league side AFC Blackpool's game against Bootle instead.

Gary Madine put the hosts in front with a diving header after Andrea Orlandi's free-kick hit the woodwork.

Sub Mirco Antenucci levelled for the visitors with a neat lob but the Seasiders stopped their run of six successive defeats.

Despite putting an end to their losing run, the hosts are 17 points adrift of safety with just nine games to go and their relegation could be confirmed when they visit Bolton in a fortnight.

Hundreds of home fans chose to stay away from the game after a pre-match protest against the club's owners, the Oyston family.

A number of them attended AFC Blackpool's 2-1 win over Bootle in the North West Counties Premier Division.

Those that chose to watch the Seasiders saw their side score for the first time since 28 February when Madine headed home just before the break after Orlandi's free-kick had struck the woodwork.

The Sheffield Wednesday loanee is Blackpool's joint-top scorer this season with three goals.

The visitors, who are now unbeaten in their last five outings, should have equalised when Antenucci fired over Gaetano Berardi's cross but the Italian made amends with a measured lob after a terrible mistake by Tangerines skipper Peter Clarke.

Miles Addison and Michael Jacobs were both denied by visiting keeper Marco Silvestri as Leeds held out for the point.

Blackpool boss Lee Clark: "The lads are playing for their futures in football and they've shown me that they can deliver performances today. Whether it's with Blackpool or not they've got to fight for their future.

"We should have won the game, we deserved to. The players deserved three points. There were lots of good individual performances out there."

Leeds boss Neil Redfearn: "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."