A further change had been required before the interval when Martin Brittain left the field to be replaced by Nicky Deverdics and within 10 minutes of the restart we'd used all three subs as Michael Terrell made his debut at this level in place of Daryl Smylie.

In a forgettable second period United seldom looked like getting back on level terms, while Bolton started to stretch our defence with long balls forward to their strikers and came close to sealing victory on a couple of occasions in the final stages. 

So another forgettable night for the smallest crowd yet to watch a reserve game at Kingston Park (our other recent lower attendances being for games staged at other venues.)

We're still to win a reserve game in 2005 after six attempts and show precious little sign of changing that record - and on nights like these it's hard to make a case for playing these games, never mind watching them.....