Premiership: Bolton hammer Ipswich Town

Bolton 4, Ipswich 1(full-time)

Fredi Bobic’s first half hat-trick virtually sealed Bolton’s Premiership survival and left Ipswich needing a miracle to stay up.

The German star struck after just two minutes of the vital Reebok Stadium clash and added further goals in the 30th and 38th minutes.

Youri Djorkaeff also got in on the action with a 35th-minute strike as dreadful Ipswich, for whom Jamie Clapham scored a last minute consolation, were dunked deeper in the relegation mire.

Bobic left the field to a standing ovation with 10 minutes to go to give Holdsworth his slice of the action.

Moments later Djorkaeff almost notched his second and Bolton’s fifth of the afternoon when he whipped in a free-kick from the left flank which flashed across the face of Marshall’s goal.

Ipswich were enjoying their best spell of the game and that was largely down to the form of substitute Clapham. He crossed for Stewart to head just wide and Whitlow cleared under pressure from Bent.

Clapham scored Ipswich’s consolation in the last minute when he cut in from the left and fired a strong shot past Jaaskelainen.