Here are our player ratings from Bloomfield Road...
5. Nest Guinness-Walker
His battle with the excellent Apter was one of the highlights of a game that lacked excitement. The fact he did so well - mostly keeping Blackpool's tricky winger away from danger areas - was a big factor in the clean sheet... 7.5 Photo: Pete Norton
6. Jack Sowerby
His injury barely 10 minutes in typifies Town's rotten luck at present. It was so innocuous but those ones are often the worst. Brady confirmed afterwards that he's dislocated his knee... 6 Photo: Pete Norton
7. Samy Chouchane
He started shakily but grew into the game and came up with a couple of lovely balls into the box, setting up chances for Hoskins and then Roberts. Less involved in the second half... 7 Photo: Pete Norton
8. Ben Fox
Started as the most advanced midfielder in the absence of the suspended McGeehan but retreated following Sowerby's injury. Put in a good shift as he always does and twice went close to winning it for Cobblers, denied first by a decent save and then a last-ditch block... 7 Photo: Pete Norton