Portsmouth's Aruna Dindane focuses on World Cup thanks to Lens charity

Charity comes in many forms and Portsmouth are increasingly reliant on it. The Bolton defence's donation of two goals and a point to the relegated team vindicated the Wanderers manager Owen Coyle's decision not to put the champagne on ice to celebrate survival; the Lens chairman, Gervais Martel, allowed Aruna Dindane to end his enforced exile from the Portsmouth side and pursue his aim of earning a place at the World Cup; and the Pompey fans grouped together to pay the St John Ambulance the £2,700 it was owed. Not for the first time, the essential decency of the supporters shamed the club's many powerbrokers. They are now aiming to raise the £2,300 due to the Harbour Cancer Support Centre, another of Portsmouth's more dishonourable debts. Their munificence rather puts into perspective Avram Grant's gripes about his side's exclusion from next season's Europa League. Speaking before suggestions surfaced that Portsmouth could be deducted 17 points next season, if 75% of their creditors do not agree to the company voluntary arrangement when they exit administration, the Israeli said: "I hope the Premier League are the same as Lens." The French club, the employers of the on-loan Dindane, looked favourably upon Portsmouth's pleas to rip up a clause in the forward's contract stating that one more appearance would incur a fee of £4m. "When I heard, I was really happy," the Ivorian said. "The Lens chairman knew how important it is for his player to be playing and I thank him for that. I was very worried about the World Cup. The Ivory Coast has many players and if you are not playing for two or three months it could be the end of your chances." Instead, Dindane's double, which came from crosses by Frédéric Piquionne and John Utaka, revived his hopes of a trip to South Africa. "You saw how useful he is," Grant said. "He can play as a central striker, a second striker and wide." Ostensibly the right-sided attacker, Dindane illustrated his versatility by twice arriving in the centre of the penalty area to strike. Bolton's adventures in the loan market brought two goals in three minutes, provided by Jack Wilshere and Vladimir Weiss, both lent to Coyle this year, and scored by a third loanee, Ivan Klasnic, and Kevin Davies. Pompey's comeback rendered it an anti-climax, but Bolton have effectively ensured another season in the Premier League.As Coyle said, it was achieved without him paying a fee in the transfer market. "In January, we were in the bottom three and we have managed to elevate ourselves to 14th," the Scot said. True as that is, an alternative interpretation is that his record this season – 18 points from 18 games – is identical to that of his sacked predecessor, Gary Megson. His message, nonetheless, is that safety is not enough. For Coyle, the limited ambition at the Reebok Stadium requires either a change of either attitude or personnel. "I'm not basing this on today," he said. "This is bigger. I certainly don't want to be starting next season with a group of players who think 'stay in the league and that's great'. I want players with aspirations." Changing the culture of the club is an objective at Bolton. It should be an imperative at Portsmouth.