Have you given Bolton Wanderers the thumbs up?
Wednesday June 10th, 2009 | 12 Comments
Feel free to republish your praise for Bolton Wanderers season ticket renewal schemes here
Bwfc.co.uk reported recently that “Bolton Wanderers supporters have given the ‘thumbs up’ to the club’s fantastic package of prices, which offers significant savings to ALL season ticket holders.”
In the report, the club website claimed that supporters had been full of praise for the season ticket prices.
Phil Gartside: Friend of the playground bully
Tuesday June 9th, 2009 | 5 Comments
The hidden danger of Bolton Wanderers’ new sponsor
There’s been much talk about 188bet.com since they were announced as Bolton Wanderers’ new sponsor.
The main areas for discussion appear to be…
Setanta misses the point with Bolton Wanderers season review
Monday June 8th, 2009 | 6 Comments
The Sky wannabes let Gary Megson off the hook
It’s the time of year when newspapers and websites fill empty space with reviews and analysis of the season just passed. Most of them are hardly worth reading, especially when you’ve had a season as dull and uneventful as the Wanderers have.
One section from Setanta’s end-of-season Bolton Wanderers review jumped off the page, though.
What the Bolton News can learn from Gordon Brown
Saturday June 6th, 2009 | 3 Comments
There’s no such thing as boom without bust for Bolton Wanderers
It’s perhaps not the best time to be taking financial lessons from Gordon Brown, but The Bolton News repeated one of the beleaguered Prime Minister’s biggest mistakes this week.
Guess the Bolton Wanderers flop
Tuesday June 2nd, 2009 | 2 Comments
News of the World blasts Gary Megson’s ‘costly mistake’
The News of the World picked its worst Premier League XI of the season on Sunday. In it was one Bolton Wanderers player. Can you guess who it was from this extract?
Richard Sneekes has a sex change on Twitter
Monday June 1st, 2009 | No Comments

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Manny Road’s having a change of direction too
One year in to blogging about Bolton Wanderers and it’s time to take stock. What’s gone well? What could we have done better? What should we do more of and what should we do less of (feel free to offer your own views in the comments below)?
Somewhat naively, when I started this project nearly 12 months ago I assumed I could cover everything: news, transfer gossip, injuries, debates. Not that much happens in the world of Bolton Wanderers, right?
Wrong.
Do you trust Gary Megson with your money?
Friday May 29th, 2009 | 9 Comments
The Bolton Wanderers manager wants more cash to splash… does he deserve it?
Gary Megson spent most of last season complaining about the size of his squad and he’s continued to send not-so-subtle messages to Phil Gartside and the Bolton Wanderers bank manager since the campaign ended.
Megson told The Bolton News that he’s confident of attracting big names to the Reebok, but do you trust him to spend your hard-spent season ticket cash wisely?
Let’s look at the evidence…
Johan Elmander: Eight times more costly than a Premier League referee
Friday May 29th, 2009 | 3 Comments
Referees cost Bolton £1.44m last season… that’s £9.66m less than Johan
According to this guide on a Hull City fans’ website, Premier League clubs receive an extra £0.72m for every place higher they finish in the final table.
Former referee Jeff Winter has been keeping an alternative Premier League table this season based on where each team would be if all refereeing decisions were correct.
Manchester City 1-0 Bolton Wanderers: Video highlights
Monday May 25th, 2009 | No Comments
Watch Bolton Wanderers wave goodbye to a season to forget
Fittingly, at the end of a season dominated by tedium and mediocrity, the Wanderers bowed out of the 2008-09 season with a drab away defeat to Man City…
Bolton Wanderers 0-0 Sunderland: The fans’ view
Monday May 11th, 2009 | No Comments
The Bolton Wanderers match report you won’t read in the papers (or see on Match of the Day)
Here’s how the various Bolton Wanderers message boards reacted to the goalless draw with Sunderland…
Positives
- “We have now secured our place in the Premier League for the ninth successive season, which you have to say is a fantastic achievement however it has been done.”
- “Overall Gary Megson has done a good job and he deserves the chance to prove himself further next season” … “The board should back him with more money.”
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