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Guess the Bolton Wanderers flop

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 | Ariza Makukula, BWFC News, BWFC People, Gary Megson, Gavin McCann, Grzegorz Rasiak, Johan Elmander, Kevin Davies | 4 Comments

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As bad as it gets, surely...

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?

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Do you trust Gary Megson with your money?

Friday, May 29th, 2009 | Ariza Makukula, BWFC News, BWFC People, Danny Shittu, Ebi Smolarek, Fabrice Muamba, Gary Cahill, Gary Megson, Gretar Steinsson, Johan Elmander, Mark Davies, Mustapha Riga, Phil Gartside, Sebastien Puygrenier, Tamir Cohen | 10 Comments

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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…

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Reebok Round-Up (28.04.09)

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 | Ariza Makukula, BWFC News, BWFC People, Gary Megson, Joey O'Brien, Kevin Nolan, Nicky Hunt, Phil Gartside, Sam Allardyce, Sammy Lee | 1 Comment

What Manny Road has been reading (and thinking) about Bolton Wanderers

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Reebok Round-Up (25.03.09)

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 | Ariza Makukula, BWFC News, BWFC People, Fabrice Muamba, Gary Megson, Grzegorz Rasiak, Matt Taylor, Phil Brown | No Comments

What Manny Road has been reading (and thinking) about Bolton Wanderers

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Stoke 2-0 Bolton: The fans’ view

Friday, March 6th, 2009 | Andy O'Brien, Ariza Makukula, BWFC News, BWFC People, Gary Megson, Jlloyd Samuel, Johan Elmander, Jussi Jaaskelainen, Kevin Davies, Mario Jardel, Ricardo Gardner, Sam Allardyce | No Comments

The Bolton Wanderers match report you won’t read in the papers (or see on Match of the Day)

Here’s what the various Bolton Wanderers discussion forums made of the Whites’ 2-0 defeat at Stoke…

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Bolton 1-0 Newcastle: The fans’ view

Monday, March 2nd, 2009 | Ariza Makukula, BWFC News, BWFC People, Ebi Smolarek, Gary Cahill, Gary Megson, Johan Elmander, Mark Davies, Ricardo Gardner | 1 Comment

The Bolton Wanderers match report you won’t read in the papers (or see on Match of the Day)

Here’s what the various Bolton Wanderers message boards made of the 1-0 win over Newcastle United yesterday…

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Everton 3-0 Bolton: What the papers say

Monday, February 9th, 2009 | Ariza Makukula, BWFC News, BWFC People, Gary Megson, Jlloyd Samuel | No Comments

Before or after a match (against Sunderland(?))

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How the press reported the Wanderers 3-0 hammering at Goodison Park

Ominously, The Observer compared the Wanderers’ performance to Derby of last season and said that Everton beat us with “minimal fuss”. The Express‘ adjectives of choice were “dominated” and “comfortable”.

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Everton 3-0 Bolton: The fans’ view

Sunday, February 8th, 2009 | Alan Gowling, Andy O'Brien, Ariza Makukula, BWFC News, BWFC People, Gary Megson, Gretar Steinsson, Kevin Nolan, Mario Jardel, Mark Davies, Ricardo Gardner | 1 Comment

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The Bolton Wanderers match report you won’t read in the papers (or see on Match of the Day)

Here’s what the various Bolton Wanderers message boards made of the 3-0 hammering at Goodison Park:

- “The gulf in class was embarrassing, especially considering Everton played 120 minutes in mid week.”

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11 things you (probably don’t) need to know about Everton v Bolton Wanderers

Saturday, February 7th, 2009 | Ariza Makukula, BWFC News, BWFC People, Ebi Smolarek, Gary Megson, Kevin Davies, Matt Taylor, Sebastien Puygrenier | No Comments

David Moyes, Manager of Everton Football Club....
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Your guide to all the hot air and pointless historical facts ahead of Bolton’s trip to Goodison Park

Reasons to be cheerful…

1. Everton played 120 minutes on Wednesday night in the FA Cup against Liverpool, while the Wanderers were sitting at home with their feet up enjoying ITV’s, ahem, excellent coverage of the game.

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Wanderers window shopping dispatch #4: Five questions that need answering

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 | Ariza Makukula, BWFC News, BWFC People, Gary Megson, Heidar Helguson, Kevin Davies, Kevin Nolan, Mark Davies, Phil Gartside, Sebastien Puygrenier | 1 Comment

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The final round of ins, outs and shaking it all abouts at Bolton Wanderers this January

Ins
With the three ins this year – Davies, Sebastien Puygrenier and Ariza Makukula – already in the bag, Bolton barely got a mention on Sky Sports News’ overly-dramatic transfer deadline day coverage (was the countdown of the last 10 seconds, accompanied by pictures from Big Ben, really necessary, especially as the Premier League had extended the deadline due to the bad weather?).

Gary Megson confirmed after the Spurs game that he was targetting two more signings before the window shut at 5pm yesterday, so the Wanderers failure to bring in any more new players has to be seen as leaving Megson short of what he feels he needs to keep us in the Premier League.

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