Ivan Campo
Kevin Davies – A true Legend
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010 | BWFC Goals, BWFC News, BWFC People, Eidur Gudjohnsen, El-Hadji Diouf, Football Association, Gary Megson, Ivan Campo, Johan Elmander, Kevin Davies, Nat Lofthouse, Nicolas Anelka, Owen Coyle, Premier League, Youri Djorkaeff | 2 Comments
Legend: it’s a word thrown round all too readily it appears these days. Scrolling down my news feed on Facebook last week, I found one friend bestowing legendary status on Javier Hernandez following his late winner for Manchester United away at Valencia. I’m sure he was caught up in the moment, or at least I hope so, and I imagine in the cold light of day, he wouldn’t be quite so keen to put Hernandez up with the ‘Kings of the Stretford End’ such as Cantona, Law and Charlton just yet although, considering the fact that the guy probably couldn’t find Old Trafford with a sat nav and more than likely believes that football was invented in 1993, nothing would surprise me.super
A proud moment for Super-kev
It’s not just fans of other clubs who seem keen to claim certain questionable players as ‘legends’. El Hadji Diouf has achieved legendary status to some Bolton fans, despite the fact that his consistency could often be called in to question and, regardless of his ‘love’ for the club, he felt the overwhelming urge just prior to our biggest match of the season at home to Sunderland to announce to the national press that, irrespective of the result of said match, he would be leaving Bolton for a big club on the continent. Now, I’ve visited Sunderland in the past and, while it does seem like another country, and sometimes another world, it sure as hell isn’t in Spain!
So what does constitute a legend? Well, in my humble opinion, in order for the word legend to have the impact it deserves, it has to be limited to certain players who have had a profound impact on the club. We have had some world class players grace the famous white shirt of Bolton Wanderers, particularly over the last ten years: Jay Jay Okocha – so good they named him twice; Youri Djorkaeff – World Cup winner in 1998 and European Championship winner in 2000; Ivan Campo – two time Champions League winner; Fernando Hierro – three time Champions League winner and five time winner of La Liga; Eidur Gudjohnsen – two Premier League titles with Chelsea and a La Liga title and Champions League winner with Barcelona; Stelios Giannakopoulos – European Championship winner with Greece in 2004; Nicolas Anelka – Premier League, FA and Champions League winner with Arsenal and Real Madrid respectively prior to his time with us, not to mention adding further Premier League and FA Cup success with Chelsea following his time at The Reebok. In total; ten domestic league titles, seven Champions Leagues, two European Championships, two FA Cups, one UEFA Cup, one UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup, one UEFA Super Cup, one World Cup and an Olympic Gold Medal. Not to mention, the small number of 457 International caps. In short, these guys have won it all. › Continue reading
Every Day’s a cup final for Mark Halsey….!
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 | BWFC Goals, BWFC News, BWFC People, Football Association, Ivan Campo, Jay-Jay Okocha, Nicolas Anelka, Owen Coyle, Phil Gartside, Premier League, Premiership referees, Sam Allardyce, Youri Djorkaeff | 11 Comments
The support from football fans and ordinary people in the street has been inspirational
Click the link to listen to Mark Halsey’s Exclusive interview.
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Despite hailing from Hertfordshire, Mark Halsey has firmly established himself as one of Bolton’s favourite adopted sons. After spending 12 years playing non-league football for Cambridge City and Hertford Town he began his refereeing career in 1989 and a decade later refereed the famous 1999 Football League One Play-off Final between Gillingham and Manchester City at Wembley. The same year he was promoted to Premier League status and shortly after the FIFA List of referees. He quickly established himself as one of the most popular referees in the League.
Mark was kind enough to take time out of his schedule to speak Exclusively to Manny Road & bwfcforum’s Andi Walton. He started by asking him about his current health:
MH: Yeah I’m feeling very good, I seem to be getting stronger with every game I do and it’s a bonus for me because I never thought I’d be back refereeing again, so every day is a cup final and it’s really great to be back and the reception I’ve received from the two games I’ve done at Rotherham and Port Vale and Oldham and Bristol Rovers, the fans have been absolutely fantastic and it’s been very emotional and overwhelming for me.
AW: It must have been the furthest thing from your mind getting out on the football pitch when you were in the midst of your treatment but now you’ve got to that stage, it must be a real thrill.
MH: For me to come back and, you know, I suppose…for what I’ve gone through with all my chemotherapy and my radiotherapy…I mean if you saw me at Christmas, I was nowhere near the Mark Halsey of old, you know, but I’ve worked hard and a lot of people have helped me and it’s been great. The support I’ve received from people around the country – just ordinary football fans and ordinary people in the street. They’ve been inspirational to me and they’ve got to really pat themselves on the back for the way they’ve helped me and it’s down to them that I’m back where I am now.
What the Bolton News can learn from Gordon Brown
Saturday, June 6th, 2009 | BWFC News, BWFC People, El-Hadji Diouf, Gary Megson, Ivan Campo, Nicolas Anelka, Phil Gartside, Stelios | 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.
The Phil Gartside Appreciation Society: Exhibit A
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 | BWFC News, BWFC People, Ivan Campo, Phil Gartside | 2 Comments
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The Bolton Wanderers chairman gets a video nasty
A few months ago Manny Road started the Ivan Campo Appreciation Society after we found some hilarious You Tube tributes to the great man.
Now it’s time for Phil Gartside to get his own appreciation society, only unlike with Señor Campo, the Wanderers supremo’s immortalisation on celluloid is more of a video nasty than a tribute.
Recommended reading (21.11.08): Sam Allardyce goes Nuts
Friday, November 21st, 2008 | BWFC People, Gary Megson, Heidar Helguson, Ivan Campo, Mustapha Riga, Ricardo Vaz Te, Sam Allardyce | No Comments
What Manny Road has been reading (and thinking) about Bolton Wanderers over the last couple of days…
- This discussion about how Gary Megson has made less substitutions than any other manager in the Premier League (backing up what I wrote here about his lack of a plan b).
Hull City v Bolton Wanderers: The fans’ view
Sunday, November 9th, 2008 | BWFC People, Ebi Smolarek, Gary Megson, Ivan Campo, Jay-Jay Okocha, Johan Elmander, Jussi Jaaskelainen, Kevin Nolan, Matt Taylor, Phil Brown, Ricardo Gardner | 2 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 1-0 away win at Hull City:
- Credit where it’s due to Gary Megson and the team. We’re up to ninth in the Premier League table and it’s time we all stopped moaning. Those hoping we’d lose the next few games so Megson gets the sack will not get their wish. Megson is God!
Bolton Wanderers v Everton: The fans’ view
Thursday, October 30th, 2008 | BWFC People, Bruce Rioch, Eddie Davies, Gary Megson, Ivan Campo, Mustapha Riga, Peter Reid, Phil Brown, Phil Gartside, Sam Allardyce | 4 Comments
The 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 1-0 home defeat to Everton:
- The Everton defence didn’t make a mistake and therefore our lightweight attack never looked like scoring.
- The worst thing is that Everton were rubbish too, so what does that say about us?
The Ivan Campo Appreciation Society: Exhibit E
Sunday, October 26th, 2008 | BWFC People, Grzegorz Rasiak, Ivan Campo, Ivan Campo Appreciation Society | No Comments
In loving memory of a Bolton Wanderers legend…
As we were leaving White Hart Lane after the 1-1 draw against Spurs last season, a sudden and raucous rendition of the Ivan Campo chimes began to sound from one corner of the away end.
Ivan Campo Appreciation Society: Exhibit D
Thursday, October 9th, 2008 | BWFC People, Ivan Campo, Ivan Campo Appreciation Society, John McGinlay | No Comments
In loving memory of Bolton Wanderers legend Ivan Campo…
A few weeks ago, I wrote about a bug in the system of the BWFC latest news feed that displays on the top right-hand side of this blog. It kept crashing and I couldn’t figure out why.
Well, after some trial and error, it appears the bug was caused by the news feed from the Manchester Evening News. Since I removed the MEN feed it’s worked perfectly.
More proof that Mancunians and Boltonians don’t mix came in the MEN’s report of the Wanderers 3-1 win at West Ham. As Vital Bolton Wanderers pointed out, their assertion that Bolton had not won at Upton Park for 44 years was slightly wrong… they were a mere 41 years out.
In fact, Bolton also won at West Ham in the League Cup in 1994, when a Super John McGinlay brace helped us on our way to Wembley.
But the long wait for a league win at Upton Park was ended in 2005 when your favourite Spaniard and mine Ivan Campo scored the decisive goal.
So, for making the Mancs look stupid, we salute you Ivan…
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Bolton Wanderers Hall of Shame #2: Ricardo Vaz Te’s hair
Thursday, September 11th, 2008 | BWFC People, Ivan Campo, Ricardo Vaz Te | No Comments
Ricardo Vaz Te is hair, there and everywhere at the moment…
Following the widespread speculation about whether he actually still plays for Bolton Wanderers or not, Ricardo Vaz Te has yet again hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons.
This time it’s his new hair style, which has been roundly ridiculed by Wanderers fans both here and here.
Ricardo Vaz Te... taking the idea of internet trolls a bit too literally on bwfc.co.uk
Of course, we’re not adverse to a exuberant hair here at Manny Road. In fact, I’m pretty sure the club shop will already be hard at work with the straighteners on all those spare Ivan Campo wigs that never got sold.
The problem is, if you’re going to make a statement, you could at least wait until you’re in the team – or until the fans actually know who you play for – before making it. That way we don’t have to endure the torture of visiting the official BWFC website to find out about it.
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