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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.
http://www.zshare.net/audio/751463426e948768/
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.
Rooney “Close to Old Trafford Exit” – World Exclusive
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010 | Alan Gowling, BWFC Goals, BWFC News, BWFC People, Gary Megson, Gary Speed, Ian Walker, Nicolas Anelka, Owen Coyle, Peter Reid, Phil Brown, Phil Gartside, Sam Allardyce, Steve Wigley, Tony Kelly | 16 Comments
Warren Obb explores the rumours that others dare not !
due to journalistic integrity (and the fact it might not be him) we have blanked out the ugly mush in this pic
(we would like to express, these are not necessarily the views of bwfcforum or manny road)
Superstar Shrek look-a-like Wayne Rooney was last night said to be close to an Old Trafford exit, according to sources.
The former Everton hitman, 24, has been in sensational form for the champions this season, netting his 33rd goal of the campaign in Sunday’s win over rivals Liverpool.
But in news certain to stun the Old Trafford faithful, Rooney was recently seen close to an Old Trafford exit. Our sources, who were allegedly close to the club at the time, also claim to have photos of Rooney in the compromising position. Negotiations to purchase the photos broke down in order to preserve our journalistic integrity. › Continue reading
Bolton Wanderers fans should be seen and not heard
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 | BWFC News, BWFC People, Gary Megson, Nicolas Anelka | 5 Comments
Pay your money, sit down, shut up and enjoy the one-way ride to mediocrity...
Pay your money, sit down, shut up and enjoy the one-way ride to mediocrity...
Gary Megson’s supporters in the media are totally missing the point
Something’s been puzzling me for a while. Why are the media so keen to criticise Bolton fans for our treatment of Gary Megson?
In some of my previous posts I’ve suggested that it’s caused by people who have no emotional (and therefore irrational) attachment to the club finding it impossible to fully understand how Megson has undermined the spirit that has been slowly built over the last 15-20 years.
But after reading some of the reports of the latest Megson hate-in, against Stoke at the Reebok on Saturday, I’ve come up with another theory.
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.
Recommended reading (13.12.08): Money, money, money, must be funny in Big Sam’s world… plus Ian Walker’s curtains
Saturday, December 13th, 2008 | Andy O'Brien, BWFC People, Danny Shittu, Gary Megson, Ian Walker, Johan Elmander, Matt Taylor, Nicolas Anelka, Phil Gartside, Sam Allardyce | No Comments
What Manny Road has been reading (and thinking) about Bolton Wanderers this week…
- Gary Megson being named Manager of the Month for November (you can’t really argue with that, so fair play and pats on the back, but I’m still not convinced he’ll still be our manager in a year’s time).
Bolton Wanderers 0-2 Chelsea: The fans’ views
Sunday, December 7th, 2008 | BWFC People, Gary Megson, Gavin McCann, Henrik Pedersen, Johan Elmander, Kevin Nolan, Nicolas Anelka | 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 2-0 home defeat to Chelsea…
Gary Megson’s Facebook charm offensive
Friday, November 14th, 2008 | BWFC People, Gary Megson, Nicolas Anelka | No Comments
How to get in touch with the Bolton Wanderers manager…
I wrote recently about the number of Bolton Wanderers fans who find this blog because they are searching Google for Gary Megson’s email address.
Gary Megson on Facebook: More or less popular than George W Bush?
Saturday, November 8th, 2008 | BWFC People, Gary Megson, Nicolas Anelka, Phil Gartside | 1 Comment
The Ginger Mourinho goes web 2.0…
I was reading an article today that said there are already several Facebook groups calling for Barack Obama to be impeached. However, the article also points out that Obama has got a long way to go before he catches up with outgoing US President George W Bush, who has at least 95 separate Facebook groups calling for him to be impeached.
Bolton Wanderers v West Brom: The fans’ view
Sunday, August 31st, 2008 | BWFC People, Danny Shittu, Ebi Smolarek, El-Hadji Diouf, Fabrice Muamba, Gary Megson, Gavin McCann, Joey O'Brien, Johan Elmander, Jussi Jaaskelainen, Kevin Nolan, Mustapha Riga, Nicolas Anelka, Ricardo Gardner | 2 Comments
The Bolton Wanderers match report you won’t see in the papers (or on Match of the Day)…
Here’s what the Bolton Wanderers message boards made of the 0-0 home draw with West Bromwich Albion…
- Four points from three games represents a terrible start to the season, especially given the standard of the opposition.
- Gary Megson was a coward for blaming the players’ ‘one-dimensional approach’ on Sky Sports, when surely he’s the one telling them to play like that. Does anyone still have faith in Bolton’s so-called manager? Megson is the sole reason why 8,000 Bolton Wanderers fans continue to stay away from the Reebok Stadium.
- With better finishing West Brom would have won at a canter. Bolton were embarrassed by their superior passing, just like we were by Northampton. In fact, we were absolutely dismal, but the referee didn’t help by being totally inconsistent.
- A midfield of Kevin Nolan, Gavin McCann, Joey O’Brien and Fabrice Muamba is far too negative and needs changing quickly if we’re going to have any chance of staying up. McCann is particularly awful, so bad in fact that some are considering suspending their support for the club until he is out of the team.
- We have no attacking flair. Mustapha Riga was only bought to appease fans over the sale of El-Hadji Diouf and he’ll never get enough of a look-in to make a difference. Riga and Ricardo Gardner were supposed to give width but we didn’t give them the ball. We were also completely ineffective up front.
- At the end of the day, we get what we deserve because the board have still not full reinvested the money we got from the sale of Nicolas Anelka.
- Still, the good news is that Bolton are bound to get at least 0 points from their next four games.
Or, alternatively…
- The negative comments concentrate too much on the result and not enough on the performance. Jussi Jaaskelainen, Riga, Gardner and Danny Shittu all played really well, and the second-half performance in particular really wasn’t that bad.
- We’ll be alright once we get Johan Elmander back, especially once he teams up with new signing Ebi Smolarek.
And finally…
- Given the amount of action and controversy in the game, the BBC’s coverage on Match of the Day was an insult (again). It’s time Bolton Wanderers fans boycotted Match of the Day.
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