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A Visit From the Ugliest Team in Football
Sunday, September 26th, 2010 | BWFC Goals, BWFC People, Owen Coyle, Premier League | 2 Comments
Manchester United are today’s visitors to the Reebok with the home support not exactly in a confident frame of mind. The days when Bolton could put it up the big boys seem a long time ago.
Owen Coyle’s men have had a mixed few days. A creditable performance at Aston Villa, followed by a lethargic showing at Burnley. The latter demonstrated that the Wanderers boss hasn’t got much depth in his squad.
Meanwhile, up the road in Stretford, Alex Ferguson has spent the week playing hide and seek with Patrice Evra. United’s left-back hasn’t been the same since being terrorised by Kevin Davies in 2007 and is always a reluctant participant in this fixture. Last season, Evra’s fingers had to be prised off the door frame as he was dragged out of Old Trafford and onto the team coach. A similar scuffle is anticipated this time round with the Frenchman’s passport having been confiscated as a precautionary measure. › Continue reading
Wanderers v Man Utd preview
Saturday, September 25th, 2010 | BWFC Goals, BWFC News, BWFC People, Football Association, Gary Megson, Premier League | No Comments
A date which will live in infamy for eternity. A day in which millions were glued to their TV screens, unable to watch, understand or even comprehend what had just happened in the previous two hours. Those who were there and witnessed it first hand will never forget that day. On the one year anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, Bolton Wanderers proved that lightning can strike twice and defeated Manchester United at Old Trafford for the second year running. The masses were stunned.
"Rooney just hasn't been the same since all this came out"- Ferguson
It’s the game which every Bolton fan looks for when the fixtures are published; United at home. The team we love to beat more than any other. Seems hard to believe it was eight years ago that we recorded the second of our famous wins over United, and in their own back yard to boot. However, since that night in September, our record against Man Utd. has not made for nice reading; one solitary league win, Megson’s first as Bolton boss, and the first at home since December 1978; two draws, which felt like defeats due to the manner in which they were obtained – a last minute equaliser from Solskjaer denying us a famous double in 2002/2003 and an even later equaliser from David Bellion (remember him? No-one else does) in 2004 after ‘Sir’ Les Ferdinand had handed us a late lead.
Every other match against United has resulted in defeat, and some heavy defeats at that. Can this Sunday be any different? After the ‘concentrating on the league’ result on Tuesday, I can understand people being sceptical about our chances of success. However, there are some reasons to be optimistic surely? Well, Rooney’s had a poor start to the season by anyone’s standards, but especially his. That’s always a plus, yeah? Well, perhaps not. The last time we faced a Rooney in the middle of a goal drought, he went home with the match ball! The ‘charity boys’ strike again! That said, J’Lloyd Samuel isn’t playing so they’ll have to do without his impeccable finishing ability. Swings and roundabouts really. › 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.
Gary Megson is kissing the wrong backsides
Friday, October 16th, 2009 | BWFC News, Gary Megson | No Comments
A young Gary Megson prepares for later life with foot in mouth, pic from Qole Pejorian
A young Gary Megson prepares for later life with foot in mouth, pic from Qole Pejorian
The Bolton Wanderers manager should concentrate on brown-nosing fans, not Alex Ferguson
If there’s a Gary Megson interview taking place in the national media these days, you can guarantee that one of the questions on the journalists’ list will be something along the lines of: “So Gary, how does it feel to be hated by your own fans?”
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…
Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Manchester United: What the papers say
Monday, January 19th, 2009 | Ariza Makukula, BWFC News, Fabrice Muamba, Gary Megson | 1 Comment
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How the papers reported the 1-0 home defeat to Man United on Saturday
In the Sunday Times Gary Megson bemoaned his defenders’ lack of concentration near the end, but the paper itself laid out a whole host of problems with much deeper roots…
What Gary Megson could learn from Rafa Benitez and Martin O’Neill
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009 | BWFC People, Chris Basham, Gary Megson, Sam Allardyce | 3 Comments
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The Bolton Wanderers manager needs to start playing a few mind games
Whether it’s Middlesbrough’s impressive youth set up or Liverpool’s title credentials, Gary Megson has made a habit of lavishing praise on the Wanderers’ opponents this season.
Manchester United v Bolton Wanderers: The fans’ view
Sunday, September 28th, 2008 | BWFC People, Gary Megson, Gavin McCann, Mustapha Riga, Phil Brown, Sam Allardyce | 1 Comment
The Bolton Wanderers match report you won’t see in the papers or on Match of the Day…
Here’s what the various Bolton Wanderers message boards and discussion forums made of the 2-0 defeat to Manchester United at Old Trafford…
- Cristiano Ronaldo is a cheat for diving and so is Rob Styles for giving the penalty! No-one even appealed for it! Styles should never be allowed to referee a football match ever again.
- Alex Ferguson is out of order for saying that the penalty decision was OK because Styles owes United a few decisions. High-profile whinging from managers of the top four clubs is costing us dearly when it comes to refereeing decisions.
- If it wasn’t for the cheating that led to the penalty, we might have got something out of the game because we played quite well. You certainly couldn’t fault the work rate of the Bolton players and Gary Megson is starting to get the team playing well.
- We didn’t lose because we played badly, we lost because the referee was a complete idiot.
Exclusive pictures of Cristiano Ronaldo in training. Picture from Joe Shlabotnik, some rights reserved.
- On the other hand, a return of four points from six games so far this season is awful, but it’s all we deserve for our negative style of play. Megson now has just two to four games to save his Bolton career.
- Gavin McCann should not be in the starting line-up, especially when Mustapha Riga is left on the bench yet again.
- It’s difficult to see where points are coming from for Bolton in the next few games. And after Hull’s victory at Arsenal, there is no doubt that it is now time for Bolton Wanderers to bring Phil Brown home. He can be the next Big Sam!
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