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Johan Elmander: Eight times more costly than a Premier League referee

Friday, May 29th, 2009 | BWFC News, BWFC People, Johan Elmander | 3 Comments

English football (soccer) referee :en:Howard Webb

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.

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Bolton Wanderers 0-0 Sunderland: The fans’ view

Monday, May 11th, 2009 | BWFC News, BWFC People, Fabrice Muamba, Gary Cahill, Gary Megson, Gavin McCann, Johan Elmander | 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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Reebok Round-Up (07.03.09)

Saturday, March 7th, 2009 | BWFC News, BWFC People, Gary Cahill, Gary Megson, Phil Brown, Sebastien Puygrenier | No Comments

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

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Wanderers window shopping dispatch #2: Megson gets a Brazilian

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 | BWFC People, El-Hadji Diouf, Kevin Davies, Kevin Nolan | No Comments

The ins, outs and shaking it all abouts at Bolton Wanderers this January transfer window

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The Burning Question: Why do Bolton never beat the big four any more?

Saturday, December 27th, 2008 | BWFC People, Gary Megson, Phil Brown, Sam Allardyce | 3 Comments

Has Gary Megson made us a soft touch against the big boys?

There was a time when the Premier League’s big four feared playing Bolton Wanderers.

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Top 10 Bolton Wanderers players of 2008: Day 4

Thursday, December 25th, 2008 | BWFC People, Jussi Jaaskelainen | No Comments

Celebrating the best Bolton Wanderers players of the last 12 months

At number 7 in my countdown of the best Bolton Wanderers players of 2008 is…

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The Burning Question: Can Bolton make it in to Europe this season?

Sunday, December 21st, 2008 | BWFC People, Gary Megson | 3 Comments

Are Gary Megson’s team an outside bet for a Uefa Cup place?

It was unthinkable a few weeks ago, but after winning five of their last eight games (and only losing to teams you would expect to finish above them anyway: Chelsea, Liverpool, Aston Villa), Bolton are now up to 9th in the Premier League table.

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Recommended reading (13.11.08): And today’s special guest is… Rob Styles

Thursday, November 13th, 2008 | BWFC People, Gary Megson, Heidar Helguson, Owen Coyle, Phil Brown, Sammy Lee | 1 Comment

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

- The incredible news that the referee for this weekend’s clash against Liverpool will be… Rob Styles! (I’m sure he’ll be made very welcome).

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Why Jussi Jaaskelainen still doesn’t deserve a testimonial

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 | BWFC People, Jussi Jaaskelainen | 1 Comment

Bolton Wanderers legend he may be, but testimonials are outdated…

There was a big debate on the BBC 606 Wanderers message board last week about Jussi Jaaskelainen. It started after someone posted a link to my piece from the summer in which I said Jaaskelainen doesn’t deserve a testimonial from Bolton Wanderers.

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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!

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