Middlesbrough
Relegation fodder …
Monday, June 20th, 2011 | BWFC Goals, BWFC News, BWFC People, Premier League | 3 Comments
Would you buy a second hand car off these boys?
Aspirations have changed at Bolton since the dark days of Gary Megson. The arrival of Owen Coyle followed by our impressive start to the season had the more optimistic of us counting air miles and dusting off our Bulgarian phrase-books. Even when European qualification had passed us by – embarrassingly so in the cup – a top half finish was still on the cards right up to the end of the season.
Never mind. Coyle’s inherited Megson’s bunch of cloggers. Once he’s had the summer to make serious changes, we’ll be back to chasing Europe again. Surely relegation battles are a thing of the past? Aren’t they?
Maybe not. Our form after Christmas was relegation-standard, and the end of the season – five defeats on the bounce – was abysmal. It wouldn’t be the first time poor form at the end of one season has carried over to the next. Add to that our tough start to the season and it wouldn’t be a great surprise to see us rock-bottom after the first seven games. We’ll have easier runs to follow, but everything looks that bit tougher if you’re sat at the bottom and confidence may have taken a bit of a battering. › Continue reading
It Shouldn’t Happen to a Smoggie
Monday, October 25th, 2010 | BWFC News, BWFC People, Phil Gartside, Richard McCormick | No Comments
Speculation that Gary Megson will join Middlebrough continues, which is pleasing – unless you support that club. The comments below, taken from Smoggies forum, oneBoro.com demonstrate the feeling.
‘..mowbray it is then all im thinkin now is please please dont be megson’
‘NOT MEGSON’
‘I don’t care if we get Donald Duck as long as he gets us winning matches, as long as it isn’t Megson’
‘Gary Megson and Phil Brown… jesus, i’m ready to slash my wrists, although I might just wait until we have a definite announcement! f*****g Gary Megson!!’
The Bolton News got in on the act on Thursday.
‘Middlesbrough close in on Megson’, ran the headline.
Wanderers fans would like to close in on the Ginger One, but only in the same way that a pride of hungry lions would do on an unsuspecting warthog.
It’s not been easy being a ‘Boro fan for a while now. Gareth Southgate, relegation, failure to win promotion and a soulless stadium in the middle of an industrial wasteland have seen to that. They’ve only just got rid of one copper-topped wazzock, it seems cruel to foist another upon them.
Meanwhile, Megson has been spending his spare hours (ie all of them) helping out at the local homeless shelter. With limited success we understand.
Wayne’s Staying Put
The most amusing sight of last week was the staff at Old Trafford hurriedly ripping down the giant poster of Wayne Rooney that adorned the front of the building, as Britain’s most high profile user of escort services announced that he was off on his toes.
Since then there’s been a change of heart. Speculation about why has failed to find an answer. A wage increase? Promises of squad strengthening? Bananas?
Yes, you read that last bit right. A few years ago, citizens of Coacalco, Mexico, stormed the town hall and forced the mayor to resign, but not until after they’d made him eat twelve pounds of bananas.
Perhaps the seething mob who congregated outside Rooney’s house last Thursday night, tried the same tactic. Given the Chav Master General’s resemblance to a certain primate it was worth a shot.
A New Start for the BWSA
The cardigan and slippers brigade aka Bolton Wanderers Supporters Association has needed a swift boot up the arse for some time now. Last Tuesday, at the AGM, it may have received one, as new members were co-opted onto the committee.
The Gang of Four weren't welcomed by everyone
The move was opposed by a highly vocal trio of blue rinsers, who placed a delightfully bitchy post on the Bolton News Forum dubbing the newbies the ‘Gang of Four’, and declaring that they had bad hair and less than snappy dress sense. Ooh.
Despite falling attendances and a bleak economic outlook, crowds at the Reebok still top 20,000. The Junior Whites boasts a membership of 11,000. Bolton, as a town, has a population of a quarter of a million. Sixty-five people attended Tuesday’s meeting.
Placing blame for that situation would be as pointless, as it is unfair. With a new and popular manager, and a feeling of excitement that has been absent for some years, it’s time to look to the future. Bolton chairman Phil Gartside has spoken of the need to reconnect with the fans. Having to find them first makes the exercise more difficult than it might be.
Future developments will be discussed here, on a dedicated website, and in the match programme. In the meantime, if you’d like more details about joining the BWSA (cardigan wearers still welcome) then drop an e-mail to roadrunner@bwfc.co.uk
- Richard McCormick
Bolton Wanderers 1-1 Aston Villa: What the papers say
Monday, April 27th, 2009 | BWFC News, BWFC People, Gary Megson, Johan Elmander, Phil Gartside | No Comments
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How the national press reported Bolton Wanderers 1-1 Aston Villa
It seems like we’ve been hearing this for weeks now, but yet again we’re told by the Mail that Bolton are just one win away from definite safety. The same paper also tells us that Gary Megson believes Bolton have “hearts as big as buckets all over the pitch.”
Big hearts maybe (although that wasn’t necessarily the case at Portsmouth last week), but the Guardian thought the Wanderers display lacked inspiration, saying that “the highlights of this encounter will not make it into any PowerPoint presentations put together for Bolton chairman Phil Gartside’s proposed two-tier top-flight that would include Celtic, Rangers and, of course, Wanderers.”
13 things you (probably don’t) need to know about Chelsea and Bolton Wanderers
Saturday, April 11th, 2009 | BWFC News, BWFC People, Gary Megson, Gavin McCann, Kevin Davies | No Comments
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Your guide to all the pre-match predictions and Mystic Meggery ahead of Chelsea v Bolton Wanderers
Reasons to be cheerful…
1. Only Arsenal have a better record at Stamford Bridge than Bolton in recent years… in fact we have only lost once in our last five visits to Chelsea.
2. Kevin Davies isn’t too disappointed that his rumoured January move to Chelsea never materialised. In fact, he thought it was as funny as everyone else did.
Reebok Round-Up (10.04.09)
Friday, April 10th, 2009 | BWFC News, BWFC People, Blerim Dzemaili, Fabrice Muamba, Gary Megson, Kevin Davies, Mark Davies, Ricardo Gardner | No Comments
What Manny Road has been reading (and thinking) about Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers 4-1 Middlesbrough: What the papers say
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 | BWFC News, BWFC People, Gary Megson, Kevin Davies, Ricardo Gardner | No Comments
How the national press reported Bolton’s emphatic win over Middlesbrough
The Guardian says that Middlesbrough committed suicide before completely laying in to Gareth Southgate and his side for their woeful defending. It’s not until paragraph 10 that Bolton get any credit for Ricardo Gardner’s one “well-worked goal.” Even the Bolton fan who gave his verdict in the Observer thought that the result flattered the Wanderers.
Bolton Wanderers 4-1 Middlesbrough: The fans’ view
Monday, April 6th, 2009 | BWFC News, BWFC People, Chris Basham, Danny Shittu, Ebi Smolarek, Fabrice Muamba, Gary Megson, Gavin McCann, Johan Elmander, Kevin Nolan, 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 4-1 thrashing of Middlesbrough on Saturday…
Bolton Wanderers 4-1 Middlesbrough: Video highlights
Saturday, April 4th, 2009 | BWFC Goals, BWFC People, Gary Cahill, Kevin Davies | No Comments
For those who can’t wait for Match of the Day
Here are the first-half goals from Bolton’s brilliant 4-1 win over Middlesbrough today, Kevin Davies and Gary Cahill both getting on the scoresheet. Hopefully get the second-half goals up soon too…
12 things you (probably don’t) need to know about Bolton v Middlesbrough
Saturday, April 4th, 2009 | Andy O'Brien, BWFC News, BWFC People, Gary Megson, Kevin Davies, Mark Davies | No Comments
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Your guide to all the predictions and Mystic Meggery ahead of Bolton Wanderers v Middlesbrough
Reasons to be cheerful
1. Middlesbrough have far more injury concerns – Tuncay, Adam Johnson, Robert Huth to name a few – than Bolton, although Andy O’Brien will be back in contention for a place, so…
2. Boro are currently 19th in the Premier League, largely because they have failed to score in 10 of their last 13 league games.
3. Gareth Southgate’s men suffered a demoralising defeat at Stoke last time out.
Bolton v Middlesbrough: Here’s one we made earlier
Friday, April 3rd, 2009 | BWFC Goals, BWFC People, Gretar Steinsson, Johan Elmander, Matt Taylor | No Comments
Relive the Wanderers 3-1 victory over Boro from earlier this season
Bolton travelled to the Riverside Stadium back in November and recorded their best away win of the season to date (an even better one was to follow at Sunderland a week later).
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