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Wigan Athletic 0-0 Bolton Wanderers: What the papers say
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 | BWFC News, BWFC People, Gary Cahill, Gary Megson, Jussi Jaaskelainen | 1 Comment
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How the national press reported the Wanderers goalless draw at the JJB Stadium
The News of the World gives top billing to Jussi Jaaskelainen, suggesting Wigan would have won at a canter but for the Bolton keeper’s heroics. The Guardian described Jaaskelainen as “immense”. The Mail is similarly complimentary, although it does point out that he almost got punished for a howler early in the game.
Bolton 1-3 Fulham: What the papers say
Monday, March 16th, 2009 | Andy O'Brien, BWFC News, BWFC People, Gary Megson, Gavin McCann | No Comments
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How the national press reported Bolton’s 3-1 home defeat to Fulham
The Guardian‘s match report focuses on Gary Megson berating Andy O’Brien and Gavin McCann for their woeful performances. As ever with Megson, though, there was a little bit of left-over criticism for the fans:
By the sound of it you’d think we had taken over Real Madrid, and there’d never been a poor performance here before.
You’re kit and you know you are!
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 | BWFC News | 2 Comments
Is Wanderers’ new kit a PR opportunity lost?
Much has been written since Bolton revealed their new home kit a few weeks ago. Users of The Bolton News’ Wanderers forum were the first to stick the boot in, and now the football blog EPL Talk has put the shirt at number one in its list of the top five worst Premier League kits for next season.
While the return of blue shorts (after several years of trying and failing to be Real Madrid) has been widely welcomed, the main bone of contention appears to be the blue pattern on the top half of the shirt (or “the sports bra”, as it has been widely described).
Personally I’m of the opinion that almost all modern football kits are terrible, and if you look at that top five worst kits list, the two Liverpool ones are both worse than Bolton’s – as one of the comments on the article rightly points out.
Bolton Wanderers new kit for 2008-09
EPL Talk also gave the club a panning for the way it organised the launch of the new kit, placing the Wanderers’ 18th in a table of the Premier League clubs’ commercial departments.
All this criticism makes you wonder why the club didn’t harness the power of the internet for a bit of crowdsourcing.
Why not present fans with five different variations and get them to vote for the one they would like? It would be a great bit PR, it would drive loads of page impressions into the usually dull-as-dish-water official website, and it would give the fans that all-important sense they are being listened to and that they can actually influence the way the club is run.
If there’s a downside I can’t see it.
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