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Bolton Meet Up With an Old Friend at West Ham
Friday, August 20th, 2010 | BWFC Goals, BWFC News, BWFC People | No Comments
Can we play you every week Rob?…
Bolton visit West Ham at the weekend, where they’ll encounter a generous acquaintance.
At the recent World Cup, goalkeeper Rob Green deprived England of a much needed victory, with a comical gaffe. This was no surprise to White’s fans. They’ve enjoyed Green’s attention deficit disorder immensely over the past few years. He’s good for at least three points a season – to Bolton that is.
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Ultimately, Green was rescued by his colleagues in the national side. They were even more dismal than he was, including Matthew Upson, another who shouldn’t have been in South Africa, unless it was to have a gander at Table Top Mountain.
Making up the trio of undesirables is Tal Ben Haim, formerly a competent centre-half for the Wanderers. Since leaving the Reebok, Ben Haim has failed at Chelsea, Manchester City, Sunderland and Portsmouth. He put the blame for his mis-adventures at Stamford Bridge on someone else.
‘If I knew Avram Grant was going to be the coach I would have signed for another club. I knew nothing good would come for me with Grant as Chelsea coach,’ he moaned.
It must have been an unpleasant surprise when Ben-Haim joined Portsmouth, only to be followed by Grant a few weeks later. Yet now he’s signed on loan for West Ham. Guess who the manager is? Maybe the Israeli has lost his mind as well as his ability.
Bolton go into this one, with six straight wins over the Hammers. They’ve lost only once in twelve league games against Saturday’s opposition, a Carlos Tevez inspired affair, at the start of Sammy Lee’s ill fated tenure.
‘Who’s the midget in the suit?’ sang the home support.
The Wanderers were lacklustre against Fulham, West Ham had a disaster at Aston Villa. Both sides need a win. Which is probably why a draw is the likely result.
Enjoy. Contains a few naughty (but very funny) words at the end.
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Bolton Wanderers 3-1 West Ham: Video highlights
Thursday, September 24th, 2009 | BWFC Goals, BWFC People, Gary Cahill, Johan Elmander, Kevin Davies | No Comments
Some much needed relief…
All the goals from the Wanderers 3-1 Carling Cup win over West Ham (minus the last goal for some reason)…
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Are the vultures circling for Gary Megson already?
Monday, August 17th, 2009 | BWFC News, BWFC People, Gary Megson, Phil Gartside | 15 Comments
Manny Road gets ready for battle (Pic: Gidzy, some rights reserved)
Manny Road gets ready for battle (Pic: Gidzy, some rights reserved)
The media are looking for a victim and the Bolton Wanderers boss might not get such an easy ride this season
Disclaimer: Before we get started, it’s worth pointing out that in preparation for writing this post Manny Road has kitted up in full body armour in anticipation of the backlash likely to come my way. Manny Road is well aware that it’s a marathon not a sprint, that it was only one game, and that but for the legs of Marton Fulop we might well have got a point against Sunderland on Saturday.
So what’s my point? Why is Manny Road stoking the fires of negativity after just one game?
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Bolton 1-0 Newcastle: The fans’ view
Monday, March 2nd, 2009 | Ariza Makukula, BWFC News, BWFC People, Ebi Smolarek, Gary Cahill, Gary Megson, Johan Elmander, Mark Davies, 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 1-0 win over Newcastle United yesterday…
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Wanderers World review: Part 2
Thursday, February 26th, 2009 | BWFC News, BWFC People, Dave Higson, Kevin Davies | No Comments
Manny Road is pleasantly surprised by Wanderers World…
I’m aware that I seem to spend a lot of time writing negatively about Bolton Wanderers (and one man in particular), so it’s good to have something nice to say for once.
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How Gary Megson should really be judged
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 | BWFC News, BWFC People, Gary Megson, Owen Coyle, Phil Gartside | 7 Comments
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Empty seats, above anything else, are what could do for the Bolton manager
There was an interesting discussion among some of Manny Road’s Twitter followers on Sunday after the (later denied by the club) news that Owen Coyle is being lined up to replace Gary Megson.
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Bolton 2-1 West Ham: What the papers say
Monday, February 23rd, 2009 | BWFC News, BWFC People, Gary Cahill, Gary Megson, Kevin Davies, Matt Taylor | No Comments
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How the press reported the Whites’ 2-1 home win over West Ham
The Guardian praises Gary Megson for adding new qualities to the robust template laid out by Sam Allardyce, citing Kevin Davies’ goal as an example of what Bolton are capable of when they put their minds to it.
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Bolton 2-1 West Ham: The fans’ view
Sunday, February 22nd, 2009 | BWFC News, BWFC People, Gary Cahill, Gary Megson, Kevin Davies, Matt Taylor | No Comments
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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 2-1 home win over West Ham…
Positives
- “We played like out lives depended on it today. It was a really hard-fought win.”
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Bolton 2-1 West Ham: Video highlights
Saturday, February 21st, 2009 | BWFC Goals, BWFC People, Kevin Davies, Matt Taylor | No Comments
All the goals from the Wanderers 2-1 win over West Ham at the Reebok…
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12 things you (probably don’t) need to know about Bolton v West Ham
Saturday, February 21st, 2009 | BWFC News, BWFC People, Gary Megson, Ricardo Gardner | No Comments
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Your guide to all the previews and Mystic Meggery from around the web ahead of Bolton Wanderers v West Ham
Reasons to be cheerful…
1. Bolton have never lost to West Ham when Ricardo Gardner is in the team… so the good news is that it looks like he’s fit.
2. 75 per cent of Bolton fans are confident of victory… and even Mark Lawrenson thinks we’ll win.
3. In-form striker Carlton Cole looks set to miss out for the Hammers.
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