Marc Iles
Chief Football Writer at The Bolton News
Host at The Buff
Chief football writer at The Bolton News. Host of The Buff podcast, on Spotify/Apple/Omny Studio - https://t.co/Hp0Kx4tHFH - Warning: Contains sarcasm.
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2 days ago |
theboltonnews.co.uk | Marc Iles
Things could hardly have gone any better on the pitch for the Under-18s, who added the national play-off title to a league and cup double, and saw players like David Abimbola, Daeshon Lawrence and Harrison Rice drafted into the first team for experience. Naturally, hopes are high for the group, most of whom will now move on to form the core of next season’s B Team in the Central League.
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2 days ago |
theboltonnews.co.uk | Marc Iles
After finishing 10 points off the top six, the head coach is determined to drill down and find the root causes behind missing out on their promotion target by such a distance. Though Schumacher only arrived in February, he is also not absolving himself or his backroom in the summer inquest, insisting he will scrutinise every aspect of the first team operation to try and improve for next term.
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2 days ago |
theboltonnews.co.uk | Marc Iles
At 2-0 down, Bruce Rioch’s side conceded a penalty to Reading, and their hopes of reaching the Premier League were fading fast. Keith Branagan’s save triggered one of the old stadium’s greatest-ever comebacks, as Owen Coyle and Fabian De Freitas forced the game into extra time and the Whites went on to claim a 4-3 victory with further strikes from Mixu Paatelainen and De Freitas. Thirty years on, we look back at the 13 years that Bolton spent in the rebranded top-flight.
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2 days ago |
theboltonnews.co.uk | Marc Iles
The Salfordian, who was forced to finish his playing career with Bolton in 2015 because of injury, had been working at National League Altrincham since last year. Tierney – who had a spell on loan with Carlisle in 2004/5 - replaces Rob Clarkson in a “restructured” role at Brunton Park, with the club also soon expected to issue an update on the future of manager Mark Hughes after dropping into the National League.
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2 days ago |
theboltonnews.co.uk | Marc Iles
It is coming up to 23 years since Sam Allardyce completed one of the club’s greatest transfer coups, convincing Okocha to join his unfancied Bolton side after leaving Paris St Germain.
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