Column: Away Daze
Our intrepid reporters go behind enemy lines so you don't have to.
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At stake at Stoke
This weekend Bolton will play their final game of the 2011/2012 season. It will be remembered only as a season that couldn't end quick enough. It started in disaster with Lee suffering a double leg break only a few weeks from kickoff. Coupled with the fact Holden’s return date was...
Lupus at Molineaux
Lupus at MolyneauxI had planned to go to the Tottingham game. Right to the point of GtE getting me a ticket and me setting off. Then, for reasons rooted in the 1970’s, combined with Scouser’s workshy attitudes, I had to return to the North-West & kick a few scallies about...
Just a wee push needed.
"Great Expectaions" wasnt’ the book choice of most Bolton fans mid-week, when the lads returned to finish off the business still very much highlighted by the harrowing previous encounter, that left Fabrice Muamba critically ill from his collapse. With the lad hopefully on the way to a miracle recovery, few...
Town Hall Invasion
"The town hall is now taking advanced bookings for arse showings on its steps for after this game. I've just reserved my slot now". "I keep ringing the town hall but it’s engaged all the time!" "They're closed Sundays...try tomorrow." These are a few optimistic views from fans in the event of a...
Boxer Rebellion
"The town hall is now taking advanced bookings for arse showings on its steps for after this game. I've just reserved my slot now". "I keep ringing the town hall but it’s engaged all the time!" "They're closed Sundays...try tomorrow." These are a few optimistic views from fans in the event of a...
Bad Moon Rising.
In the gas-lit depths of that well known Bolton hostelry, The Sparking Clog Iron, discussion turns to a visit to the lair of sheiks and shekels ,The Etihad - odd name for a place better known as the Council House by fans of The Trotters – and a suggestion for...
Friends, Romans and Countrymen
Shakespeare penned the words, and maybe Owen Coyle should take a leaf from the Bard’s book of wisdom. Our good and kind manager dispenses bonhomie that "falleth as the gentle rain" on every opposition manager we come up against, but, do the countrymen share his views of goodwill hunting, especially...
Thrown to the Lions.
I was at a family birthday during the week and when I announced that I was going to Millwall at the weekend a dramatic hush descended amongst the guests and gravely concerned looks were flashed in my direction. It felt like a stop-the-music moment. Most of the people then telling...
The Greater Manchester Handicap Hurdle.
"Sir Alex is a real gent and a fantastic manager. He has some really terrific players and is a credit to the Barclays Premier League" Right, that’s that out of the way Owen. Now then, the game: In a lot of sports a handicap system comes in to equalise the chances of...
Why Have Silk When You Can Have Cotton?
The la-di-da neighbours from down the hill. Don't you just hate them? Well no, not really, but just for the sake of a bit of pre-match colour, let's run with it for a moment.Too good for cotton, the toffee-nosed weavers of Macclesfield plumped to make their fortunes from silk instead....
