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Gary Megson Is Unloved and Unwanted

by Paul Bestall on September 21, 2009 · 7 comments

Well you’ve got to hand it to him, Gary Megson must have the thickest skin in professional football. I’ve seen him barracked by his own fans at 4 different clubs over the years and that’s some going, even in the fickle world of the football supporter. At a Nottingham Forest game, I saw fans come [...]

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“The man who taught us the way football should be played” Pele
Well if you’re going to start a series like this, there is only one person to start with in my opinion, Sir Stanley Matthews, the wizard of dribble. Matthews is a name that will always be mentioned as one of the greatest footballers of all [...]

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Bolton Slowly Sliding

by Christopher Walker on May 14, 2009 · 29 comments

 
In October 1999 Sam Allardyce breezed into his office at the Reebok Stadium to take over a club at the foot of the first division table. Amazingly, he guided Bolton Wanderers to the play-off semi finals the same season as well reaching both domestic cup finals.
The following season Wanderers finished in third place and again [...]

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Big Sam Sparks Rovers’ Revival

by Michael Scallon on May 10, 2009 · 0 comments

Who else could have saved Blackburn so effortlessly? Sat second bottom of the Premier League, five points from safety with just 13 points from 17 games, Sam Allardyce succeeded Paul Ince as Blackburn Rovers’ manager, and in less than 20 games he has made them all but safe – almost in second gear.
He took Bolton up, [...]

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Bolton Wanderers Push For Two Tier Premiership

by Paul Bestall on April 20, 2009 · 6 comments

Well interesting news has appeared this morning as Bolton chairman, Phil Gartside’s has put forward a proposal to increase the Premiership to two leagues of 18 teams with 14 clubs from the Championship and Rangers and Celtic. The proposal is to be put before the Premier League at their meeting this Thursday and it raises some interesting points.  Gartside [...]

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Steve Bruce Is Right To Come Clean Over Zaki

by Paul Bestall on April 2, 2009 · 8 comments

Why don’t more managers come clean in the press about disruptive or unprofessional players? It seems that more and more in these sanitised and sponsorship heavy times that too many people keep quiet about the players who are taking the Michael. At least Steve Bruce has bucked the trend and come out in public with [...]

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The Relegation Rumble: Bolton Wanderers

by tyduffy on March 25, 2009 · 7 comments

With Aston Villa’s demise the top of the league once again appears calcified, so, like Kim Kardashian crammed into a designer dress, the bulk of the tension will be at the bottom.  Here is the first of a series of assessments of this season’s relegation candidates.
As wretched as Manchester City and Tottenham have been at [...]

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