The Latest Bolton Wanderers FC Transfer News, Stories and Updates have been added below for the 2021 – 2022 Football Season
- Wed, 25 Sep 2024 20:51:20 +0000: Teenage kicks for Ethan Nwaneri as Arsenal put five past Bolton - Bolton Wanderers | The Guardian
This competition may be somewhere down Mikel Arteta’s priority list but that doesn’t mean the Arsenal manager doesn’t value it. On a night when the fourth-choice goalkeeper Jack Porter became the youngest player to start a game for Arsenal, at the age of just 16 years and 72 days, in the absence of the injured David Raya, it was Ethan Nwaneri who caught the eye as the 17‑year‑old scored twice on his full debut.
After the fallout from their tempestuous draw against Manchester City, Arsenal never really looked like being turned over against opponents who used to revel in giving Arsène Wenger’s sides a bloody nose back in the days of Sam Allardyce, as soon as Declan Rice had put them in front.
Continue reading... - Wed, 25 Sep 2024 07:00:21 +0000: ‘Big Sam liked to spoil the party’: how Bolton made life a misery for Arsenal - Bolton Wanderers | The Guardian
Before clubs’ Carabao Cup meeting we recall former clashes with the help of two players who saw it from the inside
“Big Sam liked to spoil the party,” Stelios Giannakopoulos says as his mind wanders back to Bolton taking on Arsène Wenger’s Arsenal in the Premier League. It was a clash of styles, the quick passing and attacking flair of Robert Pires, Dennis Bergkamp, Thierry Henry et al against the direct approach of Allardyce with Kevin Davies as its figurehead.
The clubs meet again at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night in the Carabao Cup but a long way from being equals. Since the days of Sam Allardyce Bolton have slipped from being Premier League mainstays to the brink of oblivion. They are back on firm ground in League One and, once again, are plotting an upset.
Continue reading... - Fri, 14 Jun 2024 15:42:04 +0000: Tommy Banks obituary - Bolton Wanderers | The Guardian
Former England and Bolton Wanderers footballer who played in the 1958 World Cup, and was admired for his rugged style
The footballer Tommy Banks, who has died aged 94, was a quintessential Lancastrian full-back of the 1950s and early 60s – rugged, ebullient, no nonsense, tough, yet admirably good tempered. His big year came in 1958, when he not only helped his beloved Bolton Wanderers win the FA Cup final against Manchester United, but played for England in the World Cup finals in Sweden, appearing in all four matches.
For England he had taken the place at left-back of Manchester United’s captain, Roger Byrne, who had died in the Munich air disaster earlier that year. They were very different players: Byrne composed and elegant, Banks a force of nature. But in the World Cup group stage game in Sweden against Brazil, Banks showed he could play cultured football with the best of them. At one point England’s right-back, Don Howe, mis-kicked and skied the ball, creating instant confusion. But there was Tommy, ready to step in almost casually, stretching out his left foot and coolly bringing the ball down from the air, as if to say: “Anything you Brazilians can do, I can do too.”
Continue reading... - Thu, 13 Jun 2024 22:04:16 +0000: Former England and Bolton defender Tommy Banks dies aged 94 - Bolton Wanderers | The Guardian
- Left-back won FA Cup with Bolton in 1958
- Banks played for his country on six occasions
The Bolton FA Cup winner and former England defender Tommy Banks has died aged 94. Banks, who played as a left-back, joined Bolton in 1947 and went on to win the FA Cup with the Trotters in 1958 with a 2-0 victory over Manchester United.
Banks was also chosen to be a part of England’s 1958 World Cup squad in Sweden chosen by Walter Winterbottom and went on to represent his country six times. Before his death, Banks was believed to be the Three Lions’ oldest living former international.
Continue reading... - Sat, 18 May 2024 17:36:36 +0000: Bolton 0-2 Oxford United: League One playoff final – as it happened - Bolton Wanderers | The Guardian
Two Josh Murphy goals defeat Bolton to send Oxford up to the Championship
4 mins: Evatt is having a word with a sub just in case in needs to come on. Maghoma is back on his feet but limping down the touchline while testing his ankle.
Not much early action of note on the pitch.
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Historical Transfer News and Team Gossip got Bolton FC has been archived below:
Bolton Wanderers who are still reeling from being relegated last season have been showing much interest in many new players during the closed season as manager Owen Coyle looks to reinforce his squad for next season. The manager has a number of targets on his radar as he hopes to take Bolton straight back up to England`s top flight next year.
The first player who looks set to arrive at the trotters next season is the highly thought of Leeds United goalkeeper Andy Lonergan who looks all set to pen a new three year deal for Bolton. The goalkeeper has only last season signed a new three year deal at Leeds but with places not being available for him in the squad he looks all set to be playing his football in the Midlands next season in a deal thought to be worth around three million pounds.
Former Bristol City midfielder Kalifa Cisses is another player who looks set to join Owen Coyles side as they have taken him on a trial basis from the club from the south. Coyle has long been a huge admirer of the player who has found his chances very limited at Bristol and is looking for a new challenge and the deal looks all set to go through on a permanent basis as long as the player passes a medical.
Chelsea midfielder Oriol Romeu is another player being linked to the side from Bolton as the highly rated Spaniard looks set to leave Stamford Bridge after seeing his chances of first team action being dealt a huge blow by the arrival of Eden Hazard as well as the proposed signing of Brazilian midfielder Oscar.
Another player who has recently left Bolton is defender Mark Connolly who has just been acquired by Crawley Town on a two year contract. Connolly has found his chances with Bolton very limited and has had to branch out in his search for first team football with Coyle said to be quite disappointed with the players decision to leave.
