Bolton boss Ian Evatt faces a potential touchline ban for a post-match red card as tempers flared following his side’s comeback draw against Shrewsbury.Evatt was sent off by referee Declan Bourne after the final whistle following a face-to-face bust-up with Town defender Morgan Feeney.Assistant Peter Atherton said the Trotters chief was annoyed the Nottinghamshire official failed to add on...Full Story »

Bolton boss Ian Evatt was sent-off after the final whistle as Kyle Dempsey’s goal and assist saw Bolton recover from 2-0 down to earn a 2-2 draw with struggling Shrewsbury.Evatt received his red card from referee Declan Bourne in the centre circle after a fractious end to an entertaining draw.Town, who despite a point still equalled their worst ever start to a Football League season after ...Full Story »

Bolton boss Ian Evatt felt his side were back to their best during Tuesday’s 4-2 victory over Northampton.Bolton dominated from the moment John McAtee fired them into a sixth-minute lead, with George Thomason making it two midway through the first half.Eoin Toal added a third after the break and Dion Charles scored a fourth before stoppage-time headers from Tom Eaves and Jon Guthrie gave N...Full Story »

Bolton cruised to their third win in a row by beating Northampton 4-2 at Sixfields.The visitors led after just six minutes when a slick move saw them go from back to front in double quick time, ending with John McAtee finishing first-time from Szabolcs Schon’s low cross.Kyle Dempsey whizzed an effort narrowly wide while Nathan Baxter was down smartly to save from Mitch Pinnock at the other...Full Story »

Bolton manager Ian Evatt believes his side are getting back on track after the “backlash” that followed their play-off final defeat.Wanderers made it back-to-back victories with a 2-0 triumph over managerless Crawley.Kyle Dempsey’s early goal and a late strike from substitute John McAtee sealed the win as Bolton built on their 5-2 home win over Reading.Bolton have failed to win...Full Story »

Goals in each half by Kyle Dempsey and substitute John McAtee gave Bolton back-to-back league victories with a 2-0 success at managerless Crawley.The Red Devils, whose manager Scott Lindsey left to take over at MK Dons in midweek, enjoyed good spells of possession but lacked a cutting edge as their winless league run extended to five games.Interim Crawley boss Ben Gladwin went into the game insi...Full Story »

Ethan Nwaneri scored twice on a historic night for Arsenal after 16-year-old goalkeeper Jack Porter became the club’s youngest ever player to start a match in their 5-1 win against Bolton.Porter, a replacement for the injured David Raya, stole the spotlight ahead of the third-round Carabao Cup fixture at the Emirates Stadium.But it was the highly-rated Nwaneri whose name was up in lights w...Full Story »

Ian Evatt said Bolton were “back to being us” after returning to winning ways against Reading thanks to Dion Charles’ first-half hat-trick.Wanderers scored four of their five goals in the opening period to repair some of the damage caused by three successive league defeats.Evatt admits there are more improvements to be made but was delighted by his team’s response to the ...Full Story »

Dion Charles netted a 28-minute first-half hat-trick as Bolton eased the pressure on manager Ian Evatt with a 5-2 Skybet League One win over Reading.Wanderers had not scored in their four previous league outings until Josh Sheehan broke the drought with a curling 12th-minute free kick.Reading’s week of woe, including confirmation of Rob Couhig’s failed takeover bid, went from bad to ...Full Story »

Ian Evatt described Bolton’s performance in Saturday’s 4-0 home League One defeat to Huddersfield as the worst he had seen since arriving at the club in 2020.Town fans goaded Evatt with chants of ‘you’re getting sacked in the morning’ after Josh Koroma scored a brace, with further goals from Ben Wiles and Antony Evans for the visitors.And in a dramatic post-match pr...Full Story »

Josh Koroma scored twice as Huddersfield returned to winning ways with an impressive 4-0 League One victory at confidence-shot Bolton.Ben Wiles and Antony Evans also netted as the Terriers recorded a fourth-successive win over their hosts for the first time.Koroma put Michael Duff’s side into a 44th-minute lead with a close-range header from Callum Marshall’s superb cross.Nathan Baxt...Full Story »

Kamari Doyle marked his full League One debut for Exeter with the opening goal in a 2-0 victory at Bolton.The Brighton loanee’s corner, flicked on by Trotters old boy Josh Magennis, then enabled Millenic Alli to double the visitors lead after 49 minutes.Victory was certainly sweet for Exeter boss Gary Caldwell and his team, who were thrashed 7-0 in last season’s corresponding fixture...Full Story »

Ian Evatt is desperate for Bolton to draw a Premier League big fish in Wednesday night’s EFL Cup third-round draw after his side beat Shrewsbury 2-0.Second-half goals from Jordi Osei-Tutu, his first for the club, and Dion Charles did the damage as the Trotters reached the third round for the first time in seven seasons.And Evatt, whose side triumphed at Wembley in the EFL Trophy last year,...Full Story »

Bolton fired themselves into the third round of the EFL Cup for the first time since 2017 with a 2-0 victory at Shrewsbury.Second-half goals from Jordi Osei-Tutu, his first for the club, and Dion Charles did the damage as the Trotters secured safe passage into the next stage.Shrews stopper Toby Savin produced a string of fine saves, but ultimately could not keep the visitors at bay.Kyle Dempsey ...Full Story »

Charlton underlined their early season promotion credentials with a 2-0 home win over Bolton.Greg Docherty and substitute Matt Godden scored for the Addicks, who have won all three matches in League One and not conceded a goal.The Addicks took the lead at a rain-lashed Valley through captain Docherty in the 10th minute.The Scottish midfielder collected a pass from Thierry Small and produced a po...Full Story »

Ian Evatt felt Bolton deserved more from their goalless draw with League One rivals Wrexham in front of the club’s biggest post Premier League crowd of 25,957.The frustrated Trotters boss also believed his team were denied a “stonewall” stoppage-time penalty for a shirt pull on skipper Ricardo Santos.Wrexham goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo denied striker Dion Charles a potential seco...Full Story »

Bolton and Wrexham played out a goalless draw in League One in their first meeting since 1988.In front of Wanderers’ biggest post Premier League crowd of 25,957, Nathan Baxter and Arthur Okonkwo made crucial saves to protect their respective teams’ unbeaten start to their league campaigns.Okonkwo denied Aaron Collins after 13 minutes and turned away Dion Charles’ effort two min...Full Story »

Ian Evatt backed Bolton’s penalty shootout hero Luke Southwood to push for a more regular starting place after his side’s Carabao Cup victory over Mansfield.The Trotters debutant keeper saved one penalty during the first five regulation kicks before stopping the vital sudden-death effort from Will Swan to send Bolton through 5-4 on penalties, after the match had finished 1-1.“L...Full Story »

Debutant keeper Luke Southwood was the hero as Bolton survived a tense penalty shootout to beat fellow League One side Mansfield in the Carabao Cup.After the match had finished 1-1, Davis Keillor-Dunn netting a late leveller to cancel out George Thomason’s opener for the hosts, Bolton progressed 5-4 on penalties.Southwood, deputising for Nathan Baxter, saved a sudden-death spot-kick from W...Full Story »

Bolton boss Ian Evatt admitted that his substitutes had a significant impactas the Trotters ran out 2-1 winners over Leyton Orient.One of his second-half tactical substitutions making an immediate impact as Victor Adeboyejo had just stepped off the bench when he met a set-piece to score with his first touch.Dion Charles had opened the scoring before Orient equalised through Charlie Kelman before...Full Story »