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Back to being us – Ian Evatt thrilled with Bolton’s big win over Reading
Posted Sunday, September 22, 2024 by PA7 hits
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 nets hat-trick as Bolton secure much-needed win over Reading
Posted Sunday, September 22, 2024 by PA5 hits
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 has no answers following Bolton’s heavy home defeat to Huddersfield
Posted Sunday, September 15, 2024 by PA4 hits
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 bags brace as Huddersfield fire four past Bolton
Posted Sunday, September 15, 2024 by PA4 hits
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 and Millenic Alli on target as Exeter beat Bolton
Posted Sunday, September 01, 2024 by PA6 hits
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 »
I’d love us to get a big one – Ian Evatt wants Premier League draw for Bolton
Posted Wednesday, August 28, 2024 by PA10 hits
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 break down Shrewsbury to reach Carabao Cup third round
Posted Wednesday, August 28, 2024 by PA7 hits
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 maintain fine start to campaign by beating Bolton
Posted Sunday, August 25, 2024 by PA8 hits
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 thought Bolton deserved to beat Wrexham after goalless draw
Posted Monday, August 19, 2024 by PA12 hits
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 »
Nathan Baxter and Arthur Okonkwo keep clean sheets as Wrexham and Bolton draw
Posted Monday, August 19, 2024 by PA11 hits
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 backs shootout hero Luke Southwood to push for Bolton number one spot
Posted Wednesday, August 14, 2024 by PA12 hits
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 Luke Southwood shines in shootout to help Bolton knock out Mansfield
Posted Wednesday, August 14, 2024 by PA4 hits
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 »
Ian Evatt admits substitutes were key to Bolton’s win over Orient
Posted Sunday, August 11, 2024 by PA11 hits
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 »
Dion Charles and Victor Adeboyejo give Bolton victory at Orient
Posted Sunday, August 11, 2024 by PA7 hits
Bolton opened their season in perfect fashion with a 2-1 away win at Leyton Orient through goals by Dion Charles and Victor Adeboyejo book-ending Charlie Kelman’s strike for the hosts.It took The Trotters just seven minutes to go ahead when Aaron Collins pulled the ball back into his fellow striker’s path and Charles squeezed the ball past O’s debutant keeper Zach Hemming from ...Full Story »
Josh Murphy bags Wembley brace to clinch Oxford promotion at Bolton’s expense
Posted Sunday, May 19, 2024 by PA55 hits
Wembley-born Josh Murphy fired Oxford United back to the Skybet Championship for the first time in 25 years as he scored both goals in his team’s 2-0 League One play-off final victory over favourites Bolton.Londoner Murphy’s first double in nearly five years came in the opening half as Des Buckingham’s side joined champions Portsmouth and Derby in the English second tier next s...Full Story »
Ian Evatt frustrated by ‘uncomfortable’ second leg but Bolton seal Wembley place
Posted Wednesday, May 08, 2024 by PA29 hits
Bolton boss Ian Evatt stressed it was “a lot more uncomfortable than it needed to be” after his side moved into the League One play-off final despite being beaten at home by Barnsley.After winning last Friday’s semi-final first leg 3-1 at Oakwell, Bolton had their lead halved in the 36th minute by Sam Cosgrove before hitting back with a fine Aaron Collins strike and an Eoin Toa...Full Story »
Bolton heading to Wembley despite second-leg defeat to Barnsley
Posted Wednesday, May 08, 2024 by PA17 hits
Bolton secured their place in the League One play-off final despite being beaten by Barnsley at the Toughsheet Community Stadium as Ian Evatt’s men edged the Tykes 5-4 on aggregate.Holding the upper hand after last Friday’s 3-1 semi-final first-leg win at Oakwell, Bolton had their lead cut in the 36th minute by Sam Cosgrove before hitting back with a fine Aaron Collins strike and an ...Full Story »
Ian Evatt: Bolton deserve two-goal lead from first leg against Barnsley
Posted Saturday, May 04, 2024 by PA27 hits
Bolton head coach Ian Evatt said his side deserved their two-goal lead as they beat Barnsley 3-1 at Oakwell in their League One play-off semi-final first leg.A Dion Charles double left the visitors looking comfortable at 2-0 before Barnsley substitute Sam Cosgrove halved the deficit with 15 to play.But Randell Williams scored directly from a corner in stoppage time to give Wanderers a healthy le...Full Story »
Dion Charles double puts Bolton in box seat in play-off clash with Barnsley
Posted Saturday, May 04, 2024 by PA21 hits
Dion Charles’ double ensured Bolton have the upper hand in their Sky Bet League One play-off semi-final against Barnsley after they triumphed 3-1 at Oakwell.Ian Evatt’s side were two goals up with 15 minutes left to play before Sam Cosgrove halved the deficit to keep Barnsley in it, but Randell Williams netted in stoppage time to restore Bolton’s two-goal lead.The result gives ...Full Story »
Play-off rivals Peterborough and Bolton share spoils in six-goal thriller
Posted Saturday, April 27, 2024 by PA15 hits
Peterborough and Bolton warmed up for the League One play-offs by serving up a topsy-turvy 3-3 thriller.Bolton arrived still with a glimmer of hope of claiming automatic promotion – needing a victory here, a defeat for second-placed Derby and a four-goal swing.And they meant business with Kyle Dempsey heading them into a fourth-minute lead from Randell Williams’ left-wing cross.Their...Full Story »
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