Liam James

Left Forward - Bolton Wanderers U18
4 Jan 2028
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5 Edition

The Bolton Wanderers Herald

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets31 Aug 2026

No thanks: Matt Freese rejects the move

Bolton Wanderers had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at New York City, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Liam James breaks a bone — 15 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 15 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market31 Aug 2026

Walsall come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Bolton Wanderers did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Transfer targets31 Aug 2026

Door shut on Kyreece Lisbie

Bolton Wanderers asked and Colchester United said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad31 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Bolton Wanderers

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ronaldo Tavares was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout31 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Ronaldo Tavares

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ronaldo Tavares, and the manager let it.

Match29 Aug 2026

Two points walk out of the ground

Level with 87 minutes on the clock, after an afternoon Bolton Wanderers had all but put away. Port Vale will call it a point earned; the home dressing room will call it two given away, and both of them are right.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Rúben Rodrigues was the difference for Bolton Wanderers

Marked 7.95. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.

Match29 Aug 2026

Bolton Wanderers and Port Vale take a point apiece

It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

In brief

  • The dugout The form table has caught Josh Sheehan
  • The dugout The view from the dugout
  • The dugout Akin Famewo knocks on the manager's door
Back issues
4 Edition

The Bolton Wanderers Herald

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match22 Aug 2026

Bolton Wanderers let it slip despite Gaizka Larrazabal

Gaizka Larrazabal had done his part in building a 2-goal cushion. What happened after that was collective, and Rotherham United were allowed back into a match that had been finished with.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Bolton Wanderers make their move for Matt Freese

$8.2M on the table at New York City. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

A brace, and Sam Dalby takes the afternoon — 8.06

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Sam Dalby provided it, and the 8.06 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Squad24 Aug 2026

A fracture rules Liam James out for 22 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Bolton Wanderers will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Bolton Wanderers rebuffed over Fedor Lapoukhov

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. CSKA Sofia have kept their man, and Bolton Wanderers go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Match18 Aug 2026

Bolton Wanderers rescue it on 91 minutes

Behind, and beaten by any honest reading, until minute 91. Stockport County had the points in their pocket and a corner of the ground still believed, which is generally when it happens.

The dugout24 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Josh Sheehan

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Josh Sheehan, and the manager let it.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

The afternoon belonged to Gaizka Larrazabal

A mark of 7.94, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

Match22 Aug 2026

Honours even between Bolton Wanderers and Rotherham United

2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

In brief

3 Edition

The Bolton Wanderers Herald

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad17 Aug 2026

Liam James breaks a bone — 29 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 29 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market17 Aug 2026

Nathan Broome turns Newport County down

“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Door shut on Karim Konaté

Bolton Wanderers asked and Red Bull Salzburg said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Market17 Aug 2026

Bolton Wanderers sell Sean Hogan for $310.0K

Sean Hogan has left for Crewe Alexandra in a $310.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Boardroom17 Aug 2026

Graduation day at Bolton Wanderers

3 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.

The terraces17 Aug 2026

The crowd has taken to Max Conway

At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Market17 Aug 2026

Eyes on Sonny Sharples-Ahmed again

The phone has started ringing about Sonny Sharples-Ahmed again, and this time the name on the line is Walsall. Bolton Wanderers are listening politely and promising nothing.

Market17 Aug 2026

John Matthews steps up from the Bolton Wanderers academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. John Matthews has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Match15 Aug 2026

Bolton Wanderers find a way past Wycombe Wanderers

Wycombe Wanderers made Bolton Wanderers work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

In brief