The Bolton Wanderers Herald
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Amario Cozier-Duberry runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Eoin Toal in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bolton Wanderers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Bolton Wanderers
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Nathan Howard joins the Bolton Wanderers first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nathan Howard is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
Simon Scott steps up from the Bolton Wanderers academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Simon Scott 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Matthew Jones steps up from the Bolton Wanderers academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Matthew Jones 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Anthony Bell steps up from the Bolton Wanderers academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Anthony Bell 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Bolton Wanderers pick somebody else ahead of Akin Famewo
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Bolton Wanderers turn down the training-ground plan
It is the quietest way a club tells you what its ambitions are. The money was asked for, the money was refused, and the people who work there every day now know exactly where they stand.
In brief
- Player ratings Ethan Erhahon shuts the door
- Match Bolton Wanderers and Sheffield cancel each other out
- Squad Rúben Rodrigues left out for tactical reasons at Bolton Wanderers