John Murphy

Goalkeeper - Bolton Wanderers U18
20 Aug 2028
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86 Edition

The Bolton Wanderers Herald

20 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Match18 Mar 2028

No end in sight to Bolton Wanderers's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Bolton Wanderers has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad20 Mar 2028

Words exchanged at Bolton Wanderers

Víctor Muñoz and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

The dugout20 Mar 2028

Ethan Erhahon gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Player ratings20 Mar 2028

Víctor Muñoz runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad20 Mar 2028

Bolton Wanderers lose John Murphy

24 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Match18 Mar 2028

Bolton Wanderers and Newcastle United 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.

The dugout20 Mar 2028

Sam Dalby knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Sam Dalby trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

The dugout20 Mar 2028

Jack Hunter: “We have to be better”

“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 1‑1 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.

The dugout20 Mar 2028

Jack Bonham dropped after a run of poor form

The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.

In brief

Back issues
56 Edition

The Bolton Wanderers Herald

23 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Transfer targets23 Aug 2027

No thanks: Karim Konaté rejects the move

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

Match17 Aug 2027

Bolton Wanderers taken apart

0‑3 to Southampton, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.

The dugout23 Aug 2027

Kamarl Grant keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Bolton Wanderers may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Player ratings23 Aug 2027

Xavier Simons pops up at the right end — 7.83

7.83, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.

Transfer targets23 Aug 2027

No deal for Ahmed Abdullahi at that price

Bolton Wanderers offered $440.0K; Sunderland said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Market23 Aug 2027

Harrogate Town watching Thierry Gale

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Bolton Wanderers have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Boardroom23 Aug 2027

Graduation day at Bolton Wanderers

5 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.

Match21 Aug 2027

Sheffield United take the points off Bolton Wanderers

Beaten 1‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Transfer targets23 Aug 2027

Oxford United tell Bolton Wanderers: Freddie Woodman is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

In brief