David Marshall

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Bolton Wanderers U18
23 May 2027
Sunday
Process

Marked for David Marshall

16 Edition

The Bolton Wanderers Herald

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Bolton Wanderers count the cost of losing David Marshall

37 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Market

Chris Forino is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Bolton Wanderers has been clear about where Chris Forino stands, which is more than many ever get.

The dugout

No hiding place for George Johnston

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

Squad

Words at Bolton Wanderers training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lee Gregory is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad

Words exchanged at Bolton Wanderers

Sonny Sharples-Ahmed 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 dugout

Chris Forino knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Bolton Wanderers, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

The Eoin Toal talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Bolton Wanderers know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

The dugout

Akin Famewo gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Akin Famewo is on it.

Loan watch

3 goals on loan for Joel Randall

11 appearances at Chesterfield and the goals keep coming. Bolton Wanderers are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.

In brief

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The Bolton Wanderers Herald

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings

Gaizka Larrazabal was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 36. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Transfer targets

Preston tell Bolton Wanderers: Daniel Iversen 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.

Boardroom

Bolton Wanderers go back to the board over Daniel Kelly

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $238.9K — a club that wants Daniel Kelly enough to be asked twice.

Transfer targets

No thanks: Fabricio Iacovich rejects the move

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

Transfer targets

An offer of $210.0K for Daniel Kelly

Bolton Wanderers have gone to Millwall with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.

Transfer targets

No deal for Tom Atcheson at that price

Bolton Wanderers offered $200.0K; Blackburn Rovers 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.

Boardroom

Graduation day at Bolton Wanderers

2 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.

Match

Rúben Rodrigues’s goal not enough for Bolton Wanderers

Rúben Rodrigues scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Wycombe Wanderers, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Market

One of our own: Matthew Hall joins the Bolton Wanderers first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Matthew Hall is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

In brief