Peter Cooper

Right Forward - Bolton Wanderers
16 Jul 2045
Sunday
Process

Marked for Peter Cooper

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The Bolton Wanderers Herald

5 Dec 2044
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Delis Gjeci

30 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Bolton Wanderers lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Match

The wait goes on for Bolton Wanderers

10 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Boardroom

Bolton Wanderers spell it out for Interim Coach

The board’s statement ran to three sentences and one of them mentioned results. Interim Coach has managed long enough to translate: win soon, or the next statement is shorter.

Squad

Aaron Bott keeps Bolton Wanderers in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match

Bolton Wanderers sink to position 17

11 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Squad

Peter Cooper 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.

In brief