Jayden Nelson

Left Midfielder - Bolton Wanderers
18 Jan 2027
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22 Edition

The Bolton Wanderers Herald

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings28 Dec 2026

Nobody could get near Gaizka Larrazabal

Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match26 Dec 2026

Bolton Wanderers make it 4 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Bolton Wanderers have 4 straight wins of it.

Squad28 Dec 2026

A row about effort at Bolton Wanderers

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

Match26 Dec 2026

Bolton Wanderers get the job done against Exeter City

A 1‑0 win over Exeter City, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Player ratings28 Dec 2026

Rúben Rodrigues in the eights

A performance of 8.04 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

The dugout28 Dec 2026

The manager makes an example of Jayden Nelson

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

The dugout28 Dec 2026

A satisfied David Harris

“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 1‑0, David Harris could afford to be generous.

The dugout28 Dec 2026

Bolton Wanderers pick somebody else ahead of Xavier Simons

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.

The dugout28 Dec 2026

Craig Dawson does not fit this one

Ninety specific minutes wanted a different sort of player, and the manager picked one. He is not out of form and he is not in the side, and both are true.

In brief

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The Bolton Wanderers Herald

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings12 Oct 2026

Samuel Iling-Junior was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 47. 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.

Match10 Oct 2026

Whatever happens, Bolton Wanderers do not lose

8 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

The manager makes an example of Jayden Nelson

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market12 Oct 2026

Bolton Wanderers and Daniel Phillips are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

Josh Sheehan 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.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

David Harris on the point

“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” David Harris after the 0‑0 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

Craig Dawson left out for tactical reasons at Bolton Wanderers

The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.

Match10 Oct 2026

Point won or two lost for Bolton Wanderers?

Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Doncaster Rovers? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Eoin Toal says his piece

“If we are going to be beaten, let it not be because somebody in here could not be bothered.” He stood up and said it in front of everybody, which is a thing a squad remembers about a man for years.

In brief