The Bolton Wanderers Herald
Market31 Aug 2026
Sonny Sharples-Ahmed puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Bolton Wanderers, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Ibrahim Cissoko runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match29 Aug 2026
3 matches without a goal for Bolton Wanderers
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Bolton Wanderers
Ibrahim Cissoko was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match29 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Bolton Wanderers against Preston
0‑1 to Preston, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words at Bolton Wanderers training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sam Dalby 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Cal Jennings
“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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The plan did not have a place for George Johnston
Nobody at Bolton Wanderers is suggesting he is out of form. The manager simply wanted somebody with a different set of qualities for ninety specific minutes, and there is nothing a player can train to fix that.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
A day to forget for Cal Jennings
Marked 5.55, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.
In brief
- Player ratings A day to forget for Johnny Kenny
- Player ratings A day to forget for Rob Apter
- Market Estêvão arrives on loan