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FROM THE MANAGER 

IAN EVATT 

GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME BACK TO THE UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON 

STADIUM AS WE RETURN TO SKY BET LEAGUE ONE ACTION FOLLOWING THE 

MIDWEEK PAPA JOHNS TROPHY SEMI-FINAL AT ACCRINGTON STANLEY. 

I write these notes shortly after 

the win at the Wham Stadium 

where it is fair to say we were all 

ecstatic at progressing to the final. 

Almost 3,000 supporters 

backed us there and more than 

a thousand of you were at the 

UniBol to watch us in the fan 

park with so many also watching 

on Sky Sports. Your support 

has been immense all season 

and the passion you showed 

throughout was phenomenal. 

I am so pleased for you all as I 

know how much it means to our 

club to play at Wembley in a final, 

especially 100 years after making 

its first appearance at the national 

stadium. 

Although they were a man down 

early on, we kept on doing the 

right things and knew they’d 

fatigue, and we eventually got our 

rewards. 

I was fortunate enough to play 

at Wembley a number of times 

during my playing career and its 

a fantastic memory and one that 

stays with you and your family. I am 

pleased that my players will now 

get to experience that and make 

history. 

The final in just over a month’s 

time against Plymouth Argyle 

will be a good advert for the 

competition with two very 

strong League One teams 

going head to head in a 

packed out Wembley. 

For all the euphoria, 

we must now turn our 

attention back to the 

league and a warm welcome 

to Darrell Clarke, his staff and 

players, the directors and fans 

of Port Vale to the University of 

Bolton Stadium. 

They are a very good side who 

have made a successful transition 

to League One folowing their 

promotion last season. 

As excited as we are following 

Wednesday evening we will remain 

grounded and our complete 

attention remains on the League. 

We are in a great position and 

have a solid base to carry on the 

prgoress we are making. 

The defeat at Wycombe Wanderers 

last weekend was disappointing, 

especially coming off the back 

of two tremendous results and 

performances, but today gives us 

the opportunity to get our League 

form back on track, boosted by the 

midweek win. 

It was a difficult game at Adams 

Park. In the first 20 minutes we 

started really brightly and had the 

better of the early chances and hit 

the underside of the bar. If we had 

gone 1-0 up it would probably have 

been a little bit of a different game. 

We had the wind against us and 

didn’t manage the conditions well 

enough for the last 20 minutes of 

the first half. 

A draw would probably have been 

a fair result, because I believe that 

we didn’t deserve to lose. 

Enjoy the game and thank you for 

your amazing support. 

Ian. 


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MATCH ACTION 

VS 

BOLTON WANDERERS 5 

Almeida Santos 7, Mbete 21, Jones, 28, Toal 62, R. Williams 90+2 

MILTON KEYNES DONS 0 

TUESDAY 14 FEBRUARY 2023 | SKY BET LEAGUE ONE | UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON STADIUM 

LINE-UPS 

Bolton Wanderers: Trafford, Toal, Almeida 

Santos, Mbete, Jones (Isgrove 79), John (R. 

Williams 78), Morley, Dempsey (Sheehan 72), 

Shoretire (Kachunga 78), Adeboyejo, Charles 

(Lee 73). 

Unused Subs: Dixon, Thomason. 

Bookings: - 

MK Dons: Cumming, Lawrence, Tucker, Jules, 

Harvie, McEachran (Smith 78), Maghoma 

(Johnson 78), Devoy (Holland 86), Leko, Kaikai 

(Watson 46), Eisa (Grigg 68). 

Unused Subs: Ravizzoli, Burns. 

Bookings: - 

Attendance: 16,634 (177 MK Dons fans) 

Social Media Man of the Match: 

Shola Shoretire 

Wanderers remarkably registered back-to-back 5-0 

victories with another fantastic showing at the University of 

Bolton Stadium to move up to third in Sky Bet League One. 

Ricardo Almeida Santos started off the scoring with a 

fantastic header to make it three goals in two matches for 

the big defender and Luke Mbete scored his first goal for the 

club on his first home start to put Wanderers well and truly in 

the driving seat. 

Gethin Jones latched onto Kyle Dempsey’s pull-back to fire 

a first-time shot into the bottom corner past Jamie Cumming 

via a slight deflection off Daniel Harvie to send Wanderers 

into the break three goals up. 

Eoin Toal fired in a fourth just after the hour mark after the 

Dons failed to clear Aaron Morley’s corner, with substitute 

Randell Williams producing a fantastic first touch and 

showing great composure to find the bottom corner deep 

into added time to add a fifth goal to the scoresheet. 

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SHOTS: 

18 10 

SHOTS ON GOAL: 

11 2 

CORNERS: 

5 4 

FOULS: 

10 7 

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[ IN OPPOSITION ] 

PORT VALE 

STADIUM: 

Vale Park 

CAPACITY: 

15,036 

NICKNAME: 

The Valiants 

FOUNDED: 

1876 

[ LAST FIVE SEASONS ] 

DID YOU 

KNOW? 

Port Vale are one of the few English 

league clubs not to be named after 

a city or town. The name Port Vale 

exists on maps pre–dating the 

1876 formation of the club and is a 

reference to a valley of ports on the 

Trent and Mersey Canal, associated 

with the city’s pottery industry. 

2021/22: 5th [P] 2020/21: 13th 2019/20: 8th 2018/19: 20th 2017/18: 20th 

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THE SPINE OF THE TEAM 

GOALKEEPER | JACK STEVENS 

AGE: 25 | ON LOAN FROM OXFORD UNITED 

Currently on loan from fellow League One side Oxford United, Stevens 

has been the first choice stopper for the Valiants for the majority of the 

season to date and at the time of writing has made 27 appearances and 

kept 8 clean sheets. 

Coming through the youth ranks at Oxford United, he made his senior 

debut in 2017/18 during a loan spell with Oxford City and made his debut 

for United in a 2-1 home victory against Charlton Athletic in April 2019. To 

date for his parent club, he has made 75 appearances. 

CENTRE BACK | NATHAN SMITH 

AGE: 26 | PREVIOUS CLUB: N/A (ACADEMY GRADUATE) 

An experienced member of the Port Vale squad, Smith has racked 

up well over 300 appearances for the club after coming through the 

club’s youth system. The central defender made his professional 

debut during a loan spell at Torquay United in the National League in 

2015/16, and he made his first Vale appearance in a goalless draw at 

Bradford City in August 2016. 

At the time of writing, this season he has made 36 appearances (3 

goals) for Darrell Clarke’s side and in total for the football club, he 

has made 338 appearances (20 goals). 

CENTRE MIDFIELDER | TOM CONLON 

AGE: 27 | PREVIOUS CLUB: STEVENAGE 

Conlon has been a key player for the Valiants since his arrival from Stevenage in 2018, 

and helped the club to promotion from League Two last term – although injuries meant 

that he only made 23 appearances (4 goals). 

Born in Stoke-on-Trent, the midfielder spent 9 years in the youth system with Vale’s Cityrivals, 

Stoke City before signing professional terms with Peterborough United. Making his 

debut for the Posh in November 2013, Conlon mad a handful of appearances before a 

permanent switch to Stevenage in January 2015 after a successful loan stint with the club. 

From there, he spent three-and-a-half years at Broadhall Way and made 71 appearances 

(2 goals) before a return to Staffordshire to sign for Port Vale. To date for the Valiants, he 

has made a total of 168 appearances (19 goals). 

STRIKER | ELLIS HARRISON 

AGE: 29 | PREVIOUS CLUB: FLEETWOOD TOWN 

A potent goal threat for Vale, Harrison is due a return from injury and could feature against 

Wanderers this evening. 

The former Wales U21 international came through the ranks at Bristol Rovers to 

make his professional debut in April 2011 and went onto work with Darrell Clarke 

at the Memorial Stadium following the latter’s arrival at the club in March 2014. 

Scoring 49 goals in 204 appearances for Rovers, Harrison signed for Ipswich 

Town in July 2018 for a £750,000 fee but spent just a season at Portman Road before 

signing for Portsmouth. After two-and-a-half years at Fratton Park, he had a spell with 

Fleetwood Town before his move to Vale Park in August. 

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THE BOSS… 

Guiding Port Vale to promotion from League Two in his first full season 

at Port Vale, Clarke will be hoping to establish the Valiants in the third 

tier this campaign after a five-season absence from the level. 

Born in Mansfield, Clarke came through the youth ranks at Mansfield 

Town during his playing days and spent six years in the senior setup 

(1995-2001) before spending similar amounts of time with Hartlepool 

United and Salisbury City. Becoming player-manager with the latter in 

2010, he produced a win-rate of over 50% and earned a move to Bristol 

Rovers in March 2014. 

Managing close to 250 matches during his time with the Gas, Clarke 

left the club in December 2018 and by May 2019 he was back in 

management with Walsall. In the West Midlands for just shy of two years, 

he secured a switch to Port Vale in February 2021. 

AIDAN 

STONE 

GOALKEEPER 

Age: 23 

Previous Club: 

Mansfield Town 

DEREK 

AGYAKWA 

CENTRE BACK 

Age: 21 


Watford 

#1 

#24 

AARON 

DONNELLY 

SAMMY 

ROBINSON 

RIGHT BACK 

Age: 21 


Manchester City 

#5 

CENTRE BACK/LEFT BACK 

Age: 19 

On loan from: 

Nottingham Forest 

#27 

DARRELL 

CLARKE 

WILL 

FORRESTER 

CENTRE BACK 

Age: 21 


Stoke City 

MAL 

BENNING 

LEFT WING BACK 

Age: 29 


Mansfield Town 

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#11 

OPPOSITION IN PROFILE 

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#23 

DAVID 

WORRALL 

RIGHT WING BACK/RIGHT MIDFIELD 

Age: 32 


Millwall 

FUNSO 

OJO 

CENTRE MIDFIELDER 

Age: 31 


Aberdeen 

TOM 

PETT 


Age: 31 


Stevenage 

#8 

#33 

#19 

BEN 

GARRITY 


Age: 26 


Blackpool 

DENNIS 

POLITIC 

RIGHT WINGER/ATTACKING MIDFIELDER 

Age: 22 

On loan from: 

Cremonese 

GAVIN 

MASSEY 

RIGHT WINGER 

Age: 30 


Wigan Athletic 

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#20 

DAN 

BUTTERWORTH 

ATTACKING MIDFIELDER/STRIKER 

Age: 23 

On loan from: 

Blackburn Rovers 

JAMIE 

PROCTOR 

STRIKER 

Age: 30 


Rotherham United 

MATTY 

TAYLOR 

STRIKER 

Age: 32 

On loan from: 

Oxford United 


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IN NUMBERS 

THE TROPHY CABINET: 

THIRD DIVISION 

NORTH WINNERS 

(3RD TIER): 1929/30, 

1953/54 

FOURTH DIVISION 

WINNERS (4TH TIER): 

1958/59 

THIRD DIVISION PLAY- 

OFF WINNERS (3RD 

TIER): 1988/89 

LEAGUE TWO PLAY- 

OFF WINNERS (4TH 

TIER): 2021/22 

FOOTBALL LEAGUE 

TROPHY WINNERS: 

1993, 2001 

MOST APPEARANCES: 

ROY SPROSON 

842 

ALL-TIME TOP SCORER: 

WILF KIRKHAM 

164 

2021/22 AVERAGE 

ATTENDANCE: 

6,104 

HIGHEST HOME ATTENDANCE: 

49,768 

VS ASTON VILLA (20TH 

FEBRUARY 1969 – FA CUP 

5TH ROUND) 

2021/22 SEASON (RESULTS): 

22 WINS | 12 DRAWS | 12 DEFEATS 

GOALS: 67 SCORED | 46 CONCEDED 

BEST FINAL LEAGUE POSITION: 

8th 

in the Second Division (2nd tier) – 1924/25, 1925/26, 1926/27, and 1933/34. 

HIGHEST TRANSFER FEE PAID: 

£500,000 

TO LINCOLN CITY FOR 

GARETH AINSWORTH IN SEPTEMBER 1997. 

LOWEST FINAL LEAGUE POSITION: 

20th 

in League Two (4th tier) – 2017/18, 2018/19 

HIGHEST TRANSFER FEE RECEIVED: 

£2 MILLION 

FROM WIMBLEDON FOR 

GARETH AINSWORTH IN OCTOBER 1998. 

THIS SEASON’S STATS: 

Games: 40 Wins: 15 

Goals Scored: 45 Goals Conceded: 54 

Biggest win: 4-0 vs Shrewsbury Town (Tuesday 20 September 2022 – Papa Johns Trophy) 

Biggest defeat: 4-0 vs Exeter City (Saturday 6 August 2022 – League One) 

and vs Oxford United (Saturday 12 November 2022 – League One) 

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MARLAND’S 

MUSINGS 

WANDERERS 

MATTERS WITH 

CLUB HISTORIAN 

SIMON MARLAND… 

THE LADS OF ‘23 

Having seen off Norwich City and 

Leeds United in previous rounds, 

fate decreed that the Wanderers 

would visit fellow First Division 

side Huddersfield Town in the 

Third round, a tie that took place 

on 24th February 1923. 

The Terriers, who were cup 

holders, were a massive club and 

were to go on and win a hat trick 

of Championships in 1924, 1925 

and 1926. The Trotters however 

were in good form, having lost just 

once in the eight games played 

to date in 1923, a 1-0 reverse at 

Cardiff City. 

Leeds Road was a mud bath with 

the ball becoming a dead weight, 

but Bolton played some good 

football considering the conditions 

and were rewarded when David 

Jack (pictured) gave them a first 

half lead. Huddersfield had more 

of the play after the interval, but 

Bolton’s task was made much 

harder when Walter Rowley, 

(pictured) a future Bolton manager, 

was sent off ten minutes into the 

half. 

Ernie Islip equalised for the 

home side and the Wanderers 

defence fought heroically to 

earn a replay the following 

Wednesday afternoon. A large 

crowd welcomed the team back to 

Trinity Street at eight o’clock that 

Saturday night, whilst there was to 

be a half day holiday in the mills 

and engineering firms in the town 

announced a cessation of work 

for Wednesday afternoon to allow 

workers to attend the game. 

Bolton prepared by attending 

the brine baths at Northwich and 

a crowd of 61,609 attended the 

replay at Burnden Park. They 

gave Bolton a massive ovation as 

they entered the field, the game 

starting at a furious pace with the 

left-wing combination of Joe Smith 

and Ted Vizard causing problems 

for the visitors. 

What turned out to be the only 

goal of the game came in the 53rd 

minute. Vizard skipped past two 

defenders, centred to Jack who 

was inside the penalty area, he hit 

the ball first time low into the net to 

send the crowd wild with delight. 

Bolton were the last team from 

Lancashire to still be in the 

competition and the quarter final 

draw sent them to face giant killers 

Charlton Athletic of the Third 

Division South. 


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ONE YEAR ON 

FROM INVASION 

A MESSAGE OF THANKS AND A NEED FOR 

SUPPORT TO ASSIST THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE. 

Today we welcome as our guests 

to the game people from Ukraine 

being supported by the work 

of the Bolton Ukrainian Cultural 

Centre. Here is a message from 

Yaroslaw Tymchyshyn, Chair 

Bolton Branch of the Association 

of Ukrainians in Great Britain. 

The morning of Thursday 24th 

of February 2022 at 4.00am 

Ukrainian time, 2.00am UK time, 

a full-scale invasion of Ukraine 

began. The Russian army invaded 

from the north through Belarus, 

from the east from the occupied 

Donbas and from the south from 

Crimea. 

Since then, with the assistance 

of the UK, the USA and other 

countries, the heroism of the 

Ukrainian military has rewritten 

the book on armed combat. The 

under estimation of the fighting 

spirit of the Ukrainian nation by the 

Russians is plain to see. 

Ukrainians throughout the world 

united together in supporting 

the land of their forefathers. The 

support and assistance from 

governments and the general 

public has been immeasurable. 

The opening of homes throughout 

the UK to Ukrainians seeking 

shelter, a comforting shoulder to 

rely upon, safety and now even 

more so, warmth and a bed to 

sleep without the possibility of 

being hit by a rocket is one of the 

greatest acts of humanity one can 

imagine. 

President Zelenskyy has been a 

beacon for the Ukrainian people. 

He has been described as the 

Ukrainian Churchill and will be 

remembered for one phrase at the 

beginning of the invasion, ‘I need 

ammunition, not a ride’. 

The Russians came to wipe 

Ukraine and Ukrainians off the face 

of the earth but gave Ukrainians 

unity. They came to take Ukrainian 

lands but only buried their army. 

They came to turn to the past but 

only gave Ukrainians the future. 

As branch chair of the Association 

of Ukrainians in GB here in Bolton, 

may I thank the Wanderers, the 

local town council & their staff and 

more importantly, the people of 

Bolton for their unstinting support. 

The situation in Ukraine is grim 

with limited supply of gas and 

electricity. Support is still needed. 

Any financial support is most 

welcome. Donations can be sent 

to the Ukrainian Cultural Centre on 

Castle St with cheques payable to 

AUGB Bolton. 


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#28 LUKE 

MBETE 

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STARTING LIFE AT A NEW CLUB WITH SUCCESSIVE 5-0 WINS AND 

A FIRST CAREER GOAL MIGHT BE A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW. 

But Luke Mbete hopes the best 

is still to come with Wanderers as 

he aims to build on a flying start at 

the University of Bolton Stadium. 

Mbete’s debut for the Whites 

following his January loan signing 

from Manchester City came in the 

historic victory at Peterborough 

United which marked Wanderers’ 

5000th league game in style. 

Remarkably, he followed that 

up with a similar 5-0 scoreline 

against MK Dons, when he also 

headed home the first goal of his 

professional career on his first 

home appearance for the Whites. 

It was, briefly at least, too good 

to last as Ian Evatt’s men saw 

their winning League One run 

end at Wycombe Wanderers last 

weekend when Mbete and their 

defences were finally breached in 

a 1-0 loss. 

But with 15 games left to continue 

the pursuit of a top-six place, 

Mbete is confident of bouncing 

back and building towards what 

could still be a bigger high by the 

end of the campaign. 

“It was a great way to start,” said 

the young central defender, who 

slotted seamlessly into Wanderers’ 

back line following a combination 

of injury to George Johnston, 

Conor Bradley’s suspension and 

the January sale of Will Aimson. 

“Two 5-0 wins a first goal – not 

bad. But we look forward now. 

There are always going to be 

bumps in the road, like last week, 

but we’ve got to stay positive and 

stay together as a team. 

“All the games we’ve got left are 

very important and we’re going 

to go into each and every one of 

them with a positive mindset. 

“Back home today our fans are 

going to be behind us and help us 

again. We are a good group and 

hopefully we get to where we want 

to get to at the end of the season.” 

Collectively that would be taking 

a promotion challenge all the 

I LOVE 

THE CLUB 

ALREADY TO 

BE HONEST 

AND I’M 

JUST 

EXCITED TO 

HELP THE 

TEAM AS 

MUCH AS I 

CAN. 

way, while Mbete has a personal 

opportunity to add more senior 

appearances to a CV currently 

showing a taste of first-team action 

at City – including an outing in the 

Champions League – and half-adozen 

Championship games at 

Huddersfield Town. 

“That’s what I aspire to do. With 

the games comes experience, 

which is something I need and 

it’s something I look forward 

to,” added the England U21 

international. 

At Wanderers, Mbete has already 

matched the number of league 

starts he made with Huddersfield 

Town when a loan spell in the first 

half of the current campaign didn’t 

live up to expectations. 

Nonetheless, Mbete still looks 

back on his time in West Yorkshire 

as a beneficial one on his career 

path. 


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“Even my time at Huddersfield was 

a blessing in disguise,” said the 

19-year-old. “I learned a lot and it 

made me stronger as a person. 

“But I’m happy to be here and 

happy to move forward with the 

team. 

“I’ve enjoyed it a lot. Everyone 

has really welcomed me, which has 

made me feel comfortable 

and made me enjoy my football 

more.” 

Mature beyond his years on the 

pitch as a physically strong, ballplaying, 

left-sided central defender, 

Mbete has certainly settled in well 

with Wanderers. 

Quickly looking at home in his 

new environment, he is part of 

the success story the Whites are 

enjoying in their recruitment of 

young players on loan from the 

powerhouse clubs of the North- 

West and some of the best in this 

country and beyond. 

“I think it’s good for players like me, 

Shola and Traff, and Conor as well,” 

added Mbete. 

“We’re all young players, so we can 

learn from the guys in the changing 

room with experience and we can 

add to our game from that.” 

City team-mate James Trafford 

goes into today’s game against 

Port Vale having not conceded a 

goal in nine home games. 

Liverpool wing-back Conor Bradley 

has also played a large part in 

that miserly run, while exciting 

Manchester United teenager Shola 

Shoretire is another who is making 

the most of a mutually beneficial 

stay with the Whites. 

“When you’re at a club you’ve 

got to love the club as much as 

everybody else does,” insisted 

Mbete. 

“And I love the club already to be 

honest and I’m just excited to help 

the team as much as I can.” 

It’s a beautiful thing to hear, 

although Mbete can be excused a 

second love interest. 

As a Manchester City player he 

also has on-going allegiances with 

the defending Premier League 

champions. 

After coming through City’s 

Academy ranks – having started 

out in Brentford’s youth system – 

he helped City win the FA Youth 

Cup in 2020 before advancing 

through the U21s to appear in three 

separate cup competitions for Pep 

Guardiola’s senior side last season. 

And while his own focus is on 

helping Wanderers try and finish 

the season on a high, he also 

hopes to see more silverware 

make its way to the Etihad Stadium. 

“I send City my love,” Mbete 

added. “I’m always watching them 

and I hope they get what they want 

and what they deserve at the end 

of the season.” 

Much to look forward to indeed. 


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Portsmouth (A) 

Tuesday 28th February | 

7.45pm KO 

Adults - £24 

Over 65s - £18 

Under 23s - £16 

Ambulent & Carer - £16 

Under 18s - £7 

Official coach travel is available, 

costing £38 per person. All 

coaches depart from University 

of Bolton Stadium at 11.45am. 

Wanderers have received a full 

allocation of 1,000 tickets for the 

upcoming trip to Fratton Park. 

Morecambe (A) 

Saturday 4th March | 12.30pm KO 

Sky Bet League One 

WE HAVE SOLD OUT OF OUR 

ALLOCATION OF TICKETS FOR 

THIS FIXTURE. 

SPECIAL OCCASION TREAT 

EVELYN ROSE CONNOR HAVE A GOOD DAY LOVE MUM & DAD X 

ETHAN BARLOW, HAPPY 11TH BIRTHDAY LOVE MUM & DAD 

THANK YOU UNCLE SIMON YARWOOD FOR MY PRESENT! 

HAPPY 10TH BIRTHDAY ZAK LOVE FROM MUM, DAD & AILIE XXX 

HAPPY 7TH BIRTHDAY OLIVER GILKES LOVE MUM, DAD, 

CHARLOTTE & ALL YOUR FAMILY X 

GOLDEN GOAL RESULTS! 

We have a Winner! 

Congratulations to Ryan 

Hodgson who wins £500 on the 

Golden Goal at our recent match 

V MK Dons. 

Ryan bought his tickets from Ann 

Stewart our seller in the East 

Lower. He bought two one for 

himself and one for his match 

buddy Richard, but it was Ryan’s 

which had the winning time of 

6 minutes and 47 seconds! He 

even sent us a tweet to let us 

know from his seat! 

Ryan said he will treat his 

buddy Richard with some of 

the winnings but he will also 

treat himself to the Cheltenham 

Festival later in the year. 

Congratulations Ryan! 

Our previous winner for the game 

V Cheltenham Town on the 4th 

February was Norman Wilde with 

the winning ticket showing Kyle 

Dempsey’s goal time of 79 mins 

and 56 secs. 

Norman bought his ticket from 

our seller Jacky on Saturday 

when he nipped into the hotel 

pre match. Norman didn’t open 

his tickets until he got home and 

was delighted to find out he was 

a winner. 

He said with the £500 he will 

treat the grandkids to a great 

day out supporting the Mighty 

Whites! 

Thanks for your support Norman 

and Congratulations! 

Prize for the today’s game V Port 

Vale will be £500 so why not 

have a go? It could be you! 

Ipswich Town (H) 

Saturday 11th March | 3pm KO 

This is a category A fixture and 

ticket prices are as follows: 

Adults from: £25 

Over 65s from: £20 

Under 23s from: £20 

Under 18s: £15 

Under 12s: £8 


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A seasonal membership costs just 

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STARS VISIT 

COMMUNITY 

CENTRE 

HANDOVER 

Ricardo Almeida Santos and 

Gethin Jones visited The Sutton 

Community Centre in Platt Hill 

to meet with local residents and 

mark the centre’s handover from 

Clarion Housing Group to Bolton 

Wanderers in the Community 

(BWitC). 

The Bolton Wanderers players took 

time out of their busy schedules to 

visit the community centre in Bolton, 

where Clarion owns and manages 

hundreds of homes, which plays host 

to a variety of activities and support 

delivered by BWitC. 

BWitC’s mission is to use the power 

of Bolton Wanderers Football Club 

to inspire and support local people, 

delivering interventions and targeted 

engagement to help transform lives, 

enabling communities to thrive and 

succeed. 

Programmes delivered locally target 

people as young as five years old in 

schools, all the way through to 90+ 

as part of active ageing programmes. 

BWitC’s main areas of work include 

cohesion, disability, employability, 

mentoring, social inclusion, schools 

and wellbeing. 

Now with the community centre as its 

hub and funding provided by Clarion 

Futures, the charitable foundation 

of Clarion Housing Group, BWitC is 

delivering a wide range of projects 

tailored to the needs of the local 

community. 

One such project is a new youth club 

open on Friday evenings for local 

residents aged 12-17, providing a safe 

space for young people to come and 

make new friends and help them 

feel a sense of belonging, as well as 

opportunities to take part in social 

action projects within the community. 

The aim is for the new programme 

to help young people living locally 

to develop life skills, as well as 

accessing volunteering, leadership 

and employment opportunities. 

The centre also acts as a warm space 

through its Community Hub offer, 

opening its doors and welcoming 

people to take part in activities and 

keep warm, enabling them to save 

money on their energy bills. The 

Community Hub runs on Tuesdays 

from 10:30am-1pm and Wednesdays 

from 3-7:30pm until the end of March, 

with sessions targeting different age 

groups. 

Richard Slater, Bolton Wanderers in 

the Community Impact Manager, said: 

“We are delighted to be partnering 

with Clarion Futures to provide 

positive activities and engagement 

to the residents and local community 

around the Sutton Estate. We have 

worked with Clarion Futures for 

several years through our outreach 

projects and now managing the 

community centre is the next step in 

working together to support the local 

community to thrive. 

Ricardo Almeida Santos, Club 

Captain at Bolton Wanderers Football 

Club said: 

“I’ve really enjoyed coming down to 

the community centre today to find 

out more about the work that Bolton 

Wanderers in the Community is 

delivering and hearing the plans for 

how the centre will be used to benefit 

the community. It’s important for us as 

players to support the work our club 

carries out in the community, and I’m 

delighted to help mark the handover 

of the centre. 

Matt Parsonage, Head of 

Communities for Clarion Futures, 

said: 

“Partnerships with organisations like 

Bolton Wanderers in the Community 

are so important for our work in 

communities nationwide, helping 

us to make a bigger difference by 

teaming up to achieve shared goals. 

Now with the community centre in 

Platt Hill as their home, we hope that 

BWitC’s work will go from strength to 

strength, providing support to local 

residents and focusing their efforts 

where they’re needed most in these 

difficult times.” 

To find out more about the support 

available through Bolton Wanderers 

in the Community, visit www.bwitc. 

org.uk. 

For further information about Bolton Wanderers in 

the Community, please visit www.bwitc.org.uk 

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PHIL MASON 

ONE CLUB, 

ONE COMMUNITY, 

ONE TOWN 

Club Chaplain & Senior Safeguarding Manager 07885 755 807 and pmason@bwfc.co.uk 

UNITE FOR ACCESS 

The Level Playing Field Unite 

for Access campaign kicks off 

today and aims to showcase the 

good work being done by clubs 

to improve accessibility and 

inclusion for disabled fans. 

Bolton Wanderers fully supports 

the campaign and are getting 

involved by helping disabled 

supporters learn about Level 

Playing Field (LPF) and understand 

what the charity does, what its aims 

are to improve accessibility and 

inclusion, and how they can assist 

disabled fans. 

Today we delighted to be joined by 

Steve Evans an LPF Trustee who 

will be catching up with a number 

of our disabled fans including 

Morgan Parry who is an LPF 

Ambassador. 

Over the campaign a video will 

be released that focuses upon 

disabled supporters from three 

clubs in the EFL, including our own 

club with an in-depth interview of 

Jack Storey and his family. 

In recent months we have had 

a full LFP audit of our club and 

the very detailed report gives us 

a great guide into how we can 

continually improve our facilities for 

our disabled supporters. 

To take this work forward a 

working party has been formed 

brining together members of the 

Bolton Wanderers Supporters 

Trust, Bolton Wanderers Disabled 

Supporters Association, Bolton 

Wanderers in the Community, 

disabled fans and key staff 

members in the Club. 

A major focus will be on creating 

a full changing places facility 

designed to be completely 

accessible providing sufficient 

space and equipment for people 

who are not able to use the toilet 

independently. The plan is for this 

facility to be available throughout 

the week to the public as well as a 

match day. 

Over the coming months further 

improvements are planned for 

the accessible toilets, stadium 

loop system, quite room and 

appropriate design changes of 

existing areas to create better 

accessibility in a variety of ways. 

You can support this work by 

adding a donation to the cause 

when purchasing your season 

ticket for 23/24. 

We are looking to work together as 

one club, one community one town 

and unite for access and support 

the great work of Level Playing 

Field that is there to support 

disabled sports fans through its 

membership and a variety of active 

initiatives. 

For more information about Level 

Playing Field visit 

www.levelplayingfield.org.uk or 

email info@levelplayingfield.org.uk 

Enjoy the game. 


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MEMORABLE MATCHES 

SEASON 2022/23 MARKS THE 25TH 

ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF 

BOLTON STADIUM. 

Friday 26th December 2014 

Bolton Wanderers 2 

Blackburn Rovers 1 

Sky Bet Championship 

The Wanderers overturned a first 

half deficit to run out 2-1 winners 

in a holiday derby at the Macron 

Stadium. 

Rovers had much the better of the 

first half and Bolton had ‘keeper 

Andy Lonergan to thank with a 

couple of saves to deny both Andy 

Rhodes and Ben Marshall. The 

visitors made a breakthrough four 

minutes from the interval when 

Josh King broke clear to round 

Lonergan before slotting home. 

At half time Neil Lennon brought 

on Emile Heskey, signed two days 

earlier after a stint in Austrailia 

with Newcastle Jets, the 37 year 

old wasting no time to make his 

mark. His debut goal came on the 

hour mark when Eidur Gudjohnsen 

found him at the far post and the 

former England striker slotted 

home to level matters. (Pictured) 

Three minutes later Bolton got 

their noses in front when Dorian 

Dervite’s knock down fell into 

the path of Darren Pratley who 

grabbed his second goal in as 

many games. 

As the game wore on Rovers 

gained the initaitive as they 

searched for an equaliser but the 

Bolton defence was not for being 

breached as they dented their 

visitors promotion hopes. 

Team: Lonergan, Vela, Mills, 

Dervite, Ream, Danns, Pratley, Hall, 

(Heskey), Lee, Feeney, (Wheater), 

Gudjohnsen, (Trotter). Subs not 

used: Bogdan, Moxey, Spearing, 

Clough. 

Attendance: 23,203 

Saturday 3rd January 2015 


Wigan Athletic 0 

FA Cup Third Round 

The Wanderers had worried if 

Chung-Yong Lee’s absence at 

the Asia Cup would leave them 

without a spark in this Third 

THROUGHOUT THE SEASON CLUB 

HISTORIAN SIMON MARLAND WILL LOOK 

BACK AT SOME MEMORABLE GAMES. 

Round FA Cup tie. Up stepped 19 

year old Zach Clough for his debut 

and all doubts were aleviated 

inside the opening half an hour. 

He continually ran at the Wigan 

back four who had former 

Wanderers favourite Ali Al Habsi to 

thank for keeping the scoresheet 

blank. Not only did he deny Clough 

he also twice produced sterling 

saves from Liam Trotter. 

Wigan rallied after the interval but 

Adam Bogdan, back in the side 

for the first time since August, was 

also in fine form. 

The defining moment came in the 

76th minute when Trotter released 

an inch perfect pass and Clough 

ran through to clip the ball over 

the advancing Al Habsi. (Pictured) 

The stadium erupted in celebration 

and the young debutant 

received a standing ovation two 

minutes from time when he was 

replaced by the evergreen Eidur 

Gudjohnsen as the 2013 winners 

of the competition couldn’t find a 

response. 

Team: Bogdan, Vela, Wheater, 

Dervite, Ream, Danns, Feeney, 

Trotter, Pratley, Clough, 

(Gudjohnsen), Heskey, (C. Davies). 

Subs not used: Lonergan, 

Spearing, Wilkinson, Threlkeld, 

Kamara. 


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Wednesday 4th February 2015 


Liverpool 2 

FA Cup Fourth Round Replay 

The Wanderers were just four 

minutes away from producing 

another White Hot night similar 

to 1993 when they knocked 

Liverpool out of the FA Cup. 

Unfortunately on this occasion 

they couldn’t hold on to a lead but 

it wasn’t for the lack of trying. Neil 

Lennon’s lack of options, due to 

injuries, saw Matt Mills drafted in 

as emergency striker and, in the 

58th minute, his header fell to Zach 

Clough who was felled by Martin 

Skrtel. 

The official, Roger East, hesitated, 

then pointed to the spot and up 

stepped Eidur Gudjohnsen as cool 

as you like to stroke the ball past 

‘keeper Simon Mignolet. 

Eight minutes later Bolton’s task 

was made harder. Neil Danns 

received a second yellow for a 

late challenge on Joe Allen but, 

despite this, they continued on 

the front foot with both Clough 

and Gudjohnsen going close. The 

game was so open and David 

Wheater managed to deflect a 

Jordan Henderson shot onto his 

own post. 

Finally Liverpool got it right and 

Henderson found Raheem Sterling 

who drilled a ball into the bottom 

corner for the equaliser. The fourth 

official showed five minutes of 

added time, enough for Phillipe 

Coutinho to send a cuurling shot 

into the top corner for the winner, 

the home support leaving rightly 

proud of the team that had come 

so close to causing an upset. 

Team: Lonergan, Feeney, Wheater, 

Mills, Dervite, Moxey, Vela, 

Danns, Ream, Clough, (Trotter), 

Gudjohnsen. Subs not used: 

Fitzsimons, McNaughton, Hall, 

Threlkeld, Iliev, Walker. 



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OSCAR CUNLIFFE 

Age: 9 

From: Bolton 

Favourite Player: James Trafford 

Hobbies: Football, Swimming, 

Tennis, Playing with friends 

JENSON CLARK 

Age: 10 


Favourite Players: James Trafford 

& Dion Charles 

Hobbies: Watching BWFC, 

Playing Football for my Saturday 

& Sunday Teams, Gaming and 

Going to the Gym 

HAPPY 6TH BIRTHDAY JESSE, 

LOVE FROM MUMMY, DADDY 

AND ADDY XXXXX 

HAPPY 70TH BIRTHDAY DAD 

LOTS OF LOVE 

MARK XXX 

JOE POLLARD 

Age: 9 

From: Hindley 

Favourite Players: Conor Bradley, 

James Trafford, Dion Charles 

Hobbies: Playing football & 

Watching Bolton Wanderers 

JACOB HAMBLETON 

Age: 10 


Favourite Players: Dempsey, 

Bradley and Shoretire 

Hobbies: Anything football 

related 

In Memory of 

John Entwistle 

Gone but Never Forgotten 

Monday 27th February marks the 

10th Anniversary of your passing. 

We think of you every day and miss 

you more! 

A Wanderer with angel wings in 

the sky. 

Thinking of you always. 

Jan, Nic, Peter, Jenson, Si, Sally, 

Ivy, Tommy & 

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JOIN THE TRUST 

NEWS FROM THE BWFCST 

MORE SATISFIED TRUST MEMBERS! 

You Asked, We Delivered - We 

are pleased to have been able to 

help when asked by the Darlington 

family to request that the club allow 

young fans 14+ to attend events 

such as the End of Season Dinner. 

The question was put to CEO Neil 

Hart at our recent AGM and he 

was more than happy to agree to 

this. Previously, these events had 

been for over 18s only and we 

had always thought it was a real 

shame that our young fans aren’t 

able to take part in these fantastic 

celebratory events. Well now they 

can and we look forward to these 

special occasions becoming much 

more of a family affair. 

Trust Family Season Ticket - It 

has been such a great pleasure in 

the last couple of seasons to have 

seen new fans attend games at 

the University of Bolton Stadium 

and get a taste of what it means to 

sit in the stands and watch Bolton 

Wanderers in action. The latest 

recipients of the Family Ticket, 

courtesy of Bernstein’s Kitchens, 

are the Halliwell family and they 

certainly saw a cracker of a game 

with a 5-0 win over MK Dons! 

Getting more new young people 

to attend games and become 

life-long fans is a big ambition of 

the Supporters’ Trust and hopefully 

this emphatic win and fantastic 

performance will have done the 

trick. You never forget your first 

game and this one will have 

certainly made an impression and 

will live long in the memory. Mum 

Kathryn said: “First game ever and 

we all loved it. 5-0! Thanks to the 

Supporters’ Trust!” 

A big thank you to our great 

friend, the Legend that is Jack 

Dearden - It was an emotional 

night as we marked Jack’s 25 

years covering Bolton Wanderers 

for BBC Radio Manchester with a 

presentation at our recent AGM. 

Jack’s support for the Trust has 

been fantastic from the very first 

meeting back in 2016 when we 

had a full house in the Premier 

Suite following which 6000 signed 

up for the Supporters’ Trust. He has 

hosted every event since and we 

are so very grateful for all he has 

done to assist us over the years. 

If you’re not already a trust 

member, join us, and take 

advantage of the discounted offer 

of a £5 first year membership 

subscription when buying your 

season ticket in the early bird 

window. You can join by visiting 

https://www.bwfcst.co.uk/jointhe-trust/annual-membership 

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using the code BWFCST5. 

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CONOR BRADLEY 21 

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MATCH ACTION 

VS 

ACCRINGTON STANLEY 0 

BOLTON WANDERERS 2 

(Kachunga 82, Morley 84) 

WEDNESDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2023 | PAPA JOHNS TROPHY | THE WHAM STADIUM 

LINE-UPS 

Accrington Stanley: Jensen, Fernandes, 

Rodgers, Sangare, Longelo, McConville, Coyle 

(Martin 57), Conneely (Mancini 90+2), Leigh 

(Woods 90+1), Whalley (Clark 75), Pressley 

(Adekoya 90+1). 

Unused Subs: Isherwood, Nolan. 

Bookings: Coyle, Pressley 

Red Card: McConville 

Bolton Wanderers: Trafford, Toal, Almeida 

Santos, Mbete (Jones 70), Bradley (Isgrove 90+6), 

John (R. Williams 77), Morley, Sheehan, Lee, 

Kachunga, Charles. 

Unused Subs: Dixon, Khumbeni, Thomason. 

Bookings: Trafford, Morley. 

Attendance: 4,874 (2,625 Wanderers fans) 

Wanderers secured a place in the Papa Johns Trophy 

final and a trip to Wembley with victory against 

Accrington Stanley at the Wham Stadium. 

Backed by over half of the attendance on the night, Ian 

Evatt’s men secured a return to the national stadium 

after a 12-year absence, but they were made to work 

hard for the result. 

Stanley were reduced to ten-men when Sean 

McConville was given his marching orders for a 

rash challenge on Conor Bradley and even though 

Wanderers were left frustrated by a combination of the 

woodwork and Lukas Jensen, Elias Kachunga found the 

breakthrough late on. 

Two minutes later, Morley fired in an excellent strike 

from 25 yards out that found the net via the inside 

of the post to ensure a passage through to the final 

against Plymouth Argyle in April. 

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MATCH STATS 

POSSESSION: 

26% 74% 

SHOTS: 

5 18 

SHOTS ON GOAL: 

4 6 

CORNERS: 

1 3 

FOULS: 

13 10 

COMPLETED PASSES: 

96 477 


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FIXTURES & RESULTS 

DATE KO/F-A H/A OPPOSITION ATTN STARTING XI 

SAT JUL 30 D 1-1 A IPSWICH TOWN 26,688 TRAFFORD JONES ALMEIDA SANTOS JOHNSTON JOHN n MORLEY 1 WILLIAMS 

AUGUST 

SAT AUG 06 W 3-0 H WYCOMBE WANDERERS 17,416 TRAFFORD BRADLEY JONES ALMEIDA SANTOS JOHNSTON IREDALE MORLEY 1 

TUE AUG 09 W 5-1 H SALFORD CITY [C CUP] 6,505 DIXON JONES AIMSON JOHNSTON JOHN LEE WILLIAMS 

SAT AUG 13 D 0-0 A PORT VALE 10,277 TRAFFORD JONES ALMEIDA SANTOS n JOHNSTON IREDALE MORLEY WILLIAMS n 

TUE AUG 16 W 1-0 H MORECAMBE 17,165 TRAFFORD JONES AIMSON JOHNSTON BRADLEY 1 n MORLEY DEMPSEY 

SAT AUG 20 L 0-2 H SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 22,023 TRAFFORD JONES ALMEIDA SANTOS JOHNSTON BRADLEY n IREDALE WILLIAMS 

TUE AUG 23 L 1-4 H ASTON VILLA [C CUP] 20,064 DIXON n AIMSON ALMEIDA SANTOS JOHNSTON n BRADLEY LEE WILLIAMS 

SAT AUG 27 L 0-2 A PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 14,631 TRAFFORD JONES ALMEIDA SANTOS JOHNSTON BRADLEY n MORLEY LEE 

TUE AUG 30 W 4-1 H CREWE ALEXANDRA [PJT] 2,115 DIXON AIMSON n TOAL JOHNSON JONES SHEEHAN THOMASON 

SEPTEMBER 

SAT SEP 03 W 3-1 H CHARLTON ATHLETIC 19,193 TRAFFORD JONES n ALMEIDA SANTOS JOHNSTON 1 BRADLEY 1 THOMASON WILLIAMS 

TUE SEP 13 W 2-0 A MK DONS 6,339 TRAFFORD JONES 1 ALMEIDA SANTOS JOHNSTON BRADLEY THOMASON WILLIAMS 

SAT SEP 17 W 1-0 H PETERBOROUGH UNITED 17,016 TRAFFORD JONES ALMEIDA SANTOS JOHNSTON n BRADLEY DEMPSEY WILLIAMS n 

TUE SEP 20 D 2-2* A TRANMERE ROVERS [PJT] 1,779 DIXON AIMSON TOAL JOHNSTON JOHN MORLEY SHEEHAN 

OCTOBER 

SAT OCT 01 W 2-0 H LINCOLN CITY 17,263 TRAFFORD n JONES ALMEIDA SANTOS JOHNSTON n BRADLEY WILLIAMS n THOMASON 

TUE OCT 04 L O-1 A CHELTENHAM TOWN 3,988 TRAFFORD AIMSON ALMEIDA SANTOS JOHNSTON JONES WILLIAMS n THOMASON n 

SAT OCT 08 L O-1 A FOREST GREEN ROVERS 3,419 TRAFFORD JONES ALMEIDA SANTOS JOHNSTON BRADLEY WILLIAMS THOMASON 

SAT OCT 15 D 0-0 H BARNSLEY 18,415 TRAFFORD JONES ALMEIDA SANTOS JOHNSTON BRADLEY n WILLIAMS THOMASON n 

TUE OCT 18 W 3-0 H LEEDS UNITED U21 [PJT] 2,936 DIXON JONES n AIMSON IREDALE ISGROVE MORLEY DEMPSEY 

SAT OCT 22 W 3-2 † A ACCRINGTON STANLEY 4,829 TRAFFORD JONES n ALMEIDA SANTOS JOHNSTON ISGROVE WILLIAMS DEMPSEY 

TUE OCT 25 W 2-1 H BURTON ALBION 16,172 TRAFFORD JONES ALMEIDA SANTOS IREDALE BRADLEY MORLEY THOMASON 

SAT OCT 29 L 1-3 H OXFORD UNITED 17,281 TRAFFORD JONES ALMEIDA SANTOS n JOHNSTON BRADLEY SHEEHAN WILLIAMS n 

NOVEMBER 

SAT NOV O5 L 1-2 H BARNSLEY [FA CUP] 5,999 TRAFFORD BRADLEY JONES ALMEIDA SANTOS IREDALE LEE MORLEY 

SAT NOV 12 D 0-0 A CAMBRIDGE UNITED 6,819 TRAFFORD JONES n ALMEIDA SANTOS n JOHNSTON BRADLEY n MORLEY DEMPSEY n n 

SAT NOV 19 W 2-1 A FLEETWOOD TOWN 4,597 TRAFFORD JONES ALMEIDA SANTOS JOHNSTON BRADLEY 1 n MORLEY n THOMASON 

TUE NOV 29 W 3-2 H BARROW [PJT] 2,381 DIXON TOAL ALMEIDA SANTOS IREDALE SADLIER WILLIAMS DEMPSEY 

DECEMBER 

FRI DEC 02 D 1-1 H BRISTOL ROVERS 16,786 TRAFFORD JONES TOAL JOHNSTON BRADLEY MORLEY THOMASON n 

SAT DEC 10 L 2-3 A SHREWSBURY TOWN 7,098 TRAFFORD JONES TOAL JOHNSTON BRADLEY WILLIAMS SHEEHAN n 

TUE 13 DEC W 4-0 H MANCHESTER UNITED U21 [PJT] 4,735 TRAFFORD JONES AIMSON IREDALE n BRADLEY 1 LEE MORLEY 1 

SAT DEC 17 W 2-0 H EXETER CITY 19,942 TRAFFORD TOAL AIMSON JOHNSTON BRADLEY 1 MORLEY SHEEHAN 

TUE DEC 27 D 0-0 H DERBY COUNTY 25,428 TRAFFORD TOAL AIMSON n JOHNSTON BRADLEY n MORLEY SHEEHAN 

FRI DEC 30 D 1-1 A LINCOLN CITY 9,047 TRAFFORD TOAL 1 AIMSON JOHNSTON BRADLEY n MORLEY WILLIAM 

JANUARY 

MON JAN 02 W 3-0 A BARNSLEY 13,913 TRAFFORD TOAL n AIMSON JOHNSTON n BRADLEY MORLEY DEMPSEY 1 

SAT JAN 07 D 0-0 H PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 18,638 TRAFFORD TOAL AIMSON JOHNSTON BRADLEY MORLEY DEMPSEY 

TUE 10 JAN W 1-0 H PORTSMOUTH [PJT QF] 4,413 TRAFFORD TOAL ALMEIDA SANTOS JOHNSTON n SADLIER WILLIAMS SHEEHAN 

SAT JAN 14 W 3-0 H PORTSMOUTH 17,977 TRAFFORD TOAL 1 AIMSON JOHNSTON BRADLEY MORLEY DEMPSEY 

SAT JAN 21 L 1-2 A DERBY COUNTY 30,004 TRAFFORD TOAL AIMSON JOHNSTON n BRADLEY MORLEY DEMPSEY 

TUE JAN 24 W 1-0 H FOREST GREEN ROVERS 16,329 TRAFFORD JONES ALMEIDA SANTOS TOAL BRADLEY MORLEY n DEMPSEY 

SAT JAN 28 W 2-1 A CHARLTON ATHLETIC 14,458 TRAFFORD n TOAL ALMEIDA SANTOS JOHNSTON BRADLEY MORLEY 1 DEMPSEY 

FEBRUARY 

SAT FEB 04 W 1-0 H CHELTENHAM TOWN 17,736 TRAFFORD TOAL ALMEIDA SANTOS JONES BRADLEY n MORLEY DEMPSEY 

SAT FEB 11 W 5-0 A PETERBOROUGH UNITED 9,247 TRAFFORD TOAL ALMEIDA SANTOS 2 n MBETE JONES MORLEY DEMPSEY 

TUE FEB 14 W 5-0 H MK DONS 16,634 TRAFFORD TOAL 1 ALMEIDA SANTOS 1 MBETE 1 JONES 1 MORLEY DEMPSEY 

SAT FEB 18 L 0-1 A WYCOMBE WANDERERS 6,544 TRAFFORD TOAL ALMEIDA SANTOS MBETE BRADLEY MORLEY n DEMPSEY 

WED FEB 22 W 2-0 A ACCRINGTON STANLEY [PJT SF] 4,874 TRAFFORD n TOAL ALMEIDA SANTOS MBETES BRADLEY MORLEY 1 n SHEEHAN 

SAT FEB 25 15:00 H PORT VALE 

TUE FEB 28 19:45 A PORTSMOUTH 

MARCH 

SAT MAR 04 12.30 A MORECAMBE 

SAT MAR 11 15:00 H IPSWICH TOWN 

FRI MAR 17 19:45 A SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 

APRIL 

SAT APR 02 - A PLYMOUTH ARGYLE [PJT F] 

FRI APR 07 15:00 A EXETER CITY 

MON APR 10 15:00 H CAMBRIDGE UNITED 

SAT APR 15 15:00 A OXFORD UNITED 

TUE APR 18 19:45 A BURTON ALBION 

SAT APR 22 15:00 H SHREWSBURY TOWN 

TUE APR 25 19:45 H ACCRINGTON STANLEY 

SAT APR 29 15:00 H FLEETWOOD TOWN 

MAY 

SUN MAY 07 12:00 A BRISTOL ROVERS 

ALL FIXTURES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE | *BOLTON LOST 5-4 ON PENALTIES 

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LEE BRADLEY n CHARLES AFOLAYAN BAKAYOKO 70’ BÖDVARSSON 77’ KACHUNGA 77’ THOMASON 83’ SADLIER IREDALE AIMSON S BARROTT 

WILLIAMS DEMPSEY 2 BAKAYOKO AFOLAYAN BÖDVARSSON 70’ SADLIER 81’ KACHUNGA 82’ THOMASON 89’ JOHN 89’ SADLIER, BÖDVARSSON, AIMSON, LEE B TONER 

THOMASON n SADLIER 1 BÖDVARSSON 1 KACHUNGA 1 IREDALE 45’ BRADLEY 1 75’ KHUMBENI 83’ AFOLAYAN 1 83’ TOURE 88’ BAKAYOKO, MORLEY, TRAFFORD, DEMPSEY J BROOKS 

DEMPSEY BRADLEY BAKAYOKO AFOLAYAN AIMSON 45’ BÖDVARSSON 66’ JOHN 79’ SADLIER 79’ DIXON LEE KACHUNGA R JOYCE 

JOHN LEE BÖDVARSSON KACHUNGA BAKAYOKO 73’ AFOLAYAN 73’ WILLIAMS 82’ SADLIER 90+2’ DIXON IREDALE KHUMBENI A BACKHOUSE 

MORLEY DEMPSEY AFOLAYAN BAKAYOKO CHARLES 62’ BÖÐVARSSON 62’ KACHUNGA 78’ SADLIER n 79’ JOHN 79’ DIXON, AIMSON, LEE C BREAKSPEAR 

JOHN AFOLAYAN KACHUNGA n CHARLES 1 DEMPSEY 68’ BAKAYOKO 71’ SADLIER 82’ JONES, IREDALE, MORLEY, TRAFFORD, THOMASON A. KITCHEN 

IREDALE DEMPSEY KACHUNGA CHARLES BAKAYOKO 67’ SADLIER 75’ AFOLAYAN 75’ JOHN WILLIAMS AIMSON THOMASON W. FINNIE 

IREDALE SADLIER 1 AFOLAYAN BAKAYOKO 1 BRADLEY HT ALMEIDA SANTOS 60’ WILLIAMS 60’ CHARLES 60’ 2 KACHUNGA 60’ MORLEY, BRADLEY, DEMPSEY S. OLDHAM 

IREDALE n LEE 1 CHARLES BAKAYOKO AFOLAYAN 72’ DEMPSEY 77’ KACHUNGA 90’ MORLEY 90+1’ JOHN SADLIER AIMSON T. REEVES 

IREDALE LEE CHARLES 1 KACHUNGA DEMPSEY 73’ BAKAYOKO 77’ MORLEY n 86’ SADLIER 86’ JOHN AIMSON AFOLAYAN C. POLLARD 

IREDALE n THOMASON KACHUNGA CHARLES AFOLAYAN 70’ 1 BÖDVARSSON 70’ SADLIER 78’n BAKAYOKO 83’ AIMSON MORLEY LEE C. BROOK 

BECK SADLIER 1 ODVARSSON AFOLAYAN ISGROVE 63’ CARTY 83’ 1 HUTCHINSON TOURE TWEEDLEY KHUMBENI STANLEY M. COY 

IREDALE LEE CHARLES 1 KACHUNGA DEMSPEY 68’ BODVARSSON 1 73’ AFOLAYAN 82’ SADLIER BAKAYOKO AIMSON MORLEY N. HAIR 

IREDALE DEMPSEY CHARLES BODVARSSON SADLIER 61’ AFOLAYAN 61’ KACHUNGA 70’ BAKAYOKO 70’ MORLEY 72’ SHEEHAN BECK G. WARD 

JOHN LEE CHARLES KACHUNGA IREDALE HT AFOLAYAN 62’ BODVARSSON 69’ SADLIER 77’ MORLEY SHEEHAN AIMSON M. EDWARDS 

IREDALE AFOLAYAN BÖDVARSSON CHARLES DEMPSEY n SADLIER BAKAYOKO MORLEY KACHUNGA SHEEHAN LEE D. ROCK 

JOHN SHEEHAN BODVARSSON 1 KACHUNGA LEE HT BAKAYOKO 1 53’ BRADLEY 59’ BECK 59’ SADLIER 1 61’ JOHNSTON CHARLES P. WRIGHT 

AFOLAYAN 1 LEE 1 CHARLES BÖDVARSSON IREDALE 53’ THOMASON 53’ KACHUNGA 53’ BAKAYOKO 88’ SADLIER 90’ SHEEHAN MORLEY B. MADDEN 

AFOLAYAN n DEMPSEY KACHUNGA CHARLES SADLIER 66’ LEE 66’ BAKAYOKO 1 74’ SHEEHAN 74’ BÖDVARSSON 1 n WILLIAMS JOHNSTON S. ALLISON 

IREDALE LEE KACHUNGA CHARLES 1 AFOLAYAN 45’ DEMPSEY 59’ BÖDVARSSON 60’ MORLEY 66’ SADLIER 66’ THOMASON BECK O. YATES 

THOMASON n SADLIER CHARLES AFOLAYAN BÖDVARSSON 1 63’ BAKAYOKO 63’ DEMPSEY 63’ KACHUNGA 75’ BECK 75’ WILLIAMS, JOHNSTON, SHEEHAN, TOAL C. BOYESON 

IREDALE KACHUNGA n CHARLES BAKAYOKO AFOLAYAN 72’ THOMASON 78’ BECK n 78’ SADLIER SHEEHAN TOAL LEE D. DRYSDALE 

BECK AFOLAYAN 1 n CHARLES KACHUNGA BÖDVARSSON 63’ SADLIER 80’ SHEEHAN 83’ JOHN WILLIAMS IREDALE TOAL D. WEBB 

JOHN SHEEHAN BÖDVARSSON 1 CHARLES AFOLAYAN 1 21’ BAKAYOKO 64’ KACHUNGA 1 64’ BRADLEY 74’ LEE 74’ JOHNSTON BECK R. WELCH 

BECK AFOLAYAN KACHUNGA BÖDVARSSON WILLIAMS 36’ CHARLES 1 55’ BAKAYOKO 63’ SADLIER 73’ SHEEHAN IREDALE LEE R. LEWIS 

IREDALE LEE CHARLES 2 AFOLAYAN BÖDVARSSON 82’ BAKAYOKO 82’ DIXON AIMSON KACHUNGA SITHOLE KHUMBENI C. HICKS 

SADLIER KACHUNGA CHARLES AFOLAYAN 1 TOAL 39’ JOHNSTON 63’ SHEEHAN 63’ BAKAYOKO 1 63’ WILLIAMS 78’ DIXON BECK M. COY 

IREDALE LEE AFOLAYAN CHARLES 1 WILLIAMS 71’ DEMPSEY 71’ KACHUNGA 77’ SADLIER 79’ BECK 80’ JOHN DIXON S. OLDHAM 

IREDALE LEES CHARLES AFOLAYAN WILLIAMS 67’ DEMPSEY 68’ BAKAYOKO 79’ KACHUNGA 79’ BÖDVARSSON 85’ SADLIER BECK S. BARROTT 

SADLIER DEMPSEY CHARLES AFOLAYAN BAKAYOKO 67’ KACHUNGA 67’ BÖDVARSSON 76’ LEE 81’ IREDALE BECK HUTCHINSON G. ELTRINGHAM 

IREDALE LEE CHARLES 1 BÖDVARSSON 1 JONES 56’ KACHUNGA 72’ BAKAYOKO 72’ SADLIER 81’ SHEEHAN 81’ WILLIAMS ALMEIDA SANTOS S. STOCKBRIDGE 

WILLIAMS LEE BÖDVARSSON n CHARLES BECK 75’ KACHUNGA 75’ SHEEHAN 80’ BAKAYOKO 80’ JONES WILLIAMS SADLIER D. BOURNE 

BECK KACHUNGA BODVARSSON 1 CHARLES BRADLEY 63’ WILLIAMS 63’ DEMPSEY 74’ BAKAYOKO 74’ MORLEY 78’ AIMSON LEE R. MADDEN 

WILLIAMS LEE 1 BÖDVARSSON CHARLES 1 N’LUNDULU 37’ WILLIAMS 75’ KACHUNGA 75’ ALMEIDA SANTOS 83’ SHEEHAN 83’ SADLIER BECK G. ELTRINGHAM 

WILLIAMS LEE CHARLES N’LUNDULU SHORETIRE 63’ KACHUNGA 73’ SADLIER 87’ 1 JONES WILLIAMS ALMEIDA SANTOS SHEEHAN J. SIMPSON 

WILLIAMS SHORETIRE CHARLES 1 n KACHUNGA JOHNSTON 67’ LEE 72’ WILLIAMS 73’ AIMSON 90+2’ JOHN SADLIER SHEEHAN T. NIELD 

JONES LEE n SHORETIRE CHARLES 1 JOHN 45’ ADEBOYEJO 56’ JEROME 80’ SHEEHAN 82’ n DIXON ISGROVE WILLIAMS C. BROOK 

JOHN SHORETIRE CHARLES ADEBOYEJO LEE 67’ JEROME 67’ SHEEHAN 85’ DIXON ISGROVE MBETE KHUMBENI S.GILL 

JOHN LEE CHARLES 3 n SHORETIRE n ADEBOYEJO 63’ JEROME 63’ SHEEHAN 78’ WILLIAMS 79’ ISGROVE 79’ DIXON KHUMBENI L. SWABEY 

JOHN SHORETIRE CHARLES ADEBOYEJO SHEEHAN 72’ LEE 73’ WILLIAMS 1 78’ KACHUNGA 78’ ISGROVE 79’ DIXON THOMASON M. EDWARDS 

JONES SHORETIRE n CHARLES ADEBOYEJO JOHN 45’ LEE 57’ SHEEHAN 65’ JEROME 66’ WILLIAMS 83’ KACHUNGA 83’ ISGROVE A. WOOLMER 

JOHN LEE KACHUNGA 1 CHARLES JONES 70’ WILLIAMS 77’ ISGROVE 90+6’ DIXON THOMASON KHUMBENI S. BARROTT 


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FIRST TEAM PLAYER STATISTICS 

SKY BET 

LEAGUE ONE 

CARABAO 

CUP 

FA 

CUP 

LEAGUE ONE | AS IT STANDS 

HOME AWAY 

PAPA JOHN’S 

TROPHY 

P W D L F A W D L F A GD PTS 

1 Sheff Wed 31 12 4 1 40 13 8 4 2 18 9 +36 68 

2 Plymouth 32 14 1 1 32 12 6 7 3 25 20 +25 68 

3 Ipswich 32 9 6 1 33 12 7 6 3 27 19 +29 60 

4 Bolton 33 11 4 2 26 8 6 4 6 22 16 +24 59 

5 Derby 31 11 3 2 33 12 5 6 4 17 13 +25 57 

6 Barnsley 30 9 1 4 22 14 8 4 4 23 13 +18 56 

7 Wycombe 31 9 3 4 25 15 7 2 6 19 14 +15 53 

8 Shrewsbury 32 8 2 6 23 21 6 4 6 16 13 +5 48 

9 Peterborough 30 9 1 4 26 15 6 1 9 22 23 +10 47 

10 Portsmouth 30 5 8 2 21 16 5 4 6 16 20 +1 42 

11 Charlton 31 6 5 5 28 21 4 5 6 17 22 +2 40 

12 Port Vale 33 6 4 7 17 22 5 3 8 16 25 -14 40 

13 Fleetwood 32 4 5 7 15 17 5 7 4 20 17 +1 39 

14 Exeter 32 5 5 5 20 19 5 4 8 22 24 -1 39 

15 Lincoln 30 3 12 0 14 10 5 3 7 15 21 -2 39 

16 Bristol R 32 5 5 6 22 26 5 3 8 22 29 -11 38 

17 Oxford 33 5 3 8 20 20 4 6 7 16 21 -5 36 

18 Burton 31 5 4 6 17 23 4 3 9 23 35 -18 34 

19 Cheltenham 31 5 3 7 13 20 4 3 9 12 20 -15 33 

20 Morecambe 32 6 6 5 23 21 1 4 10 10 31 -19 31 

21 Accrington 30 4 5 6 17 23 3 4 8 9 24 -21 30 

22 MK Dons 32 2 4 10 11 24 6 1 9 19 27 -21 29 

23 Cambridge U 32 6 3 7 15 19 2 2 12 11 33 -26 29 

24 Forest Green 33 4 0 12 11 28 1 7 9 14 35 -38 22 

TOTAL FOR 

2022/23 DISCIPLINARY 

TOTAL BWFC 

CAREER 

PLAYER D.O.B APPS GOALS APPS GOALS APPS GOALS APPS GOALS TOTAL GOALS YELLOW RED APPS GOALS APPS GOALS 

GETHIN JONES 13/10/1995 26(1) 2 1 0 1 0 4 0 31(2) 2 4 0 104 5 205 5 

DECLAN JOHN 30/06/1995 6(5) 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 12(5) 0 1 0 82 7 198 10 

MJ WILLIAMS 06/11/1995 15(6) 0 2 0 0 0 2(2) 0 19(8) 0 5 0 92 1 207 2 

RICARDO ALMEIDA SANTOS 18/06/1995 23(1) 3 1 0 1 0 3(1) 0 28(2) 3 4 1 121 3 287 10 

GEORGE JOHNSTON 01/09/1998 27(1) 1 2 0 0 0 3(1) 0 32(2) 1 5 0 82 3 108 4 

KIERAN SADLIER 14/09/1994 1(17) 1 1(1) 1 1 0 5(1) 3 8(22) 5 2 0 44 9 268 66 

JOSH SHEEHAN 30/03/1995 4(10) 0 0 0 0 0 6(1) 0 10(11) 0 2 0 41 4 250 21 

JON DADI BODVARSSON 25/05/1992 8(13) 3 1 1 0(1) 1 4 3 13(14) 8 1 0 48 15 314 57 

DION CHARLES 07/10/1995 28(2) 14 1 1 1 0 4(1) 2 34(3) 17 1 0 61 25 299 97 

AMADOU BAKAYOKO 01/01/1996 5(15) 1 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 1(4) 3 6(21) 4 0 0 64 17 268 52 

JOEL DIXON 09/12/1993 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 6 0 1 0 35 0 236 0 

JACK IREDALE 02/05/1996 17(2) 0 0(1) 0 1 0 4 0 22(3) 0 3 0 25 0 208 12 

WILL AIMSON 03/06/1994 9(2) 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 15(2) 0 2 0 45 1 215 7 

AARON MORLEY 27/02/2000 23(5) 3 0 0 1 0 4(1) 2 28(6) 5 3 0 55 6 176 13 

SHOLA SHORETIRE 02/04/2004 6(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6(1) 0 2 0 7 0 19 1 

DAPO AFOLAYAN 11/09/1997 13(9) 3 1(1) 1 1 0 3(1) 2 18(11) 6 2 0 77 21 172 38 

EOIN TOAL 15/02/1999 15 3 0 0 0 0 5(1) 0 20(1) 3 1 0 21 3 161 8 

JAMES TRAFFORD 10/10/2002 33 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 36 0 3 0 58 0 71 0 

KIERAN LEE 22/06/1988 18(6) 3 2 0 1 0 2(2) 0 23(8) 3 1 0 81 11 442 39 

CONOR BRADLEY 09/07/2003 29 4 1(1) 1 1 0 2(4) 1 33(5) 6 10 0 38 6 45 6 

KYLE DEMPSEY 17/09/1995 20(7) 4 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 2(1) 0 22(10) 4 1 1 43 4 341 31 

LLOYD ISGROVE 12/01/1993 1(2) 0 0 0 0 0 1(2) 0 2(4) 0 0 0 64 3 184 7 

ELIAS KACHUNGA 22/04/1992 12(16) 0 2 1 0(1) 0 4(2) 2 18(19) 3 2 1 78 7 324 44 

GEORGE THOMASON 12/01/2001 10(4) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 10(3) 0 4 1 63 2 100 6 

OWEN BECK 09/08/2002 2(3) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 2(1) 0 4(5) 0 0 0 9 0 15 0 

NELSON KHUMBENI 14/10/2002 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 

LAMINE TOURE 24/12/2003 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 

CONOR CARTY 25/05/2002 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 1 0(1) 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 

RANDELL WILLIAMS 30/12/1996 5(3) 1 0 0 0 0 0(2) 0 5(5) 1 1 0 10 1 148 14 

DAN NLUNDULU 05/02/1999 1(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1(1) 0 0 0 2 0 74 9 

VICTOR ADEBOYEJO 12/01/1998 3(2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3(2) 0 0 0 5 0 192 25 

CAMERON JEROME 14/08/1986 0(4) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(4) 0 0 0 4 0 686 159 

LUKE MBETE 18/09/2003 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 4 1 17 1 

LEFT THE CLUB 

AROUND THE GROUNDS 

[12:30] OXFORD UNITED VS 

BRISTOL ROVERS 

BARNSLEY VS 

DERBY COUNTY 

BOLTON WANDERERS VS 

PORT VALE 

BURTON ALBION VS 

ACCRINGTON STANLEY 

CHARLTON ATHLETIC VS 

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 

EXETER CITY VS 

CAMBRIDGE UNITED 

FLEETWOOD TOWN VS 

MORECAMBE 

FOREST GREEN ROVERS VS 

LINCOLN CITY 

MILTON KEYNES DONS VS 

IPSWICH TOWN 

PETERBOROUGH UNITED VS 

PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 

PORTSMOUTH VS 

CHELTENHAM TOWN 

SHREWSBURY TOWN VS 

WYCOMBE WANDERERS 

CAREER 

TOTAL 

ALL ABOVE MATCHES KICK-OFF AT 3PM UNLESS STATED 

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ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE PITCH WITHOUT 

PERMISSION AND THOSE CARRYING OR USING 

SMOKE BOMBS OR PYROS WILL NOW RECEIVE 

AN AUTOMATIC CLUB BAN. 

‘LOVE FOOTBALL. PROTECT THE GAME’ 

A message about anti-social and criminal behaviour 

To mark the new season, we want to 

make you aware of new measures 

being taken across all of football 

to ensure everyone can have a safe 

and enjoyable experience. We are 

supporting strong action from the 

FA, Premier League and EFL to tackle 

anti-social and criminal behaviours 

that put all of us at risk. 

This reflects the seriousness of 

the risks to fans and staff – pyros 

can burn at 2000 degrees Celsius 

and cause lifechanging injuries, 

while entering the pitch endangers 

players, managers and match 

officials. 

We know those who commit these 

illegal acts do not represent the 

majority of supporters. 

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5 Ricardo ALMEIDA SANTOS n 

6 George JOHNSTON n 

7 Kieran SADLIER* n 

8 Josh SHEEHAN n 

9 Jón Daði BÖÐVARSSON n 

10 Dion CHARLES n 

11 Dan NLUNDULU n 

12 Joel DIXON n 

14 Jack IREDALE n 

16 Aaron MORLEY n 

17 Shola SHORETIRE n 

18 Eoin TOAL n 

19 James TRAFFORD n 

20 Kieran LEE n 

21 Conor BRADLEY n 

22 Kyle DEMPSEY n 

23 Lloyd ISGROVE n 

24 Elias KACHUNGA n 

25 George THOMASON n 

27 Randell WILLIAMS n 

28 Luke MBETE n 

29 Victor ADEBOYEJO n 

35 Cameron JEROME n 

40 Luke HUTCHINSON** n 

*Kieran Sadlier is on loan at Leyton 

Orient until the end of the season. 

**Luke Hutchinson is on loan at 

Bamber Bridge. 

Manager: 

DARRELL CLARKE 

1 Aidan STONE n 

2 Lewis CASS n 

3 Dan JONES n 

5 Aaron DONNELLY n 

6 Nathan SMITH n 

7 David WORRALL n 

8 Ben GARRITY n 

9 James WILSON n 

10 Tom CONLON n 

11 Mal BENNING n 

13 Jamie PROCTOR n 

14 Funso OJO n 

15 Will FORRESTER n 

17 Rory HOLDEN n 

19 Gavin MASSEY n 

20 Matty TAYLOR n 

21 Mipo ODUBEKO n 

22 Ellis HARRISON n 

23 Tom PETT n 

24 Derek AGYAKWA n 

25 Jack STEVENS n 

26 Dan BUTTERWORTH n 

27 Sammy ROBINSON n 

28 Tommy McDERMOTT n 

33 Dennis POLITIC n 


and Leak Detection Specialists 


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ON THE COVER 





Manchester City loanee 


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NEXT UP 

AT HOME 

vs Ipswich Town 

Saturday 11 March 

2023 | KO 3pm 

NEXT UP 

AWAY 

MATCH OFFICIALS 

REFEREE: WILL FINNIE 

ASSISTANT REFEREES: DANIEL WOODWARD AND LISA RASHID 

FOURTH OFFICIAL: PETER GOOCH 

vs Portsmouth 

Tuesday 28 February 

2023 | KO 7.45pm

Bolton Wanderers vs Port Vale

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