Bolton Wanderers…3
Blackpool…0
1st September 1992

It had been a reasonable start to what was to turn in to a fabulous season. Blackpool at home was next and a close fought derby was expected.

Bolton Wanderers…2
Blackpool…2
4th May 2013

When you need a win to sneak in to the play-offs a fixture against a mid-table side with nothing to play for is what the doctor usually orders. What Bolton got in 2013 was a derby match against a side bearing a perennial grudge.

Blackpool…1
Bolton Wanderers…1
26th December 1985

It had been seven seasons since Bolton had played Blackpool and the smouldering 1970s atmosphere between the two sets of fans had very clearly not gone away. A Boxing Day reunion was on the fixture list at the end of 1985 and the police completely under-estimated the away support.

Queens Park Rangers…0
Bolton Wanderers…1
15th January 2000

When Big Sam was first appointed at Bolton in Autumn 1999 there was a short burst of wins but then a couple of months of drab games and poor results. By mid-January the relegation zone had just started to creep in to the rear-view mirror. 

Bolton Wanderers…1
Yeovil Town…1
28th September 2013 

The decline of Bolton Wanderers since Premier League relegation was accelerating like a car with no brakes heading down a steep hill. Next up was the first ever league meeting with Yeovil Town – in the Championship for the first and last time in their history. 

Chesterfield…3
Bolton Wanderers…0
3rd May 1986

Pre-Wembley feel good fever was hitting Bolton fans as only Wigan stood in the way of a trip to the Twin Towers, the first for 28 years. With just one more game left in the league season, a trip to Chesterfield really shouldn’t have thrown up the anger and carnage that it did.

Bolton Wanderers…1
Hull City…0
21st January 1978

Promotion seasons are only possible with consistency. A slogging 1-0 home win over Hull City in January 1978 was just what Bolton needed to keep up their challenge to reach the top flight for the first time since 1964.

Bolton Wanderers...1
Luton Town...2
5th September 1981

There are many reasons why a football match might stick in the mind – a brilliant goal, the fans, an event during, before or after the game or even sometimes a piece of music. In the case of Bolton’s game against Luton at home in September 1981 it was a track by a synthpop band typical of the era.

Bolton Wanderers…0
Aston Villa... 1
4th October 1997

The Reebok was still in its infancy and Bolton had yet to record their first home win since moving to their new home. Aston Villa at home was next up – and my Villa supporting mate was making the journey from the Midlands to view his team at our new ground. It was to be an eventful day and not for the right reasons. 

Bolton Wanderers…4
Nottingham Forest…3
26th September 1993

The live TV cameras turned up at Burnden Park to watch the newly promoted Wanderers take on hot title favourites Notts Forest... they weren’t disappointed.

Manchester City…1
Bolton Wanderers…0
4th November 1995

It was November 4th, unofficially Bonfire Night for many, and the day when Bolton fans were hoping for a derby victory at Maine Road to rocket them up the table.

Crystal Palace…1
Bolton Wanderers…1
26th February 1994

It was the 1993/94 season and 10 of us had arranged to go down to Crystal Palace in a tranny van. Did we get to the actual match in question? Don’t be silly we spent most of the day lost and then involved in some melee in Dunstable.