Bolton Wanderers

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They won't be smiling tonight... we hope.

Starting Lineups
Bolton Wanderers: Bogdan, Riley, Wheater, Knight, Alonso, Eagles, Petrov, M Davies, Pratley, Tuncay, Blake
Macclesfield Town: Veiga, Tremarco, Kay, Brown, Chalmers, Draper, Sinclair, Diagne, Brisley, Wedgbury, Hewitt

Cards on the table, we couldn’t watch the match as there was no stream. So instead of our usual match report, we’re going to bring you a brief summary and then a selection of tweets from Wanderers who were at the match and therefore could see it. Probably. This may sound lazy, but trust me, those screen shots took a long time to take.
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The obligatory Owen Coyle photo

The cup season is upon us once again as Bolton Wanderers open the Carling Cup against Macclesfield Town at the Reebok. The Silkmen of League Two downed Hull City by a score of 2-0 to reach the second round. Bolton will look to do better than they did last year when they were ousted by Burnley in the third round.
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Our Bolton Wanderers skipper

It’s that time of the year again when the doubters come out and accuse Kevin Davies of being old, fat, slow, or past it. A scathing blog post emerged this morning with claims written by an idiot who quite clearly knows nothing about our beloved Bolton Wanderers. If you’re interested in reading that post, you’re on your own to find it as I won’t even justify it by linking to them. I mean seriously, the title of aforementioned blog post is neither punctuated correctly, capitalized properly, and makes nearly zero grammatical sense.
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Super Kevin Davies heads the ball home for Bolton's second goal of the day

Starting Lineups
Bolton Wanderers: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Cahill, Knight, Robinson, Eagles, Muamba, Reo-Coker, Petrov, K Davies, Klasnic
Manchester City: Hart, Richards, Kompany, Lescott, Milner, Dzeko, Kolarov, Aguero, Barry, Silva, Y Toure

Match highlights and a full write-up after the jump
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Week 2 of the Premiership has arrived, although it is no less exciting. This weekend Manchester City travel to the Reebok, in our first (of many) Northwest derbies of the season. This has been billed as a top of the table clash, which is technically true as City were the only other club to win by more than a 1 goal margin, and they also smashed 4 unanswered goals past new promoted opponents. This means that this game will be highly competitive, and if the last round of results is anything to go by, high scoring.
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Work permit or not, he can train with the lads

Because he’s definitely not at the Reebok. It turns out that our poor Turkish delight (yes, I will continue calling him that) is still in Dusseldorf attempting to work out his permit. I originally read that the paperwork would go through Tuesday, but it now appears that Tuncay just had his appointment on Tuesday and that “it is normally a four or five day turnaround with the embassy”. This is rather frustrating news for all concerned, and I know that I’m not the only one who was looking forward to seeing his debut against Manchester City.
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Ally is not havin' it

Well, I have good news and I have bad news. The good news is that we are actually making bids on real, live players who might consider playing for Bolton. The bad news is that we’re getting rejected. Ally McCoist, manager of Glasgow Rangers has confirmed that Bolton made a £400k bid for 20 year old Gregg Wylde. Wylde is a left sided midfielder and can also play at left back. While I have not seen him play, I do think that is an area of weakness for us, as both Petrov and Robinson leave something to be desired and who knows where Alonso will be in 6 months. Unfortunately, it was not to be, and McCoist has said “any further bids we receive for Gregg will not be welcomed either.”
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Not something you'll see often, Bolton Wanderers are top of the table!

Starting Lineups
Bolton Wanderers: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Cahill, Knight, Robinson, Eagles, Muamba, Reo-Coker, Petrov, K Davies, Klasnic
Queens Park Rangers: Kenny, Hill, Derry, Hall, Gabbidon, Taarabt, Dyer, Campbell, Bothroyd, Faurlin, Smith
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Do you hear that? That’s the sound of Premiership football (with the exception of Spurs-Everton) rumbling closer. While we haven’t been exactly starved for footy this summer (Womens World Cup, Copa America, U21 Euro’s etc) there is nothing like the Prem. Tomorrow the Trotters usher in the new season with a trip to new boys, QPR. This is, of course, a situation Owen Coyle is familiar with, having managed Burnley into the top flight two seasons ago, and watching his side beat Manchester United at home on the opening day.
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