Walking Down the Manny Road: Inside Bolton's Football Hooligan Gangs

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Now they are back in the top flight as the most convincing of First Division champions since the Red Enemy, a dozen miles up the road at Old Trafford, ran away with the old Second Division in the mid-70s. Every club needs a mascot in modern day football, in recent times mascots can be considered as important as a club badge as part of a clubs identity and Bolton have had one of the longest serving mascots in the Football League and Premier League. That 102-year tradition came to an end for fans of Bolton Wanderers last night when Charlton Athletic became the final visitors to Burnden Park for a professional football match.

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We also ask the former Bolton goalkeeper what it was like to work alongside a young Jussi Jaaskelainen, as well as how it felt coming up against Wanderers whilst on loan at Ipswich Town in 1999 - a Play-Off tie remembered for all the wrong reasons.

We discuss his rise to first-team level at Liverpool, subsequent move to Bolton, as well as the ambitions he holds for Blackpool and the remainder of his playing career.

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A favourite with the crowd due to his Elvis Presley impressions, Lofty also stands on the touchline during each game trying to drum up support from the Reebok Stadium faitful who often in turn get him flexing his muscles. The Wanderers favourite reveals just how much he had wanted to remain at the club under Neil Lennon, how Phil Parkinson wasted the opportunity to pair him with Zach Clough, as well as why beating Nottingham Forest to remain in the Championship ranks as a career highlight. Bolton Wanderers apparent interest in Blackburn Rovers striker Jason Roberts and Coventry City defensive pair Daniel Fox and Scott Dann is l. Named after club legend Nat Lofthouse, he stands at the same height as Peter Crouch (near enough) and is a very popular figure amongst many of the Bolton Junior Whites contingent.Craig Davies compares the managerial styles of Dougie Freedman and Neil Lennon at length, suggesting he took matters into his own hands after misguided advice on persistent injury problems left him frustrated and constantly feeling the need to prove himself. The lesson that too many people were being squeezed into football grounds clearly went unheeded, given the disasters at Ibrox in 1971 and Hillsborough eight years ago. England youth international striker Temitope Obadeyi scored twice to give Bolton Wanderers the edge in their 3-2 Manchester Senior Cup victo. He first burst onto the scene in the 1995-1996 season when the Trotters first made their way into the Premiership and has remained at the club ever since.