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THE SAD DECLINE OF BOLTON WANDERERS

SINKING FEELING
JOHN.WRAGG LOOKS AT HOW A FAMOUS OLD CLUB HAVE LOST THEIR WAY…

Big blow: Bolton players and fans can’t hide their sorrow after relegation from the Championship

THE Reverend Joseph Farrall Wright and a school master Thomas Ogden founded Bolton Wanderers – then Christ Church FC - 145 years ago. They need a few prayers now. If not a eulogy.
And they certainly need to learn a few lessons.
It’s only 11 years ago since Bolton were playing in the last 16 of the UEFA Cup, going out 2-1 on aggregate to Sporting Lisbon, having drawn with Bayern in Mun...

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