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FFS. This isn't Behind The Stands. Most folk come on here to read bullshit rumours and conjecture, with the odd bit of accurate stuff thrown in. It's boring as fuck reading your personal squabbles.

Monday was my partners uncles funeral. A really good bloke, given a great send off by his family. We spent a lot of time checking our phones. Because we were waiting an update. And we got one ! I became a grandad for the first time. Really was ‘one in one out.’ A few off here have met by step lad Josh. He is now a dad !

We've just won promotion using a gaggle of players nobody else wanted, littered with injury plagued loanees and players that were cast as cart horses, one trick ponies and generally weak as piss. All with making a profit on players last summer. I'd say our recruitment team has worked just fine and if you're spending your day questioning them the week after we've just been promoted then I would seriously think about your mindset and suggest you're an absolute stark raving lunatic with fuck all else to do.

It's a weird one for me. Hate him more now he's gone. Spent a lot of time defending him through blind loyalty and the fact he very nearly got us over the line. The contrast between Oxford and yesterday and the in game management is world's apart. That's how you win a football match. Assess, adapt and conquer. Don't just try and do plan A better. That management yesterday won us the game. The system change, the full back switch, going 2 up top just at the right time was perfect. All he's done all season is try and find answers to problems, game by game. Some didn't work, a lot did. He hit it perfect yesterday. I hope he lies on a sunbed for the next 3 weeks with a big smile on his face. Up the scouser.

Fuck me, some definitive views on MC for a lad who's just completed his first season at L1 level and only his second in the league. Started the season really well - most were raving about it on here and elsewhere - and faded in the latter stages. Our internet coaching experts have now determined he's been found out or doesn't have what it takes. Alternative view - he's a young lad (first team experience-wise) in his breakthrough season who was played more out of necessity than he would have done normally. He'll now be going into his first pre-season with the expectation of competing for a first team place week in week out. Let's give the lad a chance ffs.

Congratulations on promotion. Most Wrexham fans were hoping you stuff those Stockport scruffs, and you did. 👏 As a rough guide we spent around £30-35 million last summer and just missed out on the play-offs. We suffered a very slow start and it took a while for the team to find its feet. Understandable with so many new players - we signed 13 I'm sure you don't need me telling you this but the Championship is a big step up and we got found out many a time, especially at home. I know you have far more Championship experience than us by the way so don't take this as me trying to teach you to suck eggs. I loved last season, loads of great stadiums, some belting away days, good football, no VAR, an FA cup run.

Just have to say what a day that was personal Wembley hoodoo of mine broken. The first time I’ve actually seen them win there since 89. So many times I’ve witnessed us on the wrong side of the result, down, dejected whilst the other end of that ground is bouncing in celebration. Yesterday to finally witness a positive result was unbelievable. Standing at the front of the middle tier watching the players, staff and fans together, happy and in joyous celebration, I’m not ashamed to admit I shed a tear. To then leave the ground and feel everyone just as elated and a sea of white walking down Wembley way was a very long overdue feeling. What a club. Bolton wanderers, my first and longest love credit to Schuey and the players, throughout the season he’s been calm and calculated. Never too excited when things were going well and never too down when they weren’t. Laser focus on the one aim and he’s delivered it. Back to where we belong as a minimum and away from those tin pot fuckers down the road and up the coast whose seasons we have just made even worse

Bolton fans always wrote off academy players. It happened with Hunt, Vela and even Clough eventually. We always want “one of our own” but then always crave experienced chest beaters instead. Everyone’s else’s players are always better than our own products. The writing off of a 22 year local old lad who has just competed his 2nd season in senior football with 30+ appearances in a promoted team is wild.

The more I think of it, Dalby has had the most influential and perfect 30 min appearance at Wembley since Freddie Mercury at Live Aid

If that’s right (no reason to doubt you) then fair enough. Clearly wants to be closer to home and who knows it might have been a better offer. He will have known it right through the play offs and still was up there for 3 motm awards - he ended up playing left back in the final and still looked decent. Well done to him and he’ll get a warm reception from me when we play them this season.

One player from the Evatt days has had a new contract......Sheehan and rightly so The others that are left may or may not get a new contract when their present one runs out....Forino i would be looking to extend it now Evatt was great the first three seasons he was with us....Trafford in goal and Bradley season he should of got us up but was more interested in improving his % win games in the EFL cup. The following season football giants Carlisle and Wigan came to our place and played a high press and i knew he had been worked out. That was when he should have changed but no same thing week in week out even down to the same substitutions at the same point in the game. At that point i had no disliking for Evatt but how did he re-act he threw his coaching staff under a bus....Their fault then the players. Then the stories on here started of players not training etc,etc. Yet he still would not own it after the oxford game blaming the players mentality. Oxford got lucky that day with the Maghoma injury but like Carlisle and Wigan six months previously they knew a high press would do us........And it did. That summer the board wrongly give Evatt £3m plus to in fact make us worse. Schon, Mcatee and Randall came in and none have set the world on fire Schon we got a get out of jail Randall we will take a big hit this summer and Mcatee is a tryer and Sunday he paid a little of his fee back with that header. One piece of SS being a astute coach has yet to be picked up on this forum and that was getting a fee for Cogley and not replacing him in the January window. He knew Desmond would do a equally good job at right back as Cogley but it would only be until the Summer.....SS i have no doubt is thinking a little in front and that is what makes a person stand out in life they think ahead.

Bolton get battered everywhere they go. We fuckin don't though do we? Fuck you Blackpool, Stockport and Wigan. Bunch of nomark fucking prick cunts.

All those full of Sluffy's versions of War And Peace.

no its not. the fact that it upsets weirdo's is the reason it needs to be done.

I’m liking the term “pragmatic progression” Few lines from Sharon’s interview with Iles: “Pragmatic progression” - a route that has been sign-pointed by the ownership group for the last few years. “This is a brand new day,” Ms Brittan smiled. “I am very ambitious and I'm very competitive and my journey was never to stand still, my journey was always to progress and it's hard in football, you know it's really hard in football to progress, but that was always what we wanted to do. “I have to say you know my partners Nick (Luckock) and Michael (James) and my investors have been utterly extraordinary. “They have backed what I wanted to do, they have come on board. You know it's the original investors, the five investors plus our Swiss consortium and the collective effort and support that I've had has been absolutely phenomenal. “Chapter Three is a very interesting chapter and if I was to put a headline on chapter three it would be to take this football club right back to where it belongs

SJM has been effing brilliant. He may be a club legend, but at heart he is just a fan.

I'd snatch your hand off for fourth from bottom right now. Next season is about staying up unless we get some major investment from somewhere over the summer.

It's some weekend, this

Top 3 days watching the whites that for me, very possibly number one. Spoons breakfast in Shoreditch, Green Man a sight to behold and unreal atmosphere before the game, under the stands just as good as I remembered, stands looking amazing with us outnumbering them 2:1, early goal to get the atmosphere going, VAR actually helping us (still don’t like it), them putting up a good fight which meant it didn’t just feel like a coasting, the scenes for that 2nd considering it felt like we’d been on the back foot for 30 mins, an overhead kick, a penalty with no pressure on it and the ability to just enjoy the last 10 mins or so and soak it all in without crippling nerves, the scenes after the game and finally having our time to spend half an hour in Wembley after a game to just celebrate and enjoy it seeing Sharon and Michael James and the pure joy on their faces back to the Green Man for more celebrations off to the Globe for more celebrations and ending the night singing “West Ham away ole ole” to 3 West Ham fans as they crossed the road and looked absolutely fuming / gutted and weather that made it all the more incredible. What a day, what a club, what a season. Up the whites!

Saw this online and had to share.

No disrespect intended, but there should be one thread just for all the financial bollocks that most of us aren't interested in. I know and a few others love it, but it'd all be better in one place.

We had about eight nine players going into their last 12 months of their contracts. Only Sheehan was addressed So i have no problem with the likes of TuTu, Dempsey, Johnston talking with other clubs.....All three acted proffesionally and got us over the line.....All will be welcomed back

Selling Morley and getting Ruben on a free was superb business

We overhauled the squad and got promoted, so you would have to say that's a pretty good fuckin start for Harkin

Football moves quickly. This one for me sucks, been one of my favourite players of recent years. That goal vs Barnsley, his Man of the Match display vs Plymouth. But mostly his attitude and pride wearing that white shirt. Will miss you very much Demps, go smash it.

Can't agree there pal. I know a few Wolves lads. Anyone over the age of 40 have us up there with West Brom as most hated team. We inflicted a lot of damage to them. From them getting twatted all over Burnden Park during their probably darkest hours getting beat by Chorley over a few ties in the cup to beating them in the cup a few years later during their uprising. Then we beat them 5-1, season after we do them in the play offs after McGinlays wee push. Two seasons later we do them twice with all the antics with SJM and lofty. SJM with a brace their and a goal at home after his keeepy uppies before the game and subsequent 22 man brawl. Few seasons later we stop them getting in the play offs beating them on that Friday night with Gardner bagging. Then we pretty much send them down with an SKD masterclass. They fucking hate us

When Mason B was scoring early season I said I had my doubts about him, but whilst he was scoring looked harsh. That day he missed a sitter at Northampton, not really done anywhere near enough to think he could be an effective starter at a higher level. This is first season in ages we will be starting a season needing to improve to even hold our own. We need better players. Burstow for me is not a bad player but equally is not really good at anything, not tricky, not that fast, does not hold up the ball that well. He is young but next season I think we need experience or players that can be effective starters from day one.

Canterbury Pride today, was all very lovely as it always is. Going to Herne Bay Pride in a few weeks. My eldest came out to us last week (we weren't massively surpirised) so we're going to see if she meet some nice lesbians down here 😀

£13 from Thailand 😉 But yeah, grandchild number 5 was born on Wednesday, 17 days after no. 4 arrived! Been a right roller coaster of emotions of late. Three play-off games and two new arrivals in an 18-day period. The ticker's taken a pounding.

Considering they are operating just at club / very local radio level, I think Derek and SJM are a pretty good comms team worthy of bigger gigs. Certainly better than a lot of those we get on those EFL highlights or Sky Sports +

Got to say GJ and Demps have been great for our club and I wish them good luck in the future .

Just so happy after that. One of the best days of my life. I just love seeing how much it means to folk. Our fans, Schuey, the players, Sharon, Michael James, my kids, friends and family. One eye (and a few tears) out up to the heavens for my Bolton bestie @CSW after Dalby’s goal What a way to get promotion! Bring on these proper local derbies - Blackburn, Burnley & Preston 👏👏

Jeez sluffy please chill out, we’re all Wanderers, stop taking the bait and lighten the fuck up.

Was in for a few days mate, had sepsis 😳. Had to take it easy so it was great reading everybody's reactions on here. Watched the full game back on Wanderers TV - Super John's commentary towards the end when it was clear we'd won. " Players leave the club but the club never leaves them". Bloody hell. He was in bits, I was in bits, brilliant stuff 👏

Bit late to the party but been locked out of my account for months. Huge thanks to @Whitesince63 and @Casino for sorting things. Well, think it's safe to say we saved our best for last! Thought both semi performances were spot on, just solid hard work. Couldn't go to the final and just as well as I was rushed into Bolton Royal on the Saturday night and watched the game from a bed in A&E resus 😳. Gave me a right boost and judging from the cheers from all parts, I wasn't the only one 😀. Can't wait for next season. COYWM

It's not political, it's just a statement that we show respect to everyone regardless of their gender, sexuality, ethnicity , religion , age , disability . I see nothing wrong with that , I applaud it .

Can we not just make a new thread for the number nonces?

Gets absolutely twatted most games and was like a lamb to the slaughter with Evattball. Never ever moans and just cracks on with his game. Gives a a few out as well. He's a championship player all day and our Barry Bannan.

I think from the Play Offs we can say that football won. Obviously us, Hull with the spygate going on and of course Notts County, a fellow EFL founding member against the fakest of fake clubs.

Johnston and Dempsey have fixtures at the club for a good number of seasons now and put in a real shift for us. Both will continue to be well thought of at BWFC. I do think this is the right thing because I don't think either are what's required for Championship football. There is no room for sentiment. However they are good League 1 players and I hope they both find a billet at that level. Good luck to them both and thanks in particular for the hard work, grit and determination shown by the pair of them.

This tickled me, from a Stockport fan re VAR: "genuinely hope we don't ever get promoted to the Premier League " Sleep easy brother...

Can we stop with the Evatt hate please got us promoted from league 2 yes you can say with a big budget however it still needs to be done. Then proceeded to play some of the best football I’ve seen in ages when we got into league 1 and won the Papa Johns. The trouble is he got found out when teams worked out how to stop us wasn’t flexible enough and should have gone after Oxford. He stayed too long that his good time are soured by the end. For Evatt and SS read Neal and Rioch. Both predecessors set up the foundations then the successors completed it.

What a couple of days. Up at 6am yesterday, picked up the best mate from Manchester with my two lads in the back, drive down to Watford, train into wembley, couple of pints. Some of my favourite parts of the game was seeing the pre match love in for Wooten add to this seasons goal tally, barry and Norwood do nothing, cogley doing cogley things.....but 4 goals, and a promotion with my special people. Ive never felt as connected to the club as much as I did yesterday, it was like a 30000 strong family party. Stayed for the celebration but had to drive back home, 10pm, in bed, up at 3am to pack my suitcase for a 4am ride to Manchester Airport for a 4 hour flight to tenerfire. Don't feel like ive slept for about 9 days but finally on a recliner with some cold.n gold catching up with forums and highlights. Saw the Stockport team in rugby services on the way home. Corey Addai is humongous, didnt have the bottle to tell him not to drop his KFC 😆

Reading this has finally convinced me to listen to her indoors and finally retire at 70, that and visiting yet another pal with terminal cancer lying in bed in a grey room in a hospital. Someone offered to buy Dimron Towers last week and we've had an offer accepted for a modest house near Whitby, so I intend to get a new(ish) dog and enjoy my remaining mobility before Mother Nature takes it off me. Still a bit scary though