Bolton now have 5 games now to stay up in the Championship. That’s 5 Cup Finals! But what about our recent record against the 5 teams which we are about to play, is it a cause of optimism? ...
So it’s the day after, what can only be described as a terrible performance at Derby 3-0. The Wanderers are now only 2 points clear of the relegation zone and even the most optimistic of Bolton...
https://lionofviennasuite.sbnation.com/2018/4/8/17212704/so-what-happens-next-season
CONTRACT RENEWALS As the end of the season beckons and Wanderers fight for survival is not yet over, it’s the time of the year that expiring contracts become a key part of the discussion for f...
https://lionofviennasuite.sbnation.com/2018/3/27/17166848/my-wanderers-summer-wish-list
I was talking to a Rovers fan in the pub the other week, already you’re probably thinking ‘’well this anecdote is made up, what self respecting Wanderers fan would do such a thing‘’ but...
Ken Anderson’s announcement that he would be opening contract talks with key players lead to me investigating which Bolton first teamers are out of contract at the end of the season, where I di...
Phil Parkinson has chopped and changed between a back 3 plus wing backs and a solid back 4 in recent months with mass changes in personnel as Parkinson seeks a sustainable formula for success. He...
Is this the end of the beginning? I think so With only nine matches to go the Wanderers are going to do the unthinkable and cling on to their Championship status. There I said it, no doubt in m...
Not so long ago I was watching a team full of passion and want as they chased the tail of Sheffield United to gain our promotion back to the Championship first time of asking. With every game we ...
https://lionofviennasuite.sbnation.com/2018/3/14/17121070/bolton-wanderers-hell-of-a-ride
First half we played to the best we could, set pieces were a massive threat (crossing) and that got us a goal early on. We kept them out as well as we could, a few balls over the top and down the...
https://lionofviennasuite.sbnation.com/2018/3/14/17121144/the-preston-home-game
Darren Pratley . A name that can either denote praise or frustration amongst the Bolton fanbase. There have been countless arguments as to whether Pratley deserves either one of these over the ye...
This dude has to be a pig fan. No one else would spout such rubbish. Okay his slanted figures over the last last few seasons are correct. Doesn't mention we have been in the 3rd tier for 6 years ...
https://lionofviennasuite.sbnation.com/2016/12/1/13806316/pathetic-manning-post
"Madine you daft cunt" bellowed a fan sat behind me at the Blackburn match last season, much to the amusement of my girlfriend sampling her first and solitary taste of championship football . Alt...
https://lionofviennasuite.sbnation.com/2016/11/24/13738454/marxism-madine-and-me
One of my defining moments of last season’s fiasco was a nothing home game during Jimmy Phillip’s mercifully brief tenure. Rendered a formality due to our impending relegation, it was a chanc...
Before all the "haters" come out of their caves, I'm not hating. I'm merely criticising. (Besides, I'm too busy blocking out the "haters") On April the 12 2016, Ken Anderson has his first ever ...
https://lionofviennasuite.sbnation.com/2016/8/25/12633768/the-mysterious-ken-anderson
to the tune of "I love to go a wandering" The line "come on you trotters" should be shouted and not sung. I'll always follow Wanderers, in bad times and in good. No other team could take th...
https://lionofviennasuite.sbnation.com/2016/4/7/11389574/a-song-because-im-bored