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JOHN McGINLAY: Big Kev will be given the big send-off he deserves
THE news about Kevin Davies leaving at the end of the season has shocked a lot of Wanderers fans and I am not surprised at the reaction for a player who is a stalwart of the club. Like many of those fans I will be sad to see Davo go because of
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Skarz quits Shakers for Rotherham with heavy heart
JOE Skarz admits he leaves Gigg Lane with a heavy heart after playing his last game for the Shakers. The popular full-back, who has been a virtual ever-present this season for Kevin Blackwell's strugglers, signed on an emergency loan for League
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Joe Skarz loaned to Rotherham United
Bury defender Joe Skarz today joined Rotherham United on loan.
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Freedman tells young hopefuls to plan for careers after football
WANDERERS manager Dougie Freedman admits it never gets easier to tell a young footballer he is being released without a professional deal. The Scot is approaching the time of year when decisions need to be made about the future of the academy youngsters
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Prem duo signed on loan for Wanderers play-off push
WANDERERS have snapped up two Premier League players on deadline day to bolster their play-off push. Teenage winger Robert Hall signs a one-month deal from West Ham, while experienced full-back Danny Butterfield arrives until the end of the regular
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Holden to get new deal at Wanderers
DOUGIE Freedman has revealed that Wanderers are in advanced talks with Stuart Holden about a new contract at the Reebok. The US international, who signed today on a 28-day loan with Sheffield Wednesday, is close to extending his stay at the Reebok
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Knight's tale: How Zat made the grade from tough beginnings
NEW FA chairman Greg Dyke says his first task in the job is to improve the chances for young footballers to break through – a subject Wanderers defender Zat Knight is just as passionate about. Now 32, Knight is fully appreciative of the career
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Old pal Pedersen hails Davies as 'Mr Bolton'
HENRIK Pedersen says it will a sad day when “Mr Bolton” Kevin Davies leaves his adopted home of the Reebok Stadium. A former team-mate of Davies in the Wanderers attack soon after the turn of the millennium, Pedersen knows full well the contribution
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Wanderers ace Holden poised for Owls move
STUART Holden is poised to join Sheffield Wednesday on a short-term loan. The US international midfielder's appearances have been restricted since his return from long-term injury, with just one Championship game under his belt in the last two-and-a-half
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Big Kev was key to Wanderers Premier success - Allardyce
SAM Allardyce – the man who brought Kevin Davies to Bolton Wanderers – paid tribute last night to the player he regarded as a “key figure” in establishing the club as a Premier League force. The former Reebok manager, who signed Davies in July,
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The Stranglers really feel it
SEEMINGLY it has now become a tradition that The Stranglers tour the UK during March, and this year is no exception with their Feel It Live tour. The band that gave us No More Heroes, Golden Brown, Peaches and Duchess is once again taking their
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Pensioner is found dead in blaze house
AN investigation has been launched into the death of a pensioner, who was discovered after a fire at his home in Bury. James Schofield, aged 75, was found in the lounge of his terraced house in Rochdale Road, at 10.30pm on Sunday. Neighbours
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Gartside expects concerted push for play-offs
PHIL Gartside expects Kevin Davies to rejoin the push for promotion if he does not sort a loan deal away from the Reebok by the end of today. Sheffield Wednesday remain the most likely destination should the Wanderers front man leave the club by
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Friend’s horror at finding teenager savaged by dogs
TRAGIC Jade Anderson’s body was discovered by a devastated friend who ran out of the house screaming: “She’s dead”. The 14-year-old was found dead on Tuesday at a house in Chaucer Grove, Atherton, along with a pack of dogs. Police, who admit
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Pal arrives on time to help driver in distress
A SOLICITOR, who was just minutes from death, says he will indebted forever to the friend who pulled him from a burning car. Ishtiaq Ahmed was dragged out of the burning BMW by garage owner Jawaid Ahktar. Mr Ahktar leapt into action as soon
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Captain Marvel, on and off the field
SUPER Kevin Davies will be remembered as fondly for the contribution he has made to the town he has called home for almost a decade as he will for his playing skills on the pitch. Fans have expressed sadness that the captain of Bolton Wanderers
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Whites players bring Easter joy to poorly youngsters
WANDERERS stars brought some Easter joy to young patients in the children’s ward at the Royal Bolton Hospital. Players handed out Easter eggs and chatted with youngsters. Other members of the squad visited Derian House Children’s Hospice in
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Slimline couple discover life is sweet without sugar
DIETING duo Angela Morris and Ray Donnell had every bite of food they ate filmed for a TV show to help them to weight loss success. The pair opened their lives — and contents of their fridge — to Channel 4’s “Secret Eaters” in the hope it would
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New boss starts work at hospital
THE new chief executive at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust started work today. Antony Sumara, pictured, was the man brought into turn around Mid Staffordshire Health Trust after the death rates scandal. Mr Sumara starts work in Bolton three months
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Store’s big effort to help charity
BHS in Bolton is gearing itself up for a special Easter week extravaganza to support the work of the NSPCC. The event will be held at the Bolton store from tomorrow to Saturday, April 6, and customers are being urged to come along and support the
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Driver left shocked by car-jacking
A MOTORIST was the victim of a terrifying car-jacking while he waited for his wife outside a shop The 55-year-old driver was threatened with a crowbar and a hammer by two masked robbers as he sat in his Honda Civic outside shops in Chorley New road
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New cancer centre is a step nearer
THE creation of a specialist cancer information service in Bolton is one step closer after commissioners approved a plan. Although a formal bid, including how much the centre will cost, has not yet been submitted to Bolton Clinical Commissioning
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Party planned for little fighter Katie
A LITTLE girl fighting cancer is almost at the end of her life-changing medical treatment in America. Four-year-old Katie Dodd has now completed four out of the five-and-half weeks of proton beam therapy — the most advanced form of radiotherapy
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School has a spring in its step after ‘good’ report
A SCHOOL ended the spring term on a high note after school inspectors marked it as “good”. St Stephen and All Martyrs CE Primary School in Darcy Lever was recently placed in the top 100 schools nationally for “sustained improvement”. And now
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A healthy outlook for pioneering businesses
BUSINESSES made sure they had a “healthy” networking event. Bosses met a Bolton health club pioneer at a lunch hosted by Thebestof Bolton marketing group. Sixty members of the network met at Bolton College’s Signature Restaurant and heard a
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Residents demand return of popular police officer
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to keep a community police officer in Kearsley. As part of a restructure, PC Linda Gavin has moved to a different role within Greater Manchester Police. The move has angered Grosvenor Residents Association, who
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Ladies out in force to help swell Treasure Chest fund
AN event organised by footballers’ wives Debbie Dowie and Emma Davies has funded 100 new bras for breast cancer sufferers. The evening held at the Victoria Inn, better known as Fanny’s, in Markland Hill, raised £3,000 to help mastectomy patients
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Trust to take over bowel cancer tests
BOWEL cancer screening across Greater Manchester will be run by Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust instead of NHS Bolton from April 1. The Greater Manchester Bowel Cancer Screening Team is currently run by Bolton’s Primary Care Trust (PCT) but will
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Police in search for man's next of kin
POLICE want to trace a Bolton man's next of kin. Mark Anthony Williams, aged 36, was found dead at an address in Arnold Street, Astley Bridge, on March 11. There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death. A Police spokesman
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LESS PUBLIC TRANSPORT FOR THE OLD RURALS !!
In recent months , Councils , Local Authorities are tightening their belts and reducing 'costs'. The country , it seems, hasn't enough resources to spend on 'services' and 'support' any longer. These facts are fairly well-known and indeed
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GAME ON: Whites will give Big Kev his big celebration match
KEVIN Davies will get the celebration game he wants to mark almost a decade of service to Wanderers. That’s the assurance of chairman Phil Gartside who said all the 36-year-old skipper needs to do is ask the club, as is current procedure. Football
