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LEIGH CENTURIONS: Leigh Centurions 62 Swinton 6
By Dave Parkinson Leigh Centurions went on another high-scoring rampage in the Kingstone Press Championship but the 11-try success came at a cost as prop Tom Spencer suffered a suspected ACL injury during the last few minutes. The Centurions
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FAN'S VIEW by Alan Houghton: Wanderers 2-2 Nottingham Forest
OPINIONS are deeply divided on our manager at present and the first two performances have only given fuel to the anti-Dougie Freedman brigade. The jury is still out on him and he desperately needs a good start to the season. It was in this
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PLAYER RATINGS: Bolton Wanderers 2-2 Nottingham Forest
WANDERERS (4-4-2) ADAM BOGDAN...7 One excellent double save but also claimed a string of crosses to ease the pressure. Rewarded his manager’s faith. KEVIN MCNAUGHTON...7 Up against a tricky customer in Antonio but proved more than a match.
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BOLTON ASSOCIATION: Daisy Hill fightback to get a win against Bury
DAISY Hill staged one of the comebacks of the season to defeat in-form Bury by two wickets. With the score at 65-5 the St James Street outfit faced an uphill struggle to chase down Bury’s total of 193. But Amjad Khan and Steve Evans combined
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ANTHONY AXFORD BOLTON LEAGUE: Qaiser Abbas reaches 800-run landmark to help Westhoughton beat Farnworth
WESTHOUGHTON professional Qaiser Abbas surpassed 800 runs for the season as he helped his side beat Farnworth in the battle between the third and fourth-placed Bolton League sides on Saturday. Abbas, who is top of the league’s batting averages,
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Mayor pays tribute to grandmother who was buried in unmarked pauper's grave in Northern Ireland
THE Mayor of Bolton travelled back to his home county in Northern Ireland to pay tribute to his grandmother — and hundreds of others — who were buried in unmarked graves after dying in poverty. Cllr Martin Donaghy laid a stone of remembrance at
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THE WONDERER: Modern-day game is losing its soul
SO let me get this straight... Cardiff City were playing in red, away at Coventry City, who are playing in Northampton; yep, modern football is rubbish. Hardly a day goes by without another story that makes me think the game is losing what is left
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Deane yob banned from football matches for punching Wigan fan
A YOB has been banned from going to football grounds for a second time after he was seen by police punching a Wigan fan. Andrew Bowling was spotted by officers running away from a Wigan fan who was lying on the ground unconscious, Bolton Magistrates
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Bolton's poorest have shorter life expectancy than people in Guatemala, Lithuania, Samoa, Paraguay and Iran
BOLTON’S poorest people have a lower life expectancy than those living in impoverished countries such as Guatemala, Lithuania, Samoa, Paraguay and Iran. Data obtained by The Bolton News shows worrying comparisons between the most deprived 10 per
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'Councillor who failed to pay tax on time should reveal themself,' says Labour source
THE Labour councillor at the centre of the late-payment of council tax scandal should come forward for the good of their colleagues, a long-serving public servant has said. On Friday, The Bolton News revealed Conservative councillor, Mudasir Dean
