YOU don't have to be tall to be a big Bolton Wanderers fan -- just ask these cheering children from Roscow Fold Primary School.

They and hundreds of other youngsters are far too young to remember Wanderers manager Sam Allardyce's playing days.

But the youngsters at the Breightmet school are still backing the Bolton Evening News campaign to keep his squad in top-flight Premiership football.

Our "Keep the Whites Up" campaign was launched to give Sam Allardyce's squad extra backing as they battle against relegation.

Jade Scowcroft, aged 11, said: "I go to all the Wanderers' games, and I don't want them to go down.

"We'll all be cheering for them at school during the last few games of the season. We just hope lots of other people will do the same."

Dozens of pupils at Roscow Fold Primary -- whose motto is "Expect the Best" -- wore Wanderers shirts in class yesterday to show support for the team.

Wanderers appear to have found form just in time, but their efforts need support from Boltonians old and young.

And, according to 11-year-old Declan Palin, the team will survive relegation if the town gets behind the team.

He said: "I'm sure they can do it, but we've got to cheer them on."

Headteacher Nigel Ashton is also backing our campaign, despite being a lifelong Manchester City fan.

He said: "I'll be backing my pupils and the Bolton Evening News, because I know how much this campaign means for everyone in town.

"The Wanderers deserve to stay up -- and they probably will."