GUDNI Bergsson is just 90 minutes away from confirming his fitness to lead Wanderers into their historic final fixture at Burnden Park.

The Bolton skipper, missing for six games with a calf injury, has a trial run in the season's final reserve fixture at Stoke tonight.

The outcome will decide whether he has the distinction of wearing the captain's armband on Friday when Wanderers meet Charlton in the game that brings to an end 102 years of league football at Burnden.

"We need to see whether he lasts the full game and whether there's any reaction," Colin Todd explained.

"Gudni's been back in training for about a week and, like John McGinlay who has also been struggling with injury, he would love to play in the Charlton game.

"This will be a game that will always be remembered in the history of Bolton Wanderers Football Club and everybody wants to play in it."

Bergsson was hospitalised and needed stitches in a deep gash in his calf after suffering the injury in the 1-0 win at Ipswich on March 15. It was first feared he could be out for the season but the Icelander was always determined to play again on the run-in to the Championship.

Top scorer McGinlay says he is prepared to have a pain-killing injection to allow him to return after missing two games with a thigh injury but Todd says professional considerations will outweigh all others as Wanderers prepare to end the season on a high.

"A lot of people see Friday as an emotional thing because it's the last game on the ground," he acknowledged, "but the football game is the most important thing as far as I am concerned.

"We mustn't lose sight of the fact that there are still points to be played for in our last two games and it's important we finish on a high with a good performance in front of our home fans.

"So far we have lost only four games out of 44 and that hasn't been done by any team at the football club for many years."

Per Frandsen has joined McGinlay, Mixu Paatelainen and Gerry Taggart on international call for next week's round of World Cup qualifiers.

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