Bolton rescued a dramatic late point in a 2-2 draw at Exeter following a rousing second half.Bolton were in almost complete control of the first period but only had one goal to show for their efforts, Alan Sheehan pulling the ball back for Paris Maghoma to sweep in from 12 yards after 34 minutes.Exeter levelled within 10 seconds of the restart as, from kick-off, Ben Purrington headed a Pierce Sw...Full Story »

Bolton head coach Ian Evatt felt his side should have won at Barnsley after seeing them come back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2, with the equaliser coming deep into time added on.Goals from John McAtee (25) and Donovan Pines (47) put the home side in control before Victor Adeboyejo pulled a goal back.Randell Williams then levelled in the eighth minute of added time, following up to score after Josh ...Full Story »

Bolton came back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 at Barnsley with substitute Randell Williams equalising deep into time added on.Goals from John McAtee and Donovan Pines put the home side in control before Victor Adeboyejo and Williams scored to level the scores.McAtee struck the opener after 25 minutes, slotting past Joel Coleman after the ball fell to him when Mael de Gevigney blocked George Thomaso...Full Story »

Aaron Collins scored his first goal for Bolton as they rejuvenated their automatic promotion hopes with a comfortable 2-0 Sky Bet League One win over Cambridge.Collins had gone seven appearances since making his move from Bristol Rovers without breaking his duck until netting a 66h-minute match-clinching goal from Paris Maghoma’s assist.The Welshman had another effort kicked off the line b...Full Story »

Ian Evatt insisted he was ‘baffled’ as to how Bolton did not pick up all three points at neighbours Wigan – let alone coming away from a feisty Sky Bet League One fixture with nothing.Stephen Humphrys’ 69th-minute goal was enough to settle a stirring Lancashire derby at the DW Stadium, and see the Latics record a league double over their neighbours.But while Wigan’s...Full Story »

Bolton suffered a huge blow to their promotion hopes as Wigan completed a Sky Bet League One double over their neighbours thanks to a Stephen Humphrys goal at the DW Stadium.Bolton created the first chance when Paris Maghoma burst his way past Luke Chambers only to be denied by Sam Tickle.The visitors were then hampered by the loss of Carlos Mendes Gomes to injury in pretty innocuous fashion, bu...Full Story »

Bolton boss Ian Evatt said he was baffled at referee Josh Smith’s decision-making as his side lost 4-1 to Blackpool.Captain Ricardo Santos was sent off for the visitors in the 66th minute for bringing down Kyle Joseph in the area.Jake Beesley converted the resulting spot-kick for his second of the game, having also scored the early equaliser from a free-kick.“We were on top and in co...Full Story »

Blackpool kept their play-off hopes alive with a stunning 4-1 win over 10-man Bolton.The first half was League One football at its finest, with end-to-end entertainment. George Thomason opened the scoring for Bolton just nine minutes in, but goals from Jake Beesley and Marvin Ekpiteta turned the game around before half-time.Beesley grabbed his second after 68 minutes, and Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel...Full Story »

Bolton came from behind with two goals in 11 second-half minutes to beat Cambridge 2-1 and close in on the League One automatic-promotion places.Paris Maghoma and Carlos Mendes Gomes both struck to give the Trotters a victory which took them level with second-placed Derby, who have played one game more.Cambridge had defended solidly for much of the first half, having taken a ninth-minute lead. M...Full Story »

Ian Evatt was seething for a second successive weekend despite Bolton battling back twice to deny opposite number Nathan Jones his first win as Charlton boss in a 3-3 draw.Evatt was sent off and then later charged with allegedly using foul and abusive language during his team’s draw at Northampton last Saturday.And he was livid once more as referee Ross Joyce did not stop play for a head i...Full Story »

Jon Dadi Bodvarsson produced another vital contribution from the bench as Bolton twice came from behind to earn a 3-3 draw with Charlton in League One.The Icelandic super sub denied the visitors a first win in 17 games with a 71st-minute equaliser to add to a midweek winner against Wycombe.Bolton, who remain just outside the automatic promotion places, led after 19 minutes when Victor Adeboyejo ...Full Story »

Manager Ian Evatt admitted Bolton’s return to winning ways was not easy on the eye but described the 2-1 Sky Bet League One victory over Wycombe as “huge.”Captain Gethin Jones headed the Trotters into a 32nd-minute lead and substitute Jon Dadi Bodvarsson’s added-time goal sealed a first win in four games in all competitions.Luke Leahy’s penalty consolation for Wycom...Full Story »

Captain Gethin Jones scored his first Sky Bet League One goal for almost a year to help promotion-chasing Bolton beat Wycombe 2-1.The Australia international, recently returned from Asian Cup duties, netted a superb 32nd-minute header from Nat Ogbeta’s cross after the visitors had impressed early on.Jones’ previous third tier goal had been another fine header on Valentine’s Day...Full Story »

Bolton assistant boss Peter Atherton felt a point was the least his side deserved after they fought back with 10 men to draw 1-1 against Northampton.Kieron Bowie gave the Cobblers an early lead and things turned from bad to worse for the Trotters when midfielder George Thomason was dismissed after just 28 minutes.However, despite also seeing manager Ian Evatt sent off for an incident at half-tim...Full Story »

Ian Evatt spoke of the issues of forthcoming fixture congestion after Bolton’s game at Cambridge was abandoned.Both head coaches agreed that referee David Rock made the correct decision in calling the game off after he consulted both Neil Harris and Evatt before leading the players off the pitch with only nine goalless minutes played.The abandonment was confirmed 16 minutes later.“I ...Full Story »

Cambridge’s game with Bolton was abandoned after only nine minutes of play due to a waterlogged pitch.Play was stopped while still 0-0, with referee David Rock taking the players off the pitch after consulting both head coaches.After a delay of 16 minutes it was announced at 8.10pm that the decision had been taken for the game to be called off.The only opening in the nine minutes that were...Full Story »

Zac Ashworth scored for a second successive weekend to earn Bolton a 1-1 comeback draw against Skybet League One promotion rivals Barnsley.But the Tykes will rue a series of missed chances before the West Brom loanee headed in a cross by substitute Aaron Collins after 64 minutes.Bolton were beaten in last season’s third tier play-off semi-finals by the Oakwell outfit.And they trailed after...Full Story »

Ian Evatt is smitten again after Bolton turned on the style to climb back into the top two in Sky Bet League One.First-half goals from Zac Ashworth and Paris Maghoma plus a stoppage-time double from Kyle Dempsey and debutant Nat Ogbeta saw Wanderers keep up the pressure on leaders Portsmouth.“It looked like the team we have come to know and love,” purred boss Evatt as the Trotters av...Full Story »

Zac Ashworth got a goal and an assist for Bolton as they boosted their automatic promotion hopes with a 4-1 Sky Bet League One victory at relegation-threatened Carlisle.The West Brom loanee broke the deadlock and scored a first-ever League goal after 31 minutes with a sweet volley from Josh Sheehan’s floated cross.He then played the pass from which Paris Maghoma doubled the visitors’...Full Story »

Striker Victor Adeboyejo’s eighth goal of the season earned promotion-chasing Bolton a hard-fought 1-0 Sky Bet League One victory over Cheltenham.But Wanderers’ return to winning ways following last Saturday’s defeat at Leyton Orient was not without controversy.George Lloyd believed he had cancelled out Adeboyejo’s 24th-minute opener nine minutes into the second half afte...Full Story »