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Archive for August, 2005

Wednesday
Aug 31
2005

9:05pm
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Fernandes Signs

Bolton Wanderers new signing Fabrice Fernandes.Earlier today Phil Gartside allegedly said he was too expensive, now he will be playing for The Wanderers.

Frenchman Fabrice Fernandes has signed for Bolton despite conflicting reports earlier today. The left side midfielder has signed for a one year leaving Southampton on a free transfer even though he still had one more year with the south coast team.

Fernandes had spent some time training with The Wanderers and said, “the talent and spirit in the camp was one of the main reasons why I joined.”

Although he has not played since January Fernandes should prove to be a useful squad member being a left footed midfielder. Now there are 3 left footed players at The Reebok.

The 25 year old’s agent (Willie McKay) is quoted on skysports.com as saying, “all I was told was that Phil Gartside pulled the plug on the deal for financial reasons. He is a cheap player for £6,000 a week as he can play on the left or right side of midfield and he has proved himself in the Premiership.”

Willie continued, “I believe he would have been a valuable addition to Bolton.” Well he would, wouldn’t he!

Sam Allardyce told the BWFC website, “Fabrice will add depth to our side and being a left-sided player he is a rare commodity in the modern game. Once I heard that he wasn’t affiliated to a club, I moved quickly to bring him in.”

Sam went on to give Fernandes high praise saying, “Fabrice is a high-energy player who knows the Premiership inside out. He has a sweet left foot and an abundance of skill, which will complement our talented squad.”

Wednesday
Aug 31
2005

8:22pm
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UEFA Cup, 1st Round Fixtures

UEFA Cup LogoBolton’s first ever UEFA Cup tie will be on September 15, 2005 (which is a Thursday) at The Reebok Statium. This will be the first leg of the first round against Bulgarian side Lokomotiv Plovdiv.

The second leg will probably have to be moved as the Plovdiv do not have a licensed stadium. This game is due to be played on Thursday, September 29 and is likely to be played in the Black Sea city of Bourgas.

A spokesman for Plovdiv said, “There is another option – if UEFA decides to move the matches between Levski Sofia and Auxerre and CSKA Sofia and Bayer Leverkusen, we will be able to play our match in Sofia which is 100 mile trip from Plovdiv.

More news when we get it.

Wednesday
Aug 31
2005

5:36pm
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Wembley Stadium Website

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The Wembley Stadium Website is super. The 3D View Finder is particularly nice, all stadiums and theatres should have one to give an idea of views from different areas.

This website is well worth a visit, hopefully when complete the new Wembley Stadium will be as good as its website.

Tuesday
Aug 30
2005

6:37pm
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Igor Too Good for Bolton?

Bolton Wanderers midfield player Stelios Giannakopoulos.After BWFC and Juventus agreed terms for the loan of Croatian defender Igor Tudor, but the final decision was left to Tudor. Igor never showed any interest, so it seems unlikely that he will join The Trotters.

Bolton boss Sam Allardyce told Sky Sports, “We have not seen the player arrive in this country. It might be the fact that he thinks that we are not quite big enough for him.”

It would seem that Tudor will not be leaving Juve at all. He was more in favour of a move to Spanish team Realvilla, but the Juventus bosses preferred the deal that Bolton Wanderers presented. There is no news on the ReallVilla website that Igor has joined them.

Sam’s final comment on the situation was, “He is a player we would have liked and we have tracked him for a long time.”