I have been playing Football Manager 2007 recently and, of course I chose to take Sam Allardyce’s place at The Reebok with Little Sammy Lee as assistant. The game was not going too well: Anelka and Diouf were both considering their options and I had annoyed the board a couple of times when asking for more transfer funds. Then, out of the blue Sammy Lee left, check the screenshot below to see how topically ironic his departure was.
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Gary Megson has employed Colin Harvey as Chief Scout at The Reebok Stadium. Liverpool born Harvey, now 62, has joined the backroom staff and, according to the official BWFC website will be responsible for, “restructuring the Club’s scouting system.”
Harvey spent over a decade as a midfielder for Everton and returned to Goodison Park to become a successful Youth Coach, winning The 1977 Youth Cup. When Howard Kendall became Everton’s manager Harvey became Reserve Team Coach and on to First Team Coach in the mid 80s, during which time Everton enjoyed became Champions twice, won the FA Cup and the European Cup Winner’s Cup. Kendall left in 1987 leaving Harvey the obvious choice to become his replacement.
BWFC24 wish James Colin Harvey good luck with The Wanderers.
There has obviously been a lot of trouble at The Reebok so far this season. Speed steps down from his coaching role, other players secretly moan about Sammy Lee who ultimately left and was by Gary Megson who gave up his position at Leicester City to join an even more unsettled club.
When Megson made the swap, the Leicester fans’ general opinion was one of ‘good riddance’. Bolton supporters however were less than pleased with the choice of Lee’s replacement.
However, Megson is comparable to Allardyce.
Take a look at Big Sam Allardyce’s performance before he joined The Wanderers and compare that with Megson’s during his more successful times.
Before The Wanderers Allardyce managed Notts County and Blackpool, during that period those teams played a total of 247 matches and won exactly 100.
Ground: Reebok Stadium | Attendance: 15,510 | Referee: Howard Webb
Another night of disappointment for Bolton Wanderers as they are cruelly knocked out of the League Cup.
As Joey O’Brien limped off less than ten minutes before half-time no-one would have predicted that his replacement would be the reason for Bolton’s defeat in an important match that could have given The Wanderers some form of success in a season that has been tainted with misery.
Part of the misery is the fact that Joey O’Brien has so far missed much of this season due to injury and what looked like a hamstring problem could mean that the useful Irish lad could be out for six weeks.
Slovakia international Lubomir Michalik had referee Howard Webb pointing to the Bolton penalty spot after a brief consolation with the linesman. Michalik was thought to have handled the ball in the area enabling Brazilian Blumer Elano to take the local rivals ahead after the closely matched teams failed to turn their chances into goals.
Either side could have taken the lead late in the first half. City’s Michael Johnson shot from an acute angle sailed past Jaaskelainen and Danny Guthrie fired from distance for Bolton but his spectacular 25 yard effort skimmed past the post as half-time approached.
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