Shrewsbury boss Steve Cotterill is unlikely to make too many changes for Saturday’s League One clash against Bolton.Julien Dacosta is making progress in his recovery from the surgery which has kept him out since August but is still some way off a return.Aiden O’Brien is still struggling with a groin problem which has meant he has not started a league game since joining in the summer....Full Story »

Bolton manager Ian Evatt admits the club have been rocked by captain Ricardo Santos’ hospitalisation with breathing difficulties.The 27-year-old defender was absent as Wanderers snatched an added-time 1-1 draw at home to Bristol Rovers due to complications arising from a virus.“Rico was hospitalised yesterday with a really bad viral infection and some pneumonia as well. He has had a ...Full Story »

Substitute Dion Charles earned Bolton a 1-1 draw with Bristol Rovers at the death but his boss Ian Evatt reckoned his team should have been worthy winners.Charles netted in the fourth minute of injury time after Gas had led from Josh Coburn’s second-minute strike.No team has scored more goals in the last 15 minutes of matches in the four divisions since the start of last season than comeba...Full Story »

Substitute Dion Charles scored a dramatic late equaliser to earn Bolton a 1-1 Sky Bet League One draw at home to Bristol Rovers.The visitors led from the second minute until deep into stoppage time after teenage loan star Josh Coburn struck early.The strapping 19-year-old, dubbed the Teesside Haaland since his loan switch from Middlesbrough to the West Country, converted Anthony Evans’ pas...Full Story »

Bolton will be without Kyle Dempsey for the visit of Bristol Rovers.The midfielder is set to be sidelined until the new year after suffering ankle ligament damage.Defender Will Aimson has returned to training following a hamstring injury but is unlikely to be risked.Winger Lloyd Isgrove is still a week away from recovering from his hamstring problem.Rovers have been hit with illness in the camp ...Full Story »

Ian Evatt insists that his Bolton side’s 2-1 victory at Fleetwood was fully deserved, despite needing two goals at the death to pull off a remarkable turnaround.Wanderers had looked like leaving empty-handed when they trailed to Carlos Mendes Gomes’ startling first-half goal.But Conor Bradley equalised in the 85th minute before Oladapo Afolayan hit the winner in the fifth minute of s...Full Story »

Oladapo Afolayan snatched a 2-1 win deep into stoppage time as Bolton came from behind to triumph at Fleetwood.Conor Bradley looked like rescuing a point five minutes from time before Afolayan completed the turnaround in the fifth added minute to break Fleetwood hearts.Carlos Mendes Gomes’ brilliant early goal had given Fleetwood the lead in a bad-tempered north-west derby.Bolton should ha...Full Story »

Fleetwood boss Scott Brown is unlikely to make major changes for the Sky Bet League One clash with Bolton.Harvey Macadem is back in training with the first-team squad and will hope to be involved.Joe Garner returned from two games out as a late substitute in last weekend’s 2-2 draw away to Bristol Rovers.However, Darnell Johnson and Admiral Muskwe remain out.Bolton are hoping to have strik...Full Story »

Mark Bonner felt his Cambridge side had shown great improvement in their goalless League One draw with 10-man Bolton.The U’s have now gone five home league games in a row without scoring, but they collected a hard-earned point.Harvey Knibbs was denied by an important save and Jack Lankester missed another good chance for the U’s, while Bolton should have opened the scoring – ju...Full Story »

Josh Sheehan is pushing for another start as Bolton prepare to welcome Barnsley in the FA Cup on Saturday.The 27-year-old made his first start of the season in their 3-1 defeat to Oxford last week after returning from injury and will be hoping to do so once again.Jon Dadi Bodvarsson could start in place of Elias Kachunga up front.Defender Eoin Toal could return from a recent thigh injury.Barnsle...Full Story »

Djavan Anderson scored his first goal since a transfer deadline move from Lazio as Oxford upset Skybet League One play-off contenders Bolton 3-1 at the University of Bolton Stadium.Ciaran Brown and Steve Seddon also netted for the first time this season to end Wanderers’ bid for a third successive league victory.With Oxford manager Karl Robinson serving a one-game ban, first team coach Cra...Full Story »

There are no fresh injury concerns for Bolton as they prepare to host Oxford.Eoin Toal is edging closer to a return from a thigh injury, while Josh Sheehan could feature and made an appearance from the bench against Burton in midweek after recovering from a minor back issue.Lloyd Isgrove could be checked after sitting out against the Brewers.The Trotters are currently fifth in the League One tab...Full Story »

Relieved Ian Evatt was grateful to the “football gods” after super substitutes Amadou Bakayoko and Jon Dadi Bodvarsson earned Bolton a late 2-1 Sky Bet League One comeback win over Burton.Bodvarsson struck in the eighth minute of stoppage time, leaving Albion manager Dino Maamria fuming at the amount added on.Defender Sam Hughes’ first goal since last January put Burton in fron...Full Story »

Substitutes Amadou Bakayoko and Jon Dadi Bodvarsson completed a dramatic 2-1 Sky Bet League One comeback win as Bolton finally ended their Burton curse.Bodvarsson struck a dramatic winner in the eighth minute of stoppage time after Bakayoko equalised after 87 minutes.Wanderers’ victory was their first in eight meetings against the Brewers, having lost five and drawn two of their previous m...Full Story »

Bolton have no fresh injury concerns ahead of the visit of Burton.Wanderers battled back from two goals behind to beat Accrington 3-2 Saturday and boss Ian Evatt may want to stick with a winning formula.Conor Bradley is available after the Liverpool loanee missed the weekend win through suspension.Josh Sheehan was an unused substitute as he recovers from a minor back issue while Eoin Toal (thigh...Full Story »

Ian Evatt said he could see the “confidence flooding back” in his Bolton side as they came from 2-0 down to secure a 3-2 win at Accrington.Wanderers had not won or scored in their previous three Sky Bet League One games but they moved back up to sixth after scoring three second-half goals.Shaun Whalley opened the scoring for Stanley on eight minutes before an own goal from George Joh...Full Story »

Accrington manager John Coleman will have Joe Pritchard available for the visit of his former club Bolton.Pritchard missed the midweek win over Liverpool Under-21s through injury but will be fit for Saturday’s game.Touray Sisay and Nathan Delfouneso both featured in the 3-2 victory as they build up their match fitness.Sisay played the first 63 minutes before being replaced by fellow forwar...Full Story »

Ian Evatt claimed Barnsley showed “no real ambition to win the game” after Wanderers failed to score for a third successive match.Respective keepers James Trafford and Brad Collins only had three on-target efforts to save between them in this top-seven encounter.“There were so many things to be positive about,” insisted Evatt after the Trotters collected a point after bac...Full Story »

Bolton extended their unbeaten run against Barnsley to 14 games but a 0-0 Sky Bet League One stalemate was small comfort for the out-of-form hosts.Wanderers’ point was their first in three matches but Ian Evatt’s side, boasting the division’s tightest defence, again failed to score.The home team, last beaten by their Yorkshire visitors in 1998, bossed possession but chances for...Full Story »

Kyle Dempsey and Amadou Bakayoko are set to return to Bolton’s squad for the visit of Barnsley.Both players were absent from the squad beaten by Forest Green last weekend.Midfielder Dempsey could go straight back into the team after a hip problem but Bakayoko is likely to be a substitute again as he has not started a game for over a month.Defender Eoin Toal is unavailable after sustaining ...Full Story »