Bolton v Newcastle – Match banter!
Posted on November 20th, 2010 | 281 Comments |
I have a lot of time for Bolton to be honest, and most of that is born from one man, a former colleague, and his lad.
The chap in question is called Dave Bates and is an ex-colleague of mine from when I was working for Royal Mail. Both him and his lad held season tickets at Bolton, and they frequently travelled up for the games.
One Saturday, on the way back, they were involved in a motorway pile-up. Dave survived, but unfortunately his lad didn’t. The support that Bolton offered Dave was immense and included personal visits to is home from Bolton chairman, Phil Gartside among other things. The seat was also left empty as a mark of respect.
They showed a touch of class, and I respect them for that.
Anyway, moving on to the match. Newcastle will no doubt be looking to build on what is turning out to be a fantastic season away from home for us so far. Standing in the way will be an in-form Bolton team who are playing some really decent football and currently sit fifth in the table.
The big bonus for Newcastle is that Andy Carroll came through international duty in midweek without aggravating the groin injury that had become the centre of a club v country row. Never before has Andy Carroll’s groin been under such scrutiny, apart from that time with the catsuit bird of course…..
“Ride me, ride me!”
Carroll is, of course, expected to start the match today, but for a more in depth look at the team news and injuries regarding both sides you can read my match preview by clicking this shiny blue link here.
I haven’t had the chance to check and see what the coverage is like for the game, so if any of you guys know of any good streams for the match today then please feel free to add a link into the comments section below.
I’m feeling pessimistic about the outcome today to be honest and have backed us to lose 2-0. Luckily my predictions are awful, which when combined with Newcastle being grossly unpredictable so far this season, should combine to mean that I will ultimately be wrong again!
Howay the lads!
Bolton – Jussi Jaaskelainen, Sam Ricketts, Zat Knight, Gary Cahill, Paul Robinson, Lee Chung-Yong, Fabrice Muamba, Stuart Holden, Matt Taylor, Johann Elmander, Kevin Davies.
Subs – Adam Bogdan, Gretar Steinsson, Mark Davies, Martin Petrov, Rodrigo, Robbie Blake, Ivan Klasnic.
Newcastle – Tim Krul, Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, Fabricio Coloccini, Jose Enrique, Danny Guthrie, Kevin Nolan, Alan Smith, Jonas Gutierrez, Shola Ameobi, Andy Carroll.
Subs – Ole Soderberg, James Perch, Steven Taylor, Sol Campbell, Wayne Routledge, Peter Lovenkrands, Nile Ranger.
Toonsy is this the real Team :lol:
I’m happy with the team and just hope that Fat-trick can do to his old team what so many of our ex players do to us. I think we should be able to get 3 pts today ;)