Ian Evatt believes football cannot go back to playing behind closed doors again amid rising coronavirus cases and the Bolton Wanderers boss has urged for fans to be able to continue attending matches.
08.12.2021 - 02:59 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Bolton Wanderers suffered a poor 3-0 loss on the road against Fleetwood Town as they ended the game with 10 men.
Bolton went behind early on at Highbury Stadium to the Cod Army thanks to Ged Garner's early strike.
Eoin Doyle saw a first half effort disallowed for offside, before Wanderers went down to 10 men when Ricardo Santos was shown a straight red card when he brought down Callum Morton.
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Ian Evatt believes football cannot go back to playing behind closed doors again amid rising coronavirus cases and the Bolton Wanderers boss has urged for fans to be able to continue attending matches.
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