A Horwich councillor and leader of a hyper-local party has defected to the Conservatives. Marie Brady, who represents Horwich North East on Bolton Council, was a founder and leader of Horwich and Blackrod First Independents, who have three members.
07.03.2022 - 08:15 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Jon Dadi Bodvarsson feels there is less pressure on Bolton compared to other sides in and around the League One play-offs but that Wanderers are close to the top six in their quest to reach them.
Wanderers are making a late charge for the top six in the third tier of English football and are now seven points off the play-offs thanks to the 3-0 win over Gillingham on Saturday.
Goals from Aaron Morley, Declan John and Bodvarsson himself secured a comprehensive victory over the relegation-threatened Gills.
READ MORE: Ex-Blackpool boss sends Ian Evatt Bolton Wanderers message and verdict on two January signings
As things currently stand, Wanderers are 11th and part of a chasing pack of outsiders for the play-offs at present, along with Portsmouth and Ipswich Town.
Wycombe Wanderers and Sheffield Wednesday are fifth and sixth respectively and on the same number of points, 61.
Behind them, Sunderland and Plymouth Argyle are close on 60 and 59 points respectively.
With Wanderers, who were promoted out of League Two last season, being among sides not immediately outside the top six, Bodvarsson feels the clubs above Bolton in the table already up there have a lot at stake which can led to pressure.
Bodvarsson believes there is less pressure on Wanderers at this stage but that they are certainly close to the positions they want to be in and that with their rise up the table in recent weeks, it shows how far they can potentially go and that they have nothing to lose with everything to gain.
He said: “I think we should look at it that way. The teams who are up there now have a lot at stake.
“When you get there and there are 10 games left, it can naturally be pressured.
“But I think we should look at it in a positive way
A Horwich councillor and leader of a hyper-local party has defected to the Conservatives. Marie Brady, who represents Horwich North East on Bolton Council, was a founder and leader of Horwich and Blackrod First Independents, who have three members.
Ian Evatt says Bolton Wanderers will not turn down a return to the Championship this season as they aim to make a late charge for the play-offs but that the Whites want to stay in the second tier when they get there and will be stronger after the upcoming transfer window in the summer.
Alec Baldwin has found his next pair of acting projects on the heels of the shooting on the Albuquerque set of his Western Rust, Deadline has confirmed.
Emmerdale star Katherine Dow Blyton has shared her own personal connection to the latest storyline airing on the ITV soap.
A host of Bolton Wanderers first team players who have not been playing regularly will get run-outs in the club's reserves over the international break.
Manori Ravindran International EditorLondon-headquartered IP and production outfit Dominion of Drama has optioned YA supernatural romance novel “The Wanderer.”Written by Josie Williams, the pen name for author Kirsty Moseley, whose books have sold more than 860,000 copies in English, “The Wanderer” is described as a “heart-wrenching romance about first loves and lives lost.” Dominion of Drama will immediately begin developing the book for television.The deal was announced at Series Mania, Europe’s leading co-production forum for television development, which is currently underway in Lille, France.Norton previously oversaw the production company Awesome Media & Entertainment, and set up Dominion of Drama in 2020. The “Wanderer” deal marks a continuation of his work adapting literary properties for the screen.
The Only Way is Essex star Gemma Collins, known as The GC, is said to be “in secret talks to join West End cast of Chicago”. Gemma, 41, is rumoured to be joining the cast of Chicago The Musical replacing 80s singer Sinitta as the larger-than-life prison mistress Mama Morton.The popular musical is touring the UK in 2022. A source told The Sun: “Gemma has been in secret talks about playing Mama Morton for some time and is very excited about the opportunity.
Mark Labbett - otherwise known as The Beast - has announced that he's been axed from the US version of The Chase.The quizzing star explained he felt "gutted" after he was not asked to return as a chaser for the American counterpart, having been the show's first and only chaser when it initially aired in 2013, and after returning last year with a batch of new brainiacs.The brand new 2022 series, which is set to air in the US in the coming weeks, will run without Mark, 56, after he revealed in February that his contract had not been renewed for the show's third season. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter He expressed his disappointment at having not been selected to continue on the show online.
Crewe Alex boss David Artell believes Bolton Wanderers are on a par with where they should be in League One at this moment in time after their January transfer window activity.
A rally campaigning for a referendum on 'net zero' that was set to be held at Bolton Wanderers' stadium has been cancelled by the club.
Bolton Wanderers are purely focusing on taking care of business themselves in their chase for the League One play-offs in a tough division as Ian Evatt is delighted with where his fairly young team is at present.
Ian Evatt says Bolton Wanderers are fully focused on reaching the League One play-offs this season but admits the club will move on to next campaign if the form earlier in the season ends up costing them in their quest for the top six.
Bolton Wanderers have 11 games left to go of their League One season as they aim to make a late charge for the League One play-offs.
Maynard James Keenan has shared a humorous new clip of himself trying to play Jenga behind Tool drummer Danny Carey during one of the band’s recent shows.The band are currently on the North American leg of their world tour, which kicked off last month and is set to visit the UK and Ireland in May.In a clip that was shared over the weekend on Keenan’s personal Instagram page, the frontman is seen crouching down behind Carey’s drum kit during one show in an effort to play a game of Jenga.However, Keenan’s Jenga game is ruined after Carey smashes his giant gong at the back of his drum set, causing the frontman to jokingly yell: “What the fuck! What’s wrong with you?!”A post shared by MJ Keenan (@iamthebriefcase)You can watch a clip of the moment, which Keenan captioned “Danny, you son of a bitch! Tryn ta [sic] Jenga back here, ffs”, in the above post.Tool’s tour continues in Pittsburgh tomorrow (March 1). You can see the dates of their UK and European tour below, and find any remaining tickets here.April23 – Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark25 – Spektrum, Oslo, Norway26 – Avicii Arena, Stockholm, Sweden28 – Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg, Germany29 – Festhalle, Frankfurt, GermanyMay2 – AO Arena, Manchester4 – Resorts World Arena, Birmingham6 – 3Arena, Dublin9 – The O2, London10 – The O2, London12 – AccorHotels Arena, Paris, France13 – Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium15 – Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin, Germany17 – Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany19 – Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands21 – Tauron Arena, Kraków, Poland23 – O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic24 – SportAréna, Budapest, Hungary Tool announced yesterday (February 27) that the vinyl version of their 2019 album ‘Fear Inoculum’ will be released in April.