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An Ayrshire chippy has made the final three of a prestigious fish and chips awards.

Manchester City's FA Cup quarter-final tie against Vincent Kompany's Burnley will take place on Saturday, March 18.

A hacker who illegally accessed and then sold unreleased music by Ed Sheeran and Lil Uzi Vert has been handed an eighteen month jail sentence.Adrian Kwiatkowski from Ipswich pleaded guilty back in August to fourteen counts of criminal copyright infringement plus three counts of computer misuse and three offences under the Proceeds Of Crime Act.It followed an investigation that began at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office in the US in 2019 when the management companies of several artists reported that someone going by the name of Spirdark had hacked into a number of cloud-storage accounts and downloaded unreleased music files. He was then seeking to sell those files for bitcoin.Investigators in New York connected the email address used to set up Spirdark’s cryptocurrency wallet to Kwiatkowski and identified that the IP address of the device he’d used to hack one of the artist cloud storage accounts was in the UK.

Bolton Wanderers sit in the top six so far this season after playing the opening phase of the League One campaign.

Gareth Ainsworth believes Bolton Wanderers will be among a clutch of clubs challenging the likes of Sheffield Wednesday who beat his Wycombe side for promotion out of League One this season.

Ian Evatt believes Bolton Wanderers have improved from last season but admits there is a tinge of frustration over not having the points on the board he feels they should.

Ipswich Town have provided their supporters with some impressive performances during the opening stages of the 2022/23 campaign. Currently thriving under the guidance of manager Kieran McKenna, the Blues have accumulated 21 points from their opening nine league games. Yet to suffer a defeat in the third-tier this season, Ipswich will be confident in their ability to pick up a positive result in their showdown with Plymouth Argyle at Home Park on Sunday.

A mother and daughter were the last people to join the queue to see Queen Elizabeth lying in state. The late monarch - who died on September 8 at the age of 96 following a 70-year-reign - has been lying in state at Westminster Hall since Wednesday (14. 09.

Ian Evatt would not been drawn on rumours linking Bolton Wanderers with transfer window interest in QPR striker Macauley Bonne but says the Whites are continuing to monitor the situation and improvments are being sought to his squad.

Ed Sheeran has designed and modelled the new third kit of his hometown football club, Ipswich Town.Last summer, the pop star announced that he was set to sponsor the club’s kit, with the front of the shirt adorned with promotion for his ‘+ – = ÷ x tour’.For the 2022/23 season, which began last month, the club are once again sponsored by Sheeran, and the pop star has revealed that he also designed their blackout third kit, which he modelled for its reveal this week.The new shirt incorporates parts of the artwork for Sheeran’s 2021 album ‘=’, and the singer said he wanted to create “a cool bit of clothing people around the world would want to wear”.Revealing that he was asked by the club “to help design the third kit”, Sheeran added that he “wanted to make something with a subtle homage to the album”.See the kit below.A post shared by Ipswich Town FC (@ipswichtown)A post shared by Ipswich Town FC (@ipswichtown)Ipswich Town’s head of Retail Operations, Paul Macro, said in a statement: “We thought it would be great to get Ed involved in the design of our third kit.“Ed loved the final designs and it’s great to finally show off this collaboration to our supporters.”“The football club is a big part of the local community and this is my way of showing my support,” Sheeran said last year of his involvement with the Tractor Boys. “I have always enjoyed my trips to Portman Road and I’m looking forward to going back there as soon as supporters are allowed into stadiums again.
”For the 2021/22 season, Sheeran was officially added to Ipswich Town FC’s squad list, wearing the number 17 shirt.

Bolton Wanderers suffered their first defeat of the new season yesterday with a 2-0 loss at the hands of Sheffield Wednesday.

Dion Charles is over his thigh injury which has kept him out of action of late for Bolton Wanderers with the Whites opting to reduce risk of the problem reoccuring so he can be fit and firing for the visit of Sheffield Wednesday, Ian Evatt has explained.

Bolton Wanderers opted to go with Jack Iredale over Declan John for the 3-0 win over Wycombe to be more defensively secure but Ian Evatt has vowed the Welshman remains a 'huge player' for the club.

Dion Charles missed Bolton Wanderers' 3-0 win over Wycombe owing to a slight thigh strain which should only keep the striker out of action for a week.

Bolton Wanderers boss Ian Evatt has made three changes to his side to take on Wycombe this afternoon from the League One opener against Ipswich Town.

Gethin Jones is hoping Bolton Wanderers can build on their first point of the season on the road to Ipswich Town when they host Wycombe this weekend.

Bolton Wanderers host their first home game of the new League One season this weekend when they take on Wycombe.

Bolton Wanderers pair Josh Sheehan and Lloyd Isgrove a nearing a return to action but will play for the club's B team in the middle of this month to step up their returns to the first team.

Ian Evatt admits it was a 'tough' decision to not use Kieran Sadlier for Bolton Wanderers in the League One opener against Ipswich Town but has vowed the attacker will be a 'very important' player for the Whites this season.

Ian Evatt believes Bolton Wanderers must improve their use of strike partnership Dapo Afolayan and Dion Charles when on the counterattack and find them with greater quality in those situations.

Bolton Wanderers started the League One season over the weekend with a good point on the road against Ipswich Town.

Ian Evatt remains convinced that Bolton Wanderers' trip to Ipswich Town was one of the two hardest games they will face this season but was pleased his side got something out of a game he felt they would have lost last season.

Ian Evatt believes young midfielder George Thomason has been one of the highlights of pre-season as he called on one of his forwards to break the 20 goal barrier for the club this season.

Ian Evatt believes today's opponents Ipswich Town 'have to be favourites' for the League One title this season owing to the financial muscle the Tractor Boys have but believes they will not be the only ones with realistic promotion hopes this campaign.

Kieran Sadlier believes Ipswich Town will be up there as contenders for the summit of League One but says Bolton Wanderers are aiming to beat the Tractor Boys and prove they are one of the best in the division too.

Bolton Wanderers begin the new League One season this weekend on the road against Ipswich Town.

Bolton Wanderers manager Ian Evatt has a positive outlook ahead of the new League One season starting this weekend.

Kieran McKenna believes his Ipswich Town side are in a 'strong place' ahead of their League One opening fixture against Bolton Wanderers and was confident about the fitness of a few members of his squad for the maiden game of the campaign.

Bolton Wanderers ended their pre-season schedule with a draw against Championship side Huddersfield Town.

The League One season is a week away from getting under way.

Elias Kachunga is looking forward to his reunion with old club Huddersfield Town this weekend with Bolton Wanderers and believes it will be a big test for the Whites in their final pre-season friendly.

Ian Evatt wants to see Bolton Wanderers back to their usual selves in this weekend's friendly against Huddersfield Town and believes it will be another opportunity for his players to show they should be in the team at the start of the fast approaching League One season.

Ian Evatt was pleased despite his Bolton Wanderers side losing against Carlisle United in pre-season as it illustrated perfectly they will not have it all their own way on the pitch this season and called for a reaction against Huddersfield Town next weekend.

Bolton Wanderers have already sold more season tickets for the upcoming campaign since the club exited the Premier League.

Ian Evatt believes the League One opening fixture for Bolton Wanderers on the road against Ipswich Town will be a tough one but that it will be hard for the Tractor Boys too.

Manchester United want to keep Eric Ramsay as part of Erik ten Hag's backroom staff, despite the coach being on the shortlist to take over as Barnsley's next manager.