For nine early minutes yesterday Swindon might have been justified in deluding themselves into thinking a Championship place was theirs for the taking. Millwall’s defenders seemed to stand still after captain Paul Robinson attempted to clear Jonathan Douglas’ free kick and Danny Ward, on loan from Bolton, drove home with the force and accuracy to suggest the 18-year-old would not...

Tottenham Hotspur can clinch Champions League football next season with victory at Manchester City after Tom Huddlestone's solitary goal gave the north London club all three points at home to Bolton Wanderers on Saturday.

Portsmouth broke out of their torpor in the second half against Bolton, clawing their way back from a two-goal deficit thanks to Aruna Dindane.

The opinion of many a football supporter notwithstanding, sometimes managers really do earn their corn, and Bolton manager Owen Coyle earned his yesterday.

Carlo Ancelotti’s claim that “the Premier League is now in our hands” may have felt strangely appropriate after Chelsea’s controversial 1-0 victory over Bolton Wanderers. However, the Chelsea manager has called on his players to remain calm and focused as they close in on their first Premier League title since 2006.

Chelsea strengthened their grip on the Barclays Premier League title last night after a 1-0 victory over Bolton Wanderers opened up a four-point lead at the top over Manchester United.

Kevin Davies, the Bolton Wanderers captain, believes that Nicolas Anelka could be unhappy playing alongside Didier Drogba, even though Chelsea are closing in on the Double.

Sir Alex Ferguson will hope Owen Coyle’s criticism of Nemanja Vidic for what the Bolton Wanderers manager branded a “terrible elbow” on Johan Elmander does not land the Manchester United defender in hot water with the FA.

Owen Coyle has refused to rule Gary Cahill out of making a remarkable comeback in time for Bolton Wanderers' match with Everton on Saturday.

Johan Elmander scored only his third goal of the season to trigger a goal spree that eases Bolton's relegation fears and dumps rivals Wigan deeper into trouble.

Five minutes had gone in Tuesday’s match against Bolton Wanderers and the raucous section of the Stadium of Light, which Niall Quinn refers to as the “Crazy Corner”, found its voice. Sunderland were 1-0 up, but 14 games - spread over three long months - had elapsed with no sniff of victory and relegation was increasingly difficult to banish from...

Bolton secured a vital away victory against relegation rivals West Ham with two goals inside the opening 16 minutes from Kevin Davies and Jack Wilshere.

IF OWEN COYLE is to prove Bolton’s saviour this season — and it remains a big if — then he will surely have to thank Chung-Yong Lee. The 21-year-old South Korean winger was an inspirational figure in this relegation encounter, which saw Bolton prevail thanks to a Zat Knight goal, leaping above Wolves in the dogfight at the bottom of...

At least only 250 Bolton Wanderers fans were at White Hart Lane to witness it. The Bolton line-up hinted at an FA Cup exit and that is precisely what the supporters got. In stark contrast, Tottenham Hotspur fielded a team boasting a desire to face Fulham in the quarter-finals and Roman Pavlyuchenko was the star in a richly deserved victory.

Burnley supporters labelled Owen Coyle “Judas” for leaving the club last month to take over at Bolton Wanderers, but it is Lazarus whom the manager needs to start impersonating if his new side are to avoid relegation.

In the instant-gratification world of Premier League management, the honeymoon period for Owen Coyle, the returning prodigal son, may have run its course at Bolton Wanderers.

Tottenham Hotspur were out-played for long periods but hit the crossbar twice and missed a second-half penalty as their exhilarating FA Cup fifth-round tie at Bolton finished 1-1.

Kevin Davies might want to revise his assessment of Manchester City. The Bolton Wanderers striker had suggested that Roberto Mancini’s team would not qualify for the Champions League this season in the build-up to last night’s match, but a comfortable victory moved City up to fifth, level on points with Liverpool directly above them, while boasting a game in hand.

Manchester City face an anxious wait over the fitness of Craig Bellamy after the forward suffered another knee injury. Bellamy will miss City’s Barclays Premier League match at home to Bolton Wanderers tonight with a medial ligament strain to his right knee and the club are unlikely to know the full extent of the problem for another couple of days.

Gary Cahill’s hopes of forcing his way into Fabio Capello’s World Cup plans were dashed yesterday when the Bolton Wanderers defender was all but ruled out for the rest of the season with a blood clot in his left arm.

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Gary Cahill, the Bolton Wanderers defender, is expected to miss the remainder of the season because of a mystery blood clot in his arm.

Liverpool's challenge for the Champions League was restarted with a fourth successive home win in the Premeir League, beating Bolton 2-0.

Jack Wilshere, the 18-year-old Arsenal midfielder, has joined Bolton Wanderers on loan for the rest of the season, .

It is not often that new managers are subjected to vitriolic abuse in only their fourth match in charge but Owen Coyle is ready to face the wrath of the masses when he leads Bolton Wanderers against Burnley at the Reebok Stadium tonight.

Arsène Wenger launched a staunch defence of his players on Friday in the face of continuing criticism that they cannot stomach the more physical side of life in the Barclays Premier League.

William Gallas is expected to escape retrospective punishment by the FA despite being accused of an “assault” on Mark Davies, the Bolton Wanderers midfielder, last night.

William Gallas was accused of an “assault” on Mark Davies, the Bolton Wanderers midfield player, as Arsenal went top of the Barclays Premier League last night for the first time since August.

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Goals from Cesc Fabregas and Fran Merida took the shine off Owen Coyle's first game in charge as Bolton Wanderers manager as Arsenal kept the pressure up on Chelsea and Manchester United with a vital win at the Reebok Stadium.