At times it was touch and go whether the game would go ahead and when the Bolton team sheet was announced a heavy defeat to a Coventry City side with playoff aspirations looked likely.
However, the youngest ever team fielded by Bolton Wanderers held out to secure a famous 0-0 draw in front of 8.901 supporters in the Reebok on Saturday. The attendance itself is a credit to fans of both clubs who managed to snap up tickets that only went on sale on Friday due to the problems at the club.
An ongoing financial dispute meant Trotters boss Phil Parkinson was unable to call on the services of any of the senior players still left at the club and was forced to field a side with an average age of just nineteen. The youngsters held out valiantly and showed the sort of spirit and determination one of the founder members of the Football League needs in what is probably its darkest hour.
They rode their luck at times, the Sky Blues had three goals disallowed, but the whole side emerged as heroes and managed to restore some pride to a club that’s been torn asunder through atrocious ownership and takeover troubles.
Fans soon took to social media and the pride is bursting out of every tweet in response to the result and the performance as you will see from the selection below.
Perhaps the EFL and those involved in the takeover should take a read to understand what a football club means to its supporters and community.
https://twitter.com/TheBurndenAces/status/1160227273347424256?s=20
https://twitter.com/casson1983/status/1160220699635716099?s=20
https://twitter.com/stan79585382/status/1160218587174490113?s=20
https://twitter.com/boxingfollowers/status/1160217852730847232?s=20
https://twitter.com/AshRoberts22/status/1160219809583419392?s=20
https://twitter.com/TheWandererUK/status/1160217948134490112?s=20
https://twitter.com/MJWhit84/status/1160217819952418816?s=20
https://twitter.com/WiIIKirky/status/1160218600399151110?s=20
https://twitter.com/JJBourn10/status/1160218749582139396?s=20
https://twitter.com/wandererswave/status/1160219825924390912?s=20
https://twitter.com/LPM1990/status/1160241602251689989?s=20
https://twitter.com/whiskiesmum/status/1160219120450842624?s=20
