Alan Pardew has finally admitted Newcastle are in contention for Champions League qualification after seeing Hatem Ben Arfa light up their bid.

Hatem Ben Arfa produced a moment of genius this afternoon to maintain Newcastle's unlikely bid for Champions League qualification.

Owen Coyle has no doubts Bolton have a bright future, just as long as they can survive the relegation dogfight this season.

Bolton Wanderers 2 QPR 1

Bolton 1 Wigan 2

Norwich 2 Bolton 0

Bolton 0 Arsenal 0

Bolton 2 Swansea 1

Manchester United 3 Bolton 0

GOALKEEPER Tim Howard scored for Everton but Bolton came from behind to claim the points and haul themselves off the foot of the Premier League thanks to a winning goal from Chelsea target Gary Cahill last night.

Everton 1 Bolton 2

BOLTON cannot blame injuries for their Barclays Premier League struggles and must “man up” to get themselves out of trouble, according to full-back Gretar Steinsson.

Bolton 1 Wolves 1

Bolton boss Owen Coyle has a trio of defenders back in first team contention for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League clash with Wolves at the Reebok Stadium.

Defender Marcos Alonso will miss Bolton’s St Stephen's Day clash against Newcastle after being ruled out for four to six weeks to undergo surgery to replace a pin in his foot.

Defender David Wheater serves the final game of a four-match suspension as Bolton go to Blackburn for tomorrow’s bottom-of-the-table clash.

Bolton boss Owen Coyle will give youngster Joe Riley his second Premier League run-out when the Trotters travel to West Brom tomorrow.

Ricardo Gardner joins the list of absentees for Bolton’s Barclays Premier League clash with Stoke at the Reebok Stadium on Sunday.

Bolton’s trio of new signings David Ngog, Gael Kakuta and Dedryck Boyata are poised to make their debuts in tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League clash with Manchester United at the Reebok Stadium.

Bolton's Marcos Alonso has become the latest Bolton defender to be hit by the club’s injury jinx ahead of the trip to Liverpool.

New Bolton signing Tyrone Mears has broken his leg in training, less than a week after joining the club.

Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba faces a race to be fit for the Premier League match against Manchester City on Sunday at the Reebok Stadium.

Bolton manager Owen Coyle is hoping striker Daniel Sturridge will have recovered from an ankle knock in time for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League trip to Fulham.

Striker Daniel Sturridge returns to the Bolton squad for Sunday’s Barclays Premier League clash with Arsenal at the Reebok Stadium.

Bolton manager Owen Coyle will make one enforced change for the FA Cup semi-final against Stoke on Sunday at Wembley as on-loan striker Daniel Sturridge is ineligible.

Bolton pair Zat Knight and Mark Davies return to the Bolton squad for the Barclays Premier League match against West Ham tomorrow at the Reebok Stadium.

Bolton boss Owen Coyle is short of central midfielders for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League trip to Birmingham.

Bolton have on-loan striker Daniel Sturridge available again for tomorrow’s Premier League clash with Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Bolton boss Owen Coyle has no fresh injury worries ahead of his side’s FA Cup quarter-final trip to Birmingham tomorrow.

Fulham 0 Bolton 1

Bolton defender Sam Ricketts has been ruled out for the remainder of the season with a ruptured Achilles tendon.

JAMES McCARTHY might have been cast in the Enda Kenny no-show role last night but there was no debate about the winning candidate at the Aviva Stadium, as a rocket to remember from Darron Gibson illuminated what, until then, had been a drab occasion and provided the first of three good reasons why a crowd of just 20,900 were, in the final analysis, glad they’d turned up for the inaugural Carling Nations Cup game.

Tottenham 2 Bolton 1

DANIEL STURRIDGE marked his Bolton debut last night with an injury-time winner as Wolves handed the Trotters a first victory in six Barclays Premier League games.

Bolton 1 Wolves 0

Bolton 0 Wigan 0

Former Middlesbrough defender David Wheater is to made his debut for Bolton in this FA Cup tie against Wigan at the Reebok Stadium.

Stoke 2 Bolton 0

CARLO ANCELOTTI wore a look of relief after Florent Malouda’s disputed 62nd minute goal delivered Chelsea a first win in seven league games and brought an end to the club’s worst run in 11 years.

FT: Chelsea 1 Bolton 0

Nicolas Anelka, Ramires and Jose Bosingwa returned to the Chelsea starting XI for tonight’s Barclays Premier League clash with Bolton.

Bolton 2 West Brom 0

BOLTON provided yet more evidence that it is worth rolling the dice in the Premier League with a victory that keeps them in touch with the top six.

Manchester City consolidated a Champions League spot, moved to within a point of Chelsea and three off the Premier League summit and Roberto Mancini still found himself fending off talk of dressing room unrest.