A year in the life...

A week in the world of football can feel like a long time, so when I look back at all that’s happened in the last year, it feels like an eternity.

As another January looms, I find myself in a Bolton team in the Championship hoping that the new year starts to bring the consistency we’ll need over the second half of the season to mount a push for the play-offs and promotion.

But last January saw me back at Blackburn Rovers after my enjoyable loan spell at Ipswich had come to an end. When I arrived back at Ewood, the club hinted that they wanted me to stay and be involved with the first team but after the way I had been treated there my mind was made up that I wanted and needed to move on, especially with the personnel that were still involved at the club.