‘Big ship to turn around’: Bolton Wanderers ready to rise again after years of strife

Club sit one win from an instant return to League One after a wretched start, inspired by a manager who borrows from Bielsa

Bolton Wanderers manager Ian Evatt

With the short-lived European Super League still fresh in the thoughts of apathetic supporters at Old Trafford and beyond, one wonders whether Bolton Wanderers may have won a few more hearts of late.

“Hopefully, because I don’t think they’ll be disappointed,” says Ian Evatt, the League Two club’s manager. “That is one of my goals: to stop people in Bolton wearing Manchester United kits. I want the young kids and future fans to be wearing our shirts, not Man United’s. If we can do things right on and off the pitch with this club, hopefully, we will capture some new fans and build our fanbase.”