Bolton Wanderers Trophies
Division One winners: 1997
Division One play-off winners: 1995, 2001
Division Two winners: 1909, 1978
Division Three winners: 1973
FA Cup winners: 1923, 1926, 1929, 1958
Sherpa Van Trophy Winners: 1989
Two second half goals from Yaya Touré kept Manchester City are on the verge of winning their first league title since 1968.
The title race will go down to the last game of the season after Manchester United beat Swansea City 2-0, but it would be a monumental collapse if City did not win the title now.
In a tense match at St. James Park, Newcastle frustrated and harried City for 70 minutes before Yaya Toure broke the deadlock with a superb shot from the edge of the box.
Bolton manager Owen Coyle remains cautious over the health of his midfielder Fabrice Muamba saying that its still too early to determine whether the 24 year old will ever play football again.
Coyle said this after watching his side lose 4-1 to Tottenham in an English Premier League fixture. Ironically, this was the same side that Muamba played against when he suffered his fatal heart attack close to two months ago. Muamba who watched the match from the stands, could not hide his delight at the overwhelming support he received from the home crowd.
The relegation battle took another turn last night as Bolton‘s come from behind win at Villa park, dragged Aston Villa firmly into the relegation battle.
Alex McLeish, whose hiring upset a lot of Villa fans initially, faced the full fury of angry Aston Villa fans last night after Bolton came from behind to win.
He ran a gauntlet of hate and obscenities after the final whistle but continues to have the backing of owner Randy Lerner despite only one win in their last 13 League games.
After spending more than a month at the London Chest Hospital recuperating from a serious cardiac arrest suffered during a FA Cup match against Tottenham in March, Bolton Wanderers 24 year old midfielder Fabrice Muamba was released from yesterday to continue his treatment at his family home in Chesire.
Pictures of a jovial looking Muamba flanked by Dr. Andrew Deaner and Dr. Sam Muhiddin were released by Bolton yesterday to confirm that the midfielder was indeed on the path to recovery however to make sure that he does not suffer the same fate again, doctors fitted him with an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD), a device that can detect heart malfunction and correct it appropriately.
Manchester City FC’s perfect home Premier League record has ended as they needed two late goals to draw 3-3 with Sunderland while Wolves looked a certainty for the drop after losing at home to fellow strugglers Bolton.
City fell behind to a Sebastian Larsson strike on 31 minutes, but Mario Balotelli levelled from the spot but Nicklas Bentner headed Sunderland back in front before the break in a pulsating first-half in Manchester. Larsson then made it 3-1 on the counterattack early in the second half, and it looked like City’s title chances were going to take a serious hit, but two goals in the last five minutes from Balotelli and Aleksandar Kolarov meant that City escaped with a point. Man United Fwho play on Monday can go five points clear at the top with a win.
Some very sad news for the world of sport today. Bolton Wanderers Fabrice Muamba’s continued playing career is in doubt this is according to a leading heart specialist.
Peter Weissberg of the British Heart Foundation said Tuesday that it would be ‘unwise for Muamba to take to the field again’ after his near death experience early this month during an FA Cup match against Tottenham at White Hart Lane.
Speaking to the Press Association, this is what Weissberg had to say:
An exciting clash are set to happen in this year’s FA Cup semifinals as two Derby games will be sparkling at Wembley as Tottenham Hotspurs and Everton advanced to meet Chelsea along with Liverpool, who already qualified earlier.
Spurs went on beating Bolton 3-1 in the replay match, after the tragedy that’s happened for Fabrice Muamba, while the Toffees beat Sunderland 2-0 in the other replayed match.
While a lot of attention was focused on battle for fourth place at Stamford Bridge today, there were some really big wins for teams involved at the other end of the season.
The biggest win of the day had to Wigan Athletic beating Liverpool 2-1 at Anfield. In four days Kenny Dalglish’s side have now lost to teams in the bottom three of the table.
Wigan went ahead whenShaun Maloney calmly converted a penalty on the half-hour mark following a high challenge by Martin Skrtel on Victor Moses.
Bolton‘s Fabrice Muamba is critically ill and will remain in intensive care until at least Monday morning.
The midfielder, 23, is at the London Chest Hospital’s heart attack centre after suffering a cardiac arrest during Saturday’s FA Cup tie at Tottenham.
At 2030 GMT on Sunday the hospital said Muamba remained in intensive care and is being kept sedated.
Bolton chairman Phil Gartside said:
“I ask for everybody to keep Fabrice in their prayers and thoughts.”
In a statement on the club’s website, Gartside added:
Bolton Wanderers midfielder Fabrice Muamba is said to be in critical condition after suffering a heart attack while featuring in Bolton‘s FA Cup tie against Tottenham yesterday.
The 23 year old went down unchallenged in the 41st minute of the game and was immediately attended to by paramedics who spent 6 minutes trying to resuscitate him before he was stretchered off the pitch. The game was later abandoned after referee Howard Webb had called both teams off the pitch.
