1984/85 was the second season in Bolton’s 10-year stint in the lower divisions. With an incredibly bad away record throughout the first half of the season and into the new year, it was perhaps the most soul destroying. Paul Hanley writes.

Part 3 - Wayne’s World
Yet more from the pitiful existence of a man who typifies the type of spineless toerag who is attracted like a magnet to the Trafford shite.

Loyal White is back and he’s got a relative visiting that only he can describe as “dirty red vermin”. More ramblings about his least favourite football team on the planet from “Old Shitford”.

Back in the mid-to-late 90s, White Love ran a series called “Hate Thy Neighbour” with a handful of pages of pure abuse and mockery of the likes of Bury, Tranmere, Burnley, etc, etc. Here’s an excerpt from Wigan’s turn. Words Adam Lynnard.

Can you imagine in this day and age being somewhere on the planet and not being able to find out how the Whites had got on? Back in the mid 90s, with no internet and relatively poor TV coverage, exiled White Peter R. Smith reguarly had zero news.

In 1994 the Sunday Mirror published a nugget of an article about Bolton’s cup hero Tony Kelly and his early days at Liverpool. First published in COFTW fanzine, here it is again in its fully glory.

Again, pre-internet, and BWFC decide to bring in a postal application process for away matches. What could possibly go wrong? Everything according to Hugh G. Reckshone who nearly missed out on tickets back in 1998.

After Sunderland captain Kevin Ball had bullied his way around the Reebok Stadium in November 1998 in a 3-0 victory over the Whites, Dick Smiley went on a rant at the lack of steel in the Wanderers midfield.

For a player that could have had it all at Bolton Wanderers, Serb midfielder wizard Sasa Curcic departed in a big money move to Aston Villa where he soon found himself out of the picture. Unknown Wanderer was baffled.

Bolton’s first foray into the Premier League didn’t bare any fruit for John McGinlay. A stint in the Championship, 30-odd goals, an evening between the sticks and a superb hat-trick against Spurs. Armitage Shanks thinks he answered his critics.

Once upon a time the club didn’t discount matches! It is actually hard to believe that they’d try and extract the maximum amount out of the fans for early League Cup ties. But in 1998 they did just that. Hugh G. Reckshone has a good old rant!

Autumn 1996 and the new stadium is steadily being erected. But what will it be christened? Darron Eaton gets a little ate up about the ridiculous names being bandied about, especially at other new stadiums across the country.

As Bolton entered into their second ever season in the Premier League, White Love’s Dick Smiley took it upon himself to interview the legend that is Dave Higson after he’d been given the heave-ho by the club.

He’s Havin’ A Crack... Yesss!! was another popular White Love feature in the 1990s. Leigh White and Dick Smiley run the rule over some distant memories of crackers from Dusan Nikolic, Fabian DeFreitas and Alan Stubbs.

Back in the day when Bolton rarely got shown live on TV, well before the days of iFollow and the snide broadcasting options that are available nowadays. Being on telly for Dick Smiley meant inconvenience.

Back in 1998 there was a poll in one of the main footie mags of the time listing the best five football shirts in the main cities up and down the UK. Well, well, look who came out top regularly! Dick Smiley isn’t surprised.

In October 1998 Nathan Blake departed for pastures new. Few thought it was a poor decision to sell him on, whereas many more believed the time was right for him to be shifted out of the club. John Burton and Nick Green felt the latter.

When Bolton took the Championship by storm in that famous 98 points-100 goals season, people forget that in second place were Barnsley, playing “the better football”, Adam Lynnard investigates.

Post Horwich move article by Ray Burke about the moans and groans from the locals upon having a brand new football stadium on their doorstep.

1984/85 was the second season in Bolton’s 10-year stint in the lower divisions. With an incredibly bad away record throughout the first half of the season and into the new year, it was perhaps the most soul destroying. Paul Hanley writes.