A rousing display from Grant McCann’s side showed the value of youth but Sunday’s chastening defeat may soon be the least of Bolton’s concerns
Bolton Wanderers may have already eclipsed last season’s miserly tally of 30 points but on this weekend’s evidence they have plenty of work to do if they are to return to the Championship at the first time of asking.
Phil Parkinson, the Bolton manager, had warned his players about basking in their promising start but they did just that in a 1-0 defeat at Peterborough United on Sunday, a game they went into after five league wins on the bounce. Among supporters, there is anything but hubris. “The fact we are still here is the main thing,” said one of the 480 travelling supporters at London Road, before Bolton trudged off the team coach on arrival.
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