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Anelka to miss Wanderers final day clash - report
9:34am Friday 2nd May 2008
Nicolas Anelka is banned from playing against Wanderers on the last day of the season, according to a report in The Sun.
It is a match which could decide if Chelsea win the title and whether Wanderers beat the drop.
But the report claims the £15m striker Anelka will not figure at Stamford Bridge because of a new rule introduced last summer which states a player cannot face his former team after moving on loan and then signing permanently for that club.
Although it was never made public at the time, Anelka actually signed for Chelsea on loan on the night of Friday, January 11, says The Sun.
That was because there was not enough time to arrange a permanent switch before the home meeting with Spurs the next day.
The deal was sealed the following week but the method of Anelka's transfer means he can only play one more Premier League game this season - at Newcastle on Monday.
The rule which has condemned Anelka to the sidelines on May 11 is the same one which prevented Jermain Defoe playing for Portsmouth at Spurs.
Chelsea asked the Premier League board on Tuesday for special dispensation but their case was thrown out.
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Pedro, Bolton says...
10:02am Fri 2 May 08
There were 980 Signatures received (997 now)
Responses to the questions asked were as follows:
I would like to see both Phil Gartside and Gary Megson out of the club 885 (90.3%)
I would like to see only Phil Gartside out of the club 38 (3.9%)
I would like to see only Gary Megson out of the club 35 (3.6%)
I would like to see neither Phil Gartside or Gary Megson out of the club 22 (2.2%)
Signatures rejected as non-genuine 88
il duce, bolton says...
10:10am Fri 2 May 08
johnnym, Coppull says...
10:12am Fri 2 May 08
Pedro wrote:Where and when was this survey taken?
The results of a petition/survey seeking the opinions of Bolton fans regarding Chairman Phil Gartside and manager Gary Megson have been released.
There were 980 Signatures received (997 now)
Responses to the questions asked were as follows:
I would like to see both Phil Gartside and Gary Megson out of the club 885 (90.3%)
I would like to see only Phil Gartside out of the club 38 (3.9%)
I would like to see only Gary Megson out of the club 35 (3.6%)
I would like to see neither Phil Gartside or Gary Megson out of the club 22 (2.2%)
Signatures rejected as non-genuine 88
Andy Jones, says...
10:16am Fri 2 May 08
The results of a petition/survey seeking the opinions of Bolton fans regarding Chairman Phil Gartside and manager Gary Megson have been released.And what exactly do you expect anyone to do with this 'information'. Oh, and how many of the "Gartside & Megson" out people named their replacements and a plan for getting them in? Or do they think the club will run itself somehow?
Sheeesh...
GC, Turton says...
10:45am Fri 2 May 08
Andy Jones wrote:The club is virtually running itself anyway. Gartslime unable to give his duties full attention and the players don't work with Gary 'Mr Relegation' Megson. I would rather have Hansel and Gretal in charge rather than these two no-hopers.
The results of a petition/survey seeking the opinions of Bolton fans regarding Chairman Phil Gartside and manager Gary Megson have been released.And what exactly do you expect anyone to do with this 'information'. Oh, and how many of the "Gartside & Megson" out people named their replacements and a plan for getting them in? Or do they think the club will run itself somehow? Sheeesh...
Ian, Bolton says...
11:08am Fri 2 May 08
1_2_many, says...
11:22am Fri 2 May 08
Ian wrote:Who are you talking about? What player did we loan to Tottenham?
Why did we loan him to Tottenham when they only put him on the bench and brought him on for 20 minutes?!?!?! We lost to Blackburn that weekend 2-1!!! Surely Mr Gartside you could have waited for the next week to put the transfer through, got 90 more minutes out of him and allowed the fans to thank him for his goals!! Another one added to the list of Gartside's errors!
Chris Manning, Gotham City PD, says...
11:30am Fri 2 May 08
1_2_many wrote:You moron.
Ian wrote: Why did we loan him to Tottenham when they only put him on the bench and brought him on for 20 minutes?!?!?! We lost to Blackburn that weekend 2-1!!! Surely Mr Gartside you could have waited for the next week to put the transfer through, got 90 more minutes out of him and allowed the fans to thank him for his goals!! Another one added to the list of Gartside's errors!Who are you talking about? What player did we loan to Tottenham?
Voice of Reason, Bolton says...
11:41am Fri 2 May 08
Pedro, Bolton says...
12:10pm Fri 2 May 08
http://www.ipetition
s.com/petition/bwfcp
oll/index.html
gazz_ball - Supera Moras!, bolton says...
12:11pm Fri 2 May 08
devonshire., blackpool. says...
12:15pm Fri 2 May 08
1_2_many, says...
12:31pm Fri 2 May 08
Chris Manning, Gotham City PD wrote:Who's the moron? Me or the guy who said we loaned Anelka to Tottenham?
1_2_many wrote:You moron.
Ian wrote: Why did we loan him to Tottenham when they only put him on the bench and brought him on for 20 minutes?!?!?! We lost to Blackburn that weekend 2-1!!! Surely Mr Gartside you could have waited for the next week to put the transfer through, got 90 more minutes out of him and allowed the fans to thank him for his goals!! Another one added to the list of Gartside's errors!Who are you talking about? What player did we loan to Tottenham?
obrigado, leigh says...
12:53pm Fri 2 May 08
johnnym, Coppull says...
12:56pm Fri 2 May 08
Ian, Bolton says...
12:59pm Fri 2 May 08
1_2_many wrote:Sorry meant to say we loaned him to Chelsea for their game versus Tottenham. Was Gartside in such a rush to get rid of our best player or something? In the Blackburn game we really could have done with Nic
Chris Manning, Gotham City PD wrote:Who's the moron? Me or the guy who said we loaned Anelka to Tottenham?1_2_many wrote:You moron.Ian wrote: Why did we loan him to Tottenham when they only put him on the bench and brought him on for 20 minutes?!?!?! We lost to Blackburn that weekend 2-1!!! Surely Mr Gartside you could have waited for the next week to put the transfer through, got 90 more minutes out of him and allowed the fans to thank him for his goals!! Another one added to the list of Gartside's errors!Who are you talking about? What player did we loan to Tottenham?
birch, chorley says...
12:59pm Fri 2 May 08
Andy Jones wrote:we would be better off doing a raffle for team selection than having that dlck head at the helm!
The results of a petition/survey seeking the opinions of Bolton fans regarding Chairman Phil Gartside and manager Gary Megson have been released.And what exactly do you expect anyone to do with this 'information'. Oh, and how many of the "Gartside & Megson" out people named their replacements and a plan for getting them in? Or do they think the club will run itself somehow? Sheeesh...
Ian, Bolton says...
1:02pm Fri 2 May 08
Chris Manning, Gotham City PD wrote:Sorry meant to say we loaned him to Chelsea for their game against Tottenham. That weekend we lost to Blackburn and with Nic we probably would have won.
1_2_many wrote:You moron.Ian wrote: Why did we loan him to Tottenham when they only put him on the bench and brought him on for 20 minutes?!?!?! We lost to Blackburn that weekend 2-1!!! Surely Mr Gartside you could have waited for the next week to put the transfer through, got 90 more minutes out of him and allowed the fans to thank him for his goals!! Another one added to the list of Gartside's errors!Who are you talking about? What player did we loan to Tottenham?
Carl_XVI_Gustaf, Sverige says...
1:02pm Fri 2 May 08
Carl_XVI_Gustaf, Sverige says...
1:06pm Fri 2 May 08
Maybe the B(E)N were telling fibs the other week when they said that they were asking loads of questions of BWFC but getting no answers. Maybe the truth is that they can't be bothered getting off their backsides and asking the tough questions.
No-one cares about all the fluff from Megson about Sunderland being a great side or 'We can emulate Birmingham'. Ask the probing questions! We need answers.
breezeblock, Manchester says...
1:10pm Fri 2 May 08
I think some of you seem to think the BN is some kind of Federal Investigation Branch sometimes. It's just a local rag that tells you when there has been a wheelie bin fire or some faulty traffic lights in Crompton Way.
andy_surrey, Woking says...
2:15pm Fri 2 May 08
il duce wrote:Don't forget the BN reporters have much more important things to do such as tell us about a chip fan fire in Deane!
why doesnt the BN ask BWFC for themselves?????? rather than giving us what might be complete speculation
Proper journalism seems to be dead at the BN, they probably get their stories reading the tabloids over breakfast.
Anyway back to the important stuff, I've been reading on other sites and Chelsea fans don't seem to care that he's not playing. He's hardly set the world alight!
gazz_ball - Supera Moras!, bolton says...
2:44pm Fri 2 May 08
He's hardly set the world alight!
I know, could this be another fallen angel?
How long before he is dropped from the French side for lack of match fitness?
Is painful to see him being used the way he his. When he left us he was about the 4th top scorer in the league, where is he now?
mick, bolton says...
3:07pm Fri 2 May 08
steve, Daubhill says...
3:19pm Fri 2 May 08
breezeblock wrote:would that be the F.I.B. ?
Hang about, why should BWFC comment on the availability of an ex-player??? It's got nowt to do with them. The only people who could or should comment are Chelsea and/or the FA and both are probably too busy to chat about team selection with some smalltown newspaper. I think some of you seem to think the BN is some kind of Federal Investigation Branch sometimes. It's just a local rag that tells you when there has been a wheelie bin fire or some faulty traffic lights in Crompton Way.
Pedro, Bolton says...
4:26pm Fri 2 May 08
would that be the F.I.B. ?
LOL Brilliant Steve!! remember the Shadows doing that special dance on stage??
trotters1964, preston says...
5:23pm Fri 2 May 08
breezeblock wrote:because they are the very club which sold him having made what seems yet again to be a very strange arrangement, one of which ive never heard of, sounds very much like the usual sort of football dodge, i suggest that both clubs were party to this and have put pen to paper so i dont see as to why bwfc shouldnt comment on an agreement. lack of transparencey yet again.
Hang about, why should BWFC comment on the availability of an ex-player??? It's got nowt to do with them. The only people who could or should comment are Chelsea and/or the FA and both are probably too busy to chat about team selection with some smalltown newspaper. I think some of you seem to think the BN is some kind of Federal Investigation Branch sometimes. It's just a local rag that tells you when there has been a wheelie bin fire or some faulty traffic lights in Crompton Way.
matty_c, Bolton says...
5:42pm Fri 2 May 08
charlie, wigan says...
6:41pm Fri 2 May 08
COME ON LADS PROVE THE DOUBTERS WRONG!!
Trotter, Bolton says...
7:29pm Fri 2 May 08
charlie wrote:KEEP THE FAITH
Don't know anyone else is feeling but I am getting increasingly worried and nervous about match tomorrow. COME ON LADS PROVE THE DOUBTERS WRONG!!
breezeblock, Manchester says...
7:40pm Fri 2 May 08
The club don't owe you an explanation for absolutely everything!
Rob, Worsley says...
7:47pm Fri 2 May 08
lever ender, ireland says...
9:28pm Fri 2 May 08
come on you white's .
'my world is of football it goes round and around ' remember that one .
Gatecrasher, Canada says...
9:40pm Fri 2 May 08
Not we should worry against chelsea, after all we have Nolan!
Gatecrasher, Canada says...
9:41pm Fri 2 May 08
Not we should worry against chelsea, after all we have Nolan!
steve, Daubhill says...
9:41pm Fri 2 May 08
lever ender wrote:I think I have that record - bought it from the Happy Shop at Burnden if memory serves me well. It reminds me of those promotion chasing seasons in 75/76/77 when I stood in the Lever End, and the big cup games against Newcastle & Everton. We always seemed to just miss out....
i'll be watching 2morrow with my shirt on ,so can you guys make a bit of noise for me . cheers. come on you white's . 'my world is of football it goes round and around ' remember that one .
britlass, California says...
5:35am Sat 3 May 08
breezeblock wrote:Breeze, you are correct that the club don't owe an explanation for everything. However, the Sun (of all newspapers) felt that there was enough of a story in this to pursue it...making it NEWS!
Trotter, the man has been sold. It now has nothing to do with BWFC so why should they comment. Only the FA can really say for certain if the player eligible.
The club don't owe you an explanation for absolutely everything!
Why, then, can't the BN pursue this with BWFC, FA and/of Chelsea to see if there is anything in the Sun report?
Anyway, what is the secret that BWFC feel they can't share the news with BW fans? Unless, of course, they never wanted it revealed that we not only let Anelka go, but we were so desperately to get our hands on the 15 million that we opted for a hushed up loan deal to guarantee we got the money.
This is right up there alongside BWFC and Chelsea negotiating the deal as far back as November (or further back?)!
britlass, California says...
5:37am Sat 3 May 08
trotters1964, preston says...
8:47am Sat 3 May 08
breezeblock wrote:i dont expect the club to tell me everything, but something would be a start, they cant even publish a reserve fixture list on their site with results, goalscores, tables etc, unless i'm navigating through the 'adverts' wrongly, also gartside is big at the fa so i would have though that 3 months after the transfer we would have been in a position at our end to say whether anelka plays or not in what could be our last premiership match and could be the difference between staying up and going down, i might even give gartside credit for possibly knowing this ruling and manufacturing the situation with his inside knowledge, contrary to popular opinion the fa dont just make the rules up as they go along, having thought about this gartside might have used his knowledge of fa rules to our advantage for a change.
Trotter, the man has been sold. It now has nothing to do with BWFC so why should they comment. Only the FA can really say for certain if the player eligible. The club don't owe you an explanation for absolutely everything!
trotters1964, preston says...
8:52am Sat 3 May 08
steve wrote:great record i was 12 at time, still remember the tune from my first match. perhaps we could get them to play it today, might be a bit crackly being on vinyl! wish i had a copy, still can hear it in my head, along with the other voices!
lever ender wrote: i'll be watching 2morrow with my shirt on ,so can you guys make a bit of noise for me . cheers. come on you white's . 'my world is of football it goes round and around ' remember that one .I think I have that record - bought it from the Happy Shop at Burnden if memory serves me well. It reminds me of those promotion chasing seasons in 75/76/77 when I stood in the Lever End, and the big cup games against Newcastle & Everton. We always seemed to just miss out....
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Pedro, Bolton says...
9:54am Fri 2 May 08