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Cup glory for Wanderers

9:41pm Thursday 21st February 2008

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By Gordon Sharrock »

Atletico Madrid 0 Wanderers 0 Wanderers win 1-0 on aggregate BOLTON produced a brilliant defensive display to reach the last 16 of the UEFA Cup after holding Spanish giants Atletico Madrid to a goalless draw.

After their greatest night in Europe Wanderers will now face Sporting on March 6 and 12, after the Lisbon side won 3-0 in Basle and 5-0 on aggregate.

Leading 1-0 through an El-Hadji Diouf goal from the first leg at the Reebok Stadium, Wanderers got the draw they needed after producing a perfect defensive display.

Atletico created most of the goalscoring opportunities, but they could find no way through, with Luis Garcia blazing over one of their best chances in the first half.

It was all hands to the pump in the Bolton defence by this stage, with Atletico pushing more and more men forward in a bid to keep their UEFA Cup dreams alive.

Atletico appealed for a penalty with 10 minutes remaining when Forlan's cross struck Jlloyd Samuel, but Polish referee Jacek Granat was unmoved and the hosts had to settle for a corner instead.

Atletico were becoming increasingly frustrated in the closing stages, and Reyes tried a speculative effort from 25 yards out that flew harmlessly over.

Home goalkeeper Abbiati twice came up for a late Atletico corner and free-kick, but Bolton comfortably saw off the danger before being able to celebrate a famous success.


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munich boltonian, munich germany says...
9:42pm Thu 21 Feb 08

brilllllllllllllllll
llllllllllllllllllll
llllllllllllllllllll
lllll im so proud

JB, Across the pond says...
9:43pm Thu 21 Feb 08

HISTORY in the making!!!! Come on you whites!!!! It sounded hard work at times but you never gave up!!!! Bring on the INBREDS Sunday!!!

andy1979, Bolton says...
9:43pm Thu 21 Feb 08

FREEDOM OF BOLTON TO GINGER MOURINHO AND THE BOYS FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!
!!

mikesherriff, harrogate says...
9:44pm Thu 21 Feb 08

Bloody Marvellous!!!!!!!!

beegee, preston says...
9:44pm Thu 21 Feb 08

FANTASTIC, WELL DONE, SUPER WHITES.

AlanHandsome, Garstang says...
9:45pm Thu 21 Feb 08

WE'RE ALL GOING ON A EUROPEAN TOUR "AGAIN!
A EUROPEAN TOUR "AGAIN"
A EUROPEAN TOUR "AGAIN"

WELL DONE WANDERERS, YOU'VE DONE BRILLIANT.

HAHA FORLAN WHATS THE SCORE
FORLAN FORLAN WHATS THE SCORE

LISBON LISBON LISBON
OH THE WHITES ARE GOING TO LISBON!!

PROUD TO BE A WANDERER!!!

andy_surrey, Woking says...
9:46pm Thu 21 Feb 08

What a brilliant night!! We're still going on a European Tour!!

rrichardf, usa says...
9:46pm Thu 21 Feb 08

Fantastic, well done, who will be next.

bwfc season ticket holder, gt lever says...
9:46pm Thu 21 Feb 08

is lisbon home or away 1st leg

martinf1981, Bolton says...
9:46pm Thu 21 Feb 08

Were the one and only WANDERERS!!!

God job lads and my hat off to the ginger one :)

beer ok, alcatraz says...
9:47pm Thu 21 Feb 08

Ive heard from my mate in Madrid that it went off big style outside the ground - for no reason!! Cos just battering folk. Hope the whites fans get away OK. Its about time the spiks got banned - violence, racism every week!!

Well done boys anyway!!!

bwfc season ticket holder, gt lever says...
9:47pm Thu 21 Feb 08

rrichardf wrote:
Fantastic, well done, who will be next.
sporting lisbon

JB, Across the pond says...
9:48pm Thu 21 Feb 08

Is it a Home tie the first leg?? And will Dioufy miss both legs or just the one???

chiphill spud, nottingham says...
9:50pm Thu 21 Feb 08

Oh what a night going to lisburn ticket or no ticket i have been walking round this house for the last ten minutes could not find it anywere on tv listened on radio up the whites.

Andy, Staffordshire says...
9:51pm Thu 21 Feb 08

Liverpool to Lisbon Easyjet, out Wednesday, back Friday £110 return.

whatsgoingon, Bolton says...
9:51pm Thu 21 Feb 08

What an awesome achievement, last 16 uefa cup and another clean sheet.Would I choose Megson now as a long term manager? - no! Has he done a sh*t hot job so far, and has he signed some mega players, yes. So all together now We're all going on a european tour, a european tour, a european tour. We're all going on a European tour etc. Lisbon next, dispatched Basle with some ease.
Oh happy days are here again tra la la la, la la la la , la

Gareth B, Chorley says...
9:51pm Thu 21 Feb 08

Lets take our hats off to Megson

He got so much stick when he arrived but he has steadied the ship , brought quality in January and that is 6 clean sheets in 7 - the 1 goal being a clearly offside goal against Pompey

Can we all get behind him and the boys now and accept the fabulous job he has done

bwfc season ticket holder, gt lever says...
9:51pm Thu 21 Feb 08

home leg 1st

barbarossa, poulton le fylde says...
9:51pm Thu 21 Feb 08

This must be the best Wandeers' defence for decades.Well done lads.Very proud.

JB, Across the pond says...
9:52pm Thu 21 Feb 08

chiphill spud wrote:
Oh what a night going to lisburn ticket or no ticket i have been walking round this house for the last ten minutes could not find it anywere on tv listened on radio up the whites.
Funny that so was i!!! But not your house obviously!!! My carpet seems to have devolped a slight wear all of a sudden :)

on and, on says...
9:52pm Thu 21 Feb 08

blimey!

a_saunders31, Horwich says...
9:52pm Thu 21 Feb 08

Easyjet have already put up their prices for the game!

Try flying inot Porto with Ryanair and get the train all the way down to Lisbon.

By far the cheapest option.

Jirvine, Horwich says...
9:53pm Thu 21 Feb 08

well done bolton, ill be there for sporting lisbon!
shame about those greasy **** policemen.

bwfc season ticket holder, gt lever says...
9:54pm Thu 21 Feb 08

what date do we play lisbon away

beer ok, alcatraz says...
9:56pm Thu 21 Feb 08

Get to Faro - its 2 hours by train to Lisbon but your in the Algrave, couple of rounds of Golf, night out in Albufeira!!

Ian Taylor, New Zealand says...
9:56pm Thu 21 Feb 08

Fantastic Result. would live to be there in Bolton or Madrid right now. Never mind will celebrate with a few cold ones on the beach this afternoon. ENJOY THE NIGHT LADS !

Boddington Bob, Swinton says...
9:57pm Thu 21 Feb 08

Another free weekend in between legs so strongest team possible GM (EXCEPT dIOUFFY OF COURSE)

bwfc season ticket holder, gt lever says...
9:58pm Thu 21 Feb 08

got it 12-13 march

andy_surrey, Woking says...
9:59pm Thu 21 Feb 08

Gareth B wrote:
Lets take our hats off to Megson He got so much stick when he arrived but he has steadied the ship , brought quality in January and that is 6 clean sheets in 7 - the 1 goal being a clearly offside goal against Pompey Can we all get behind him and the boys now and accept the fabulous job he has done
Lets hope we can start to get a few more thousand into the stadium for the last few games this season to cheer us to safety and a UEFA Cup Final!! Shame it's in Manchester but I suppose we can't have everything :-)

Ginger Mourinho, Ginger Mourinho, Ginger Mourinho!!!!

chiphill spud, nottingham says...
10:02pm Thu 21 Feb 08

I see sky are only interested in rangers spurs and everton all had reporters for there games we had to make do with the jokers on sky reading it of there computers but no doubt everton will get most cause they beat a pub team 8-1 but we don't care still keeping the faith.

Staffs White, 50 miles from home says...
10:02pm Thu 21 Feb 08

Need to win on Sunday. But surely we can build on this now. Well done Megson on tactics team selection and subs all spot on.

bwfc season ticket holder, gt lever says...
10:04pm Thu 21 Feb 08


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bwfc season ticket holder, gt lever says...
10:04pm Thu 21 Feb 08

cutting it short
fly from bristol to lisbon return for less than £90

barney, radcliffe says...
10:05pm Thu 21 Feb 08

third generation. Sixty years old, I'm in tears. Truly the beautiful game!!

steve,horwich, bolton says...
10:06pm Thu 21 Feb 08

Fantastic,credit all round to Megson and the lads,Radio reported Cahill absolutely immense at heart of defence-future England star in the making-so proud yet again to be a Wanderer,Blackburn should see an invasion on Sunday and another trip to lovely Portugal-Charlotte(M
unich Boltonian) first off the mark,as ever -her love for this club shines through in everything she writes-Give Eric fair praise as well for his good wishes earlier-will sleep well tonight-what a team!

neon, Greenville, SC says...
10:09pm Thu 21 Feb 08

From one Ian to another. It's nasty here with sleet so I won't be on any beach but I will join you in raising a glass to the lads.

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT !!!!

WELL DONE.

I knew those cheeky, spitting morons wouldn't get the best of us.

BRING ON SPERMING . . . sorry SPITTING . . . oops sorry again SNORTING LISBON.

bwfc season ticket holder, gt lever says...
10:12pm Thu 21 Feb 08

cutting it short
fly from bristol to lisbon return for less than £90

whatsgoingon, Bolton says...
10:15pm Thu 21 Feb 08

Liverpool to Porto cheap as chips, Lisbon is a big ground should be a fair few tickets available. Are Cahill and Steinson some of the best defenders we've had in years or what. (I know Steinsons cup tied). But a back four to have confidence in.
Lisbon won't be looking forward to playing us,
ITS ALL GOOD

bwfc season ticket holder, gt lever says...
10:16pm Thu 21 Feb 08

i'm booked bristol-lisbon 3* hotel 5 nights 4 day car hire me and the wife
grand total £420

i'll let her know tomorrow that it's a coincidence that bolton are playing there same week

get in

run rabbit run, Fantasy island says...
10:20pm Thu 21 Feb 08

what date is our quarter final in Lisbon?

Andy, Staffordshire says...
10:20pm Thu 21 Feb 08

Stop press:
Benfica scored 2 goals in injury time to dump out Nuremburg.2 matches in Lisbon now in the last 16 not just ours.

wankywooo, bolton says...
10:22pm Thu 21 Feb 08

when is the away game

Andy, Staffordshire says...
10:24pm Thu 21 Feb 08

bwfc season ticket holder wrote:
Select Currency...Pounds Sterling (£)Euros (€)Swiss Francs (CHF )Danish Krona (Dkr )Czech Krowns (Kè)Hungarian Forints (Ft)Polish Zloty (zù)Slovak Koruna (Sk)Moroccan Dirhams (Md)Your flight shopping basket for 1 adult Information and options Flights Monday 10 March Bristol to Lisbon flight 6251; dep. Mon 10 Mar 15:50 arr. Mon 10 Mar 18:25 £36.99 per person (incl. taxes and charges) Speedy Boarding Plus Get ahead of the crowd with Speedy Boarding Plus! Check in at dedicated priority desks plus be among the first to be called to board your flight – all for just £5.50 per person. Speedy Boarders get the widest choice of seats, provided you’re at the gate when boarding starts. If you are bussed to the aircraft we can’t guarantee that you’re off the bus first. Friday 14 March Lisbon to Bristol flight 6250; dep. Fri 14 Mar 10:50 arr. Fri 14 Mar 13:25 £39.99 per person (incl. taxes and charges) Speedy Boarding Be among the first to be called to board your flight for just £4.00 per person. Speedy Boarders get the widest choice of seats, provided you’re at the gate when boarding starts. If you are bussed to the aircraft we can’t guarantee that you’re off the bus first. Speedy Boarding Treat yourself to Speedy Boarding: Be among the first to be called through the boarding gate. Where available, check-in at dedicated desks with Speedy Boarding Plus. -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- Total price for this booking will be: £9.50 1 Hold bag(s) per one-way flight between all passengers combined £7.98 (total cost for this booking) More choice for you! *Fly without hold bags – pay less *Fly with hold bags – pay more Each hold bag is charged at £3.99 per one-way flight Each passenger is entitled to carry 20 kg of hold baggage spread over a maximum of 8 hold bags. Excess weight fees will be payable at the airport if the total weight exceeds 20 kg. Change the number of hold baggage for this booking to suit your needs. Further bags can be added online at any time via My easyJet.com. Purchasing additional bags does not increase your weight allowance. Bag charges are non-refundable. More choice for you! *Fly without hold bags – pay less *Fly with hold bags – pay more Each hold bag is charged at £3.99 per one-way flight Each passenger is entitled to carry 20 kg of hold baggage spread over a maximum of 8 hold bags. Excess weight fees will be payable at the airport if the total weight exceeds 20 kg. Change the number of hold baggage for this booking to suit your needs. Further bags can be added online at any time via My easyJet.com. Purchasing additional bags does not increase your weight allowance. Bag charges are non-refundable. The 1 passenger(s) in this booking may check in a combined total of 1 hold bag(s) for each flight on this booking. The 20kg hold bag weight allowance (per passenger) does not increase with the addition of further hold bags. -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- 0 hold bag(s)1 hold bag(s)2 hold bag(s)3 hold bag(s)4 hold bag(s)5 hold bag(s)6 hold bag(s)7 hold bag(s)8 hold bag(s) Add more flights Want to book more than one trip? Not wanting to fly a simple one-way or return journey? No problem! You can use our flight shopping basket to add additional flights to this booking. Just scroll down to the bottom of the page and start your search there. Avoid using your browser’s back or forward buttons during the process. Remove a flight? You can remove a flight from your basket by clicking the Remove option next to the relevant flight details. Cost of your selection Our low airfare per adult or child £53.48 (per person) Third-party airport operator charges & government taxes per adult or child £23.50 (per person) Total baggage and sports equipment charge £7.98 (total cost) Total amount due: 1 adult £84.96
Have you ever been to "Bristol" airport? It's nearly in Taunton, miles out in the sticks.

lewis-bwfc, Reebok Stadium says...
10:25pm Thu 21 Feb 08

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Bolton Uefa Cup Package(Flights+Hote
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whatsgoingon, Bolton says...
10:33pm Thu 21 Feb 08

http://www.travelrep
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have a look at this £81 return tusday to tuesday

lektrik, Russia says...
10:35pm Thu 21 Feb 08

Brilliant lads, just hope everyone gets home safe. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk to Moscow to Frankfurt to Lisbon. $5436 return. Thats me booked, anyone else fancy it? Now just need my boys to get me a ticket!

neon, Greenville, SC says...
10:44pm Thu 21 Feb 08

Jeez Lektrik I could buy Lisbon for that much

hendee1, corby, northants says...
11:07pm Thu 21 Feb 08

great result from the lads , hats of to the ginger one now lets stuff the inbreds on sunday

chris, says...
11:28pm Thu 21 Feb 08

This team has the best defence i have seen for a long time especially when steinsson is involved.
i didnt want Gary megson, we gave him a really bad welcome, i WAS WRONG, he is doing a great job, at the next home game lets demand he comes out to receive our gratitude, lets give him a one minute ovation to show our confidence in him.

kenglowhite, Bolton says...
11:55pm Thu 21 Feb 08

Signed up to watch the game with WEBTV-CENTRAL.COM, but the Wanderers were not featured after all among a host of EUFA matches. They also did me for an extra £9(My XP tools) I hadn't signed up for in addition to the life membership of £27. Anyone know of a way to get the money back from what seems to be a US site (as usual).A scandal we weren't on TV!!!

Phil, Bolton says...
12:12am Fri 22 Feb 08

Bloody fan------tastic
From:
The Purple faced badge kisser!

Phil, Bolton says...
12:18am Fri 22 Feb 08

I got ripped off too, by Live footy.com
they advertised it.
but who cares here's hoping I get ripped off all the way to the City of Manchester stadium!

Pedro, Madrid says...
2:43am Fri 22 Feb 08

Congratulations to the Ginger one and the lads for keeping to the plan - Magnificent defence. Thanks to the lads for coming out to the pitch before we left after waiting 1 hour to get out. Didn't see any trouble myself but did see about 2000 Atletico Ultras chased out by the police during the first half and they never returned!!!also met some great Atletico Fans before the game. Hope anybody involved in the reported trouble is ok. Met Durks after the game in the Stop Madrid Bar.

Lisbon here we come. Booked Ryanair to Porto £60.19 - 3 hour drive. See you there Durks!!

Come on you Whites!! Lets thrash Blackburn on Sunday!

Northern Star, Canada says...
3:32am Fri 22 Feb 08

O.M.G. We just knocked out Atletico Madrid.
Well done u whites.The teams hard work and smart play where a credit to the club.Credit to all u fans who went.
migic night in the history of the club.
What a team we have become,same work ethic and comitment to the task we will be looking at 3 points Sunday.

A happy wanderer.

fade2black, Somerset says...
6:13am Fri 22 Feb 08

Andy wrote:
bwfc season ticket holder wrote:
Select Currency...Pounds Sterling (£)Euros (€)Swiss Francs (CHF )Danish Krona (Dkr )Czech Krowns (Kè)Hungarian Forints (Ft)Polish Zloty (zù)Slovak Koruna (Sk)Moroccan Dirhams (Md)Your flight shopping basket for 1 adult Information and options Flights Monday 10 March Bristol to Lisbon flight 6251; dep. Mon 10 Mar 15:50 arr. Mon 10 Mar 18:25 £36.99 per person (incl. taxes and charges) Speedy Boarding Plus Get ahead of the crowd with Speedy Boarding Plus! Check in at dedicated priority desks plus be among the first to be called to board your flight – all for just £5.50 per person. Speedy Boarders get the widest choice of seats, provided you’re at the gate when boarding starts. If you are bussed to the aircraft we can’t guarantee that you’re off the bus first. Friday 14 March Lisbon to Bristol flight 6250; dep. Fri 14 Mar 10:50 arr. Fri 14 Mar 13:25 £39.99 per person (incl. taxes and charges) Speedy Boarding Be among the first to be called to board your flight for just £4.00 per person. Speedy Boarders get the widest choice of seats, provided you’re at the gate when boarding starts. If you are bussed to the aircraft we can’t guarantee that you’re off the bus first. Speedy Boarding Treat yourself to Speedy Boarding: Be among the first to be called through the boarding gate. Where available, check-in at dedicated desks with Speedy Boarding Plus. -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- Total price for this booking will be: £9.50 1 Hold bag(s) per one-way flight between all passengers combined £7.98 (total cost for this booking) More choice for you! *Fly without hold bags – pay less *Fly with hold bags – pay more Each hold bag is charged at £3.99 per one-way flight Each passenger is entitled to carry 20 kg of hold baggage spread over a maximum of 8 hold bags. Excess weight fees will be payable at the airport if the total weight exceeds 20 kg. Change the number of hold baggage for this booking to suit your needs. Further bags can be added online at any time via My easyJet.com. Purchasing additional bags does not increase your weight allowance. Bag charges are non-refundable. More choice for you! *Fly without hold bags – pay less *Fly with hold bags – pay more Each hold bag is charged at £3.99 per one-way flight Each passenger is entitled to carry 20 kg of hold baggage spread over a maximum of 8 hold bags. Excess weight fees will be payable at the airport if the total weight exceeds 20 kg. Change the number of hold baggage for this booking to suit your needs. Further bags can be added online at any time via My easyJet.com. Purchasing additional bags does not increase your weight allowance. Bag charges are non-refundable. The 1 passenger(s) in this booking may check in a combined total of 1 hold bag(s) for each flight on this booking. The 20kg hold bag weight allowance (per passenger) does not increase with the addition of further hold bags. -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- 0 hold bag(s)1 hold bag(s)2 hold bag(s)3 hold bag(s)4 hold bag(s)5 hold bag(s)6 hold bag(s)7 hold bag(s)8 hold bag(s) Add more flights Want to book more than one trip? Not wanting to fly a simple one-way or return journey? No problem! You can use our flight shopping basket to add additional flights to this booking. Just scroll down to the bottom of the page and start your search there. Avoid using your browser’s back or forward buttons during the process. Remove a flight? You can remove a flight from your basket by clicking the Remove option next to the relevant flight details. Cost of your selection Our low airfare per adult or child £53.48 (per person) Third-party airport operator charges & government taxes per adult or child £23.50 (per person) Total baggage and sports equipment charge £7.98 (total cost) Total amount due: 1 adult £84.96
Have you ever been to "Bristol" airport? It's nearly in Taunton, miles out in the sticks.
Its never nearly in Taunton mate. Its only a quick hop from the motorway and check-in is real quick there too

trotter40, australia says...
7:36am Fri 22 Feb 08

well done boys brilliant to come away from there with a draw and no goals conceded.Defence looking so much better just need to nick the odd goal like we did under big sam and we will be fine in prem.Shame no tv coverage and no radio coverage outside of uk.Still was glued to comp at 5am this morn biting my nails watching the texts.Looking so forward to sunday thank god game on here in perth .Up the wanderers.

barrie2985, westhoughton says...
9:12am Fri 22 Feb 08

barney wrote:
third generation. Sixty years old, I'm in tears. Truly the beautiful game!!
that post brought tears to my eyes

newshound, bolton says...
9:30am Fri 22 Feb 08

barrie2985 wrote:
barney wrote: third generation. Sixty years old, I'm in tears. Truly the beautiful game!!
that post brought tears to my eyes
Just gets you like that sometimes doesn`t it?

I`m bouncing off the walls this morning

Durks, Brockhall says...
9:40am Fri 22 Feb 08

Just got out of bed, really hung over. Pedro, you are a star pal.... Great to meet you. Many thanks to Crack, Raffy, Mick, John (all of them)i think there were 3. Mick got punched in the face by a policeman for doing nothing.. what was that all about? No idea why but I have an athletico scarf at the bottom of the bed, where did that come from? Lisbon here I go.

Seddy, Horwich, Bolton says...
9:56am Fri 22 Feb 08

Ive just booked flights to Lisbon £106 return. www.skyscanner.net. EASY,EASY,EASY!!!!!

trottersforever, bolton says...
9:59am Fri 22 Feb 08

chiphill spud wrote:
Oh what a night going to lisburn ticket or no ticket i have been walking round this house for the last ten minutes could not find it anywere on tv listened on radio up the whites.
I wouldn't go to lisburn chiphill as you'll be on your own as the whites are playing in lisbon....lol

Brownie, Bolton says...
10:08am Fri 22 Feb 08

Wondered why the game hadn't been televised. It seems that the home team has to offer the game to the television stations who then buy it if they want to(I suppose it is sold to the highest bidder). Gartside did not offer the home match as he wanted a good gate at the Reebok and, as the home team in the return game, Athletico could have offered to sell the game to any interested TV company, but did not do so, so we were unable to see it. Seemingly this is how it is always done. ie the home team offers up the game and interested tv companies then buy the rights to broadcast.

wander why, spain says...
10:13am Fri 22 Feb 08

Phil wrote:
I got ripped off too, by Live footy.com they advertised it. but who cares here's hoping I get ripped off all the way to the City of Manchester stadium!
I also got ripped off by oleolefootball.com
Took my money then couln't recognise my e-mail or password when I came to log on. Never mind,
THE RESULT IS JUST FANTASTICO.
COME ON YOU SUPER WHITES> KEEP BLACKBURN OUT.
BRING ON LISBON.
YEP I'M IN SPAIN BUT ABOUT THE SAME DISTANCE AWAY (in tenerife) AS YOU SUPER FANS.
THE SUPER WHITES OUSTED THE ROJIBLANCOS.

hayzy1987, little lever says...
11:46am Fri 22 Feb 08

GET IN U WHITES!!! n dnt pay 2 stream football ther all cons u can watch em free at http://livefooty.doc
tor-serv.com/ and also http://www.myp2p.eu/ these r the best 2 il b watchin uz against blakburn on sunday on it