Bolton vs Forest Green

Battling Wanderers dug deep to eke out a vital victory as they played for more than an hour with 10 men after match-winner Dion Charles had been wrongly ...

Wanderers looked to build on it with Shola Shoretire making a bright start to his full debut as he looked to unlock the Rovers’ defence again. Vice-captain Gethin Jones was one of those to return – alongside skipper and defensive sidekick Ricardo Almeida Santos – and he was involved in the opening goal with five minutes gone as Wanderers made the perfect start. With Wanderers playing their sixth of seven games in January and on the back of a first defeat in nine games at Derby at the weekend, Evatt stuck to his suggestion of freshening things up with four changes to the Whites’ starting line-up.

THERE were farcical scenes in League One on Tuesday evening after a ref sent off the wrong player.Bolton vs Forest Green was marred by the referee sho.

This is equally important to us as it is to any Premier League team." Despite being a man down for the rest of the game, Bolton managed to hold on to their slim advantage despite a second-half push from the visitors. "For the linesman to spot it is a good spot but then to get a player involved and sent off who was 15 yards away from the incident is baffling. Instead of making a beeline for Kachunga, the official instead made his way over to Charles. The pair tangled in the box as Charles waited for a ball to be played in. And the hosts got off to a flyer when Charles fired them ahead with just six minutes on the clock.

In a stadium which has seen more than its fair share of odd refereeing calls down the years, this case of mistaken identity might actually be the…

But hold on they did – and the relief felt at the final whistle was palpable. But this had turned into a collective effort to preserve three points. When referee Neild first halted play as Wanderers attacked down the right, few around the stadium had a clue as to the reason. Those inside the stadium who were able to see a replay will have spotted Kachunga’s indiscretion. They saw the half out defiantly, with James Trafford making one brave save at the feet of Myles Peart-Harris after Ben Stevenson’s shot had bounced off Eoin Toal. Quite what the role of fourth official, Ollie Yates, was in all this is anybody’s guess.

Bolton Wanderers host Forest Green Rovers in League One tonight. The Trotters welcome Forest Green to the University of Bolton Stadium as they look to ...

Forest Green are rock bottom of League One with 21 points and come into the game off the back of a 2-1 defeat to MK Dons. Rovers have struggled to adapt to life in League One and I really can’t see them taking anything from this game tonight. The Trotters welcome Forest Green to the University of Bolton Stadium as they look to continue their play-off push in League One.