The art of defending: How Bolton Wanderers put on a defensive show against Queens Park Rangers
24.08.26, 18:00 Updated 24.08.26, 18:14
Matt Bottomley
Football. It can impress us in so many ways, but sometimes it's not all about the smooth, flowing, attacking football, sometimes it's about the hard tackling, throwing your body in front of the ball, that can give you that same feeling.
That was Bolton Wanderers on Saturday. How to defend for your life, written by Chris Forino and Jack Bonham is a book we'd all buy after their performances in the 0-0 draw with Queens Park Rangers. The Whites were under attack for almost of the 90 minutes at Loftus Road but showed the Wanderers faithful exactly why Steven Schumacher and Fergal Harkin have put the defence at the top of their priority list this summer.
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Matt Bottomley A lifelong Bolton Wanderers fan, this club is the reason I began my journalism career. Since sitting in the stands as a kid over 20 years ago, I have gone on to work for the likes of the BBC and The Telegraph before everything led me back to here, to the football club I love.