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"We needed to make some changes": How a mindset change set up Bolton Wanderers for life in the Championship
08.10.26, 11:00 Updated 08.10.26, 10:59 3 Minute Read
Since Football Ventures saved Bolton Wanderers ins 2019, a return to the Championship has always been the goal but the road to get here was never going to be smooth.
Last season the Whites achieved their goal under the guidance of Steven Schumacher, who repeated his promotion feat having done so with Plymouth Argyle in 2023.
When Schumacher took over at Bolton in early 2025, Wanderers had struggled to get over their Wembley hangover and changes needed to be made in order to turn the team back into promotion hopefuls. The mindset that the Whites boss made that season, is the exact reason he believes his side has the mentality for the challenge of the Championship.
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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.