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Steven Schumacher's Championship Whites: Who does this iteration of Bolton Wanderers want to be?
11.11.26, 16:30 Updated 11.11.26, 16:54 3 Minute Read
The Matt Bottomley Column
Matt Bottomley
Bolton Wanderers waited seven years to return to the Championship.
From near extinction to a COVID season in League Two, the journey was far from easy. Since 2019, we've seen several different versions of this team. The back-four Ian Evatt side that excelled in the second-half of Wanderers campaign in the EFL's basement to kick start this.
The year's of passing out from the back, to working with wingers and the drastic change to solely wing-backs. Five whole years of failing to beat local rivals yet still climbing the table year-by-year. And still, no Championship football.
When Steven Schumacher took over, things changed again. A return the the back-four, a more malleable team that could adapt to situations. Last season's team represented a side well changed from the Evatt-days. One that would never give up, and didn't have to be perfect to do enough to find a result. One that would meet pressure with open arms, instead of wavering when difficulties arose.
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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.