Bolton Wanderers v Wolves, 14th May 1977

A Second Division encounter between Bolton and Wolves on 14th May 1977. An impressive 35,603 were present at Burnden Park to see Wolves, who had won the title the previous week with a point at home to Chelsea, deny Bolton in their pursuit of promotion.

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• Wolverhampton Wanderers
• Wolves
• Bolton Wanderers

[SuperCuntybollox]

chonesy 19 check out malcom mc donalds best goal ever in the 3-3 draw your dad scores the 3rd bolton goal not as good as macs but inportant all the same hope this helps

[Chonesy19]

Does anyone know of anywhere that has any other Bolton matches from around this period? I only ask as my dad was the number 5 for Bolton (Paul Jones, the one that gave away the free kick and put the ball in the net after the whistle) and want to see whether he was actually any good, or get more reasons to make fun of him.

[Pragwo1f]

Another great posting, Mercian. Thought at the time there was something wrong with the goal, but I was wrong. However, Bolton were desperately unlucky with Whatmore's disallowed effort. The lasting memory is of the visible grief of some of the Bolton fans after the final whistle.

[UKRichardHK]

...and if Bolton could have at least drawn that game and then got points in their last game at Bristol Rovers a few days later. They would have gone up instead of Brian Cloughs Forest. Nottingham Forests incredible 1977-8 league win would never have happened if Bolton had not blown this game!

[UKRichardHK]

Remember this! I was one of 8000+ Wolves fans there celebrating winning that league. Lots of trouble before the game when Wolves fans broke down a wooden fence & chased the home fans out of the other half of that end. They virtually took over the town on what should have been Boltons big day.

Bolton deserved promotion with Wolves & Chelsea, including future managers Allardyce & Reid were pretty frustrated with most of the play but couldn't get a goal. Still, they won Div 2 the next year.