Bolton v County

A proper six-pointer between 6th and 5th at the Toughshit, with both sides still keeping one eye on the top two

Mar 15, 2025

Saturday 15 March 2025

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NEXT HOME GAME: Burton Albion – Saturday 29 March, 12.30pm

NEXT AWAY GAME: Bolton Wanderers – Today, 12.30pm

Dear County fans, Stopfordians, Bolton supporters, and anyone else from The Football Family joining us today, a very warm welcome to your Saturday edition of The Scarf My Father Wore.

With Sky switching County’s kick-off to 12.30pm yet again, it’s an early start for us this morning. Just a quick one today, with Jonathan Baker joining us, but we’ll have loads of Bolton stuff to get your teeth into over the next few days. There’s a couple of good pieces on the Trotters below if you’ve not read those before.

“I don’t really see the game against County as revenge”

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20 Questions: Bolton Wanderers

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Today’s edition is sponsored by DT Plastering Services and Damp Proofing Specialists. A big thank you to David.

Thanks also to Luke and Hannah at LBL Roofing & Building Ltd who sponsor our Bolton Wanderers content on the website.

Finally, I’m currently walking every street in Stockport to raise money for mental health charity Mentell. If you’d like to make a donation to help me reach my target, please click here.

Total distance so far: 240.07 miles

Total steps so far: 392,922

Total raised so far: £2,287

Total completed streets so far: 474 (Click here for the full list, which includes reports and photos from every day of the walk.)

Further information on the walk can be found by clicking here.

Des Junior

Jonathan Baker, The County Away Day Show

Bolton 2 County 1

Apart from “Bolton Get Battered” obviously, what’s your favourite Bolton-flavoured band or song?

With honourable mention to Pete Shelley's Buzzcocks who of course we all adore beyond reason, I'm going for Breightmet's finest, Damon Gough aka Badly Drawn Boy.

Within a stellar and still continuing discography, the wool-hatted songsmith's standout three-minute creation for me remains 2002's “Something to Talk About”. Heading the soundtrack to that year's box-office-busting cinematic feature About a Boy the track retains the bounce, innocence and freshness that served as a perfect story-cementing backdrop to the screen-headlining charisma force of the film's headliner, one Hugh Grant.

I'm quite, quite taken by its chugalong and seemingly effortless piano-strewn effervescence. There’s a light but unmistakable genius at work here and a charm that will endure.

As for today, it’s hard to see past Bolton’s form since the managerial change and I don't see us coming into the game with the momentum needed for the occasion. Hope I am very wrong!

Today’s other predictions

County Supporters Co-operative: Bolton 2 County 2

Hatters Matters: Bolton 1 County 2

SK3 TV: Bolton 2 County 1

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Scott Quigley scored the first goal of Dave Challinor’s regime (Photo credit: Mike Petch)

Photo of the day

University of Bolton Stadium

Sunday 7 November 2021. FA Cup first round. Dave Challinor’s first game in charge of County. We’re two divisions below Bolton at the time, but Scott Quigley fires us in front after 23 minutes.

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Today in SK

🎬 Cinema

Five films at The Savoy Cinema (SK4) today. Dog Man (U) at 10.30am, Conclave (12A) at 12.30pm, A Complete Unknown (15) at 3pm, Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy (15) at 5.45pm, and The Last Showgirl (15) at 8.30pm.

➡️ Click here for tickets.

🍺 Food and drink

Enjoy a hearty breakfast at Covent Garden Café (SK1) to set you up for the weekend. 9am - 2pm.

Celebrate St Patrick’s weekend with a few drinks at The Steelworks (SK6). Irish tunes playing all day.

All pints £2.50 at The Cross Keys (SK8) from 6pm till 9pm.

A number of venues are featured on The Scarf My Father Wore such as The Crown (SK2), The Dog & Partridge (SK2), The Alexandra (SK3), The Three Tunnes (SK7), Flute & Firkin (SK12) and The Ram’s Head (SK12). Support them this month by popping in for a few drinks and a bite to eat.

🎤 Karaoke

The Nelson Tavern (SK1) with Lee. From 8pm.

🎶 Live music

Soul 4 Soul at The Crown Inn (SK6). 9pm.

Random snippets from old County programmes

#20 - County v Crewe, 12 September 1998

6,538 against Norwich. 7,739 against Palace. 6,199 against Grimsby. One County fan wasn’t happy with our home attendances at the start of the 1998-99 season, and wrote in to Gladys - the club’s agony aunt - to vent his frustration!

Dear Gladys,

Have I missed something? Has there been a major epidemic? Where have all the people of Stockport gone?

Our crowds this season have been disgusting and the non attenders should be ashamed of themselves. After all, the kids prices have come down and we’ve not had a bad start on the pitch.

I suggest that all County fans, myself included, start to try and bring an extra person with them. If we’re not careful, Bury will get more fans than us. I can’t believe it!

Mr J Green, Daisy Nook