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We continue our look at the favourites for Bolton Wanderers manager…
3) KEVIN DAVIES
Kevin Davies is another former Bolton player, making 351 appearances between 2003 and 2013, the forward scored 74.
His only managerial job was as first manager job at Southport in the National League North, he lasted six months and won 29% of the 31 games he was in charge between October 2017 and April 2018.
He was linked with the job at former club Chesterfield but his CV was turned down. Taken from the Daily Mail: I applied for Chesterfield before this, put my CV in for the first time — that was new — and the answer was, “You’ve got no experience”.
Current odds on becoming the new Bolton boss: 9/1
PIC OF THE DAY: @Kevin__Davies leaves Oliver Kahn on his knees after netting past Bayern at the Allianz Arena. pic.twitter.com/mU2Z4uZaTu
— Easyodds.com (@easyodds) December 11, 2014
2) JIMMY PHILLIPS
Jimmy Phillips is the current caretaker of Bolton Wanderers, stepping up from being Head of the Academy, with the first team squad mainly being youth players.
He stood firmly behind Bolton Wanderers’ decision to cancel their midweek League One clash with Doncaster Rovers.
The former defender also took charge temporarily after the departures of Owen Coyle in 2012 and assisted Peter Reid after Neil Lennon exited in 2016.
According to Bolton News, he was considered unlucky not to land the job on a permanent basis in his first tenure, the position eventually being offered by late chairman, Phil Gartside, to Dougie Freedman. You can find out more about him by clicking HERE.
Current odds on becoming the new Bolton boss: 7/2
1) KEVIN NOLAN
Kevin Nolan was last linked with a the managers job at Yeovil Town, five months ago but didn’t get the job.
He was sacked by Notts County in August 2018, and he was reportedly keen to re-join them around 10 months ago. However the club opted for Neal Ardley instead.
The former Trotters player who made 296 appearances for them between 1999 and 2009, but also an ex-Newcastle, West Ham player took Notts to the League Two playoffs in the 2017/18 season. However, the manager was shown the door after they picked up one point in five league matches, many called the decision to sack him ‘harsh’.
Nolan was also player-manager for Leyton Orient in 2016. His team won three of the four league games in his first full month of management. He was nominated for February’s manager of the month award. On 12 April 2016, with the team two points off the playoffs, Nolan was relieved of his duties as manager, the role given to Andy Hessenthaler.
He was tipped by Plymouth Argyle and promotion winning Bury boss Ryan Lowe to become the new manager, saying he’d be a perfect fit, that he knows the club inside and out but also has a lot of love for them.
Current odds on becoming the new Bolton boss: 2/1
Who do you want as the new manager?
Others to have been mentioned in the list are Chirs Hughton, Sol Campbell, Jussi Jaaskelainen, Matthew Taylor and Keith Hill.
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