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AFTER a week of woe, we decided to offer up this week's podcast to you - the dear listener - to air your concerns and grievances.

Loads of you contacted us with your views on the defeats at Blackpool and Wigan Athletic, so Marc and Henry have picked through the best of the emails to bring you a good old postbag special.

Spoiler alert: It isn't a happy clappy affair.

We rake over the details of the DW and Bloomfield Road, neither of which was a derby despite last week's podcast title (wink). 

And we look ahead to two more big games, at home to Cambridge United and away at Barnsley, in a trip which already has a fate-defining air about it.

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Remember, it isn't just a podcast, it's The Buff Podcast. And we're here every Friday.

If you want to get in contact with the show, please email thebuffmail@gmail.com or tweet Marc on @MarcIles and @Henry__Hewitt 

And please, please leave a review. We work hard to put these episodes out every single week, in-season and out, and the more feedback we get, the better the product. Having said all that, we are currently only accepting five-star ratings, as all the other ratings are broken. 

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IT'S a crucial week in Wanderers' promotion push with two big local trips to Blackpool and Wigan Athletic.

Ian Evatt's side got themselves motoring again with a gutsy win at Cambridge United and showed some character to twice come from a goal down to grab a point against Charlton Athletic.

Marc Iles and Henry Hewitt review the week's headlines from The Bolton News, including a good look at the players coming back into the fore, like George Thomason and Ricardo Santos.

We examine what make Josh Sheehan so great, and why other people seem to want to kick him.

And if there has been a better strike at the Abbey Stadium this millennium than the one Carlos Mendes Goal-mes got on Tuesday night, we want to hear from you.

We read out your emails on complaining supporters and whether you can legally watch Wanderers TV in the pub.

And Who Are You is back, with the letter P. Bolton Coroners Office is standing by.

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Remember, it isn't just a podcast, it's The Buff Podcast. And we're here every Friday.

If you want to get in contact with the show, please email thebuffmail@gmail.com or tweet Marc on @MarcIles and @Henry__Hewitt 

And please, please leave a review. We work hard to put these episodes out every single week, in-season and out, and the more feedback we get, the better the product. Having said all that, we are currently only accepting five-star ratings, as all the other ratings are broken. 

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IT has been another newsy week at Bolton Wanderers - so Marc Iles and Henry Hewitt are here again to take you through al the headlines from The Bolton News.

Red cards for George Thomason and manager Ian Evatt at Northampton Town set tongues wagging and prompted many of you to email our postbag, We take a good look at the debate in a special headlines section.

Wanderers drew at Northampton thanks to Carlos Mendes Gomes's header, so we discuss how he fits into the Bolton jigsaw for the rest of the season. And the same can be said of one of Tuesday night's heroes against Wycombe, Jon Dadi Bodvarsson.

Who Are You is back with the letter 'O' - and we find out which former Wanderers player may (or may not) be driving a taxi cab in Ireland.

We also cast our eyes towards the upcoming games against Charlton Athletic and Cambridge United and hear a new tune from the Royton Liberace himself, Jack Dearden.

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Do you want to join our Buff Fantasy League this season? If so CLICK HERE  

Remember, it isn't just a podcast, it's The Buff Podcast. And we're here every Friday.

If you want to get in contact with the show, please email thebuffmail@gmail.com or tweet Marc on @MarcIles and @Henry__Hewitt 

And please, please leave a review. We work hard to put these episodes out every single week, in-season and out, and the more feedback we get, the better the product. Having said all that, we are currently only accepting five-star ratings, as all the other ratings are broken. 

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IT'S Superb Owl weekend, and so to celebrate our superlative feathered friends we bring a podcast dedicated to... No, not really. It's another hour of Bolton Wanderers headlines and gossip with Marc Iles and Henry Hewitt.

In what has been a whirlwind week with the Whites we look back at a 1-1 draw with Barnsley at the Toughsheet Stadium, Aaron Collins's impressive start, the launch of Zac Ashworth's Bolton career and a mad 15 minutes that had everyone hot under the collar.

Tuesday night's game at Cambridge United lasted a grand total of eight minutes, seven of which were spent splashing around in the mud. We ask if anything could have been done to save the fans' travelling and whether Ian Evatt will stick with the same players for this weekend's trip to Northampton Town.

The guys give their predictions, read out your emails, and get to the letter N on our popular feature, Who Are You?

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Remember, it isn't just a podcast, it's The Buff Podcast. And we're here every Friday.

If you want to get in contact with the show, please email thebuffmail@gmail.com or tweet Marc on @MarcIles and @Henry__Hewitt 

And please, please leave a review. We work hard to put these episodes out every single week, in-season and out, and the more feedback we get, the better the product. Having said all that, we are currently only accepting five-star ratings, as all the other ratings are broken. 

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‘Manchester United to the Football Fun Factory’, captures the life of a former
English Premier League player for Manchester United.

An English retired professional football player who played as a midfielder, starting his career at Manchester United where he made 25 Premier League
appearances in four seasons, winning a Premier League Title medal in season 2000-01.

While at Old Trafford he spent time out on loan at Reading and Burnley before
joining West Ham United on a permanent basis in the summer of 2004. A year later, he joined Stoke City, on loan before making the move permanent in January 2006.

He remained at Stoke City until November 2006 making 55 appearances before joining Norwich City. Injuries however restricted his time at Carrow Road, and he moved to Milton Keynes Dons in October 2008.In March 2014, he joined Cambridge United, the club he supported as a child.

He also made 13 appearances for England U21s.

He is currently a key figure at the Football Fun Factory, which teaches boys and girls of all ages football, teamwork and how to play the game, which may one day, produce a future England men’s and ladies team captain.

Welcome back to another bumper episode of The Buff Podcast!

On this week's show you have a chance to win a unique piece of Papa Johns Trophy memorabilia - as our press box pal Clive Tyldesley has kindly given us a signed and framed commentary chart to give away as a prize to one of our lucky listeners!

To be in with a chance of winning one yourself, answer the following simple question.

WHO SCORED THE FOURTH AND FINAL GOAL FOR WANDERERS IN THEIR 4-0 WIN AGAINST PLYMOUTH ARGYLE IN THE PAPA JOHNS TROPHY FINAL?

To enter the competition send an email with the title Buff Competition to thebuffmail@gmail.com

On that email I want your answer, your full name, your full address and a contact number.

We will not be accepting any new entries after 9am on Monday, April 17.

This competition is only open to our UK listeners for postal purposes. Other than that, normal competition rules apply.

All the entries will be put into a random draw and a winner will be picked out by Henry on Monday afternoon, after which winners will be contacted directly. We’ll also put a message out on Twitter and Facebook.

If you want to take a look and buy one for yourself, then please go to www.commentarycharts.com.

Also on the show this week we have a rundown of Kyle Dempsey's situation at Wanderers after his legal case was concluded.

We discuss the financial accounts at Bolton and pick through some of the juicy details within.

We read out your emails - including an appeal for the matchday bus services.

Simon Woods brings us not one, but TWO new songs.

We speak to the Oxford Mail's football writer Liam Rice about upcoming game at the Kassam Stadium, and what has gone wrong for them this season.

And we discuss whether the EFL judges were wrong to overlook Ian Evatt and his players for the end-of-season awards shortlists.

There is a lot more - but we are running out of room.

This season we’ll be running a special Fantasy Football League for listeners of The Buff – and will be dishing out monthly prizes, plus recruiting some special guests to play against from the world of Wanderers.

If you’d like to join - and it is never too late - follow the link below, pick your team and enter the league code.

CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE BUFF INVITATIONAL

League Code: 90eb76

Remember, it isn't just a podcast, it's The Buff Podcast. And we're here every Friday.

If you want to get in contact with the show, please email thebuffmail@gmail.com or tweet Marc on @MarcIles and @Henry__Hewitt 

And please, please leave a review. We work hard to put these episodes out every single week, in-season and out, and the more feedback we get, the better the product. Having said all that, we are currently only accepting five-star ratings, as all the other ratings are broken. 

WELCOME back to The Buff Podcast - your weekly spoonful of Bolton Wanderers headlines, opinion and gossip with Marc Iles and Henry Hewitt.

Strange things are afoot at BWFC and while the club rides high in sixth place in the table, there is no getting around the fact that performances have not been great.

Out of the FA Cup at the first round stage for the fourth year in a row there was some slight solace with the fact we don't have to play Crewe in round two.

But with Cambridge United to come this weekend, improvement is a must. On the agenda this week is how Ian Evatt goes about getting better performances out of his players, what formation best suits, and which players are in form anyhow.

Big stories of the week include the possible recall of Conor Bradley to Liverpool, Neil Hart's view that iFollow needs another discussion around the EFL and Elias Kachunga's contract prospects.

We open the mailbag to ask about the worst BWFC weather and a What If on Stuart Holden which might well bring a tear to the eye.

We speak to the author of the superb 'Who Put The Ball In The Munich Net', Chris Flanagan, on the 15th anniversary of Bolton's draw at Bayern Munich.

And we catch up with The Buff's Fantasy Football League, where Henry's team continues to plumb the depths.

This season we’ll be running a special Fantasy Football League for listeners of The Buff – and will be dishing out monthly prizes, plus recruiting some special guests to play against from the world of Wanderers.

If you’d like to join - and it is never too late - follow the link below, pick your team and enter the league code.

https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/90eb76

League Code: 90eb76

Remember, it isn't just a podcast, it's The Buff Podcast. And we're here every Friday.

If you want to get in contact with the show, please email thebuffmail@gmail.com or tweet Marc on @MarcIles and @Henry__Hewitt 

And please, please leave a review. We work hard to put these episodes out every single week, in-season and out, and the more feedback we get, the better the product. Having said all that, we are currently only accepting five-star ratings, as all the other ratings are broken. 

We had him on back in Series 1 for one of our very first episodes and now we have him back for Series 2: it’s Luke Hannant. Now, when this interview was recorded last month he was still a Cambridge United player but now he has made the switch to Colchester United. Nevertheless, he’s gonna talk us through the celebrations at the Abbey Stadium when Cambridge United sealed promotion to League 1, how much of an influence Wes Hoolahan AKA Wessi had on the team, when he first thought that they would have a special season, what it was like going into those last 3 games to try and seal promotion, young players that could have a decent future for the U’s and a lot more. Plus, not only do we have Luke as a returning guest but we also Theo back on to join Charlie for this one...

Manchester United Academy Coach, Tom Statham provides Insight into Professional Soccer with Cambridge United's Luke Hannant (Player), and Matt Walker (Head of Performance). They are joined by guest Yossi Raz, Head Coach of UC Irvine in California.

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This week Graham and Lauren discuss the England U21 team failing to make it out of their European Championship group. They also praise Cambridge United's in form Paul Mullin and celebrate Rebecca Welch making history by becoming the first woman appointed to referee a game in the English Football League. Listen now for more 'Barnet of the Week'.

We're joined by a very special guest for this one. Joining us for episode nine is Luke Chadwick. This man has won a Premier League title and has played under one of the greatest managers that has ever graced the beautiful game in Sir Alex Ferguson before signing off his professional career at his hometown club, Cambridge United. You’re gonna get an insight as to what it was like to be amongst that Manchester United team in the early 2000’s, you’re also gonna find out how Luke got to United in the first place, who his favourite players to play with were, a look into his time at MK Dons, and what Luke is doing nowadays with the Football Fun Factory. You’re gonna find out all of this and much more. Oh, and we also ask him about any famous examples of the hairdryer treatment, we just had to know...

Our latest I Had Trials Once... guest is current Wrexham defender James Jennings. The 31-year-old has played for Macclesfield, Kettering, Cambridge United, Mansfield, Forest Green and Cheltenham since coming through the Manchester City academy.