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FAMOUS OLD CLUBS EYE BRIGHT FUTURE

by
The LeaguePaper Team
6 October 2019

Blackpool and Bolton put dark days behind them

By Chris Dunlavy

EXPERIENCES: Liam Feeney
PICTURES: PA Images

RARELY in recent times would a clash between Blackpool and Bolton Wanderers be anything to celebrate.
Chaos. Crisis. Financial peril. All were constant bedfellows for much of a ruinous decade that reduced two giants of the north west to staggering paupers.
Even 12 months ago, it would not have been unduly cruel to dub this fixture the destitution derby. But not now, as the teams prepare to go head-to-head at Bolton tomor row night.
The Trotters are off their sickbed and taking ten...

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