THE Buff Podcast is back once again with all the build-up to the biggest game of Bolton Wanderers' season... So far! League leaders Portsmouth are in town for a match with more spice than the larder at Rice n Three. Marc Iles and Henry Hewitt take you through all the week's headlines, from Bolton's injury concerns over Ricardo Santos and Josh Sheehan and Nathan Baxter's grand return at Bristol Rovers, to the row over Pompey's away allocation and how many points it will really take to get promotion. We go through last Saturday's game at the Memorial Stadium, review Derby's surprising hiccup at ..read more

THE Buff Podcast is back with a special episode of hidden gems to keep your entertained on the way down to Bristol Rovers. Marc Iles and Henry Hewitt are not picking through the headlines this week – but instead bringing you a couple of special guests. Author Chris Evans joins us to talk about his brand new book – Total Belief – which charts the amazing journey of Bruce Rioch’s Wanderers in the early nineties. And midfielder George Thomason makes his Buff debut, with a look back at his incredible rise from non-league football, the Keith Hill days, being a footballer in Covid and making himself ..read more

Get on your disco pants, head down to Stevenage, because we're having an Easter Disco. The Buff is back and we're praying we don't see Steve Evans strutting any dance moves at the Lamex Stadium on Good Friday! Wanderers take on Stevenage before hosting Reading on Easter Monday in front of a packed out Toughsheet Stadium. Can Ian Evatt's side get back into the promotion mix? Or is this just going to be a slow shuffle towards the play-offs?  Marc Iles and Henry Hewitt discuss all the week's headlines [edit - including some hastily re-recorded updates] from The Bolton News and beyond, bringi ..read more

IT might be the international break – but that hasn’t stopped the headlines flowing at Bolton Wanderers. The Buff is back once again to guide you through the week’s news around the Toughsheet Stadium, which has included a potentially damaging defeat at Derby County, a surprising international call for Dion Charles and a major decision on the horizon about safe standing. We also delve into the biggest football story anywhere in the UK this week – the impending introduction of an independent football regulator, and we ask how it will affect Bolton and finances in the wider world. Who Are You is ..read more

WELCOME back to The Buff, where ridicule is nothing to be scared of... Dandy highwaymen Marc Iles and Henry Hewitt take you back to 1981 when Wanderers last beat Derby County for three points and Adam and the Ants ruled the airwaves. It was a simpler time. It has been a big week for the Whites. Eoin Toal's header salvaged a draw at Exeter City and the mood was lifted by a brilliant 5-0 win against Oxford United, driven by the Welsh Wizard Josh Sheehan in midfield. We pick apart both games, look ahead to Pride Park and review all the headlines from The Bolton News. We bring reader emails on you ..read more

Welcome back to The Buff Podcast, which thankfully is a lot more upbeat this week! Even Ian Evatt was on a downer after last week's show, which tackled the depressing defeats at Blackpool and Wigan. But after a solid return to form against Cambridge United and a stirring comeback to grab a point at Barnsley, Bolton are second in the table and everything is better with the world once more. We look ahead to two big games at Exeter City and Oxford United, sifting through the headlines from the week at Wanderers, Who Are You is back once more with the letter Q and we read out some of the top email ..read more

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 tr ..read more

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 strik ..read more

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 Bodvars ..read more

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 ..read more