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Subject: Bolton v Stoke match report + Div 2 results
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 10:42:15 +0000







Saturday 6th September, 1992 & Sunday 7th September, 1992 BARCLAYS 
FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION TWO:
                                                       Attendance:
Blackpool          1    Mansfield Town        1          4,322 
Bournemouth        0    Hartlepool United     2          4,328 
Brighton           2    Preston North End     0          6,026 
Chester City       3    Burnley               0          4,981 
Fulham             1    West Bromwich Albion  1          9,143 
Huddersfield Town  1    Bradford City         2          5,882 
Plymouth Argyle    2    Leyton Orient         0          7,319 
Reading            1    Hull City             2          3,465 
Rotherham United   2    Wigan Athletic        3          3,806 
Stockport County   2    Exeter City           2          3,759 
Swansea            2    Port Vale             0          3,868

Stoke City         0    Bolton Wanderers      0         14,252

Stoke v Bolton Match Report:

The biggest attendance in the second division turned up on Saturday to 
see the division's only 0-0 draw. It wasn't for want of trying though.  
Keith Branagan, Bolton's close season signing on a free from Millwall 
(spot the Bruce Rioch connection) had a great game. He saved Bolton on 
numerous occasions from Mark Stein, Kevin Russell, John Butler and Paul 
Ware. Stoke dominated the game in all areas and Bolton did extremely 
well to come back home with a point. Mark Seagraves had a very good game 
in the heart of the Bolton defence containing Wayne Biggins (one of the 
most feared strikers in Div 2) who didn't even manage a strike at goal.  
Stoke play the game with a five man defence and being outnumbered Andy 
Walker and Tony Philliskirk hardly got into the game. The most 
threatening moment from Bolton came in the second half when a cross from 
the right wing was headed by Alan Stubbs and his atempt scraped the top 
of the Stoke cross bar. Stoke's closest came when Kevin Russell, their 
signing from Leicester City, shot from 22 yards beating Branagan but 
hitting the upright and bouncing out again to safety.  With Stoke on 
this kind of form they are sure to start climbing the table soon. That 
is if they don't keep coming up against in-form keepers like Keith 
Branagan.
Bolton are waiting for the return of left winger Mark Patterson from 
injury. The team is a very right-sided team without him.

Bolton:
                       1. Keith Branagan
     
2. Phil Brown  5. Mark Seagraves  6. Mark Winstanley  3. David Burke

7. Scott Green 8. Alan Stubbs    11. Tonk Kelly      4. Julian Darby

               9. Andy Walker    10 Tony Philliskirk

Subs: David Reeves & Micheal Brown (for Philliskirk 80ish mins)

Positions 7th September both played 5:
                Bolton 7th 10pts , Stoke 15th 5pts.

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