The Football Ramble's Guide To... Big Sam at Bolton

After Big Sam's *checks notes* second Premier League relegation, we thought we'd remember better times.

Marcus, Andy, Jim and Pete revisit his time at Bolton Wanderers, who went from Division Two strugglers to Premier-League-big-boy-botherers! It all started with Phil Brown getting smashed with an ashtray in the bogs of a golf club...

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