The two old Lancashire clubs face wildly different situations with the same threatening conclusion: expulsion from the Football League. Is there an easy fix to any of this?
Bolton have only a handful of senior players, can’t fulfil their fixtures – and now have a 5pm to save their future. All they have left is their fans, explains Chris Flanagan
Notts County chairman Alan Hardy expects to exchange contracts with the new owners of the club “in the coming days” after a winding-up order was adjourned once again to grant more time to complete the sale.
We’re approaching that most nail-biting time of year – and this time, writes play-offs expert Richard Foster, there are some major milestones to be hit
