Bolton close training ground due to lack of food or drink

Staff were left unpaid last month as owner Ken Anderson continues to seek a buyer for the Championship relegation battlers.

Their turmoil took another turn on Monday when The Bolton News reported that their Eddie Davies Academy was locked.

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Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and a FourFourTwo contributor since 2015. When not pulling on the FFT shirt, he can be found at Reuters, The Times and the i. An Italophile since growing up on a diet of Football Italia on Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio.