Welcome back to Wanderers Way, where this week's guest is none other than Julian Darby, a man who has done everything from being a ball boy to being in the dugout!

John and Derek talk to Julian about what it is like playing for your boyhood club, Julian's career and THAT week earlier this season in which Julian took temporary charge.

Timestamps:

2:25 - Introduction

9:05 - Julian as a ball boy

12:45 - Professional debut

14:46 - Playing for your home town team

16:51 - Huddersfield away reaction

18:38 - Phil Neal

20:30 - Playing in the Premier League

24:35 - Sherpa Van Trophy Final

28:51 - Achieving promotion

36:14 - Burnden Park

39:18 - Leaving BWFC

44:08 - Wes Morgan vs Billy Davies

58:58 - Retiring and becoming a coach

1:09:58 - Taking interim charge of BWFC

On this week's episode, Derek and John catch-up with infamous Wanderers broadcaster Jack Dearden!

Having spent over the last 30 years commentating on Bolton Wanderers, most notably for BBC Radio Manchester, Jack recalls some of his favourite times, how he got into the industry and how he thinks Bolton will get on in the run-in of the 2024/25 season.

Timestamps:

2:08 - Introduction

8:13 - Wembley

13:31 - How he became a commentator

15:50 - Working in Egypt

20:30 - Becoming a Wanderers commentator

24:49 - The Sam Allardyce era

32:16 - The legendary players

42:49 - The League Two season

51:51 - Papa Johns Trophy final

56:49 - Wanderers Managers

Welcome back to Wanderers Way, the official podcast of Bolton Wanderers Football Club, in association with iHeat.

On this week's episode, Derek and John are joined by Wanderers legend Ricardo Gardner.

Playing over 340 times in a 14 year period for Wanderers, Ricardo tells us what it was like being a part of one of the football club's most impressive eras.

Timestamps:

7:15 - Early life and living in Jamaica

14:35 - Playing for the Jamaican national team

30:25 - Joining Wanderers

34:10 - Settling in at BWFC

45:15 - Getting used to English football

46:25 - The end of the Colin Todd era and Sam Allardyce

49:25 - The legendary players of the Allardyce era

51:32 - 2001 Championship Play-Off Final vs Preston

53:56 - Building in the Premier League

59:44 - European football and scoring at Bayern Munich

01:08:22 - BWFC 2005/06 Player of the Year

01:11:00 - Current day BWFC