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WELCOME back to The Buff Podcast... Who's up for a trip to Wembley?

After chewing through all our available fingernails over two legs against Barnsley, it's Oxford United in the capital for a place in the Championship next season. Sounds simple, but let's face it, this is Bolton Wanderers. It won't be.

Marc Iles and Henry Hewitt guide you through the week's headlines in The Bolton News, including a mass ticket rush for the play-offs, a big debate over prices and kick-off times, a new chant on the terraces and which players have done themselves a favour for the final.

We read out your emails and also debut a new game, Gavin McCann - Gavin McCan't. We won't bore you with the rules here because we're still making them up.

Make sure you send your good luck messages, shout outs and emails to the team on our normal address. We'll read them all out on our special play-off final episode next week!


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THE Buff is back, just in time for the play-offs, so grab a brew and get into the matchday mood!

Marc has dragged himself off the injured list to make a dramatic return to podcasting and prevent Henry launching his own show.

And the boys will be bringing you all the analysis of a strange 3-3 draw at Peterborough United, a game completely devoid of anything approaching a miracle.

Wanderers found out after the final whistle that they would be heading back to Barnsley, and The Buff will look at all the different pressures and strains involved in the game at Oakwell, including the home’s side’s inexplicable post-March slump.

All the week’s headlines are examined, from ticket chaos at the Toughsheet to Victor Adeboyejo’s big return from injury.

And as ever there are shout-outs and emails from the Wanderers fans who have been in touch over the last couple of weeks. Except the ones who emailed to call Marc “sicknote” – they have been thrown in the bin.


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Remember, it isn't just a podcast, it's The Buff Podcast. And we're here every Friday.

If you want to get in contact with the show, please email thebuffmail@gmail.com or tweet Marc on @MarcIles and @Henry__Hewitt 

And please, please leave a review. We work hard to put these episodes out every single week, in-season and out, and the more feedback we get, the better the product. Having said all that, we are currently only accepting five-star ratings, as all the other ratings are broken. 

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There's one last chance to save automatic promotion, and we know the man for the job!

Elias Kachunga's Cambridge United could do Wanderers a massive favour by beating Derby County on Saturday - which coupled with a Whites win against Port Vale would set up a very interesting final weekend of the season.

Realistically, the play-offs beckons for Ian Evatt's side, and The Buff looks ahead to what that might look like in May.

Marc Iles and Henry Hewitt scour the week's headlines in The Bolton News and read out your emails on play-off ticket prices and time-wasting.

We look ahead to the visit of relegation-threatened Vale and analyse what went wrong in the recent draws against Portsmouth and Shrewsbury Town.

Who are You is back with the Letter W, and an ex-Wanderer who now makes £35million a year. Just like Henry.


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Remember, it isn't just a podcast, it's The Buff Podcast. And we're here every Friday.

If you want to get in contact with the show, please email thebuffmail@gmail.com or tweet Marc on @MarcIles and @Henry__Hewitt 

And please, please leave a review. We work hard to put these episodes out every single week, in-season and out, and the more feedback we get, the better the product. Having said all that, we are currently only accepting five-star ratings, as all the other ratings are broken. 

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THE Buff Podcast is back once again with all the build-up to the biggest game of Bolton Wanderers' season... So far!

League leaders Portsmouth are in town for a match with more spice than the larder at Rice n Three.

Marc Iles and Henry Hewitt take you through all the week's headlines, from Bolton's injury concerns over Ricardo Santos and Josh Sheehan and Nathan Baxter's grand return at Bristol Rovers, to the row over Pompey's away allocation and how many points it will really take to get promotion.

We go through last Saturday's game at the Memorial Stadium, review Derby's surprising hiccup at Wycombe and assess just how big a threat Peterborough United are to the top two battle.

Of course there are emails... There are always emails. And we bring a special Who Are You with the letter V, including a quick-fire quiz.

Looking ahead, we review Pompey's incredible season, why Kusini Yengi might be playing with fire, and why this could be the most pressured BWFC game since, well, forever!


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Remember, it isn't just a podcast, it's The Buff Podcast. And we're here every Friday.

If you want to get in contact with the show, please email thebuffmail@gmail.com or tweet Marc on @MarcIles and @Henry__Hewitt 

And please, please leave a review. We work hard to put these episodes out every single week, in-season and out, and the more feedback we get, the better the product. Having said all that, we are currently only accepting five-star ratings, as all the other ratings are broken. 

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THE Buff Podcast is back with a special episode of hidden gems to keep your entertained on the way down to Bristol Rovers.

Marc Iles and Henry Hewitt are not picking through the headlines this week – but instead bringing you a couple of special guests.

Author Chris Evans joins us to talk about his brand new book – Total Belief – which charts the amazing journey of Bruce Rioch’s Wanderers in the early nineties.

And midfielder George Thomason makes his Buff debut, with a look back at his incredible rise from non-league football, the Keith Hill days, being a footballer in Covid and making himself a million-pound rated footballer who ‘could’ have been playing down in Bristol if he had accepted City’s offer.

We have your emails, there is a return for Danny Shittu, Who Are You has reached the letter T and there is talk of what would happen if we had footballing mosh-pits.

It is something different. A pick n Mix. But it’s well worth a listen!


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Remember, it isn't just a podcast, it's The Buff Podcast. And we're here every Friday.

If you want to get in contact with the show, please email thebuffmail@gmail.com or tweet Marc on @MarcIles and @Henry__Hewitt 

And please, please leave a review. We work hard to put these episodes out every single week, in-season and out, and the more feedback we get, the better the product. Having said all that, we are currently only accepting five-star ratings, as all the other ratings are broken. 

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Get on your disco pants, head down to Stevenage, because we're having an Easter Disco.

The Buff is back and we're praying we don't see Steve Evans strutting any dance moves at the Lamex Stadium on Good Friday!

Wanderers take on Stevenage before hosting Reading on Easter Monday in front of a packed out Toughsheet Stadium.

Can Ian Evatt's side get back into the promotion mix? Or is this just going to be a slow shuffle towards the play-offs? 

Marc Iles and Henry Hewitt discuss all the week's headlines [edit - including some hastily re-recorded updates] from The Bolton News and beyond, bringing you bang up to date with what has been going on at Bolton Wanderers.

We have also recruited some specialist help to discuss what is going on at Stevenage and Reading, with the Comet's Neil Metcalfe and Reading Chronicle's James Earnshaw dropping by to give us the very latest from their club.

And we're realising this on a Thursday for a change, to give everyone the best possible chance of getting in the matchday mood!

 


If you are interested in sponsoring the podcast, or hearing more about our Wanderers Boost advertising package, please contact john.ashley@localiq.co.uk

Do you want to join our Buff Fantasy League this season? If so CLICK HERE  

Remember, it isn't just a podcast, it's The Buff Podcast. And we're here every Friday.

If you want to get in contact with the show, please email thebuffmail@gmail.com or tweet Marc on @MarcIles and @Henry__Hewitt 

And please, please leave a review. We work hard to put these episodes out every single week, in-season and out, and the more feedback we get, the better the product. Having said all that, we are currently only accepting five-star ratings, as all the other ratings are broken. 

Subscribe to The Bolton News online here.