Bolton SACK Ian Evatt after four years in charge after losing at home again and season at risk of petering out

BOLTON person sacked manager Ian Evatt.

The League One nine beryllium ninth successful the array contempt expectations of challenging for promotion this season.

The Wanderers crashed to different location decision to Charlton past night.

And nine bosses decided astatine an exigency committee gathering called aft the decision that capable was capable and pulled the plug.

A nine connection said: "Bolton Wanderers Football Club contiguous announces that First Team Manager Ian Evatt has near the Club by communal consent.

"We would similar to explicit our gratitude to Ian for his professionalism, committedness and creating a bequest during his clip astatine the Club.

Evatt, 43, joined Bolton successful July 2020 aft leaving Barrow and guided the squad to promotion from League Two with a third-place decorativeness successful his archetypal season.

He was past awarded a three-year declaration successful 2021 and went connected to triumph the EFL Trophy successful 2023 and pb the nine to the play-offs successful the aforesaid season, seeing him gain renewed presumption up to 2026.

Bolton suffered heartbreak nether Evatt astatine the extremity of the 2023/24 play arsenic they mislaid successful the play-off finals.

But this play the wheels person travel disconnected for the Trotters, with a tally of 1 triumph successful six games to commencement their play proving hard to retrieve from.

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Following a 2-1 decision astatine location to Charlton past night, they person present mislaid 5 games astatine the Toughsheet Community Stadium this season.

Speaking aft the game, Evatt told reporters: "I can’t prime faults with the mode we played.

"We were backmost to our champion for ample parts. But we recovered a mode to suffer which has happened excessively often. It can’t evidently continue.

"The show was amended than astir of the season, if not each of it. But we came retired connected the incorrect broadside of the result. That is bitterly disappointing.

"I americium immensely arrogant erstwhile we play similar that of who we are arsenic a team.

“We look astatine them (Charlton). They got the triumph but they were precise direct, precise simplistic. I americium not definite I would privation to ticker that each week."

This play Bolton person won 11 of their 26 games, drawn 5 and mislaid 10.

Overall Evatt managed 261 games for the club, winning 132, drafting 52 and losing 77.