{"id":556050,"date":"2020-07-01T13:20:44","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T17:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=556050"},"modified":"2021-12-29T09:28:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T14:28:48","slug":"ian-evatt-bolton-wanderers-confirm-managerial-appointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/07\/01\/ian-evatt-bolton-wanderers-confirm-managerial-appointment\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Evatt: Bolton Wanderers Confirm Managerial Appointment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/tag\/bolton-wanderers\/\" target=\"_self\">Bolton Wanderers<\/a> have confirmed the appointment of Ian Evatt on a three-year deal from Barrow.<\/p>\n<h2>Ian Evatt: Bolton Wanderers Confirm Managerial Appointment<\/h2>\n<h3>Leap of Faith in Appointing Evatt<\/h3>\n<p>The 38-year-old is to become Keith Hill&#8217;s successor at the University of Bolton Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Evatt&#8217;s previous employers, Barrow, have been the only club to allow him to take on a managerial role.<\/p>\n<p>But his impressive performances with the Cumbrian side, including promotion to <a href=\"\/tag\/league-two\/\" target=\"_self\">League Two<\/a> this term, have led to attention being brought to his name.<\/p>\n<p>He had previously been caretaker manager of <a href=\"\/tag\/chesterfield\/\" target=\"_self\">Chesterfield<\/a> but his only full-time role has been with Barrow.<\/p>\n<p>He is joined by his assistant at Barrow, Peter Atherton, a former Wigan Athletic and Sheffield Wednesday player.<\/p>\n<p>Having agreed personal terms, Evatt has now been appointed as Bolton Wanderers manager.<\/p>\n<p>Upon his appointment, Evatt said: &#8220;Bolton Wanderers is a fantastic football club with an incredible history and fanbase and this is a really exciting opportunity for us all.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hopefully I can bring a brand and an identity that people will enough watching &#8211; attacking and scoring goals is what we all want to see.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want to be challenging and competing for promotion at the top of the division and to see a packed University of Bolton Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The community and town is also very important to me. We will get out there and engage with them and make them proud of Bolton Wanderers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tobias Phoenix, head of football operations, added: &#8220;We had a very clear idea of how we wanted to shape the future of this fantastic football club on and off the grass. 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Ian Evatt: Bolton Wanderers Confirm Managerial Appointment Leap of Faith in Appointing Evatt The 38-year-old is to become Keith Hill&#8217;s successor at the University of Bolton Stadium. 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