Communications, public relations, marketing and digital. Father of three, husband of one. Pundamentalist.
#BWFC
fan and
#PositiveAboutDownSyndrome
. 🌱🟩✝️🏃🏻🚴
From the very first breath I took and until the last one I exhale I have always been and always will be a
#bwfc
fan.
Today is my last day as an employee of our wonderful institution.
It’s be an honour to work with so many wonderful people.
Until we meet again. Goodbye x
My baby girl putting ‘ability’ in disability.
She’s not bothered what anybody thinks. She just gets up, gets on and goes.
Here she’s charging for the finishing line, holding my hand tightly and milking the applause.
Oh and the toy is mine! 😂
#thisgirlcan
#SouthportFunRun
Last home game for me as an employee of this wonderful club and what a dub it was!
This club is going places with this man at the helm!
I’m trying not to cry!
I’ll be back as a fan for the next game at the UniBol.
#COYWM
#OINO
#BWFC
Aww. Totally unprompted, Isabella has just said, “I love you” to me for the very first time 😍
Not a big deal to some but she doesn’t have much vocabulary and has significant learning difficulties.
Clearly proves that love can be instinctive.
And all is good in right now. 🙏🏻
Oh
@OfficialBWFC
! 🤍💙⚽️ You know how I cherish you, my love! 🥰
Not even the leaden sky and the silver stream of rain ruins the view.
A prayer to Nat before I set off. 🙏🏻
#COYWM
#BWFC
@Rachels_Ratchet
What a beautiful princess, Rachel. My daughter, Isabella Grace, also has an extra chromosome. She inspires me every day and shows me the beautiful side of life.
When people use the R-word, a little piece of my soul breaks away.
#ForGraceSake
it needs to STOP
So, did you hear that story about a football club who were, like, 19th just a few months ago and then went up after a mental run?
🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
#BWFC
Yep? That’s my club that is. And what a set of fans too!!!!
Those who wore the shirt with pride today ✔️
Those who sang their hearts out on the terraces throughout the game✔️
Those who work tirelessly behind the scenes week in, week out ✔️
My club. Our club.
What. A. Club.
#bwfc
How proud I am to be a Wanderer. The history books will show that we lost 2-0, but the passion and pride displayed by these young men will stay with me forever. Bolton ‘til I die.
#bwfc
fans are the best 💙
If you know of a family (two adults, two/three children) who’ve never been to a
#bwfc
match inbox me.
I will buy them some tickets for Saturday’s game against
@OfficialRUFC
.
I want the Wanderers family to grow and be part of this journey.
Absolutely sick of seeing derogatory terms for people with disabilities on my timeline. Sort yourselves out NOW and
#Twitter
you must do more.
As a parent of a child with
#DownsSyndrome
it’s difficult not to feel hurt by such ignorance. I spend all my days fighting for her. 😢
We’ve missed having our fans with us home and away but we cannot wait to see you back!!
What a media team we have!
@_LukeGallagher_
@MikeyOGara
💙🤍⚽️
#bwfc
Tears flowing. Faces glowing.
We never do it the easy way we never do it the hard way. We do it the Wanderers way!
Is there any other way?
See you in
@SkyBetLeagueOne
#bwfc
My baby girl turns 17 tomorrow and it’s also
#WorldDownsSyndromeDay
. She’s the answer to my questions, the reason for my being and is my greatest teacher. I know more about the world from seeing it through her eyes and that’s why I’ll fight for her forever. 🤍💚
🏃As it's my daughter's 16th birthday on
#WorldDownsSyndromeDay2021
(21/3/21) I'll be running 16K every day from 1 to 21 March to raise funds for
@HighFiveLancs
(Approximately 210 miles in 21 days!) Please help me to raise some vital funds.
👉
In all the years I have worked in sport Ian Evatt is by far and away the best gaffer I’ve had the pleasure to deal with. Not only a colleague but a lifelong friend now.
What a journey he and the rest of his staff will take
#bwfc
on.
So, it’s my baby girl’s 18th birthday today...
Isabella has become my greatest teacher.
She has taught me how to love, how to live and how to laugh.
How can she have ‘learning difficulties’ when she has enriched my life?
Happy birthday. I look forward to forever with you
x
Ta Marc. Very tough decision to make considering my love of the club and our fans. It’s an exciting time for
#BWFC
and I cannot wait to support from the terraces. The gaffer + Sharon are amazing people and I will miss everyone.
Really looking forward to my new role 💙
Some sad news to bring you. I understand media mogul
@_paulholliday
is leaving Wanderers to join the EFL's comms team.
Gutted on a personal level, as he's been a pleasure to work with all these years (not to mention good banter). But he's 100%
#BWFC
and deserves some family time!
Today is a new dawn for me as I start the exciting journey of running my own PR agency.
I will still be helping out my beloved
#BWFC
though.
Thanks to all our fans who have supported me and to all my colleagues, friends and, most importantly, my family.
#OnceInNeverOut
💙
Today was a perfect blend of nostalgia and optimism.
A reminder that the club was great, is still great and will always be great because we the fans make it that way.
God Bless The Club!
#bwfc
Having a tough day today. It’s my mum’s birthday and she passed away eight years ago. The past few years have been manageable but today it’s just got to me bad.
For those of you still lucky enough to have a mum, give her a big cuddle from me please. 🥰 💙
Our current squad of players are the best group I’ve worked with. Not only do they do the business on the pitch and at the training ground but they fully get the importance of the
#BWFC
and wider community.
They know what it means to wear the badge and they do it with pride 💙
Wow! Been bowled over by the lovely and kind comments I’ve received today. Thanks so much. Wanderers fans you are the greatest. I am proud to be a Wanderer. Always 💙
#BWFC
Just been sent this amazing photo of my beautiful baby girl…and it’s completely knocked me out.
She’s always been my supernova among a galaxy of sunflowers 😍🥰❤️🌻🌻🌻🌻
Been a tough few days for my baby girl as her anxiety has escalated and impacted her behaviour.
But this picture always helps me on difficult days as it reminds me that our love is perpetual and that I will always be there for her through the good days and the hard days. ❤️🙏🏻
🤩 Today is going to be some day.
❤️ Taking Isabella to her first ever game.
❤️ Watching the heroes of today facing the legends of yesterday.
❤️ Most important of all, the
#bwfc
family showing our collective love for
@GethinJones8
and his family.
Some day 😍
Apologies if you sawing my sobbing away on the Chorley to Preston train this morning. Tried to hold it in but sometimes you’ve just got to let it out. Anyway, I’m going to make the most of today and be happy. We got this ❤️👊🏻
Seems a perfect time to show this stunning graphic designed by our amazing design partners
@ArenaCreativeD
. The one and only Nat Lofthouse looks proudly at the current
#bwfc
players whenever they leave the changing room.
#HappyBirthdayNat
So many fond memories of Gary Speed. One of my best personal ones was when he helped me with The Times crossword. Whenever the lads trained at the stadium he always popped into my office after the session finished. He always completed the clues I was stuck on. Legend 💙
🤩🤩🤩 It’s Family Day at the UniBol next Saturday when Wanderers take on Rotherham United.
Tickets are just £10 for adults and £5 for concessions!
You know what to do…spread the word and let’s get the place packed to the rafters!!
#bwfc
Great to see Super
@Kevin__Davies
. First met him on a pre-season tour in Northern Ireland when he joined on trial. Fast forward 18 years and it’s great to see him back at the club.
#Legend
#bwfc
Richard Dawkins believes babies with Down’s syndrome should be aborted to make the world a happier place.
Well, let me tell you
@RichardDawkins
, that my daughter makes me the happiest man alive!
Shame on you!!
So heartwarming to see so many
#BWFC
fans buying tickets for other families ahead of Saturday’s
@SkyBetLeagueOne
Family Day against
@OfficialRUFC
at the UniBol.
Reinforces what we already knew that we have the best fans going 🤍💙
⚽️ One Club
💙 One Community
🏘 One Town
Thanks to all
#bwfc
fans for the support you have shown my colleagues in recent weeks. What a lovely family we all are!
@BurndenAces
@LionOfViennaSte
@TrottersBlog
Also much love to my mates in the media who have been incredibly caring and supportive. You know who you are ❤️
It’s heartbreaking that we won’t see James Trafford and Conor Bradley in
#BWFC
shirts again but let us be comforted by the knowledge that they will hold us as close to their hearts as we do unto them.
Thanks for the memories, lads - you deserve the glory coming your way
It is World Down’s Syndrome Day today. This is my daughter, Isabella, who also turns 19 today.
Last year, we took her to the pub for her first legal drink. A proud moment for me and the start of a slippery slope 😂
A bit shout out to all the wonderful DS families!
#WDSD2024
🤔I often wonder why I was chosen to be the parent of a child with a learning disability...
...everyday I thank God for blessing me with my baby girl! 🙏🏻
Happy 16th birthday Isabella. 🎂🥳🎉😘
#WorldDownSyndromeDay
#WDSD2021
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@HighFiveLancs
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@DSAInfo
London Marathon?
Completed it mate. Super boss level activated.
Thanks to you lovely lot
@BritishRedCross
have got quite a few pennies. You are all amazing.
Word up to the London public too - simply awesome support in pouring rain.
I retire from running until…next week. ✌🏻
Absolutely the right decision to abandon. Priority is the person who was taken ill and can only hope and pray that they make a full recovery. I know the club will support them and their family. Also, must have been traumatic for the supporters nearby. Sending our BWFC love ❤️
Sunday marks the best of what Bolton Wanderers is all about. A community club that comes together to support one of our own,
@GethinJones8
, his mum Karen and the Jones family.
Legends of yesterday against heroes of today.
Let’s pack the UniBol out and celebrate our
#BWFC
love.
I want to say a big thanks to
@jenlion
who agreed to narrate my poem and to
@_LukeGallagher_
for this video.
But all my love and gratitude go out to my fellow Boltonians who make our club, community and town the best!
#bwfc
If this post gets 100 likes,
@MarcIles
will channel his inner Ian Brown and sing this on the next edition of The Buff podcast.
Twitter/X do your thing…
#bwfc
Full-Time: Wanderers 0-0
@Coventry_City
Our youngsters have become men with that performance! A tremendous effort by a group of lads with an average age of 19 to earn Wanderers their first point of the season.
TAKE. A. BOW! 👏🏻
#BWFC
🐘🏰
All done and dusted. Thanks very much for your kind support and incredibly generous donations for
@HighFiveLancs
.
Feel reasonably good but my carpet seems to have withstood the 4,500ish laps. I’ll need to do a few more of these!
#LockdownLivingRoomMarathon
#StayHomeSaveLives
Being a parent of a child who has Down’s syndrome and autism is difficult. In fact very difficult. But every tough moment is eclipsed by the sheer feeling of joy that blesses my life. Take for instance this photo of Izzy just before she went clubbing with carers 😍😍😍😍
#ManchesterMarathon
Completed it, mate! (Again).
I think I’m going to retire from marathons now, given my advancing years.
Sticking to halves and the bike.