Welcome to the First Word and a podcast looking ahead to Friday night under the lights for Bolton Wanderers at Derby County.

It has been a busy week for Steven Schumacher’s side but they know a win would put 10 points between themselves and the bottom three, and lift them into the top half of the table ahead of the other weekend games.

But this is Derby… And any Bolton fan will tell you that it hasn’t been a happy hunting ground for a long time.

Forty-five years and counting without a league win at the Baseball Ground or Pride Park. Is this the day we can put that stat to bed?

Hear from Steven Schumacher, Xav Simons and BWFC fan Russ Pollitt ahead of the big game.

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