Episodes
The new season is upon us and the LOVPod is back with the 2022/23 League One season preview! Wanderers have great ambitions to go and achieve promotion this year and Tom, James and Lee are here to dive into the new signings, pre-season and our expectations for the year ahead. Our opening game against Ipswich Town is nearly upon us and we also dedicate some time to talking through our predictions for the fixture, as well Town's credentials in the league. Cue a lot of time spent slagging off...
Published 07/29/22
Hello everybody and welcome back to the Lion Of Vienna Suite podcast! I hope you all had a great Easter and I can imagine it was greatly improved by Bolton's best performance over the Bank Holiday for almost half a century. Wanderers beat Doncaster Rovers 2-1 away from home and returned to the Reebok to defeat Accrington Stanley 3-1 on Easter Monday and I am joined by James and Chris to dissect the good, the bad, and (certainly in the case of the Stanley game) the ugly from both matches. Even...
Published 04/21/22
The LOVPod is back! It's been a hell of a long time since we recorded (Antoni Sarcevic had only just left the club, for context) but we are back and raring to go as the 2021/22 season enters it's final knockings. As we recorded, Bolton had just drawn 1-1 away to rivals (in their minds at least) Wigan Athletic and the boys get stuck in to analyze the key talking points. We also take a look towards the future, discussing the areas in which Bolton need to improve for next season and our...
Published 04/06/22
Well it was quite the day yesterday wasn’t it? Everyone was plodding along nicely until about lunchtime when news broke that Bolton Wanderers captain Antoni Sarcevic was leaving us. That in itself was shocking enough in isolation but that he was leaving to drop however many divisions to play for STOCKPORT FLIPPIN COUNTY provided the biggest shock of all. With that being a done deal come mid afternoon, the LOV boys - James, Tom and Chris quickly convened for your listening pleasure to...
Published 10/23/21
The Lion of Vienna Suite team have combined once again to bring you the finest minds in all of sports podcasting. Especially now Tom is too busy. Covering the weird, wild and wonderful world that Bolton Wanderers exists within, your double vaccinated and double sexy hosts talk everything relating to the Super Whites throughout their somewhat up-and-down late September and early October. Join James, Lee and Chris to hear what they think about the club making their feelings known about...
Published 10/15/21
Episode 167 of the Lion of Vienna Suite podcast sees James, Matty and Chris team up to review the last few weeks in the wild world of Bolton Wanderers The guys discuss the Wigan game and whether the result was all that important really, the excitement and injustice of the Burton game through to relative calm of transfer deadline day all the way through to last weekend's demolition of Ipswich Town. Do you think Dapo is the second coming? Did you lose any sleep over Ali Crawford heading back...
Published 09/17/21
Hello everybody and welcome back to the LOVPod! Episode 166 is our season preview podcast for the upcoming Sky Bet League One 2021/2022 campaign. After Wanderers' promotion at the first time of asking last year, the new season promises to be hugely exciting with rivalries to be renewed and scores to be settled. The league looks very strong and very unpredictable. Nevertheless, I am joined by James, Lee and Chris to try our collective best to predict how the season will pan out. We analyse our...
Published 08/04/21
The LOVPod is back for the start of the 2021/22 season and we kick off this relaunch with a very special guest. Kieran Maguire is the author of the best-selling book on football finance, 'The Price of Football', and hosts a podcast of the same name with comedian Kevin Day. Kieran talks to us about the big issues relating to football finance today, the scandalous ownership regime of Ken Anderson at Bolton and dissects the recently publish 2019/20 accounts published by Football Ventures. If...
Published 07/07/21
Hello everybody and welcome back to the LOVPod! Episode 164 is our promotion special after Bolton beat Crawley Town last weekend, 4-1. I am joined by James, Lee and Simon to run through the game itself, the celebrations that followed and dish out some awards. We also have a discussion about our prospects for next season in League 1, as well as discussing who we would renew or let go out of the group of players whose contracts are set to expire. All that's left to say is, sit back, relax, and...
Published 05/14/21
Welcome back to the Lion of Vienna Suite podcast! Host, Tom, is back after a week away to discuss victory in Wanderers' biggest game of the season so far on the seaside at Morecambe with James Jarvis, Chris Manning and, special guest, Marc Iles. We run through the key talking points from the game, the gathering of fans outside and look ahead to a crucial fixture against Exeter City this weekend. Let's hope the boys can get it over the line this weekend! Learn more about your ad choices....
Published 04/28/21
Join James, Simon and Chris on an odyssey into an alternative reality where 17th placed Bolton Wanderers embark on the kind of winning streak not seen since the early days of the Undertaker at Wrestlemania marching inexorably towards one of the biggest games of the last ten years tomorrow against Morecambe.  The lads talk about the Grimsby defeat, then focus on the win over a dogged Carlisle United side just this last Tuesday at the Reebok, culminating in a detailed look ahead to the...
Published 04/23/21
The main show of the LOVPod is back! After a break in which Wanderers have played 6 matches, we are back to dissect those matches, discuss our promotion credentials and the end of the Marcus Maddison saga. It's been a while, so give it a listen! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 04/16/21
Welcome back the LOVPod Rewind! Chris, Lee, and Tom look back on one of the great seasons of Big Sam's reign, also sadly his last, with a wistful nostalgia that might bring a tear to your eye... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 03/31/21
The LOVpod preview is back! It's been gone a while, but with just ten games left in the season, we decided it was the right time to return to preview the remaining games as Bolton Wanderers push for promotion. Join Ed, James & Tom as they preview Saturday's game against Forest Green Rovers as well as pay tribute to the late, great maverick that was Frank Worthington. Be sure to also keep an eye out for another of returning podcasts - LOV rewind! The lads will be returning to look back at...
Published 03/25/21
Join us regulars, as well as guest Simon Phillips, as we go through Wanderers' incredible recent form, wonder how to solve a problem like Marcus Maddison and look ahead to what promises to be one hell of a run-in in League Two. Can Bolton take their shot at redemption? Listen in to see what we think! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 03/18/21
Join us we shamelessly rip-off our "Five Things" article segment to discuss Wanderers' 5 wins on the bounce, midfield tinkering, an embarrassment of riches in attack and our aspirations for the rest of this season! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 03/02/21
Join us as we discuss Bolton's recent win over Leyton Orient, our postponed away fixture at Mansfield Town and the "Manic Monday" that was Transfer Deadline Day! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 02/04/21
Join us as we discuss Bolton's recent defeat to Tranmere Rovers, our manager Ian Evatt and his future at the club and the terrible season we have been having. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 01/25/21
Join us as we discuss Bolton's recent defeat to Crawley Town, our upcoming fixture against Exeter City and the recent incomings and outgoings in this January transfer window. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 01/12/21
Tom, James & Chris discuss all things Wanderers this week - including the win at Cheltenham and the recent departure of Tobias Phoenix. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 12/19/20
Tom is joined straight after the away win at Scunthorpe by Lee, James and Ed to discuss the key issues at Wanderers over the previous week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 11/26/20
Hello everybody and welcome back to the Lion of Vienna Suite podcast for episode 153! After a relatively long absence due to James Jarvis and his dodgy laptop, we are back for a lockdown catch-up on everything we have missed at Wanderers in the last few weeks. We have a bumper panel for you for 153, with Lee Tennant, Liam O’Meara, Reece Jones and Matt Wood joining myself, Tom Jenkins. In a rip-off of one of our favourite article segments, ‘5 Things’, this pod sees us discuss what we see as...
Published 11/12/20
The LOVpod preview is back! Hopefully we'll be able to preview every Wanderers game on a more consistent basis. On this weeks episode Ed, James & Tom take a look back at Tuesday nights disappointing draw against Mansfield & then look ahead at todays 1st round FA Cup tie against the all familiar Crewe Alexandra. Will we see a formation change? Is it vital we get a result to get the season started? These questions and more will be answered. As ever, we finish with a little quiz - this...
Published 11/07/20
James, Chris & Tom talk all things Wanderers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 10/10/20