DEAN Holdsworth has scrapped plans to move on and is now hell bent on seeing out the remaining year of his contract at the Reebok.

"I'm not going anywhere for the rest of the season," the striker confirmed today as he looked forward to playing his part in Wanderers' Premiership survival battle.

"I'm going to give it everything I've got and who knows what's going to happen after that?

"But at the moment that's not even on my mind. My mind's fixed on Saturday and making sure I'm ready and available for selection."

Record signing Holdsworth, who has been looking for a move closer to his Epping Forest home for domestic reasons, made his first start of the season in Saturday's Reebok thriller with Liverpool and showed he still has an appetite for Premiership football and a strong affinity to Bolton.

"I'll always love playing here," he insisted. "There's never been a case of me not loving playing here."

Standing in for the injured Michael Ricketts, who was a late withdrawal with a knee problem, the 33-year-old Londoner was in stitches after a bruising battle with Liverpool centre-backs Sami Hyypia and Salif Diao - the legacy of a first half collision when he suffered a cut ear.

But he soldiered on and got in a brave header to set up the first of Wanderers' equalisers for Ricardo Gardner nine minutes into the second half.

"I was delighted to see my name up on the sheet and enjoyed most of the game," he said.

"It was a bit of a bruising battle against two 6ft 4in centre halves but it was a good battle and I have the marks to prove it.

"I've got more stitches in me than a crochet needle could handle. I got a kick near the end but it wasn't going to keep me off the pitch. I enjoyed it.

"There's a lot of good things to come out of the game for us, first and foremost coming from behind twice in a game against Liverpool.

"That's a fantastic effort and I think we had them on the rack at the end but for the life of me I still can't work out how the ball went right through the middle of our defence for the winning goal.

"It was a sucker punch and it's not like us to concede late in the first half and second half which is what happened.

"I was pleased with how we played but the joy is overshadowed by the disappointment, which all the lads are feeling."