SATURDAY: BULENT Akin flies to Belgium for a fresh round of treatment from specialist Lieven Maesschalli to speed his recovery from the knee injury holding up his Wanderers' debut.

Burnden legend Eddie Hopkinson, who holds the club's appearance record, hails Jussi Jaaskelainen as Wanderers' best ever keeper.

MONDAY

GUDNI Bergsson suggests Wanderers should be upbeat as they prepare to face Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal in the space of 11 days. "If we were to get seven points from these games as we did last season we would be pleasantly surprised," the skipper says, "but these games seem to draw the best out of us." Former Wanderers and United centre-forward Wyn Davies says Old Trafford will be the perfect stage for Youri Djorkaeff to display his talents.

TUESDAY

SAM Allardyce describes the prospects of beating United at Old Trafford for the second season running as "almost impossible."

WEDNESDAY

LIGHTNING strikes twice! Kevin Nolan, scorer of one of the goals in last season's triumph, is the hero again. He scores the only goal as Wanderers celebrate back-to-back Old Trafford wins for the first time in 38 years. Bernard Mendy speaks of his commitment to Wanderers and his love of Bolton after a tabloid report suggests he has been critical of the team and scathing about the town.

THURSDAY

ALLARDYCE praises his derby-winning "braves". "It's special for the football club going there and beating them twice on the trot," the manager says. Nolan says he always believed Wanderers could do it. "If you don't believe, what's the point of going there."

FRIDAY

AS the feelgood factor kicks in, Allardyce takes an overview of Wanderers' situation and enthuses: "This is the best spell I think the club has had for a long, long time."